Cultural Support Services Projects
Through Cultural Support Services Projects we support organizations and Tribes contributing to the quality of life and career development for cultural workers.
IMPORTANT: Organizations or Tribes that plan to apply must complete your Account Profile, save a draft application, and complete eligibility information by October 29, 2025 at 5:00 pm PST to allow 4Culture staff to complete eligibility pre-screening for this grant. The application will not be available to organizations or Tribes to start an application after that date. Final applications must be submitted by Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 5:00 pm PST.
This grant is funded by King County’s Lodging Tax and sales tax through Doors Open legislation. Please review the eligibility requirements and update your organization’s account profile before starting your application.
Steps to Apply
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What Cultural Support Services Projects Funds
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What Cultural Support Services Projects Funds
4Culture’s Cultural Support Services Projects program provides funding for organizations and Tribes that improve the quality of life and careers for King County cultural practitioners. Cultural Support Services are investments in the people who lead and sustain the culture and science sectors. A thriving, sustainable workforce strengthens the arts, culture, and science ecosystems and in turn, improves the cultural and science experiences available to the residents and visitors of King County.
4Culture’s Cultural Support Services Projects program funds continuation, creation, and expansion of various cultural support services for the culture and science sectors in King County. For this program, Cultural Support Services are defined as the constellation of programs, resources, and networks that support capacity building for cultural practitioners in King County. Capacity building is the generation of resources or support intended to help an individual enhance their ability to fulfill their mission or purpose (i.e., any activity or support that is focused on the success and sustainability of the practitioner rather than specific programs).
Cultural practitioners are the collection of artists; administrators, educators, technologists, scientists, professionals, and volunteers of culture and science focused institutions and public agencies; owners or stewards of historic structures and landscapes; culture bearers; technical specialists; and creative professionals and workers with specialized skills needed in the cultural and science ecosystems.
Projects funded by this program should align with one or more of the five categories of cultural support services:
- Career Pathways – services focusing on leadership development, entry into the sectors, and retention within the sectors, whether for youth, emergent practitioners, or elder stewards, through educational and practice experiences.
- Wellbeing – services that address the holistic needs of individual cultural practitioners, including basic needs, so they can fuel stronger sectors.
- Community Building and Organizing – services contributing to the creation of cohorts, communities, and networks, as well as those that foster strong leadership.
- Technical Assistance and Professional Services – services that support a range of skill development, consultation services, and access to affordable professional services to assist with business and operations, including access to physical space and equipment needed for work. This could be technical assistance or paying someone directly to carry out the services needed.
- Advocacy and Systems Change – services promoting the importance of the culture and science sectors. This could include elevating its place in policy and planning processes as well as increasing visibility through culture and science sector research, journalism, and publications.
Some Ideas for Cultural Support Services Projects:
We share these examples to help inspire ideas. We welcome projects you have been working on and dreaming about.
Career Pathways
- Internship program that grows individual workers beyond a single organization or Tribe and reaches across the sector
- Mentorship program that builds career pathways for youth and adults
- Program to support elder practitioners advance in their careers and plan their legacies
- Program to keep cultural knowledge among cultural workers within the sector
Wellbeing
- Program to guide individual practitioners on enrolling or renewing health insurance
- Program to support individual practitioners experiencing displacement within King County to navigate rent assistance programs
- Educational programs for individual practitioners forming a cooperative model to increase ownership and sustainability
Community Building and Organizing
- Collaborations to foster belonging and address systemic inequities for individual practitioners
- Leadership cohorts to support the development and retention of sector leaders
Technical Assistance and Professional Services
- Training programs for individuals to gain skills to advance their work
- Programs that support the development of K-12 public school teachers and cultural and science educators who teach courses in one of 4Culture’s disciplines
- Educational programs for individual practitioners to strengthen business practices
- Program to support affordable legal assistance to individuals
- Cooperative exchange and/or buying program for individual practitioners to access affordable supplies needed to complete their work
- Equipment loan program with training to increase accessibility to work by individual practitioners
Advocacy and Systems Change
- Joint outreach and communications campaign to connect individual practitioners with new and sustained audiences
- Services to guide and train individuals advancing preservation initiatives and/or seeking landmark preservation status
- Journalism apprentice program to raise visibility of individual practitioners within the sector
- Program pilot to show the impact of individual practitioners on health outcomes, municipal planning, or other cross-sector industries
You can use this grant to pay for the following expenses for a proposed project:
- Staff salaries dedicated to the proposed project
- Evaluation costs
- Consultant/contractor fees
- Participant stipends
- Relevant capacity building for project personnel
- Consumable materials and supplies for the project
- Direct marketing
- Equipment (fixed assets and small equipment)
- Rent and use of facilities for providing service offerings
You cannot use this grant for:
- Projects that do not focus on serving individual cultural practitioners in King County as a foundational element
- General operating support, overhead costs and fees, utilities, employee benefits or any regular staff salaries (see Sustained Support grants)
- Construction projects (see Building for Equity and Landmarks Capital grants)
- Elements of your project completed before funds are awarded: January 28, 2026
- Projects for which fundraising is the primary purpose
- Religious worship or instruction, or programs that are only open to matriculating students
- Lobbying by Science and Technology-based organizations and their fiscal sponsors: Including grassroots lobbying or advocacy that promotes grassroots lobbying
Projects may continue existing services, create new offerings, or expand services in further directions. The Choice Type is an opportunity for you to select an overarching approach for your project.
