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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Oregon Cultural Trust <<a href="mailto:info@flashalert.net">info@flashalert.net</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 8, 2023 10:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> KIKEL Carrie * BIZ <<a href="mailto:Carrie.KIKEL@biz.oregon.gov">Carrie.KIKEL@biz.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> 2023 'CONVERSATIONS WITH FUNDERS' SCHEDULED; More than $5 million available to grantseekers in FY2024 (Photo)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="color:#222222">2023 'CONVERSATIONS WITH FUNDERS' SCHEDULED; MORE THAN $5 MILLION AVAILABLE TO GRANTSEEKERS IN FY2024 (PHOTO)<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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News Release from <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Cultural Trust</span></strong><br>
<i>Posted on FlashAlert: February 8th, 2023 10:24 AM</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Downloadable file: <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flashalertnewswire.net%2Fimages%2Fnews%2F2023-02%2F1171%2F161058%2FEugene_Library_1.jpg&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.ottum%40slo.oregon.gov%7Cd093468d8ce243552def08db0a0570fe%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114790709906207%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pijkgeKko%2F1tntu2fq%2Ft1cjiafw%2FEMedkcC9rIJahJM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
A group discussion at the 2020 Conversations with Funders event at the Eugene Library.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Salem, Ore. – Grant makers offering more than $5 million in funding for FY2024 will participate in the
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fculturaltrust.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.ottum%40slo.oregon.gov%7Cd093468d8ce243552def08db0a0570fe%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114790709906207%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qxGlBC8op1%2FTs8iUggGrCk8lhVKK1PoONR6k7Nnrb7o%3D&reserved=0">
Oregon Cultural Trust’s</a> 2023 “Conversations with Funders” from Feb. 28 through March 16. The seven-stop series of informal information sessions – with one virtual session scheduled for March 1 – will inform grant seekers about funding programs available
with the opportunity to discuss their projects and programming. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Participating with the Cultural Trust will be representatives from four Statewide Partners – the Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Heritage, Oregon Humanities and the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office – as well as counterparts from the Oregon Community
Foundation, the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, The Collins Foundation, The Autzen Foundation, Spirit Mountain Community Fund, The Roundhouse Foundation, Lane Arts, the Wildhorse Foundation, the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, the Bend Cultural Tourism
Fund and Portland’s Regional Arts and Culture Council (Portland only); among others. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to sign up for their location of choice. Registration is required for the March 1 virtual event.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Representatives from the Cultural Trust’s County Cultural Coalitions, who receive Trust funding for local grant programs, also will participate. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Organizations encouraged to attend “Conversations with Funders” include community development organizations, libraries, arts organizations, museums, cultural centers, parks and trails groups, historical societies, arts alliances, literary groups and heritage
organizations. All cultural nonprofit organizations are welcome. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“There are more than 1,500 cultural nonprofits serving Oregonians,” said Aili Schreiner, Cultural Trust manager. “We want to make sure they know about the significant funding and programming resources that are here to support them.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“Conversations with Funders” begin Tuesday, Feb. 28, in Portland and conclude in Redmond on Thursday, March 16. Registration is encouraged using the location Eventbrite links below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The full schedule is:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fconversation-with-funders-portland-tickets-536228894057&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.ottum%40slo.oregon.gov%7Cd093468d8ce243552def08db0a0570fe%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114790710062412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2Fa5SyvFy29%2FUc8LgT%2FwwBbZwD5aA4w2AO2JF55TmiWg%3D&reserved=0"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Portland</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">:
</span></strong>2:30-5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 28, Cheatham Hall, World Forestry Center, 4033 SW Canyon Road, Portland<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fconversation-with-funders-virtual-event-tickets-536243387407&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.ottum%40slo.oregon.gov%7Cd093468d8ce243552def08db0a0570fe%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114790710062412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DSZJLt0Fa0BfKvokkrOQ6LOSguyGtiaVv2A99WzaHzE%3D&reserved=0"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Virtual</span></strong></a>:
2:30-5:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 1, Zoom <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fconversation-with-funders-astoria-tickets-536252905877&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.ottum%40slo.oregon.gov%7Cd093468d8ce243552def08db0a0570fe%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114790710062412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wGnoWEora26c5YMaAFCtR2dJlmHBqlO7ITvpsG8wKl8%3D&reserved=0"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Astoria</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">:</span></strong>
