The RACC Arts3C Grant Program is for the Creation, Cultivation & Community in the Portland metropolitan tri-county region. Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas County applicants who are creating and sharing arts and culture programming in all disciplines could apply for support for projects or activities in the arts. The following 193 RACC Arts3C Grants were awarded in December 2022 for a total of $745,000.

2022-23 RACC Arts3C Grant awards (Sept 2022 cycle):

Learn more about RACC’s General Operating Support program.

General Operating Support Partner Base Awards

Cycle 1 – Reports received in December 2021 and awarded February 2022

• Blue Sky / Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts – $15,000
• Corrib Theatre – $15,000
• Literary Arts – $60,000
• Oregon Ballet Theatre – $85,000
• Portland Center Stage – $100,000
• Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra – $20,000
• Portland Youth Philharmonic – $45,000
• The Portland Ballet – $30,000
• Third Angle New Music – $15,000

Cycle 2 – Reports received in February 2022 and awarded awarded in April 2022

• Boom Arts – $15,000
• Hand2Mouth – $15,000
• Lakewood Center for the Arts (Clackamas County) – $45,000
• Metropolitan Youth Symphony – $30,000
• Northwest Children’s Theater & School – $60,000
• Outside the Frame – $20,000
• Pacific Youth Choir – $20,000
• PETE (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble) – $15,000
• PlayWrite, Inc – $15,000
• Portland Art Museum – $175,000
• Portland Baroque Orchestra – $30,000
• Portland Opera – $85,000
• Portland Playhouse – $45,000
• Profile Theatre – $30,000
• White Bird – $30,000
• Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington – $45,000

Cycle 3 – Reports received in May 2022 and awarded in June 2022

• Artists Repertory Theatre – $60,000
• Bag & Baggage Productions (Washington County) – $30,000
• BodyVox – $30,000
• Broadway Rose Theatre Company (Washington County) – $60,000
• Cappella Romana – $30,000
• Chamber Music Northwest – $45,000
• Children’s Healing Art Project – $15,000
• CoHo Productions – $20,000
• Echo Theater Company – $20,000
• Ethos Inc. – $30,000
• Film Action Oregon dba Hollywood Theatre – $60,000
• Friends of Chamber Music – $30,000
• Imago Theatre – $15,000
• Independent Publishing Resource Center – $15,000
• Live Wire Radio – $20,000
• Miracle Theatre Group – $30,000
• My Voice Music – $20,000
• New Expressive Works – $15,000
• NW Dance Project – $45,000
• NW Documentary Arts & Media – $15,000
• Oregon BRAVO Youth Orchestras – $45,000
• Oregon Children’s Theatre – $60,000
• Oregon Contemporary – $20,000
• Oregon Symphony Association – $175,000
• PassinArt: A Theatre Company – $15,000
• PDX Jazz – $30,000
• PHAME – $30,000
• Polaris Dance Theatre – $15,000
• Portland Gay Men’s Chorus – $20,000
• Portland Institute for Contemporary Art – $45,000
• Portland Piano International – $20,000
• Portland Street Art Alliance – $15,000
• Portland Taiko – $15,000
• Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls – $15,000
• Shaking the Tree Theatre – $20,000
• The Circus Project – $30,000
• The Red Door Project – $30,000
• Third Rail Repertory Theatre – $20,000
• Triangle Productions – $20,000
• World Stage Theatre – $15,000
• Write Around Portland – $20,000

GOS New Partner Organizations – awarded June 2022

• All Ages Music Portland – Friends of Noise – $15,000
• Street Books – $15,000

Capacity Building Organizations participating in FY21-22

• ArtMax Academy (Washington County) – $25,000
• Cymaspace – $25,000
• En Taiko- $25,000
• Instituto de Cultura e Arte In Xochitl In Cuicatl – $25,000
• MediaRites – $25,000
• Morpheus Youth Project – $25,000
• Rejoice Diaspora Dance Theater- $25,000
• Takohashi- $25,000
• Theatre Diaspora- $25,000
• Vanport Mosiac – $25,000
• World Arts Foundation- $25,000

