ARTS

Arts & Culture Neighborhood Recovery Program

Guidelines (Required to read prior to submitting application)

The Arts and Culture Neighborhood Recovery Program is a City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS)-funded program to provide grants for arts and cultural events/activations in neighborhoods through community-based Lead Organizations. There are 14 Lead Organizations focused on neighborhoods or communities throughout Seattle.

Cultural events, experiences, and spaces provide the reason for people to gather, confer identify, and build community which are ever more critically important during the current COVID pandemic and recovery process. This program seeks to support recovery efforts through collaboration, equity, resiliency and safety in alignment with the City of Seattle’s vision of One Seattle.

Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA), as the Lead Organization for the Delridge neighborhoods, shall sub-contract to neighborhood-based organizations and small businesses to carry out inclusive and creative arts and culture endeavors that further the city’s pandemic recovery process. Applicants must conduct events/activations within this neighborhood or community. The geographic boundary of the Delridge neighborhood is defined as: all of Delridge neighborhoods including High Point and Westwood, east of 35^th Ave SW, and north of Roxbury.

These activations/events seek to reach underserved communities and audiences and those most impacted by COVID-19, in particular, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), low-income, and under-served communities. Activations/events should seek to rebuild and assist in arts and culture recovery; events do not need to be entirely new events.

The total amount of funding available through this Lead Organization for this designated area is $74,375. Applicants can apply for either Tier 1 or Tier 2 projects.

Tier 1 projects: organizations and community groups should request at the minimum $2,000 and maximum $4,999.
Tier 2 projects: organizations and community groups should request at the minimum $5,000 and maximum $10,000.

Who is Eligible?

Non-profit organizations (arts and culture, and others) focused on events/activations within the designated neighborhood or community;
Small businesses with a City of Seattle business license, however, a small business who is a sole proprietor can apply but must collaborate with other individual artists or others for the proposed project;
Applicants can apply to more than one Lead Organization for this city-wide program, however, can receive funding from only one Lead Organization (see list of other Lead Organizations at end of this document);
Applicants should be place-based in the designated neighborhood/community and should have a history and track record of direct connection to the arts and cultural life of the neighborhood/community. Applicants do not need to have their primary address in the designated neighborhood/community, however, the activations must be within the Seattle city limits;
Activations/events must be broadly advertised and accessible to the public. Free event admission is preferred, or using a low-cost or sliding fee scale, and events should be physically accessible;
Applicants must have capacity to successfully manage the proposed project, prepare regular reporting, and complete final reports due no later than September 15, 2023;
All events shall provide event liability insurance and name Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association and City of Seattle as additionally insured;
Awarded programs will be required to follow all current Federal, State, County, and City COVID-19 mandates and protocols. More information and in other languages are available on the City of Seattle COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement website.

What Funds Can/Cannot Be Used For

Funds May Be Used For:

Costs directly related to event/activation (staffing, equipment rental, paying performers, materials, etc.)
Examples (sample) of public activations or events:
- A series of performances at an indoor or outdoor venue
- Temporary public art or lighting (permit/approval must be secured prior to award)
- Festivals, fairs, or public events (can be for specific part of a larger event)
- Art exhibits
- Art or cultural workshops or classes.

Funds May Not Be Used For:

Events held outside Seattle city limits
Capital improvements or purchase of equipment
Travel costs (local transportation costs for performers, for example, are ok)
Religious events
Programming in which fundraising is the primary purpose.

Application Questions and Scoring Criteria

Criteria #1: Strength of Project (25 Points)

What is the proposed project or event, when and where will it take place, and how does it increase access to unique arts and cultural offerings for the neighborhood?

Criteria #2: Relationship and Connection to Neighborhood (25 Points)

What is your relationship to Southwest Seattle and the Delridge, Highland Park, and/or Westwood neighborhoods? How does the proposed project or event benefit Southwest Seattle and these neighborhoods specifically?

Criteria #3: Community Voice, Outreach, and Accessibility (25 Points)

How will this project/event benefit those most impacted by COVID-19, including BIPOC, low-income, and underserved communities? How will voices from these communities be engaged in the planning and implementation processes?

Criteria #4: Background and Capacity (25 Points)

What is your history of arts programming and presenting public arts and events? Are you planning to work with partners (organizations, groups, or individuals) to achieve the successful completion of this project or event?

Timeline

February 1, 2023 - Application open/available (includes Guidelines, Application, & Budget Template)

March 15, 2023 - Application deadline. (DNDA begins reviewing applications that are submitted prior to the deadline.)

