The funder's mission is to utilize Lodging Tax revenues for cultural community benefits in King County. They aim to return these funds to the community, supporting local arts, heritage, preservation, and public art. Their mission encompasses enhancing public access to culture and the arts, and addressing geographic and funding disparities to ensure support reaches a wide range of communities, especially underrepresented ones.
The Building for Equity: Capacity Building Grants aim to enhance an organization's development to meet long-term facility needs. These grants, up to $25,000, support a range of activities to boost an organization's ability to advocate, plan, fundraise, lease, acquire, repair, remodel, or construct spaces for their programming sustainably. This initiative emphasizes aiding cultural projects and facilitating racial equity in cultural facility funding. Priority is given to organizations serving historically underserved communities within King County, focusing on improving or securing facilities for the community's benefit. Competitive criteria include the quality and relevance of proposed activities to the organization's mission, priority for serving marginalized communities, project feasibility, and the anticipated impact on sustainability and facility improvement.