2:30-5:30 p.m., Thursday, March 2, The Loft at the Red Building, 20 Basin St., Astoria <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fconversation-with-funders-eugene-tickets-536263968967&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.ottum%40slo.oregon.gov%7Cd093468d8ce243552def08db0a0570fe%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114790710062412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AyOHnOx0QQM9kQNc6Lf2ASL2ixhAQGhI4X4Vl%2BCy03A%3D&reserved=0"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eugene</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">:</span></strong>
2:30-5:30 p.m., Monday, March 6, WOW Hall, 291 West 8<sup>Th</sup> Ave., Eugene<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fconversation-with-funders-coos-bay-tickets-536272313927&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.ottum%40slo.oregon.gov%7Cd093468d8ce243552def08db0a0570fe%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114790710062412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2B94P89M8QvkN2c%2Fg3egMeT2heCvJUtbwFLhsfS2ad0I%3D&reserved=0"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Coos
Bay</span></strong></a>: 2:30-5:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 8, Myrtlewood Room, Coos Bay Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
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9 a.m.-12 p.m., Friday, March 10, Large Conference Room, Medford Public Library, 205 S. Central Ave., Medford<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fconversation-with-funders-pendleton-tickets-536300247477&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.ottum%40slo.oregon.gov%7Cd093468d8ce243552def08db0a0570fe%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114790710062412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PqkVgcrTBs47RiKYUXH7ZGeFKX%2BtQaGJOFhbTIZ%2Fc4A%3D&reserved=0"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pendleton</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">:</span></strong>
2:30-5:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 14, Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St., Pendleton<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
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2:30-5:30 p.m., Thursday, March 16, High Desert Music Hall, 818 SW Forest Ave, Redmond<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oregon Cultural Trust Cultural Development Program</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Among the funding opportunities discussed at the Conversations events will be the Cultural Trust’s Fiscal Year 2024 Cultural Development Program (funds to be awarded summer of 2023).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Cultural Development Program<span style="color:black"> recognizes and supports significant projects through four program funded categories: Access; Preservation; Creativity; and Capacity.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color:#141823">In 2022 the Cultural Trust awarded more than $3.4 million in grants statewide.</span><span lang="EN" style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Cultural Development Program grants represent one third of the annual funding the Cultural Trust provides to Oregon’s cultural nonprofits. Other funding includes grants to the Trust’s five statewide partners – to support their
mission goals and respective funding programs – and to 45 county and tribal cultural coalitions that fund local initiatives, projects and programs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color:black">FY2024 Cultural Development Program grants are for projects and activities that will occur between Sept. 1, 2023, and Aug. 31, 2024.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color:#141823">Grant guidelines will be posted in February
</span>for a Friday, May 5, 2023, application deadline.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For more information contact Schreiner at <a href="mailto:aili.schreiner@biz.oregon.gov">aili.schreiner@biz.oregon.gov</a> or 503-428-0963.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><i># # #</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i>Created in 2001 by the Oregon Legislature, the Oregon Cultural Trust is a testimony to how much Oregonians value culture. No other state provides a 100 percent tax credit to inspire cultural giving. As uniquely Oregonian as public beaches and the bottle
bill, the Oregon Cultural Trust was established 21 years ago by the Oregon Legislature as an ongoing funding engine for arts and culture across the state. Oregonians fund the Cultural Trust. We, in turn, fund the artists, potters, rappers, acrobats and dreamers
who make Oregon, Oregon. In FY2022 Oregonians gave $5.7 million to the Cultural Trust, our all-time record. Sixty percent of that went straight back to the field. The remaining 40 percent helped grow our permanent fund. Our three grant programs fund our </i><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fculturaltrust.org%2Fabout-us%2Fstatewide-partners%2F&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.ottum%40slo.oregon.gov%7Cd093468d8ce243552def08db0a0570fe%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114790710062412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JaKL%2FKKnMReGKlu3siZCoV3K%2FDYJirdISFoa506FCfM%3D&reserved=0"><i>five
Statewide Partners</i></a><i>, </i><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fculturaltrust.org%2Fgrants%2Fcoalitions%2F&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.ottum%40slo.oregon.gov%7Cd093468d8ce243552def08db0a0570fe%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114790710062412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8SSeCieBzo3ykYKYjnfowkibC8Nj0%2B2Klwu7vLQZn3Q%3D&reserved=0"><i>45
County and Tribal Coalitions</i></a><i> and </i><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fculturaltrust.org%2Fget-involved%2Fnonprofits%2F&data=05%7C01%7Ctamara.ottum%40slo.oregon.gov%7Cd093468d8ce243552def08db0a0570fe%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638114790710062412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1dd%2BBA%2Bl2zKbhvSkY%2BTJqp46Y%2BvNACRgkq5NikxtaWU%3D&reserved=0"><i>qualified
cultural nonprofits</i></a><i> through competitive Cultural Development Grants.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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Carrie Kikel <br>
<a href="mailto:carrie.kikel@biz.oregon.gov">carrie.kikel@biz.oregon.gov</a> <br>
503-480-5360<o:p></o:p></p>
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