City Funded Cultural Activities

2018-2019 Cultural Funding Cycle

On an annual basis, the City of Bainbridge Island provides significant financial support to local nonprofit organizations to support cultural programs in the community.

The City uses a two-year funding cycle to solicit proposals from local non-profits seeking City funding for cultural activities that serve the resident of Bainbridge Island.

For more information on the Cultural Funding Advisory Committee, please visit the Cultural Funding Advisory Committee webpage.

An information session for potential applicants was held on Monday, October 16, 2017. To view the questions and answers from that meeting, click here.

Applicants presented their proposals and answered questions from CFAC members on Monday, November 6, 2017. View the questions prepared in advance of that meeting (PDF). Additional follow-up questions were submitted by the committee regarding Arts and Humanities Bainbridge (PDF) and BARN (PDF).

Proposals are due no later than 4 p.m. Friday, October 27, 2017. Please submit via email.

View and download the RFP (PDF).

Cultural Funding Application Cover Sheet

We listened and heard feedback from prior funding opportunities that some applicants would like a “fillable” cover sheet to complete the organization data section. This is new to our process and using the fillable version is optional.

If you would like to use the fillable form, please follow these steps to complete the 2018-19 Cultural Funding Application Cover Sheet (PDF):

1. COMPLETE: To complete the form, enter your information into the fields provided.
2. SIGN: Provide an authorized signature by either electronically signing the document or by pasting a scanned version of your signature into to it.
3. SAVE: Select “Save” from the File menu to save the form with your completed information.
4. SUBMIT: Attach your completed, signed Application Cover Sheet as the first page of your single PDF application packet and submit via email as instructed.