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2024
‘Art lives everywhere’: Arts and culture organizations in Washington receive $10 million in grants
June 9, 2024, The Spokesman-Review
County gets $200K of grants for 13 arts organizations
June 10, 2024, The Leader
ArtsFund, Allen Foundation announce 2024 arts accelerator grantees
May 27, 2024, Philanthropy News Digest
Paul Allen’s Foundation Puts $10M Toward Arts and Culture in Washington
May 23, 2024, Observer
WA arts and culture groups get $10M in grant funding. Here are the Tri-Cities awards
May 23, 2024, Tri-City Herald
27 Whatcom County art organizations to receive major funding boost
May 23, 2024, My Bellingham Now
$10 million in grants awarded to Washington nonprofit organizations
May 23, 2024, TV Overmind
Second year of funding to the arts sees more recipients throughout Washington
May 21, 2024, Northwest Public Broadcasting
$10 million in grants awarded to Washington arts and culture nonprofits
May 21, 2024, King 5
Local arts organizations among 811 to receive funding from ArtsFund
May 21, 2024, The Daily Chronicle
More than 800 Arts and Culture Groups Sharing $10M Grant
425 Magazine, May 21, 2024
Paul Allen Foundation Donates $10 Million to Support Arts and Culture Organizations in Washington State
Globe Echo, May 21, 2024
Nearly $600k in arts funding headed to Pierce County
Tacoma News Tribune, May 21, 2024
Paul Allen Foundation Gives $10 Million to 811 arts and culture organizations in Washington state
GeekWire, May 21, 2024
2023
10 Walla Walla, Dayton nonprofit arts organizations received $154k in grants
Union-Bulletin, December 28, 2023
ArtsFund welcomes five new board members
425 Business, November 27, 2023
$10 million in grants coming to WA’s arts sector
Yakima Herald-Republic, November, 18, 2023
ArtsFund hopes grants will help arts groups bounce back from pandemic woes
KUOW, June 13, 2023
ArtsFund fulfilling mission of helping organizations share creativity
The Seattle Times, May 5, 2023
Artists in Community
The Journal of the San Juan Islands, April 21, 2023
Three arts organizations awarded Community Accelerator Grants
Ellensburg Daily Record, April 15, 2023
Prosser Princess Receives grant to fund diversity training | Business
Sunnyside Sun, April 14, 2023
Prosser’s Princess Theatre will be using its grant for DEI training
YakTri News, April 14, 2023
Clark County arts groups awarded grants
The Columbian, April 13, 2023
Community Accelerator Grants Awarded to 18 Thurston County arts and cultural organizations
The Journal of Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater, April 7, 2023
Artsfund to give $10 million in grants – New Day NW
King 5, New Day NW, April 7, 2023
Nearly 700 Washington Arts, Culture Organizations Awarded Community Accelerator Grants
425 Business, April 5, 2023
More than 600 artistic organizations receive donation from ArtsFund
MyNorthwest, April 5, 2023
Arts and culture organizations in central, eastern WA awarded grants
NonStop LOCAL, April 4, 2023
Nearly 700 Washington Arts, Culture Organizations Awarded Community Accelerator Grants
South Sound Business, April 4, 2023
Over $10 million awarded to over 600 Washington State arts and culture organizations
Fox28 Spokane, April 4, 2023
Over $10 million awarded to over 600 Washington State arts and culture organizations
KHQ, April 4, 2023
Three Kent art groups receive ArtsFund, Paul Allen foundation grants
The Kent Reporter, April 4, 2023
Arts and culture organizations in central, eastern WA awarded grants
Fox 11 Yakima, April 4, 2023
Arts and culture organizations in central, eastern WA awarded grants
NBC (broadcast), April 4, 2023
Paul Allen Foundation gives $10M to hundreds of Washington state arts and culture orgs
GeekWire, April 4, 2023
Arts and culture organizations in central, eastern WA awarded grants
NBC Right Now, April 4, 2023
2022
ArtsFund Distributes $2.1 Million In Grants And Passes $100 Million Granting Milestone
Broadway World Seattle, June 27, 2022
Support arts in long road to recovery
The Seattle Times, February 4, 2022
Washington’s arts and culture sector lost nearly $100M when COVID-19 pandemic hit
The Spokesman-Review, January 28, 2022
Struggling Art Sector is Critical to State’s Recovery, Report Shows
South Seattle Emerald, January 25, 2022
ArtSEA: Seattle orgs are learning the art of bouncing back
Crosscut, January 20, 2022
BIPOC-Led Cultural Organizations Got Tons of Funding in 2020—Then We Left Them High and Dry
The Stranger, January 20, 2022
Non-profit sponsors study on how the pandemic impacted arts and culture in Puget Sound
Seattle Weekly, January 20, 2022
Save the arts & cultural industry to help build a future through pandemic
KNDO/NBC Right Now, January 20, 2022
Here’s how badly the pandemic hurt Washington arts — and some ways the sector can recover
Seattle Times, January 19, 2022
