[OMS_MANAGERS] Cultural Trust Now Accepting applications for Cultural Development Grants

[STUART Sheri * OPRD]

The Cultural Trust's annual competitive grant cycle for arts, heritage, history, preservation and humanities nonprofit programs has opened. Grant guidelines for FY2017 Cultural Development grants are posted. Applications must be submitted online by 5 pm Friday, April 22, 2016.

Cultural Development grants are for project activities that occur between August 1, 2016 and July 30, 2017 that:


*        protect and stabilize Oregon's cultural resources;

*        expand public awareness of, access to, and participation in quality cultural experiences in Oregon;

*        ensure that Oregon cultural resources are strong and dynamic contributors to Oregon's communities and quality of life;

*        build an understanding of the value and impact of culture to Oregonians.

Cultural Development Grants recognize and support significant cultural programs and projects through four grant categories:


*        Access: Make culture broadly available to Oregonians

*        Preservation: Invest in Oregon's cultural heritage by recovering, preserving, and sharing historic assets and achievements

*        Creativity: Create and/or present cultural or scholarly work; Support the development of artists, cultural experts, or scholars who promote culture as a core part of vibrant communities

*        Capacity: Strengthen cultural organizations to increase stability, improve sustainability, or measure/share cultural impacts

For more info see: http://www.culturaltrust.org/node/314

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