Choice Type:
- Continue: the proposed project continues and maintains existing services for individual cultural practitioners, demonstrates value in repeating this work over an extended period.
- Grow: the proposed project is a new initiative that is developed with, or in response to a need voiced by the intended individual practitioners.
- Evolve: the proposed project significantly expands your existing service’s scope, reach, or the intended individual practitioners you serve.
Awards range from $30,000 to $225,000 total ($10,000 to $75,000 per year for three years). Project period extends over three years from project start date.
The total available funding for Cultural Support Services Projects in 2025 is $6,064,846. This is the first year of this grant program.
Awarded organizations or Tribes will have the option to be featured on an online Resource Library roster to showcase and promote your offerings.
Criteria
For this grant, a panel will evaluate your application based on the following five criteria:
- Quality and Qualifications: your thought and reasoning behind your proposed project, how well your project activities and planning align with professional standards, best practices, or values of the community served. Evidence your project is informed and guided by those individuals directly served. The qualifications of you and your project team align with the proposed project, its constituents, and its intended impact. Qualifications can be skill, experience, training, or knowledge-based.
- Feasibility: your ability to complete your project within 36 months of the award date, as demonstrated by a balanced project budget, thoughtful planning, and the expertise of those carrying out the project. Your project budget and plan are realistic and achievable, and the funding amount is appropriate for the project. You provide clear plans on how you will scale your project if you do not receive full funding for your application.
- Project Impact and Public Benefit: how your project meets the needs of constituents beyond your organization or Tribe, established needs in the community, a sector-wide trend, or relevant research on needs in the sector. Your project provides compelling and feasible public benefit for individual cultural practitioners of King County.
- Advancing Equity: 4Culture’s mission focuses on racial equity and envisions a county where culture is essential and accessible to all. Your project’s focus is on marginalized communities, especially communities that are disproportionately impacted by structural racism (e.g. serving Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, engaging BIPOC leaders within a community, etc.). This is not a requirement to apply for Cultural Support Services Projects funding, but sharing about your project’s equity work, however it manifests, will give the panel a fuller picture of how your project supports your community.
Public Benefit: Why It Matters
4Culture is a public agency supporting the cultural sector through revenue from Lodging Tax, 1% for Art, and Doors Open funding sources. Core to our work and defined in our Charter is a requirement that everything we fund serves the public interest, enriching communities throughout King County.
We define Public Benefit as the opportunity for King County residents and visitors to access and engage in arts, science, and other cultural activities, events, communities of practice, historic and cultural spaces, and works of public art related to our program areas. It is also a service requirement for all recipients of funding from 4Culture. Public benefit makes it easier to experience culture.
As you work through your application, tell us exactly how your fellow King County residents – with a focus on individual practitioners – will be able to enjoy and learn from your work. Read about public benefit more in depth here. Here are a few ideas of ways you can provide public benefit:
- Free workshops, trainings, or classes.
- Events in the often under-served areas of suburban or rural King County, to low-income, youth and senior groups, individuals with limited physical abilities, recent immigrants, or residents from minority races or ethnicities.
- Free, electronically accessible materials, including educational resources, research publications, audio, or video recordings.
Geographic and Equity Investments
4Culture recognizes that where an organization or Tribe is based or provides its services to, as well as the communities it serves, can affect access to funding and other resources. To take a step towards balancing these disparities, 4Culture will provide additional funding to organizations and Tribes that are based in parts of King County that are less served by other funding sources and to organizations that specifically serve marginalized communities, especially communities that are disproportionately impacted by structural racism. Organizations and Tribes with an annual budget over $5 million do not qualify for additional Geographic and Equity Investment funding.
