Community Accelerator Grant Case Studies
Case Studies
The following case studies are from year one of the Community Accelerator Grant program concluding in 2023. Through the lens of arts and cultural nonprofits throughout the state of Washington, these case studies offer a deeper understanding of the program’s impact.
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Ballyhoo Theatre
Ballyhoo Theatre’s purpose is to enrich, educate, and entertain the community by providing a superior theatre experience, to provide education in the theatre arts to children and young adults, and to create a safe and inclusive environment.
Cascadia Music
Cascadia Music builds community through sharing the joy of music.
El Centro de la Raza
As an organization grounded in the Latino community of Washington State, it is the mission of El Centro de la Raza (The Center for People of All Races) to build the Beloved Community through unifying all racial and economic sectors; to organize, empower, and defend the basic human rights of our most vulnerable and marginalized populations; and to bring critical consciousness, justice, dignity, and equity to all the peoples of the world.
Make A Scene WA
Make A Scene WA empowers girls & teens through the art of filmmaking.
The Rude Mechanicals
The Rude Mechanicals enhances their community through the performing arts, educate the public on the value and impact of live theatre, elevate the quality of live theatre locally, and entertain the community by delivering high-quality Shakespeare-inspired theatre produced by their ensemble cast and crew.
Seattle Arts & Lectures
Seattle Arts & Lectures cultivates transformative experiences through story and language with readers and writers of all generations.
Seattle Musicians Access to Healthcare
The SMASH mission is to keep local musicians healthy, living and working in the Puget Sound region.
Spectrum Center Spokane
Spectrum’s mission is to create a safe, intersectional, intergenerational, LGBTQIA2S+ community gathering space that celebrates a resilient, healthy community through social connectedness and support, arts and culture, access to resources, and leadership development.
Sound Theatre
To empower artists to give voice to the dignity and diversity of the human experience, moving audiences toward a more just and compassionate world.
Southwest Washington Dance Center
Southwest Washington Dance Center is dedicated to professional quality instruction, appreciation, and presentation of dance as an art form throughout Lewis County and greater Southwest Washington.
Tacoma Refugee Choir
Creating spaces for authentic expression, interconnection, and healing through song and music.
The Vera Project
The Vera Project is an all-ages nonprofit space dedicated to fostering personal and community transformation through collaborative, youth-driven engagement in music and art. A music venue, screen print shop, recording studio, art gallery, and safe space for radical self-expression, Vera is a home to Seattle’s creative community.
The Young Warrior Society
The Young Warrior Society are an indigenous-led community volunteer group creating experiences and joining opportunities that empower our community’s health through food sovereignty, indigenous cultural resiliency skills share, land-based education, and arts, that inspire healing, success, humanity and hope.