LT2025-017-Kittitas County Historical Society

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Response 8.3: What changes will be made if funding for your request is not available or recommended? * The Kittitas Couniy 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 Granl process. The Museum's Board of Directors has dedicated an annual stipend to match the Lodging Tax grant fund request through its annual budget. The Museum increased budget line front $2,500 to $5,000 in 2023 and will retain it in 2024. While we have applied for and been awarded grant funding lor capital improvement. the funding received was dedicated for that project and not for advertising. We are applying for additional capital improvement pro.ject funding through local, regional, and national grants to begin the second phase of renovation work, in addition to grants specificto museum collections storage, archives maintenance. collections care, and historic preservation. Additionally, we have applied for the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau for our evening lecture series programming, which if approved, will provide a siipend for speaker fees while ihe museum will be responsible for travel expenses. However, that funding is specific for programming and cannot support other uses. We are also looking for additional grant opportunities to support additional development of oilr programming and events. We ask lor support from the Lodging Tax Grant to help accommodate all of the new ideas we would like to use to achieve success. If not funded, we would adjust our plans to reflect the decreased budget. While the Museum is utilizing its Operating Budget for support, it does forecast a major operating deficit of over S50,000 with support to be grven by the Kittitas County Historical Society Foundation. lt is uncertain at this tinre if thai suppori will be lent to advertising as it will be primarily to the general operations. programming and capital tmprovements. 2500 characler li[rit. Matching Funds Percentage 901 16 this field yiill alrto nll wiih lhe correcl percenlage based ot] yoL[ inpL]t io b[dgel seciion below. 9l Project Budget Overview Please complete budget for this projecvproposal. lf your agency operates independently of this pro,ect application it may not be necessary to submit the entire agency budget. You must submit a budget which specifically pertains to the project/event for which you are requesting funding and adheres to the basic budget format shown below. The budget must include anticipated revenues, expenditures, and any potential profit or loss. For proiects/events which are ongoing for more than one (1) year, please also submit actuals from the previous three (3) years of operations (need not be consecutive) for the projectlproposal if applicable. For any claimed in-kind contributions valued at $500 or more and related to marketing/advertising, you must submit verifying documentation which assures the contribution will be provided. For instance, if you are claiming in-kind contributions in the form of advertising match, a binding contract itemizing the matching value and obligating each party must be provided. ATTENTION: ln an effort to allow an adequate level of flexibility for all applicants, not all fields in the budget portion are required to be filled before this form is submitted. Providing all applicable data is your responsibility, failure to do so will potentially jeopardize your application's chance for review. Budgel Year Edit if necessary tuzz 2023 2024 2025 Revenues Account Name LTAC Grant Funding Other Revenues KCHS Advertising Fund PastActual 3 $ 6,250.00 Past Actual 2 $ 15,000.00 PastActual 1 s 15.000.00 Projected $ 17,200.00 s 6346.51 $ 5000.00 $ 5000.00 $ 5000.00