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.*trclanatton lf nct, why not? The Kittitas County Historical Museum currently receives no monetary support for advertising beyond the allocated amount through the museum's annual budget and what is awarded through the Lodging Tax Grant process. The Museum's Board of Directors has dedicated an annual stipend of $2,500 to nratch the Lodging Tax grant fund request thror.rgh its annual budget. While we have applied for grant funding for capital improvement and archival project specific funding in the past, the funding received \ ,as dedicated for those projects and not for advertising. We uere not funded for additional au/ards for advertising nor were trve successful in receni years in receiving other grant funding. ln 2019, \ e applied for br-rt did not receive funding for capital improvement project funding lhrough local, regional, and national grants in addition to grants specific to museum collections storage, archives nraintenance, collections care, and historic preservation. Due to the COVID-19 situation in2020, we \/ere unable to pursue projeclbased grants in 2020. However, we anticipate applying for these grants in luz t. Additionally, wi'rile we urere successful in applying for the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau for our evening lecture series programming, wtrich provided a stipend for speaker fees lvhile the museum will be responsible for travel expenses. plans changed due to the COVID-19 situation. Hor,rever, that funding is specific for programming and cannot support other uses. We are also looking for additional grant opportunities to support additional development of our programming and events. The $16,500 listed includes the $2,500 the Board has allocated along with additional funding specific for the lecture series u/rich is project specific funding that will be part of the project, costs that are not directly factored in this project as each speaker nrust be reimbursed for their time and travel, and many are noi part of the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau. Other costs include exhibit upgrades, which are part of the museum's general operation and may grossly exceed the amount listed depending on the plans and remodeling necessary to execute the plan. These funds are also responsible for general operalions, including collections care and interpretative planning. 2500 characler limt Funding Shortfalls * \,{,hat changes will be rrzcje if funcling for your reqlesi is rtl available tlr reconrendecl? We ask for support from the Lodging Tax Grant lo help accommodate all of the new ideas we wculd like to use to achieve success. lf not funded in full, we u.rculd adjust our plans to reflect the decreased budget; hor.rever, depending on the allocation. \i!e may be unable to pursue any of the planned virtual activities as ra,e do not have the capacity to do video production, neusletters, virtual lectures, or maintain our vr,ebsite vvth our limited staff and resources. This uould effectively silence a great opportunity to engage with individuals from all across the !1,estern region of the United Stales vrho have expressed interest in our Museum, and our lecture series, wtrile we have limited capacity and ability until COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. 2500 character liril, Matching Funds Percentage 59.44 /o llris field will auto iill wilh the colre,ct percenlage i)ased iln ycx.u input to budget section belo\i1 9l Project Budget Overview Please complete budget for this project/proposal. lf your agerrcy operates independently of this project application it may