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Giving Guidelines

The deadline has passed for 2008. Applications for 2009 will be available in December.

Giving Philosophy

The Anacortes Arts Festival strives to impact the whole community through its range of giving by advancing arts education, increasing participation in the arts in the community and better linking the arts community to the community at large. The Festival endeavors, over time, to fund a well-balanced group of grant requests and projects, some self-initiated, that involves a diverse group of people and diverse art activities. Giving includes grants and scholarships.

General Giving Guidelines

In the case of capital items, two estimates are required. Organizations should check with the giving committee regarding additional information prior to submission of the request.
In requests involving matching funds, organizations should check with the giving committee regarding additional information prior to submission of the request.
In requests of more that $2,500, a scoping meeting with the giving committee may be required.
Grants are awarded for one year from the date of issuance.
A Follow-up Report detailing the use of the grant funds is required.

Giving Calendar

Grant Application Deadline: February 21, 2008
Deadline to notify grant applicants: April 10, 2008
Grant funds allocated beginning May 22, 2008

Giving Application

Applicants are asked to describe their project, its cost, its purpose and its benefit to the community on an application form available at the Festival office and on its Web site. Organizations will be asked to define their mission, goals and yearly budget. Individuals will be asked to describe their class, schooling, program or project and how it relates to the Festival’s grant priorities.

Giving Committee

Contact Jack Darnton: jdarnton@goanacortes.com or 360-293-3122.

Giving Priorities

The Festival will give highest priority to grant requests that will bring additional art to the Fidalgo Island and Guemes Island community and provide educational opportunities through readings, concerts, performances, exhibits, installations and other events and activities that enhance the cultural richness of the community.

Also receiving high priority are grant requests that broaden arts education, participation and awareness efforts involving all media currently being undertaken by community organizations and the Anacortes School District.

Successful projects display some or all of the following characteristics:

Target Fidalgo Island and Guemes Island residents as participants and/or audiences.
Provide creative opportunities for Fidalgo Island and Guemes Island artists.
Foster successful collaborations that benefit arts organizations and artists.
Invest in capital items that will allow direct artistic use by many people over a long-term period.
Involve matching funds
Have a link to the Anacortes Arts festival, such as an exhibit or performance.
Are initiated by tax-exempt organizations registered under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Note: Grants are not limited to 501(c)(3) organizations. Groups and individuals with projects, program or tuition requests that are in line with the Festival’s Giving Philosophy may apply. These requests face strict disclosure and record-keeping requirements.

(The Anacortes Arts Festival gives low priority to grant requests that provide basic maintenance and operation funds.)

Types of requests that have been funded in the past:

Royalty fees for a special community theater production
Funds for commissioned art at public venues
Youth education classes and projects
Purchase of musical instruments
Funding for cultural arts series
Tuition for special arts classes and art institutes