If COVID-19 has impacted your cultural arts organization and events, you might qualify for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding through the Oregon Cultural Trust.
Please review the program information and guidelines in the links below. The deadline is August 24, 2020. Thanks for all you do in our community!!
Karen Zimmer, board chair
Josephine County Cultural Coalition
Coronavirus Relief Fund for Cultural Support (CRFCS)
The CARES Act established the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) and appropriated $150 billion to the fund. The State of Oregon has allocated $25,984,872 in CRF for Cultural Support (CRFCS) “for business, innovation and trade, for providing financial assistance to arts organizations and cultural and community venues that have canceled or postponed public programming because of economic conditions and executive orders associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The application deadline is 12 pm on August 24, 2020 and covers the period of March 1 to December 30, 2020.
For more information
- Learn about the Coronavirus Relief Fund for Cultural Support (CRFCS).
- See the CRFCS program guidelines.
- Link to the online application.
- Contact your regional program support staff.