GOS Investment Awards – awarded June 2022

• Artists Repertory Theatre – $14,100
• Blue Sky / Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts – $4,670
• Boom Arts – $16,900
• Broadway Rose Theatre Company – $4,000
• Cappella Romana – $9,400
• Chamber Music Northwest – $14,600
• CoHo Productions – $7,500
• Corrib Theatre – $12,700
• Echo Theater Company – $17,900
• Ethos Inc. – $16,000
• Hand2Mouth – $8,900
• Imago Theatre – $11,700
• Independent Publishing Resource Center – $8,900
• Lakewood Center for the Arts – $8,900
• Literary Arts – $15,500
• Live Wire Radio – $15,000
• Metropolitan Youth Symphony – $16,900
• My Voice Music – $20,600
• New Expressive Works – $8,500
• Northwest Children’s Theater & School – $15,500
• Northwest Dance Project – $6,100
• Oregon Ballet Theatre – $14,100
• Oregon Children’s Theatre – $16,000
• Oregon Contemporary – $13,600
• Oregon Symphony Association – $11,700
• PDX Jazz – $18,800
• PETE (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble) – $15,500
• PHAME – $18,800
• Polaris Dance Theatre – $5,200
• Portland Art Museum – $19,700
• Portland Baroque Orchestra – $7,000
• Portland Center Stage at the Armory – $9,400
• Portland Institute for Contemporary Art – $21,500
• Portland Opera – $7,500
• Portland Piano International – $5,600
• Portland Playhouse – $17,900
• Portland Street Art Alliance – $8,000
• Portland Youth Philharmonic – $16,000
• Profile Theatre – $18,800
• Red Door Project – $20,600
• Shaking the Tree Theatre – $8,500
• The Circus Project – $16,400
• The Portland Ballet – $10,800
• Third Angle New Music – $8,000
• Third Rail Repertory Theatre – $12,200
• Triangle Productions – $4,670
• World Stage Theatre – $7,000
• Write Around Portland – $17,900
• Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington – $7,000

RACC’s Make|Learn|Build Grant Program was designed to address the ways the arts community in the tri-county region needed support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Artists, creatives, organizations, and businesses were awarded $1,500, $3,000 or $5,000 to make work, gain skills, or build up their arts business. The following 214 Make|Learn|Build Grants were awarded in March 2022 in Round 4 for a total of $644,000.

2021-22 Make|Learn|Build Grant awards (Round 4):

RACC’s Make|Learn|Build Grant Program was designed to address the ways the arts community in the tri-county region needed support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Artists, creatives, organizations, and businesses were awarded $1,500, $3,000 or $5,000 to make work, gain skills, or build up their arts business. The following 174 Make|Learn|Build Grants were awarded in November 2021 in Round 3 for a total of $506,500.

2021-22 Make|Learn|Build Grant awards (Round 3):

Learn more about RACC’s General Operating Support program.

General Operating Support Partner Base Awards

Cycle 1 – Reports received in February 2021.

• Artists Repertory Theatre – $60,000
• Blue Sky Gallery – $15,000
• Corrib Theatre – $15,000
• Friends of Chamber Music – $30,000
• Literary Arts – $60,000
• Metropolitan Youth Symphony – $30,000
• Northwest Children’s Theater and School – $60,000
• Oregon Ballet Theatre – $100,000
• Outside the Frame – $15,000
• Portland Art Museum/Northwest Film Center – $175,000
• Portland Center Stage – $100,000
• Portland Columbia Symphony – $20,000
• Portland Opera Association – $85,000
• Portland Playhouse – $45,000
• Portland Youth Philharmonic – $30,000
• Profile Theatre – $30,000
• The Portland Ballet – $30,000
• Third Angle New Music – $15,000
• White Bird – $45,000
• Young Audiences of Oregon – $45,000