Each of our grant programs utilizes geographic and equity investments tailored to the specific needs of its applicants. This organization-wide practice – and what we learn about its impact – is an important step towards more equitable funding at 4Culture and throughout the King County cultural sector. If you meet any of the following criteria, you may be eligible for additional consideration during the panel process and/or additional support:
Equity Investment Score
Organizations or Tribes that the adjudicating panel of peer reviewers agree are excelling in advancing equity in King County will receive an additional Equity Investment.
Outside of the City of Seattle
Organizations or Tribes with a primary location outside of Seattle city limits will receive additional geographic equity funds. Eligibility will be determined based on the mailing address in your account profile. This address should be consistent with what your organization uses for IRS reporting purposes.
Communities of Opportunity
Organizations or Tribes that are located in a Community of Opportunity are eligible for additional Equity Investment funds. The Communities of Opportunity (COO) index includes a set of health and socioeconomic indicators to gauge community health and well-being. 4Culture aligns our Equity investments with the COO index to identify the areas of King County in greatest need of support.
View this Communities of Opportunity map to determine whether your organization, Tribe, or primary venue is located in a COO. COO areas eligible for an Equity investment are outlined in purple:
What’s Our Approach to Racial Equity?
With a focus on racial equity, 4Culture funds, supports, and advocates for culture to enhance the quality of life in King County. Our commitment to racial equity inspires us to cultivate the tools and practices needed to dismantle forms of oppression.
To read more visit:
Racial Equity at 4Culture
Mission, Vision, Values
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Are You Eligible?
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Are You Eligible?
Your Organization or Tribe
Cultural Support Services Projects grants are available for King County-based nonprofit arts, heritage, historic preservation, and science & technology organizations, as well as Tribal governments, public development authorities, and public agencies.
To be eligible for a Cultural Support Services Projects award, your organization or Tribe must:
- Have a mission that includes a focus on one of our four disciplines:
- Arts: includes organizations or Tribes focused on creative place-making, cultural festivals, dance, design, film, folk and traditional arts, literary arts, multidisciplinary arts, music, theater, and visual arts.
- Heritage: includes organizations or Tribes focused on the preservation and transmission of local history; ethnic history; Native cultures; folklore and intangible cultural heritage; and historic and archaeological resources.
- Historic Preservation: includes organizations or Tribes focused on advocacy or assistance to preserve, promote, and sustain historic places; education about our historic built environment; or stewarding historic properties that serve as a venue for cultural activities.
- Science and Technology: includes organizations or Tribes focused on natural and social sciences, characterized by a formalized framework that entails the reproducible testing and revision of falsifiable ideas based on observable facts, as well as formal and applied sciences, such as mathematics and engineering. Applicants that are zoos or aquariums must also be accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
- Have your primary location in King County and a significant portion of your activities occur in King County.
- Have a board of directors, or an advisory council or equivalent decision-making body.
The following are not eligible:
- K-12 schools and school districts.
- Individual practitioners.
If you are a Science & Technology organization, you or your fiscal sponsor must also:
- Be incorporated in the state of Washington.
- Be recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) OR be working with an eligible Fiscal Sponsor.
- Be based in and conduct a majority of your mission-based, public-facing activities in King County with a primary focus on science & technology.
Science and Technology-based organizations and their fiscal sponsors may not be:
- A university, college, or institution of higher education.
- An agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions.
- A municipal corporation.
- A Tribe.
- An organization that raises money for redistribution to multiple cultural organizations.
- A radio or television broadcasting network or station, cable communications system, Internet-based communications venture or service, newspaper, or magazine.
Please note: If you are using a fiscal sponsor to apply for this grant, you must have prior approval by 4Culture staff. You will need to indicate if you are applying with a Fiscal Sponsor in your application, and 4Culture will review both you and your fiscal sponsor’s eligibility to receive funding. Please review our Fiscal Sponsorship – 4Culture.
Your Project
- Your project must fall within a category of cultural support services (see above) and support individual cultural practitioners.
- Your project must be accessible to and have impact beyond the staff and board of your organization or Tribe.
- Your project must be accessible to and provide public benefit to King County residents and visitors.
- Your request amount is between $10,000–$75,000 per each year for the proposed project period. Requests submitted that are outside of the range are not eligible and will not be considered for funding.
- You may apply to fund the portion of a project that begins on or after January 28, 2026 (the award date). The public benefit of your project must be completed by February 1, 2029.
