Cultural Coalition of Washington County Awards
$60,884 in Grants to Local Organizations for 2018
The Cultural Coalition of Washington County (CCWC) recently awarded grants totaling $60,884 to 38 local organizations for cultural projects to be conducted between January and December 2018. Grants were distributed through a competitive process to address goals of the Washington County Cultural Plan in amounts ranging from $750 to $2000. Due to increased support from the Oregon Cultural Trust, the CCWC was able to distribute over $5,000 more than in 2017.
“The Coalition is pleased to award grants to seven first-time applicants. We continue to try to reach more organizations across the county as these small grants are extremely helpful to local groups,” notes Alex Flores, Coalition Chair. Grants will support projects including music, dance, theater, children’s programs, community events, library programs, heritage, marketing, and art experiences in communities from Garden Home to Forest Grove.
Funding for this grant program comes from the Oregon Cultural Trust, which distributes money to Oregon counties and tribes annually to support local community cultural programs. This year’s awards bring the total of grants distributed in Washington County over the past twelve years to over $554,000. The Oregon Cultural Trust receives its support through a unique tax credit program. An Oregon resident can make a donation to the Trust and then match that with a donation to a local arts, heritage or humanities organization, for example one of the organizations listed below. Then, when it is time to pay Oregon taxes, the donation to the local organization qualifies as a charitable contribution, and the donation to the Trust can be deducted as a full tax credit (you get the whole match back). For details on the program or to make a donation, visit the Oregon Cultural Trust website: http://www.culturaltrust.org/.
The CCWC was appointed in February 2005 by the Washington County Board of Commissioners to administer and distribute funds from the Oregon Cultural Trust to support locally based arts, heritage and humanities projects. For more information about the CCWC, visit its website, ccwashco.org.
First time grant recipients are noted with an asterisk *.
| 2018 Cultural Coalition Grants Recommended for Funding: | ||
| Organization | Project Title | Grant |
| Aloha Community Farmers’ Market * | Celebrating Aloha’s Cultural Diversity | $ 2,000 |
| Aloha Community Library | Music @ the Library | $ 2,000 |
| ArtMax Academy * | ArtMax Operational Costs | $ 1,950 |
| Bag&Baggage Productions | Death And The Maiden | $ 2,000 |
| Beaverton Civic Theatre | 100 Dresses | $ 2,000 |
| Beaverton Education Foundation | Art Day On-The-Go | $ 2,000 |
| Broadway Rose Theatre Company | 2018 Free Musical for Tigard/Tualatin Elementary School Students | $ 2,000 |
| Cedar Mill Community Library | Successful Self-Publishing for the Indie Writer | $ 750 |
| Centro Cultural de Washington County | Self Care Through Traditional Knowledge Community Seminar | $ 1,500 |
| Choro in Schola * | 2018 Washington County In-school Residencies | $ 2,000 |
| City of Forest Grove * | Forest Grove Latino Summit | $ 500 |
| Classical Up Close | 2018 Spring Chamber Music Festival | $ 2,000 |
| Evergreen Middle School (Hillsboro School District) * | A Personal Coat of Arms | $ 915 |
| Experience Theatre Project | The Taming of the Shrew | $ 2,000 |
| Free Orchards Elementary School | Art club/ Book club | $ 1,650 |
| Garden Home Community Library Association | Garden Home Community Library Free Film program | $ 1,000 |
| German International School * | German Holiday Market | $ 2,000 |
| Hillsboro Community Youth Choir * | Name Rebranding | $ 1,000 |
| Hillsboro School District- West Union Elementary | Onward to Oregon | $ 859 |
| Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra | Communications and Marketing for 2018 Concert series | $ 2,000 |
| Hillsboro Tuesday Marketplace | 20 Years of Art and Culture | $ 1,000 |
| Hillsboro Visual Arts Association dba Sequoia Gallery and Studios | Hip To Be Square | $ 1,500 |
| Mask & Mirror Community Theatre | Mask & Mirror UnMasked | $ 1,200 |
| Masque Alfresco | 2018 Summer Park Tour: Moliere’s “The Misanthrope” | $ 1,000 |
| North Plains Public Library (NPPL) | Foreign Film Night | $ 780 |
| Oregon College of Art and Craft | Art Adventures at Adelante Mujeres | $ 2,000 |
| Painted Sky Inc. | Painted Sky Northstar Community Outreach | $ 2,000 |
| RASIKA | Collective Vision: An Indo-Jazz Collaboration | $ 2,000 |
| STAGES Performing Arts Youth Academy | Teatro Imagination | $ 1,850 |
| The Beat Goes On Marching Band | Acuisition of Marching Percussion and Rolling Percussion Carts | $ 1,000 |
| Theatre in the Grove | CAST Playhouse | $ 2,000 |
| Tualatin Valley Symphony | Family Concert 2018 | $ 1,500 |
| Tualatin Valley Artists Inc., DBA as Influence Music Hall | Influence Music Hall – Behringer XR18 Sound Mixer & Peripherals | $ 930 |
| Twality Band | Band is for all! | $ 2,000 |
| W.V. McKinney Elementary School | Arts for Learning: Putting the Arts in Language Arts | $ 2,000 |
| Washington County Art Alliance | Washington County Open Studios Tour | $ 2,000 |
| Washington County Museum | Touching History Mobile Museum | $ 2,000 |
| Westside Cultural Alliance dba Tualatin Valley Creates | Arts & Culture Professional Development Workshops | $ 2,000 |