Ongoing - b Review panel meets to discuss each application in relation to the program criteria and make funding recommendations.

Starting March 30, 2023 and ongoing - Applicants are notified whether they have been recommended for funding, are contracted with, and events can begin.

Ongoing - Awardees carry-out arts and cultural events.

September 1, 2023 - Awardees submit their reporting documents to DNDA and final report due no later than September 1, 2023.

Application Tips

Obligation of Award Recipients

Acknowledgement

Organizations and individuals receiving awards from DNDA and funded by Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) must acknowledge DNDA and City of Seattle’s support in printed materials, signage visible to the public, via social media, or in other ways appropriate to the project. DNDA and Seattle ARTS will supply preferred wording and logos in electronic format.

Payment/Reporting

Regular reports and final reports and invoicing will be due as per the contract schedule and negotiated with the Lead Organization. Reports shall include data (demographic, # of people attending, etc.) and narrative as outlined in the contract. For additional information, contact: Nelson Lu, nelson@dnda.org, 206-935-2999 ext 104.

LIST OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS/AREAS SERVING AS LEAD ORGANIZATIONS

AFRICATOWN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: Central Area

BEACON ARTS: Beacon Hill (including Mt Baker)

DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: Delridge, Highland Park, Westwood (north of SW Roxbury)

DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION: Downtown

FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT SEATTLE: Waterfront

GAY CITY HEALTH PROJECT: Capitol Hill

GEORGETOWN CDA: Georgetown and South Park

HISTORIC SOUTH DOWNTOWN: Pioneer Square and Chinatown/International District (including Little Saigon and Japantown)

LAKE CITY COLLECTIVE: North Seattle (specifically Lake City, Greenwood, Northgate, Bitter Lake, and Aurora, north of 85th)

MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY: South Lake Union

NA’AH ILLAHEE FUND: City-wide

SOUTH END SEATTLE ART CENTER: Rainier Valley

UDISTRICT PARTNERSHIP: University District

WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION: West Seattle Junction

Application

Instructions - PLEASE READ!

We highly recommend you to start drafting your application using the application template provided here, then copy and paste your responses into the application form below. The form does not have the ability to save your responses to be completed at a later time!
Please fill out your project budget using the provided budget template here. You must upload the completed project budget for your application to be considered complete.

Arts and Culture Neighborhood Recovery Program Application

Applicant Name(Required)

Organization or small business

Are you applying with a fiscal sponsor? If yes, name of fiscal sponsor:

Project Contact Person(Required)

First Last

Position/Title:

Mailing Address(Required)

Street Address City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code

Phone(Required)

Email(Required)

Person Who Will Sign Contract and Invoice(Required)

Check if same as Project Contact Person

Another person

Name/Title of the person who will sign contract and invoice:

Tax ID:

Website

YOUR PROPOSED PROJECT

Project Title(Required)

Total Amount Requested(Required)

Specific Location or Address of Activation/Event: (if more than one event, list below)(Required)

Specific Start Date and End Date for Project Activation/Event: (If more than one event, list below)(Required)

If event(s) are not free, include proposed ticket prices, if applicable, for above events:

NARRATIVE QUESTIONS

Strength of Project (25 Points): What is the proposed project or event, when and where will it take place, and how does it increase access to unique arts and cultural offerings for the neighborhood?(Required)

Relationship and Connection to Neighborhood (25 Points): What is your relationship to Southwest Seattle and the Delridge, Highland Park, and/or Westwood neighborhoods? How does the proposed project or event benefit Southwest Seattle and these neighborhoods specifically?(Required)

Community Voice, Outreach, and Accessibility (25 Points): How will this project/event benefit those most impacted by COVID-19, including BIPOC, low-income, and underserved communities? How will voices from these communities be engaged in the planning and implementation processes?(Required)

Background and Capacity (25 Points): What is your history of arts programming and presenting public arts and events? Are you planning to work with partners (organizations, groups, or individuals) to achieve the successful completion of this project or event?(Required)

Project Budget

Use the budget template provided at below link. Please copy and paste the URL into the browser to download: https://dnda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Delridge-ANR-Budget-Template.xlsx

Upload your budget here.(Required)

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, xlsx, Max. file size: 5 MB.

Supporting Materials

Optional: You may attach one but no more than two pieces of supporting material such as a brochure, past events, newsletter, etc.

File

Max. file size: 10 MB.

File

Max. file size: 10 MB.

Submission Declaration(Required)

By submitting, I declare that the information in this application is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. And I am authorized by my organization to submit this application.

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