If you’re not sure if your organization, Tribe, or project fits the organization/Tribe and project eligibility requirements or you have a question about these criteria, please contact Cassie Chinn, Cultural Services Liaison, at .
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Helping You Succeed
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Helping You Succeed
Personal Support
Workshops
Please join us to meet staff, learn how to apply, ask questions, and meet other applicants. Workshops make a big difference in the success of your application. We find that the strongest applications come from people who have attended a workshop.
Online workshops will be hosted on Zoom video conference with captioning available. You will need a Zoom account to join. Please register through the links below or click to join during the workshop time. Registration is not required for the in-person workshop.
Accessibility: ASL interpretation can be provided for any workshop by advance request. Please contact Jackie Mixon at for access requests and questions.
Office Hours
We will be standing by on Zoom to answer any questions, provide quick feedback on your application, and help you succeed. Join our open Zoom video call during one of the times provided, using the link below. Please note: there will be no formal presentation during office hours, but a Program Manager will be on hand to answer any questions ahead of the November 12 application deadline.
Application Review
We are happy to offer feedback on a draft of your application. Please contact Cassie Chinn at before Wednesday, October 29 for this review request. After that, we cannot review full drafts but will still be available to assist with specific questions and troubleshooting.
Resources
Videos
Watch these step-by-step videos for tips on how to set up an account, access the application, as well as a detailed walkthrough of the application.
Substitulos en Español | 中文字幕（繁體)
Substitulos en Español | 中文字幕（繁體)
Worksheet
This worksheet includes the full application with helpful tips. Use this to work offline, draft your responses, and then copy-and-paste them into the online application.
Please note: all applications must be submitted online at apply.4culture.org. Using the application worksheet is NOT an alternative to the online application form. Please use the application form in the grant portal to apply.
Download the worksheet: Word
Other Resources
This document may be helpful to applicants:
Glossary of 4Culture and Nonprofit Jargon
Contact
We are here to help! Before you begin or after you start your application, you may have questions. In addition to office hours, our staff are available by email and phone to assist you.
For questions about the application, the peer reviewer panel review process, or eligibility:
Cassie Chinn, Cultural Services Liason
206-263-8324
For technical questions about your online account, contact:
Shaun Mejia, Heritage Support Specialist
206-477-9952
Please contact us if you have a question about your organization’s or Tribe’s eligibility or if you would like to have your application draft reviewed. Please contact Cultural Services Liaison Cassie Chinn before Wednesday, October 29 for this review request.
IMPORTANT: organizations or Tribes that plan to apply must complete your Account Profile, save a draft application, and complete eligibility information by Wednesday, October 29 at 5:00 pm PST to allow 4Culture staff to complete an eligibility pre-screening for this grant. Final applications must be submitted by Wednesday, November 12 at 5:00 pm PST. The application will not be available to organizations or Tribes to start an application after October 29 at 5:00 pm PST.
4Culture staff will do our best to answer questions and assist applicants. However, as the deadline approaches, it will become less and less likely that we will be able to respond to your queries. The earlier you start the process, the more support 4Culture staff will be able to offer you.
Translation and Assistance
Cultural Support Services Projects grants provide funding for organizations and Tribes that improve the quality of life and careers for King County cultural practitioners. You can use this grant to fund continuation, creation, and expansion of various cultural support services for individual cultural practitioners within the culture and science sectors in King County.
Organizations or Tribes that plan to apply must complete your Account Profile, save a draft application, and complete eligibility information by October 29, 2025 at 5:00 pm PST. The application will not be available to organizations or Tribes to start an application after October 29 at 5:00 pm PST. The full application is due November 12, 2025 by 5:00 pm PST. Award decisions will be announced in February 2026.
We’re here to help! Please contact Cassie Chinn, Cultural Services Liaison at with questions about this program.
The grant guidelines, a detailed explanation of how to apply, and the grant application are in English. If this is a barrier that stops you from applying due to limited English writing ability, visual impairment, or you would like to request assistance to create an application, please contact or call (206) 296-7580 or TTY 711, and we will ensure you get the support you need.
