Arts3C Grant Program

Arts3C Grant Program

The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) grant programs provide resources to increase the community’s access to a wide range of arts and culture, and promote RACC’s core values:

• Accessibility – Inclusion, simplicity, and ease
• Advocacy – Visibility, resources, and impact
• Equity – Racial justice and representation in services and investments
• Diversity – Of art forms and artistic traditions
• Community – For belonging, support, and connection
• Innovation – Testing and adapting; finding new ways to deliver value

The RACC Arts3C Grant program is for Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas County applicants creating and sharing arts and culture programming in all disciplines.

You can apply to support your artistic output, such as projects, programming, or presentations, or apply to support your internal capacity, such as operations, personal or professional development, or business investment. You will need to clearly explain what you need grant funding to support, and then make the case for how the public investment of the grant will impact both you and the community.

When applying for a RACC Arts3C Grant, you may submit only one application in a grant cycle and receive only one grant within 12 months.

You will select the grant request amount of up to $5,000. A smaller grant request ($1,000 or $2,000) will have a more streamlined and simple application. A larger request amount ($3,000 to $5,000) requires more information and budget details. Our intention is to make grant awards at the level requested. However, in rare instances, the award amount may be less than requested based on panel review and recommendations.

Grant awards will be based on funds available, panel rankings, and RACC’s work to increase investment in under-represented communities, including people who identify as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, or Multiracial; immigrants and refugees; people with disabilities; homeless or houseless communities; and/or LGBTQIA+ people.

Eligibility

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• RACC makes grant awards to individuals, nonprofits, arts-based businesses, Limited Liability Companies (LLC), partnerships, and other legally organized entities.
• To be eligible for the RACC Arts3C Grant, you must:
  • Physically reside or be headquartered, with your legal address shown on your W-9 form/income tax return, within the RACC service area of Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties.
  • Applicants with a PO Box will need to provide additional proof of residence or physical location.
  • Be an artist, arts organization, arts business, or other organization applying for an arts activity.
  • Complete all final report requirements for current RACC grant awards. You may have only one RACC grant open at a time.
• One eligible applicant should apply on behalf of a collaboration. Proposals from more than one applicant for the same project or activity will not be considered.
• The proposal End Date must be set after grant award announcements are scheduled and the grant cycle begins.
• All programming supported with RACC grant funding must take place in ADA-accessible spaces.
• Available funding from Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas Counties may impact awards to applicants headquartered/residing in those counties.

Ineligibility

• Applicants with open grants, including Project, Professional Development, Make|Learn|Build, or Arts3C grants, are not eligible until your activity and reporting on past grants is complete.
• Applicants that have already received an Arts3C Grant within the year (previous consecutive grant cycles) are not eligible to apply.
• Individuals enrolled as a student in a degree or certificate program in the arts at the time of application are not eligible.
• Organizations receiving RACC General Operating Support Grant funding are not eligible to apply, but may act as fiscal agents or partner on an activity.
• Members of the RACC Team, Board of Directors, or current RACC contractors are not eligible to apply.