Centering Art & Racial Equity Grant
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Centering Art & Racial Equity Grant supports Seattle cultural organizations’ arts and cultural work, including operating expenses, to advance accessibility, inclusion, and racial equity.
Funder: Seattle Office of Arts and Culture
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Three consecutive years of funding; $2.9 million invested program-wide in 2025
Summary: Supports Seattle organizations’ arts and cultural work, including operating expenses, to advance accessibility and racial equity.
Key Information: Applicants must be Seattle-based organizations with at least three years of accessible programming.
Description
The Centering Art & Racial Equity (C.A.R.E.) Grant, administered by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, supports Seattle arts and culture, heritage, and arts service organizations. It funds organizations committed to anti-racist, accessible, and human-centered approaches to arts and culture, with the goal of making Seattle a vibrant, inclusive, and more racially equitable city. Support includes operating expenses that help sustain organizations’ cultural work.
The program aims to strengthen Seattle’s arts and culture sector so artists, performers, writers, and creative workers have the freedom and support to share their stories, art, cultures, and experiences. It seeks to give creative voices a platform and agency regardless of race, class, gender, age, ability, education, country of birth, religion, or sexual orientation.
