Events DC Announces Cultural Institutions Grants Requests for Proposals Open

A Whole of $10 Million in Funding Obtainable 

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Occasions DC, the official conference and sports activities authority for the District of Columbia, is searching for proposals from certified native organizations for its Fiscal 12 months 2023 Cultural Establishments Grant Program.

Cultural Establishments, comparable to museums, libraries, artwork galleries, studios, theaters, and performing arts associations or societies, are invited to request funding beginning at $100,000 for capital tasks and artwork or cultural exhibitions and installations.

“There are various non-profit organizations that promote tradition, historical past and artwork are woven collectively to create the material of Washington, DC,” mentioned Occasions DC Board Chairman Max Brown. “As an lively and engaged member of the DC neighborhood, Occasions DC is proud to proceed to assist town by means of not solely occasions and actions, but additionally by means of initiatives that improve the resident and customer expertise culturally. Occasions DC seeks to collaborate with these organizations on tasks that can deliver extra individuals to the District and supply facilities and cultural experiences that make Washington, DC an ideal place to go to, stay, work and play.”

The Cultural Establishments Grant Program was first executed in December 2019 and was designed to offer funding to assist additional improve Washington, DC’s resident and customer expertise. The grant program presents $10 million in monetary help to certified non-profit cultural establishments primarily based within the District of Columbia that interact within the conservation, interpretation and dissemination of cultural and creative data and provide and promote actions meant to tell, educate and appeal to residents and guests alike to the District of Columbia. 

“These grants assist to fund vital world renown establishments, but additionally funds smaller establishments that do equally nice work right here within the native DC neighborhood,” mentioned George T. Simpson, Occasions DC Board member and Chairman of the Group Grants and Engagement Committee. “In earlier years we’ve got awarded grants to Zenith Group Arts Basis to determine a cellular workshop truck that visits youth of their communities. A grant helped the Anacostia Group Museum create a Meals Desert exhibition and one other helps Sitar Arts Middle increase its house.”

Optionally available preproposal conferences for potential candidates are scheduled for November 16 and 17 at 6 p.m. and 9 a.m., respectively. Notification of intent to attend should be offered through e-mail to Gerald Inexperienced at [email protected] 

events can view a duplicate of the RFP by accessing Occasion DC’s e-procurement web site at www.wcsapex.com and OPENING.APEX BID #22-S-001-801.. Awards will likely be introduced in February.

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Occasions DC, the official conference and sports activities authority for the District of Columbia, delivers premier occasion companies and versatile venues throughout the nation’s capital. Leveraging the ability of a world-class vacation spot and creating superb attendee experiences, Occasions DC generates financial and neighborhood advantages by means of the attraction and promotion of enterprise, athletic, leisure and cultural actions. Occasions DC oversees the Walter E. Washington Conference Middle, an anchor of the District’s hospitality and tourism economic system that hosts greater than 1.7 million guests and generates greater than $400 million yearly in direct financial affect and the historic Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Sq.. Occasions DC manages the RFK Stadium-Armory Campus (RFK Campus), together with Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Competition Grounds at RFK Campus, the non-military features of the DC Armory and the Skate Park at RFK Stadium. Keep present on the 190-acre RFK Campus Redevelopment Venture at www.RFKFields.com. Occasions DC additionally constructed and serves as landlord for Nationals Park, the primary LEED-certified main skilled sports activities stadium in the USA. Occasions DC manages Gateway DC, R.I.S.E. Demonstration Middle and Leisure & Sports activities Enviornment all conveniently positioned within the Congress Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC. For extra data, please go to www.eventsdc.com and discover us on social media – Fb, Instagram and YouTube (Occasions DC), and Twitter (@TheEventsDC) — and on our new hub for stay and on-demand occasion programming on GATHER by Occasions DC at www.gatherbyeventsdc.com.

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