
Applications are open for the Centering Art & Racial Equity Grant and the Cultural Facilities Fund! To streamline the application for organizations interested in applying to both Centering Art & Racial Equity and the Cultural Facilities Fund, the two grants share the same online application. Learn more about the opportunities below and apply by Aug. 5, 2025, 5 p.m. Pacific.
Centering Art & Racial Equity is the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s organizational support program designed to inspire Seattle’s arts and culture organizations to work collectively towards a more equitable arts ecosystem. Arts, culture, heritage, and arts service organizations with a minimum of three years of providing accessible programming in Seattle are encouraged to apply. We prioritize supporting Seattle organizations who actively work to center inclusive, anti-racist, and human-centered values. The funding range is anticipated to be between $500 to $18,000 for each year of funding received.
The Cultural Facilities Fund supports Seattle arts, heritage, cultural, and arts-service organizations with their facility projects. Our goal is to create better access for people who have been unfairly excluded from owning, managing, or leasing property. We know that communities most affected by structural racism and oppression have had the least access to controlling cultural spaces, so we’re focusing on projects that work to change this. This fund prioritizes projects that eliminate this disparity. You may request up to $50,000 to support direct project expenses. Selected awards may be less than your requested amount.
Guideline translations in Amharic, Chinese (Traditional), Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya and Vietnamese are available on the respective grant webpages.
Due Date
Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, 5 p.m. Pacific.
Please allow enough time to complete your application. Applications submitted after the 5 p.m. Pacific deadline will not be accepted.
Information Sessions
Join a virtual workshop to learn more about this grant and how to submit your best application. The first hour will focus on applying for the Centering Art & Racial Equity grant. If you are also interested in learning about our Cultural Facilities Fund grant, you should plan to stay for the full 90 minutes.
Workshop 1
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacific
RSVP to 5/29
Workshop 2 ASL-interpreted
Monday, June 2, 2025, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Pacific
RSVP to 6/2
Workshop 3
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Pacific
RSVP to 6/24
Workshop 4
Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Pacific
RSVP to 7/9
Application
Apply online through the City of Seattle’s grant portal.
For organizations interested in applying to both the Cultural Facilities Fund and our Centering Art & Racial Equity Grant, these two grants share the same online application.
If this is your first time using FLUXX, you will have to create a user profile before you start your application.
Contact
If you have any further questions or need help with the online application, please reach out. Contact info for each grant is available on their respective webpages.
We have interpreters who can speak to you in your language, including American Sign Language (via video). Just call us and tell us what language you speak. Expect a short pause while we find an interpreter to join the call.