Cycle 2 – Reports received in May 2021

• BodyVox –  $45,000
• Boom Arts –  $15,000
• Cappella Romana –  $30,000
• Chamber Music Northwest –  $45,000
• Children’s Healing Art Project –  $20,000
• CoHo Productions –  $20,000
• Disjecta Contemporary Art Center –  $15,000
• Echo Theater Company –  $20,000
• Ethos Inc. –  $30,000
• Film Action Oregon dba Hollywood Theatre –  $60,000
• Hand2Mouth –  $15,000
• Imago Theatre –  $15,000
• Independent Publishing Resource Center –  $15,000
• Live Wire Radio –  $20,000
• Miracle Theatre Group –  $30,000
• My Voice Music –  $20,000
• New Expressive Works –  $15,000
• NW Dance Project –  $45,000
• NW Documentary Arts & Media –  $15,000
• Oregon BRAVO Youth Orchestras –  $30,000
• Oregon Children’s Theatre –  $60,000
• Oregon Symphony Association –  $175,000
• Pacific Youth Choir –  $20,000
• PDX Jazz –  $30,000
• PETE (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble) –  $15,000
• PHAME –  $30,000
• PlayWrite, Inc –  $15,000
• Polaris Dance Theatre –  $20,000
• Portland Baroque Orchestra –  $30,000
• Portland Gay Men’s Chorus –  $30,000
• Portland Institute for Contemporary Art –  $45,000
• Portland Piano International –  $30,000
• Portland Taiko –  $15,000
• Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls –  $15,000
• Shaking the Tree Theatre –  $15,000
• The Circus Project –  $30,000
• The Red Door Project –  $30,000
• Third Rail Repertory Theatre –  $30,000
• Triangle Productions –  $20,000
• Write Around Portland –  $20,000

Clackamas & Washington County Awards –  Reports received in July 2020 and May 2021.

• Bag & Baggage Productions – $10,000
• Broadway Rose Theatre Company – $23,000
• Lakewood Center for the Arts – $21,000

GOS Investment Awards for FY20-21 – Awarded in June 2021.

• Artist Repertory Theatre – $12,500
• Blue Sky – $6,000
• BodyVox – $10,000
• Boom Arts – $11,500
• Cappella Romana – $6,750
• Chamber Music Northwest – $11,750
• Children’s Healing Art Project – $2,500
• Coho Productions – $7,750
• Disjecta Contemporary Art Center/Oregon Center for Contemporary Arts – $3,750
• Echo Theater Company – $10,000
• Ethos – $13,500
• Friends of Chamber Music – $3,500
• Hand2Mouth – $7,750
• Hollywood Theatre – $4,000
• Imago Theatre – $7,750
• Independent Publishing Resource Center – $21,500
• Literary Arts – $10,500
• Live Wire Radio – $7,500
• Metropolitan Youth Symphony – $3,750
• My Voice Music – $19,000
• New Expressive Works – $12,500
• Northwest Children’s Theater & School – $11,750
• NW Documentary – $2,500
• Oregon BRAVO Youth Orchestra – $12,000
• Oregon Children’s Theatre – $12,750
• Outside the Frame – $11,750
• PDX Jazz – $8,700
• PETE (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble) – $3,750
• PHAME – $19,000
• Polaris Dance Theatre – $4,750
• Portland Art Museum/Northwest Film Center – $17,500
• Portland Baroque Orchestra – $8,750
• Portland Center Stage – $22,000
• Portland Columbia Symphony – $2,500
• Portland Gay Men’s Chorus – $6,500
• Portland Institute for Contemporary Art – $24,500
• Portland Playhouse – $22,500
• Portland Taiko – $6,750
• Portland Youth Philharmonic – $6,000
• Profile Theatre – $20,500
• Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls – $8,750
• Shaking the Tree Theatre – $11,550
• The Circus Project – $14,500
• The Portland Ballet – $4,750
• The Red Door Project – $22,500
• Third Angle New Music – $13,000
• Third Rail Repertory Theatre 0 $3,750
• Triangle Productions – $2,500
• Write Around Portland – $19,000
• Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington – $10,000

New General Operating Support Organizations awarded Spring 2021

• PassinArt: A Theatre Company – $15,000
• Portland Street Art Alliance – $15,000
• World Stage Theatre – $15,000

Capacity Building Organizations for FY20-21 – Awarded in July 2020.

• Cymaspace – $25,000
• Disability Arts & Culture Project – $25,000
• Instituto de Cultura e Arte – $25,000
• MediaRites – $25,000
• Morpheus Youth Project – $25,000
• PassinArt – $25,000
• Vanport Mosiac – $25,000
• World Stage Theatre – $25,000

New Capacity Building Organizations Spring 2021

• ArtMax Academy – $25,000
• Rejoice Diaspora Dance Theater- $25,000
• Theatre Diaspora- $25,000
• Takohashi- $25,000
• En Taiko- $25,000
• World Arts Foundation- $25,000

RACC’s Make|Learn|Build Grant Program was designed to address the ways the arts community in the tri-county region needed support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Artists, creatives, organizations, and businesses were awarded either $1,500 or $3,000 to make work, gain skills, or build up their arts business. The following 226 Make|Learn|Build Grants were awarded in June 2021 in Round 2 for a total of $619,500.

