4Culture: Art Projects Grants

4Culture: Art Projects Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: 4Culture
Amount: Up to US $15,000
Last Updated: November 27, 2025

Summary

The 4Culture Art Projects Grants aim to enrich the cultural landscape of King County by providing funding for artistic endeavors that engage the public. These grants support various projects, emphasizing artistic integrity and community involvement. Eligible applicants include individuals and groups, with a focus on equitable access to funding for historically marginalized communities. The program encourages innovative projects that promote public events and artistic collaboration, fostering a deeper connection between artists and the community.

Overview

Art Projects Art Projects grants help fuel the experiences that make up the cultural fabric of King County. If you are sharing your work with the public, we can help you bring your ideas to life. What Art Projects Funds Artists and arts groups all over King County use Projects grants to create and share their work. Criteria We fund these grants through a competitive process. For this particular grant, the panel will carefully evaluate your application using the following: Core Criteria: Art is the primary component of your project.The budget for your project is feasible and you’ve requested an appropriate amount of funding.You have described one or more compelling, feasible public events in King County.If your project and/or public event is intended to support people or communities historically marginalized in King County, you have outlined why and how this will take place.Relevant work samples or other documentation that supports your application has been provided.Group applicants must demonstrate that they have or will hire artists and/or arts professionals with relevant experience to achieve the project. Art Projects also gives you the opportunity to let the panel know how you’d like to have your project evaluated. You must select one of the following three Choice Criteria for the panel to use when they review your application: Choice Criteria: Sustained value: your project shows a dedication to artistic discipline and form over an extended period of time, has consistent value, or preserves a creative and/or cultural tradition.Community engagement: your project provides an interactive and educational art experience beyond a public presentation, for the general public or a specific community—geographic, ethnic, youth, senior, etc—which is integral to your project.Artistic development: your project deeply explores or expands your discipline, medium, or concepts in new directions, and/or is a departure from your past or current work. Public Benefit: Why It Matters Visitors who stay in hotels and motels in King County pay sales tax. A small part of that tax generates the funds for our grants—our mission is to reinvest those funds into King County communities. Most importantly, in your application you will be asked to state specifically how fellow residents will benefit from the work you do. Equity Investments In order to combat inequities in our grantmaking, 4Culture is introducing Equity Investments. This practice will incorporate indicators of structural inequity into our panel process, including geographic location, income, operating budget, audiences served, and project focus. By prioritizing these factors, we intend to more equitably distribute funds to communities that have historically been excluded from cultural funding. Each of our grant programs will implement an Equity Investment system tailored to the specific needs of its applicants; please read the After You Submit section of this page for details on how Equity Investments will function for this grant. This organization-wide change—and what we learn about its impact—is an important step towards more equitable funding at 4Culture and throughout the King County cultural sector.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. You can apply for Art Projects as an individual or a group. Please note that you cannot apply in both categories—you must select one.Apply as an individual if you are the sole creator of a project, acting as a curator, or are leading other artists in the creation of your project. In this category, the panel will assess your contribution to the project and your work samples. If selected for an award, you must provide us with your Social Security Number—no fiscal sponsors may be used—to receive payment.Apply as a group if you represent a cooperative, non-profit organization, municipality, or business that creates art projects, or if you are a group of artists who have a history of working together, organized under a group name.In this category, the panel will assess your group’s contribution to your project and project-relevant work samples.You do not need to be a nonprofit, but you must provide an EIN (LLC, S-Corp, General Partnership, Nonprofit, etc.) when you apply—a Social Security Number will not be accepted. If you are awarded a grant, you may then request to reassign your contract to a fiscal sponsor (for example: Allied Arts Foundation or Fractured Atlas). The King County mailing address of the EIN must match the mailing address used on the W9 Form you submit for payment.You must meet these requirements in order to be considered for Art Projects grant funding:Individuals must be at least 18 years old and a resident of King County when you apply through completion of your project.Groups must be a King County organization with a core mission dedicated to the arts. If your group is not an arts organization, you must have a written agreement with an artist or arts group with whom you will collaborate.You may submit only one (1) individual OR one (1) group application per year.Your Project4Culture values the right to express and experience culture individually and as a community. These grants offer financial support for the creation of art projects that offer some community access to art or the artmaking process. Access can be formal or informal and can include events such as readings, screenings, exhibitions, performances, workshops, discussions, festivals, activities, and more.

Ineligibility

In order to be eligible for Art Projects funding you must not:Represent or apply on behalf of a current recipient of 4Culture’s Arts Sustained Support program.Be an individual or group who received a grant through 4Culture’s Art Projects last year. These recipients may apply again the following year.Be a member of an applicant group and also apply as an individual for a group-related project.Have an incomplete project and open Projects grant contract awarded in or prior to 2018.Have a current, open contract for 4Culture’s Sustained Support, Community 4Culture, or Creative Consultancy programs.Be a school, school district, or religious institution.Serve as a current staff, board, or Arts Advisory Committee member of 4Culture.Be a current year Art Projects selection panelist.