中文 (Chinese)
Cultural Support Services Projects（文化支持服务项目）资助为致力于提升 King County 文化从业者生活质量和职业发展的组织及部落提供资金支持。您可以利用该项资助，为 King County 文化和科学领域的个体文化从业者在各类文化支持服务的延续、创建和扩展方面提供资金支持。
计划申请该资助的组织或部落必须在 2025 年 10 月 29 日太平洋标准时间下午 5:00 之前，创建账户并完善账户资料和个人信息，保存申请草稿，并完成资格审核要求。超过 10 月 29 日太平洋标准时间下午 5:00 后，未完成上述所有步骤的组织或部落将无法继续提交申请。
最终申请截止时间为 2025 年 11 月 12 日太平洋标准时间下午 5:00。资助决定结果将于 2026 年 2 月公布。我们随时为您提供帮助！如对本项目有任何疑问，敬请联系文化服务联络员 Cassie Chinn，电子邮件地址：。
資助指南、如何申請的詳細說明以及資助申請表均為英文版。如果您因英語書寫能力有限、視力障礙而無法申請，或是在填寫申請表時需要協助，請發送電子郵件至 或致電 (206) 296-7580 或 TTY 711 進行聯絡，我們會確保您獲得所需的幫助。
Русский (Russian)
Cultural Support Services Projects (Проекты услуг по поддержке в сфере культуры) предоставляют гранты для организаций и племен, которые способствуют улучшению качества жизни и развитию карьерных возможностей деятелей культуры в округе Кинг. С помощью гранта можно финансировать продление, создание и расширение различных услуг по поддержке в сфере культуры для индивидуальных деятелей культуры и науки в округе Кинг.
Организациям и племенам, которые хотят подать заявку, нужно создать учетную запись, внести всю информацию в профиль, сохранить черновик заявки и подтвердить соответствие требованиям для участия. Все это нужно сделать до 17:00 29 октября 2025 года по тихоокеанскому времени. Организации и племена, не выполнившие описанные выше действия до 17:00 29 октября 2025 года по тихоокеанскому времени, не смогут подать заявку.
Окончательный срок подачи заявок: 17:00 12 ноября 2025 года по тихоокеанскому времени. Решения о присуждении грантов огласят в феврале 2026 года. Мы всегда готовы вам помочь! Если у вас есть вопросы о программе, обратитесь к Cassie Chinn, контактному лицу по вопросам услуг в сфере культуры, по адресу электронной почты .
Правила предоставления гранта, подробная инструкция по подаче заявки, а также сама заявка на грант составлены на английском языке. Если вы не можете подать заявку из-за недостаточного владения письменной английской речью или нарушений зрения, либо нуждаетесь в помощи для составления заявки, напишите по адресу или позвоните по телефону (206) 296-7580, либо TTY 711. Мы предоставим вам необходимую поддержку.
Soomaali (Somali)
Cultural Support Services Projects (Deeqaha Mashaariicda Adeegyada Taageerada) Dhaqanku waxay maalgalin siiyaan ururada iyo Qabaailada taasoo sare u qaadaysa tayada nolosha iyo xirafadaha dadka ka shaqeeya dhaqanka ee Ismaamulka King. Waxaad deeqdaan u isticmaali kartaa sii wadista, samaynta, iyo balaarinta adeegyada taageerada dhaqanka ee kala duwan ee shaqaalaha dhaqanka ka shaqeeya ee qaybaha dhaqanka iyo sayniska ee Ismaamulka King.
Ururada ama Qabaailada ee qorsheeya adeegsiga waa inay samaystaan akoon aadna barataa akoonkaaga iyo macluumaadkaaga shakhsi ahaaneed, kaydsato codsi qabyo ah, aadna buuxiso shuruudaha u qalmitaanka ugu danbayn Oktoobar 29, 2025 saacadu markay tahay 5:00 galabnimo PST. Codsiga ma heli doonaan ururada ama Qabaailada wixii ka danbeeya Oktoobar 29 saacadu markay tahay 5:00 galabnimo PST aan soo buuxin waxa kor ku qoran.
Codsiga kama danbaysta ah wuxuu ku egyahay Nufeembar 12, 2025 ugu danbayn 5:00 galabnimo PST. Go’aanada abaalmarinta waxaa shaacin doonaa Febraayo 2026.
Waxaan diyaar u nahay inaan ku caawino! Fadla kala xiriir Cassie Chinn, Xaafiiska Adeegyada Dhaqanka wixii su’aalo ah oo aad barnaamijkaan ka qabto.
Tilmaamaha deeqda, sharraxaada faahfaahsan ee ku saabsan sida loo codsado, iyo codsiga deeqda waxay dhammaan ku qoran yihiin Af-Ingiriisi. Haddii arrintaan ay tahay caqabad kaa hor istaageyso codsashada oo ay sabab u tahay awoodda qorista Af-Ingiriisiga oo xadidan, naafanimo aragga ah, ama aad jeclaan lahayd inaad codsato in lagaa caawiyo in aad codsi sameyso, fadlan la xiriir ama wac (206) 296-7580 ama TTY 711, waxaana xaqiijin doonnaa inaad hesho taageerada aad u baahan tahay.