2020-21 Make|Learn|Build Grant awards (Round 2):

RACC’s Make|Learn|Build Grant Program was designed to address the ways the arts community in the tri-county region needed support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Artists, creatives, organizations, and businesses were awarded either $1,500 or $3,000 to make work, gain skills, or build up their arts business. The following 190 Make|Learn|Build Grants were awarded in May 2021 in Round 1 for a total of $535,500.

2020-21 Make|Learn|Build Grant awards (Round 1):

Learn more about RACC’s General Operating Support program.

New Partner Organizations for FY19 – 20 – Awarded in February 2020.

• Corrib Theatre – $15,000
• New Expressive Works – $15,000
• Outside the Frame – $15,000
• Pacific Youth Choir – $20,000
• Portland Taiko – $15,000
• Shaking the Tree Theatre – $15,000

Capacity Building Organizations for FY19 – 20 – Awarded in June 2019.

• Cymaspace – $25,000
• Disability Arts & Culture Project – $25,000
• Instituto de Cultura e Arte – $25,000
• MediaRites – $25,000
• Morpheus Youth Project – $25,000
• PassinArt – $25,000
• Vanport Mosaic – $25,000
• World Stage Theatre – $25,000

General Operating Support Partner Base Awards

Cycle 1 – Reports received in November 2019.

• Blue Sky Gallery – $15,000
• Boom Arts – $15,000
• CoHo Productions – $20,000
• Literary Arts – $60,000
• Oregon Ballet Theatre – $131,000
• Portland Art Museum/NWFC – $427,000
• Portland Center Stage – $225,000
• Portland Youth Philharmonic – $30,000
• Profile Theatre Project – $30,000
• The Portland Ballet – $30,000
• Third Angle New Music – $15,000
• Third Rail Repertory Theatre – $30,000
• White Bird – $45,000

Cycle 2 – Reports received in February 2020

• Artist Repertory Theatre – $60,800
• Chamber Music Northwest – $45,000
• Disjecta Contemporary Art Center – $15,000
• Friends of Chamber Music – $30,000
• Metropolitan Youth Symphony – $30,000
• Northwest Children’s Theater and School – $60,000
• PETE (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble) – $15,000
• Portland Baroque Orchestra – $30,000
• Portland Columbia Symphony – $30,000
• Portland Opera Association – $214,000
• Portland Playhouse – $45,000
• Young Audiences of Oregon – $45,000

Cycle 3 – Reports received in May 2020

• Bodyvox – $45,000
• Cappella Romana – $30,000
• Children’s Healing Art Project – $20,000
• Echo Theater Company – $20,000
• Ethos Music Center – $30,000
• Hand2Mouth – $15,000
• Hollywood Theatre – $60,000
• Imago Theatre – $15,000
• IPRC – $15,000
• Live Wire! Radio – $20,000
• Milagro – $30,000
• My Voice Music – $20,000
• Northwest Dance Project – $45,000
• NW Documentary Arts & Media – $15,000
• Oregon BRAVO – $30,000
• Oregon Children’s Theatre – $72,900
• Oregon Symphony Association – $352,000
• PDX Jazz – $30,000
• PHAME – $30,000
• PICA – $45,000
• PlayWrite – $15,000
• Polaris Dance Theatre – $20,000
• Portland Gay Men’s Chorus – $30,000
• Portland Piano International – $30,000
• Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls – $15,000
• The Circus Project – $30,000
• The Red Door Project – $30,000
• Triangle – $20,000
• Write Around Portland – $20,000

Clackamas & Washington County Awards –  Reports received in June 2019.

• Bag & Baggage Productions – $20,000
• Broadway Rose Theatre Company – $46,000
• Lakewood Center for the Arts – $43,000

GOS Investment Awards for FY19 – 20 – Awarded in June 2020.