‘Come on home’: Washington arts groups seek community’s help in COVID comeback
King5, January 19, 2022
New audiences, less money. How local arts orgs are doing now
KUOW, January 19, 2022
Local art, performance venues lose nearly $100M due to COVID
KOIN, January 19, 2022
New study highlights devastating effect pandemic has had on Washington arts
MyNorthwest, January 19, 2022
New study shows how COVID-19 changed art and culture in Washington
KXLY, January 19, 2022
2021
Seattle Magazine’s Most Influential People of 2021
Seattle Magazine, December 2, 2021
King County to distribute $20 million of COVID aid to theaters, arts organizations
Seattle Times, September 9, 2021
Commerce And ArtsFund Award Nearly $11 Million To Washington Nonprofits; $200k+ Locally
KXRO News Radio, June 24, 2021
Commerce, ArtsFund Partner to Help Nonprofit Community Organizations
425Business, May 13, 2021
Support the arts in a year of challenges and inspiration
Seattle Times, April 19, 2021
Report: Layoffs are decreasing as arts institutions prepare to reopen
Puget Sound Business Journal, April 14, 2021
Lost income, empty galleries, a pivot to permanent collections: How Seattle-area museums are weathering the pandemic
Seattle Times, April 9, 2021
We’ll Never Look at Art the Same Way Again
The Stranger, April 5, 2021
How hard have Seattle-area arts and culture groups been hit by pandemic closures? New data provides snapshot
Seattle Times, March 30, 2021
Delicate Dance for the Pacific Northwest Ballet
Seattle Magazine, March 24, 2021
Creative Conundrum: ArtsFund CEO Michael Greer
Seattle Business, February 12, 2021
2020
Can Seattle arts groups survive the pandemic?
KUOW, November 13, 2020
ArtsFund Releases Data Updates On COVID-19 Impacts On Cultural Sector
Broadway World, October 29, 2020
Arts groups use skill and imagination during the pandemic
Seattle Magazine, October 28, 2020
Thousands of Seattle-area cultural workers wonder if they’ll ever return to work as pandemic drags on
KUOW, October 1, 2020
ArtsFund Awards $100K In Special Grants to Regional Arts Nonprofits
Broadway World, September 30, 2020
The arts need a New Deal to survive the pandemic
Crosscut, July 20, 2020
Tacoma Art Museum Receives $50,000 from ArtsFund Emergency Funding Relief Helps to Safeguard Art
SouthSoundTalk, July 10, 2020
ArtsFund Awards Over Half a Million Dollars in Additional Relief to a Hurting Cultural Sector
Broadway World, July 1, 2020
Creating Black arts spaces: ‘We need honest conversations about Blackness’
KUOW, June 17, 2020
Opera alfresco: How a Seattle singer shares his gift during COVID-19
Christian Science Monitor, May 25, 2020
COVID-19 steals the stage from local performers
Q13 Fox, May 21, 2020
Could the coronavirus reset society? Questions we should be asking about post-pandemic life
Seattle Times, May 21, 2020
Support ArtsFund to help restore Seattle’s vibrancy
Seattle Times, May 10, 2020
New Numbers On Arts Losses, New Seattle Leadership at the Local and National Levels
Post Alley, May 9, 2020
Profound Disruptions in the Arts: The Hits Just Keep on Coming
Nonprofit Quarterly, May 7, 2020
Seattle artists impacted by COVID-19 find hope in relief efforts
King5, May 7, 2020
Seattle-Area ArtsFund to Grant Nearly $5 Million in Pandemic Relief
American Theatre, May 5, 2020
As COVID-19 impacts local arts groups, some financial relief from ArtsFund
KNKX, May 5, 2020
A New Survey Projects Up to $135 Million in Cultural Organization Losses
Seattle Met, May 5, 2020
Seattle-area cultural organizations projected to lose up to $135 million in revenue because of coronavirus
Seattle Times, May 4, 2020
ArtsFund Invests $4.8M In Grants And Releases New Data On COVID-19 Impact On Cultural Nonprofits
Broadway World, May 4, 2020
Coronavirus has ravaged the arts. Financial relief is available, but is it enough?
Crosscut, April 6, 2020
The Fight to Fund Seattle’s Arts
Seattle Met, April 4, 2020
Seattle artists offer hope and inspiration during COVID-19, even as they struggle themselves
South Seattle Emerald, March 30, 2020
A New Survey Shows Coronavirus’s ‘Staggering and Immediate Impact on the Arts’
Seattle Met, March 23, 2020
Two new relief funds target Seattle area’s battered cultural community
KUOW, March 20, 2020
ArtsFund launches emergency relief fund for arts sector in King County
Puget Sound Business Journal, March 20, 2020
Emergency relief funds launching for Seattle-area arts organizations and artists
Seattle Times, March 20, 2020
Seattle Announces Rent Assistance for Some Arts Organizations
The Stranger, March 20, 2020
Coronavirus fears hit arts groups hard, even before ban on gatherings
Seattle Times, March 12, 2020
How ban on gatherings, to slow coronavirus spread, is affecting Seattle-area arts and music groups
Seattle Times, March 11, 2020
Seattle Arts Institutions Prepare to Lose Millions After Event Ban, Encourage Supporters to “Send Gifts”
The Stranger, March 11, 2020