Arts Build Communities Grants

Arts Build Communities Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Oregon Arts Commission
Amount: US $5,000
Last Updated: March 30, 2026

Summary

The Arts Build Communities Grants, offered by the Oregon Arts Commission, aim to enhance arts engagement in communities, particularly for underserved populations. This program supports innovative projects that foster partnerships, improve access, and integrate arts with community goals. Emphasizing flexibility in project implementation during challenges such as COVID-19, it welcomes diverse initiatives that may include new program development and cultural tourism, thus promoting local capacity building and artistic involvement.

Overview

NOTE: The Arts Commission understands planning and implementing projects is difficult during the impacts of COVID-19 and the uncertain future. We intend to provide flexibility as project timelines change, allow for pilot approaches to service delivery models (including virtual programming), and encourage new ways of thinking about access and impact. The Arts Commission is committed to supporting the success of projects during this unique time. Arts Build Communities Grants This program recognizes the role that the arts play in the broad cultural, social, educational, economic and tourism sectors of community life. The program fosters partnerships that strengthen arts engagement, access and involvement in communities. Successful projects demonstrate building local capacity to strengthen the arts in a community through these local partnerships. The Arts Build Communities program prioritizes projects that provide access to the arts for underserved communities. This includes communities that currently or historically face systemic barriers as defined by, but not limited to, geography, race/ethnicity, tribal affiliation, immigration status, socioeconomic status, ability/disability, age (youth and aging people), sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status. Projects must support the integration of the arts and artists with community goals and may include new initiatives, new program development, cultural tourism and the expansion of existing arts and community development projects. Pre-development, design fees and community planning activities are eligible in this program.

Eligibility

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