Español (Spanish)
Las subvenciones para Cultural Support Services Projects (Proyectos de Servicios de Apoyo Cultural) financian a organizaciones y tribus que mejoran la calidad de vida y las carreras de los profesionales del ámbito cultural del condado de King. Puede utilizar esta subvención para financiar la continuación, creación y expansión de diversos servicios de apoyo cultural para profesionales del ámbito cultural dentro de los sectores cultural y científico del condado de King.
Las organizaciones o tribus que deseen solicitarla deben crear una cuenta, completar su perfil e información personal, guardar un borrador de la solicitud y completar los requisitos de idoneidad antes del 29 de octubre de 2025 a las 5:00 p. m. Pacific Standard Time (PST, hora del Pacífico). La solicitud no estará disponible para las organizaciones o tribus que no hayan completado lo mencionado anteriormente después del 29 de octubre a las 5:00 p. m. PST. La solicitud final debe presentarse antes del 12 de noviembre de 2025 a las 5:00 p. m. PST. La decisión sobre la adjudicación se anunciará en febrero de 2026. ¡Estamos para ayudar! Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre este programa, comuníquese con Cassie Chinn, coordinadora de servicios culturales, a .
Las directrices de la subvención, la explicación detallada de cómo solicitarla y la solicitud de la subvención están redactadas en inglés. Si esto supone un impedimento para presentar la solicitud debido a una capacidad limitada para escribir en inglés, una discapacidad visual o necesita ayuda para crear una solicitud, póngase en contacto con o llame al (206) 296-7580 o TTY 711, y nos aseguraremos de que reciba la ayuda que necesita.
Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
Các khoản tài trợ của Cultural Support Services Projects (Dự Án Dịch Vụ Hỗ Trợ Văn Hóa) sẽ cung cấp kinh phí cho các tổ chức và Bộ lạc nhằm cải thiện chất lượng cuộc sống và công việc cho những người đang hoạt động trong lĩnh vực văn hóa tại King County. Quý vị có thể sử dụng khoản tài trợ này để hỗ trợ việc duy trì, tạo mới và mở rộng các dịch vụ hỗ trợ văn hóa khác nhau cho từng cá nhân làm việc trong lĩnh vực văn hóa và khoa học tại King County.
Các tổ chức hoặc Bộ lạc có kế hoạch nộp đơn phải tạo tài khoản, hoàn thiện hồ sơ tài khoản và thông tin cá nhân, lưu bản nháp đơn xin tài trợ và hoàn thành các yêu cầu về tính đủ điều kiện trước 5:00 chiều (theo giờ PST) ngày 29 tháng 10 năm 2025. Sau 5:00 chiều (theo giờ PST) ngày 29 tháng 10 năm 2025, những tổ chức hoặc Bộ lạc chưa hoàn thành các bước trên sẽ không còn quyền truy cập đơn đăng ký.
Hạn chót nộp đơn đăng ký hoàn chỉnh là 5:00 chiều (theo giờ PST) ngày 12 tháng 11 năm 2025. Quyết định trao tài trợ sẽ được công bố vào tháng 2 năm 2026. Chúng tôi luôn sẵn sàng hỗ trợ! Vui lòng liên hệ Cassie Chinn, Điều Phối Viên Dịch Vụ Văn Hóa, qua email nếu có câu hỏi về chương trình này.
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Timeline
Organizations or Tribes that plan to apply must complete your Account Profile, save a draft application, and complete eligibility information by Wednesday, October 29 at 5:00pm to allow 4Culture staff to complete an eligibility pre-screening for this grant. Final applications must be submitted by Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 5:00 pm PST. The application link will not be available to organizations or Tribes to start an application after October 29 at 5:00 pm PST.
Most 4Culture grants take approximately three months from the application deadline to when we announce our funding decisions. You can start your project described in your application on or after January 28, 2026, and you must complete it by February 1, 2029.
Panel Process
We make all funding decisions through a panel of arts, heritage, historic preservation, and science professionals, who evaluate all eligible applications based on the above criteria and Geographic and Equity Investment. Panelists are different every year and work in a variety of disciplines, which may differ from your own. Keep this in mind as you write your application.
