The Oregon Cultural Trust has released information about grant opportunities through the Coronavirus Relief Fund for Cultural Support (CRFCS). All applications for funding must be received no later than noon (12 p.m.) Monday, Aug. 24.
The State of Oregon has allocated $25,984,872 “for business, innovation and trade, for providing financial assistance to arts organizations and cultural and community venues that have canceled or postponed public programming because of economic conditions and executive orders associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The Cultural Trust seeks to support a wide range of cultural organizations and projects, making investments across the state. They define a “cultural organization” as one that is “organized primarily for the purpose of producing, promoting or presenting the arts, history, heritage and humanities to the public or organized primarily for identifying, documenting, interpreting and preserving cultural resources.”
The intended use of these CRFCS is to provide financial assistance to cultural organizations and cultural community venues that have canceled or postponed public programming because of economic conditions and executive orders associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Application deadline is noon Monday, Aug. 24, 2020.The majority of funds will be distributed by the Coalitions by Sept. 15, 2020. Unallocated funds will be returned to the Cultural Trust for redistribution to other Coalitions.
Details available online at www.cuturaltrust.org.