Tacoma Creates Funding Opportunity: Applications for the 2023-24 funding cycle are now available! We invite Tacoma-based arts, culture, heritage and/or science non-profit organizations to apply for funding for programs and events to be presented between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Tacoma Creates funding helps cultural organizations expand equitable access to public programs, grow educational options for youth, increase opportunities in neighborhoods throughout Tacoma, and build capacity and sustainability for continued services to the community. Tacoma Creates funds can support a wide variety of public programs such as performances, exhibitions, festivals, workshops, and education programs, including after-school classes as part of the Beyond the Bell / Club Beyond program. Application Deadlines: March 13, 2023 for Comprehensive Organizational Support; March 27, 2023 for Impact Funding. Please see the attached press release for more information. To learn more about the funding categories and upcoming application workshops, and to read the full application guidelines, visit www.tacomacreates.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.tacomacreates.org__;!!CRCbkf1f!DI0bIahozF5Q1bky66NCQ_RrsTe15wix-woLWvEJsBHElrIQtmjWth9awvaxVFji03E$>. RICO LASTRAPES (he/him) Program Technician, Tacoma Creates Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality 253.591.2038 Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality<http://www.cityoftacoma.org/arts> | Tacoma Creates<http://www.tacomacreates.org/> [LOGO_HORIZONTAL_email]<https://www.tacomacreates.org/>