• Artist Repertory Theatre – $8,700
• Boom Arts – $15,600
• Cappella Romana – $13,000
• Chamber Music Northwest – $16,300
• Children’s Healing Art Project – $8,100
• Coho Productions – $20,700
• Disjecta Contemporary Art Center – $19,300
• Echo Theater Company – $7,300
• Ethos – $15,800
• Friends of Chamber Music – $15,800
• Hand2Mouth – $6,100
• Hollywood Theatre – $20,500
• Imago Theatre – $7,900
• Independent Publishing Resource Center – $24,600
• Literary Arts – $25,000
• Live Wire Radio – $19,500
• Miracle Theatre Group – $27,000
• Northwest Children’s Theater & School – $14,800
• NW Documentary – $10,000
• Oregon BRAVO Youth Orchestra – $10,000
• PDX Jazz – $5,300
• PETE (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble) – $6,100
• PHAME – $24,800
• PlayWrite – $9,500
• Polaris Dance Theatre – $8,300
• Portland Columbia Symphony – $11,000
• Portland Gay Men’s Chorus – $22,600
• Portland Institute for Contemporary Art – $20,100
• Portland Playhouse – $27,200
• Portland Youth Philharmonic – $22,300
• Profile Theatre – $7,300
• The Circus Project – $21,500
• The Portland Ballet – $17,300
• The Red Door Project – $28,400
• Third Angle New Music – $11,600
• Triangle Productions – $3,200
• White Bird – $7,100
• Write Around Portland – $26,800
• Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington – $23,600

 Equity Investment for FY19 – 20 – Awarded in May 2020.

• Disjecta Contemporary Art Center – $15,000
• Ethos – $7,700
• Oregon BRAVO Youth Orchestra – $15,000
• PHAME – $20,000
• Portland Art Museum & Northwest Film Center – $25,000
• Portland Opera – $15,000
• The Circus Project – $20,000
• The Red Door Project – $30,000

COVID- 19 Resilience Awards for FY19 – 20 – Awarded in February 2020.

• Artist Repertory Theatre – $21,000
• Blue Sky Gallery – $5,300
• Bodyvox – $16,000
• Boom Arts – $5,300
• Cappella Romana – $7,100
• Chamber Music Northwest – $16,000
• Children’s Healing Art Project – $7,100
• Coho Productions – $7,100
• Corrib Theatre – $5,300
• Cymaspace – $5,300
• Disability Arts & Culture Project – $5,300
• Disjecta Contemporary Art Center – $5,300
• Echo Theater Company – $7,100
• Ethos – $10,700
• Friends of Chamber Music – $10,700
• Hand2Mouth – $5,300
• Hollywood Theatre – $16,000
• Imago Theatre – $7,100
• Independent Publishing Resource Center – $5,300
• Instituto de Cultura e Arte – $5,300
• Literary Arts – $21,000
• Live Wire Radio – $7,100
• MediaRites – $5,300
• Metropolitan Youth Symphony – $10,700
• Miracle Theatre Group – $10,700
• Morpheus Youth Project – $5,300
• My Voice Music – $5,300
• New Expressive Works – $5,300
• Northwest Children’s Theater & School – $21,000
• Northwest Dance Project – $16,000
• NW Documentary – $5,300
• Oregon Ballet Theatre – $30,000
• Oregon BRAVO Youth Orchestra – $7,100
• Oregon Children’s Theatre – $21,000
• Oregon Symphony – $62,000
• Outside the Frame – $5,300
• Pacific Youth Choir – $7,100
• PassinArt – $5,300
• PDX Jazz – $10,700
• PETE (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble) – $5,300
• PHAME – $10,700
• PlayWrite – $5,300
• Polaris Dance Theatre – $5,300
• Portland Art Museum & Northwest Film Center – $62,000
• Portland Baroque Orchestra – $10,700
• Portland Center Stage – $36,000
• Portland Columbia Symphony – $7,100
• Portland Gay Men’s Chorus – $7,100
• Portland Institute for Contemporary Art – $16,000
• Portland Opera – $36,000
• Portland Piano International – $7,100
• Portland Playhouse – $16,000
• Portland Taiko – $5,300
• Portland Youth Philharmonic – $10,700
• Profile Theatre – $10,700
• Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls – $5,300
• Shaking the Tree Theatre – $5,300
• The Circus Project – $10,700
• The Portland Ballet – $10,700
• The Red Door Project – $5,300
• Third Angle New Music – $5,300
• Third Rail Repertory Theatre – $10,700
• Triangle Productions – $7,100
• Vanport Mosaic – $5,300
• White Bird – $16,000
• World Stage Theatre – $5,300
• Write Around Portland – $7,100
• Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington – $16,000