 Grant Opportunities Available in July and August!
Do you know of an impactful organization that's looking for funding? Our District 3 Team has just the resources for you!
We have several grant opportunities that are available now and wanted to share them with you. Investing in our local non-profit organizations and supporting innovative ideas through funding is critical to help ensure that each of our communities are able to thrive, now and into the future! The deadline for these grants is in July or August, so make sure you apply soon.
Grant and Funding Sources
The following grant opportunities are listed in order of application due date, with the soonest deadline listed first.
1. Child Care Workforce Demonstration Project (Wage Boost Pilot) RFP
Applications are due Friday, July 22nd at 2PM. Apply now at this link.
Details: King County Best Starts for Kids seeks to partner with one organization to design and implement a Pilot Project to increase compensation for approximately 1,400 child care providers in King County. The successful partner will work with King County child care providers and the County to build and promote the Pilot Project. There is a total of $15.5 million to be allocated over 3 years.
For more details, please visit the grant website here, or if you have questions, please email Joanna Armstrong at joaarmstrong@kingcounty.gov.
2. Child Care Health Consultation Service Delivery
Applications are due Wednesday, July 27th at 2PM. Apply now at this link.
Details: Best Starts for Kids seeks to fund community-based organizations to provide Child Care Health Consultation (CCHC) services to child care providers. There is a total of $7.9 million to be allocated.
For more details, please visit the grant website here, or if you have questions, please email Phillip Thompson, at phithompson@kingcounty.gov.
3. Zero Suicide Initiative Pilot Program
Applications are due Friday, July 29th at 12PM. Apply now at this link.
Details: This program will attempt to prevent youth suicide through increased and supported organizational implementation of the evidence-based Zero Suicide (ZS) systemic suicide care program model in the King County region. The Zero Suicide Initiative Pilot Program (ZSIPP) will provide up to 16 funding and participation access awards to eligible applicant organizations. ZSIPP awardee organizations will receive up to $10,400 each in deliverable-based task payments
For more details, please visit the grant website here, or if you have questions, please email Erin Carosa, ZSIPP Program Manager, at Erin.Carosa@kingcounty.gov.
4. Building for Equity: Cultural Facilities
Applications are due Friday, July 29th at 5PM. Apply now at this link.
Details: 4Culture's Building for Equity: Cultural Facilities grants help organizations acquire, build, or renovate the bricks and mortar buildings that make cultural experiences possible and create a pathway to racial equity. There is a total of $1.1 million available for funding.
For more details, please visit the grant website here, or if you have questions, please email Maya Santos at maya.santos@4culture.org.
5. Collections Care Grant
Applications are due Wednesday, August 10th at 5PM. Apply now at this link.
Details: The preservation of our past is vital to our present and our future. 4Culture's Collections Care grant helps King County’s archivists, librarians, and historians protect the tangible objects that make up history. Funds are provided to assess, organize, catalog, clean, repair, document, digitize, and, ultimately, preserve heritage resources in King County.
For more details, please visit the grant website here, or if you have questions, please email Chieko Phillips at chieko.phillips@4culture.org.
6. Together Center: Entryway and Donor Recognition Wall RFQ
Applications are due Tuesday, August 30th at 5PM. Apply now at this link.
Details: Together Center is a nonprofit human services center supporting the East King County community since 1991. They are looking for emerging and established artists to create a site-specific welcoming entry and donor recognition wall in our lobby. There is a total of $27,000 to be allocated.
For more details, please visit the grant website here, or if you have questions, please email info@togethercenter.org.
7. Working Washington Grants: Round 5
Applications will open soon and are due Wednesday, August 31st. Apply now at this link.
Details: The Washington State Legislature has allocated a new round of grant funding for small businesses affected by the pandemic. Funds will be set aside for the arts, heritage, science, hospitality, fitness, and personal services. $70 million was appropriated for this round of funding.
For more details, please visit the grant website here.
8. Community-Based Parenting Supports - Caregiver Peer Supports and Basic Needs Resource Brokers
Applications are due Wednesday, August 31st at 2PM. Apply now at this link.
Details: Best Starts for Kids is seeking proposals from organizations to partner on three areas of work to support families with children from birth to age 5. The programs are Parent Caregiver Information and Supports, Basic Needs Resource Brokers, and Kaleidoscope Play and Learn. There is approximately $5.23 million to be allocated.
For more details, please visit the grant website here, or if you have questions, please email Phillip Thompson, at phithompson@kingcounty.gov.
9. Open 4Culture Funds
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Apply now at this link.
Details: Through this grant -- which has no deadline -- 4Culture awards amounts up to $1,500 to cultural doers serving underserved populations across the county. Artists and arts groups operating outside of Seattle and those working in Heritage and Preservation anywhere in King County may apply.
For more details, please visit the program website here, or if you have questions, please email Melissa Newbill at melissa.newbill@4culture.org
10. King County Child Care Financial Assistance Program
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Apply now at this link.
Details: King County has allocated $7 million of its federal ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funding to support King County families with the cost of their child care. Eligible families may receive financial assistance to pay for their child care at eligible providers.
For more details, please visit the grant website here, or if you have questions, please email KingCCFA@childcare.org.
If you have any questions about the grant opportunities, please reach out to our Communications and Community Engagement Manager Osman at osman.salahuddin@kingcounty.gov. The deadlines for all of these opportunities vary, but they are all due between now and the end of August. We will be sharing more opportunities in the coming months as they arise!
All the best,
 Sarah Perry
King County Council
District 3
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