4Culture staff facilitates the panel process but does not score applications or influence the outcome. The panel meets to discuss and recommend applications for funding and then 4Culture’s Advisory Committee and Board approve the final list of awards.
Contracts and Payment
If your project is selected for funding, applicants will be notified soon after the Board’s approval, which will take place in late January 2026, with contracting anticipated to begin in late February. Your Program Manager will work with you to create a contract outlining a payment schedule. If funded, you’ll be required to provide a W-9 form, sign a contract that limits 4Culture’s liability, and provide proof of liability insurance that names 4Culture as additionally insured. Payments are made as reimbursements, often tied to completion of project phases outlined in a scope of services, and eligible expenses are those spent on or after January 28, 2026.
Requirements and Appeals
Learn about what will be required if you are awarded a grant, and about the process for appeal of a 4Culture decision.
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IMPORTANT: organizations or Tribes that plan to apply must complete your Account Profile, save a draft application, and complete eligibility information by Wednesday, October 29 at 5:00 pm PST to allow 4Culture staff to complete an eligibility pre-screening for this grant. Final applications must be submitted by Wednesday, November 12 at 5:00 pm PST. The application link will not be available to organizations or Tribes to start an application after October 29 at 5:00 pm PST.
Once you’ve started your application, you can save after each step and sign out – your application will be saved as a draft that you can continue to work on up to the deadline. Once you hit “Submit,” your application is final. Please contact us if you have any questions during the process.
There are three main steps to submit your application materials. You must complete all of the components of these steps to be considered for this grant.
- Request an organization account on 4Culture’s grant portal and complete your Account Profile, or, update your existing organization account. You will apply through our online grant portal system at apply.4culture.org.
- Returning: If you have applied for a 4Culture grant before, confirm that you still have log-in access, and that your organization or Tribe has answered all the questions under “Organization Accounts Only.”
- New: you will need to create an account before you can access the application. Creating a new organization account may take 1-2 business days for your account to be active.
- Please note: the email address of the person who submits your application will be the primary e-mail address for future communications about your organization’s or Tribe’s Cultural Support Services Projects Grant.
- If you are using a fiscal sponsor to apply for this grant, you must have prior approval by 4Culture staff. You will need to indicate if you are applying with a Fiscal Sponsor in your application, and 4Culture will review both you and your fiscal sponsor’s eligibility to receive funding. Please review our Fiscal Sponsorship page.
- Save a Draft Application and complete eligibility information by Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. PST.
- Submit the Full Application on the online grant portal no later than 5:00 p.m. PST on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. This application is what will be reviewed by the peer panel.
When you are logged in, make sure that you are applying to the correct program by selecting the Cultural Support Services Projects Application. Save a draft by completing the required fields or by using temporary text. Once you click “submit,” your application is considered complete and ready for review.
We highly recommend drafting your application in a separate document (e.g. using the application worksheet, a Word document, Google document, etc.). Don’t forget to submit the additional materials as part of your full application.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions during the process.
What’s in the Application?
You are required to answer the narrative questions based on the criteria (see above). In addition, we will not consider your application without the materials listed here. We strongly recommend assembling them before you login and begin your application. Panelists work in a variety of disciplines, which may differ from your own. Keep this in mind as you write your application.
Please feel free to call or email us with any questions as you work on preparing this information in advance.
Narrative Questions in the Cultural Support Services Projects Application Form
Project Description: clearly describe what you propose to do in your project. It’s great to be concise. This is the who, what, and why of your project.
- What do you propose to do in your project? How did you develop the idea? How was the need for the project identified?
- Who are the individual practitioners served by the project and how have they been involved in idea development thus far?
- What are the activities you will carry out? How do they align with professional standards, best practices, or values of the community served?
Project Impact and Public Benefit: clearly describe the intended individual practitioners for this project, your history working with them, and the impact or goals for your project on them. Constituents for the project must extend beyond your organization or Tribe. Please see the guidelines for our definition of public benefit.
- What is the significance of the cultural support services to the community your project serves?
- How does this project meet the needs of the community served? How does the project address a sector-wide trend or relevant research on needs in the sector?
- What are the intended outcomes regarding the cultural support services of this project? Be as specific as possible, including goals for number of people served, number of events, etc.
- What resources, programs, tangible products, or other types of public benefit will result from this project? If your services include fees for participants, describe what they are anticipated to be and how you are arriving at the cost.
- How will you provide access to the services? Will you provide free or low-cost services? How will you work to make the project accessible to many ages, disabilities, languages, and/or communities?
