Seven Everett arts and culture organizations are sharing $77,500 in unrestricted grant funding as part of a $10 million statewide program announced Tuesday, Nov. 10.
The 2026 Community Accelerator Grant, funded by Allen Family Philanthropies and administered by ArtsFund, awarded grants to 745 organizations across Washington, according to myeverettnews.com.
In Snohomish County alone, 36 groups received funding with an average grant of $11,875.
The money is unrestricted. That means each organization decides how to spend it.
Here are the seven Everett recipients and their awards, according to the ArtsFund grantee list:
- All Aboard of America 1: $17,500
- The Dance School: $17,500
- American Urban Art & Graffiti Conservation Project: $12,500
- Snohomish County Black Heritage Committee: $12,500
- Everett Chorale: $7,500
- Everett Museum of History: $7,500
- Everett Philharmonic Orchestra: $2,500
Statewide, individual grants ranged from $2,500 to $25,000 and reached organizations in 37 of Washington's 39 counties, as 425 Business reported.
This year's program focused on organizations with annual budgets under $1 million, a shift that increased the average award by about 25% over 2025, from $10,753 to $13,423.
That focus came after a sector analysis by Allen Family Philanthropies (AFP) and SMU DataArts found smaller organizations lost an average of one staff position between 2023 and 2024.
Groups with budgets over $1 million added an average of five staff positions during the same period, according to the report.
The top priorities grantees cited for the funding were programming, salaries and labor, and rent or facility costs, 425 Business reported.
Michael Greer, president and CEO of ArtsFund, said in a release that the program helps get funding to the state's cultural sector and supports organizational health and investment in communities.
The program has distributed $40 million over four years, reaching more than a thousand organizations since 2023. AFP and ArtsFund also announced a 2027 renewal that would bring another $10 million and push the program's five-year total to $50 million.
ArtsFund plans to hold a virtual webinar in the spring for organizations interested in applying for 2027 grants, with details to be posted on the program's website.
Lara Littlefield, executive director of Allen Family Philanthropies, said in a release that the program "now supports nearly a thousand organizations and the impact of their creative work."
Among the broader Snohomish County recipients, grants went to groups in Mill Creek, Edmonds, Lake Stevens, Marysville, Sultan and Tulalip.
The largest county awards, $25,000 each, went to Morning Star Korean Cultural Center in Lynnwood and Paw Arty in Lake Stevens.
