Media release
Posted
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Sponsored by: Cooperative Library Services Department, Administration Division
Washington County, Oregon: The Cultural Coalition of Washington County (CCWC) recently awarded grants totaling $46,915 to 32 local organizations for cultural projects to be conducted between January and December 2015. Grants were distributed through a competitive process to address goals of the Washington County Cultural Plan in amounts ranging from $945 to $1900. The total amount distributed was an increase of $8900 over 2014, due to increased support from the Oregon Cultural Trust. "The Coalition continues to try to reach new, local organizations, especially schools, as we know that even small grants make a big difference," notes Georgia Harker, Coalition Chair. Nine organizations are first-time grant recipients, including six school-based projects. Grants will support projects including music, dance, theater, children's programs, community events, reading programs, heritage, marketing, and art experiences in communities from Garden Home to Forest Grove, Helvetia to Tualatin.
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 ten years to over $385,000. 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: www.culturalcoalitionofwashingtoncounty.org. First time grant recipients are noted with an asterisk *.
| 2015 Calendar Year Grant Applicants: | Grant Award |
| Bag & Baggage Productions - Six Gentlepersons of Verona | $1,500 |
| Beaverton Arts & Culture Foundation - Beaverton Cultural Planning | $1,900 |
| Beaverton Civic Theatre - Beaverton Cares Tickets 2015 | $1,750 |
| Beaverton Symphony Orchestra - Young Artists Competition 2015 | $1,900 |
| Broadway Rose Theatre Co - Free performances for Tigard-Tualatin School District elementary schools | $1,900 |
| Centro Cultural de Washington County - Art of Technology Program | $1,500 |
| City of North Plains -- Concerts in the Park | $1,500 |
| Companion Art Studio - Kiln Set-Up * | $1,980 |
| Falcon's Nest Preschool - Liberty High School (HSD) - Outdoor Theater teaching tolerance | $1,000 |
| Free Orchards Elementary (HSD) - Beloved Books! | $1,900 |
| Friends of Hillsboro Public Library - Family Book Club | $1,680 |
| Friends of North Plains Public Library - Evening with an Author | $1,500 |
| Friends of the International School of Beaverton - The ISB Dragon, from trash and recyclables to art * | $1,900 |
| Funny Farm Early Learning Center (Garden Home) - Little Artists Enrichment Program and Art Show * | $1,825 |
| Helvetia Community Association - Helvetia Cultural Programs | $1,900 |
| Hillsboro Tuesday Marketplace - Who's on 3rd? Live Music Program | $1,000 |
| Hillsboro Visual Art Association, dba Sequoia Gallery & Studios - Website Instruction | $945 |
| Ising Choir -- 10th Year Anniversary Concert | $1,000 |
| Mai3M, Inc. - Mithranjali 2015 Dance Festival | $1,000 |
| Masque Alfresco -- 2015 Summer Park Tour, Goldoni's Venetian Twins | $1,000 |
| Meadow Park Middle School (BSD) - Feelin' the Beat & Feelin' Sketchy! * | $1,900 |
| Music in Small Spaces - Afternoon of Hawaiian Dance | $1,200 |
| Oak Hills Parent Teacher Organization (BSD) - Infinity Room Project * | $1,035 |
| Oregon Chorale - Bach's Mass in B Minor | $1,900 |
| Painted Sky Inc - Painted Sky Music and Dance Program | $1,000 |
| Rachel Carson Middle School (BSD) - Chihuly Project * | $1,500 |
| Swallowtail Waldorf School &Farm (Hillsboro) - Camp Ohana Summer 2015 * | $1,000 |
| Tualatin Valley Symphony - Free Concert with Targeted Outreach * | $1,000 |
| Washington County Art Alliance - 2015 Open Studios Tour | $1,000 |
| Washington County Parks Henry Hagg Lake - Historical Site Photos and Signage * | $1,000 |
| Westside Cultural Alliance - Marketing and Outreach | $1,900 |
| Willowbrook Arts Camp - Scholarships for Latino Students | $1,900 |
| Total | $46,915 |
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