Advancing Equity: 4Culture’s mission focuses on racial equity and envisions a county where culture is essential and accessible to all. How does your project benefit communities of color and/or historically marginalized communities? How does it serve or collaborate with members of these communities?
Complete this question to the best of your ability and in alignment with your organization’s or Tribe’s readiness to engage in and share your equity work. If these questions do not apply to your project, you may simply state so. The answer to this question is not a requirement to be eligible for funding. However, panelists will review your response to evaluate the Advancing Equity criterion, and your response will be considered in determining Equity Investments.
Relevant Expertise/Experience/Accomplishments: describe the project team who will plan, implement, and manage your project. Cite team members’ roles and their qualifications that are relevant and necessary to complete the work successfully, including but not limited to, their experiences, skills, and/or knowledge expertise. How will the project team ensure your project aligns with professional standards, best practices, or values of the community this project serves?
Project Implementation: provide a timeline and a work plan for this project. The work plan could include phases for planning, outreach and publicity, execution, public benefit, and evaluation of the intended goals identified in Project Impact and Public Benefit section. Describe how you determined the appropriate timeline and work plan for this project. Remember, projects funded through this program should be completed within 36 months of the award date.
Project Budget in the Cultural Support Services Project Application Form
Use our Budget Form in the online application to record expected expenses and revenues for the project; you only need to fill out the line items that pertain to your project. Use the Budget Notes section to explain the line items, how you intend to use the funds you’re requesting from 4Culture, and how you will scale your project if you receive partial funding. If your expenses include staff salaries dedicated to the proposed project, list the staff and their titles, briefly describe their project role, identify if this is a percent of their time, and state their proposed compensation. The total expenses and revenues must match, including in-kinds in expenses and revenues. Please refer to “What Cultural Support Services Projects Funds” section of the guidelines for eligible and ineligible uses of 4Culture funding.
In addition to the Budget Form in the online application, for total grant requests $150,000 or above over the three-year grant period, you MUST complete and submit the following Large Projects Budget Form with your application. Download the form to your computer and work on it outside your web browser. When you’ve completed the form, save it as a PDF, and upload it as part of your application through apply.4culture.org.
The Large Projects Budget Form accommodates up to three years of project activities and expenses. The Year 1 sections should include costs for activities and income that begin on the project start date (as indicated in your Project Plan) and end 12 months later. If the project timeline exceeds one year, list the costs for the next 12 months in the Year 2 sections. If the project extends beyond two years, list the costs for the next 12 months in the Year 3 sections.
Required Additional Materials in the Cultural Support Services Projects Application Form
Organizational Board List (required): you must submit a list of your organization’s board members, their terms, and their employment or community affiliation in this section of the application. For project-based groups and community groups, please provide a list of your group’s leadership if it is different from the Relevant Expertise section. If it is the same, simply state so. This is required for organizations and groups only, not for Tribal governments or public agencies.
Attachments (optional): you may upload one document of no more than five pages that helps to tell the story of your group and its history and/or goals for the panel. Accepted file types are .doc, .docx, .pdf, .jpg, and .gif. The file must be less than 2 MB. To resize the file to under 2 MB, you can use free websites like Image Resizer and PDF Resizer. Examples could include photos, bids, estimates, letters of support from your project partners or communities served by the project, copies of media coverage, previous research, studies, or reports to help illustrate your proposal. If your project involves a partner to execute the project, a letter of support is highly encouraged. Please be selective and remember that attachments are optional.
Required Additional Components to Complete in Your Profile Section of the Grant Portal
Make sure you have completed these components BEFORE submitting your application, if you have not completed these components your application is considered INCOMPLETE.
Demographic Information (required): your organization profile in our application portal must provide demographic information for your board and staff for the current year. We use this information to help us understand how well we are doing in our efforts to reach all communities in King County. Read our privacy policy for information about how we protect your information. Your application is not complete if your demographic information is not updated for the current year.
Not sure how to complete your demographics information? Watch a tutorial video on how to complete your organization’s demographic survey. Substitulos en Español | 中文字幕（繁體)
Financial Information (required): your organization profile in our application portal must provide your organization’s most recent IRS 990 form. Make certain it is up to date and confirm the accuracy of your address. If you have never provided us with this information, please include your two-three most recent years (2022, 2023, and 2024). If you do not file IRS 990, please use the financial information you have to complete the form in the portal.
Not sure how to find your organization’s 990? Watch this tutorial video. Substitulos en Español | 中文字幕（繁體)