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2022-2023 Cultural Funding
Application
Organization Information
Applicant Organization Name: Vitalize Kitsap
Proposal Contact Person: Kellie Creamer Position/Title: Executive Director
Email Address*: kelliec@vitalizekitsap.org
*Note: All communication regarding this proposal and any questions will be communicated using the email address you provide above.
Please make sure you are monitoring it.
Are you applying with a fiscal sponsor?** (y/n) N **If yes, complete Fiscal Sponsor section below.
Mailing Address: PO BOX 10822
Address Line 2:
City: Bainbridge Island State: WA Zip Code: 98110
Phone (work or daytime): 206-919-1493
Are you a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization? (y/n) N Organization Tax ID#: 01-0930965
Year established:2000 Number of years continuously operating: 21
Are you now being funded by another program of City of Bainbridge Island? (y/n) Y
If so, by what program and in what amount? Human Services - $10,000 and Cultural Funding $15,000
Did your organization receive Cultural Funding in a previous award cycle? (y/n) Y
**Fiscal Sponsor (Only complete this section if this proposal will be submitted through a fiscal sponsor.)
Organization Name:
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Email Address:
Phone (work or daytime):
Mailing Address:
Address Line 2:
City: State: Zip Code:
Are you a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization? (y/n) Organization Tax ID#:
Year established: Number of years continuously operating:
Are you now being funded by another program of City of Bainbridge Island? (y/n)
If so, by what program and in what amount?
Proposal Information
Proposal Title: Theater and Art is for Everyone
Brief Description of Request: “To support…”To support a historically marginalized island subculture as they bring their
art and cultural strength to our community as equals.
Total Amount Requested: $ 30,000
Vitalize Kitsap 2022-2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 1 of 142022-2023 Cultural Funding
Proposal Narrative
About Your Organization
1) Mission Statement
Vitalize Kitsap’s mission is to empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead lives of
meaning and self-determination. Our vision is that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are
engaged in and valued by their communities.
2) Past Funding
Vitalize Kitsap, formerly Island Time Activities, is proud and honored to have received Cultural funding in the
2020-2021 grant cycle. This support was critical in Vitalize Kitsap’s ability to maintain operation during the
Covid-19 pandemic crisis. The pandemic altered our ability to comply with our objectives in their original
specifics, but our show did go on. Instead of a live show at BIMA or BPA, when these venues closed, we hosted
an online variety show. With the help of Lesser Known Players, members practiced and prepared for the show
prior to the pandemic. Throughout our pivot to virtual programming, our members continued to pursue their
goals, connecting online to learn new dance routines and to set up a digital stage. Our Quarantine O’Ween
Virtual Variety Show was a big success; we were even highlighted on the front page of the Bainbridge Island
Review.
About Your Request
1) Proposal Statement of Purpose
Vitalize Kitsap (VK) is seeking funding to expand and support our art and cultural programs. The arts and culture
are the foundation of most of our interdisciplinary programming for adults and teens with intellectual and
developmental disabilities. Our goal is two-fold: to empower our project participants as legitimate and equal
participants in our community’s arts and culture scene and to provide our mainstream, typically-developing
community members the opportunity to expand their understanding and appreciation of the arts. We believe
our entire community will benefit when people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities are
normalized as equals in both artistic and entertainment potential. For this project, we propose two new outlets
for artistic and cultural contributions from our participants who are all members of Disability Culture, a
subculture that has been historically infantilized and excluded from participation in adult culture and the arts.
Each outlet is an objective with its own set of milestones. Our first outlet will be the live public performance of
an original play at a local public arts venue. Our second outlet will be the creation of an online marketplace for
our members’ visual art, accessible to everyone no matter the current public health situation.
Objective 1, Our Play: The members of Vitalize Kitsap are currently working on a concept for an original play that
retells The Wizard of Oz in an undersea realm, with a message focused on environmental protection. We are
creating a world of new characters to portray; no spoilers, but they will follow the coral reef, and the Tin Man is
a vintage deep-sea diver! This objective will expand our collaborative idea into a live performance. Members will
be fully involved in each of the four milestones that cover the entire process, from writing the play to casting,
set design, publicity, and finally the live production. Vitalize Kitsap has an incredible staff of professional artists
and special education teachers who are working with our members to develop their skills and express
themselves artistically. We work with professional quality arts and craft supplies, and with mentorship and
classes from theater professionals for dancing, voice, and acting, so that our members have access to adult-
Vitalize Kitsap 2022-2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 2 of 14quality education and achievements. Our first milestone will be reached in the first half of 2022, when we will complete a working copy of our original script. Our second milestone will be reached during the second half of 2022, when we will complete casting, costume, and set design. The first half of 2023 will see us reaching our third milestone as we begin rehearsals and production of costumes, stage sets, and props. Our fourth and final milestone will be reached with our live performance at WEAVE Presents’ (Rolling Bay Hall) in October of 2023. Currently WEAVE Presents is the only venue open, and they are partnering with us to make sure the space is accessible. After the close of the production, the costumes and stage props will be displayed at a First Friday Art Walk show. At both the play and the Art Walk show, we will have some eco-friendly production-themed art kits and ornaments for sale. This will generate a bit of revenue for our programs and help further raise awareness about our members’ talents and ability to contribute meaningfully to our community. Objective 2, Our Arts Marketplace: While neurotypical artists can more readily access ways to create and sell art, our members need extra support in navigating these avenues. We have some remarkable talent among our members, whose work deserves to become part of the Outsider Art genre. We have two milestones for this objective, one that will be reached during 2022, when our members who have put years of work into developing their artistic skills will create marketable works in a variety of mediums. One of our staff members has a BFA, a master’s in education, and is also a para-sub for special-ed at BHS. She will help members strengthen their skills and create individual portfolios of work that can be sold in original and reprint forms. While our members are creating their portfolios, our staff will create an online marketplace accessible through our existing website. By the winter holiday shopping season of 2022, we will have pieces available for sale online, presented with dignity and full humanity accorded to the artists. Our second milestone will be reached during 2023, when all our members will have roles in the creation, recreation, marketing, packaging, and shipping of all work sold to an online global audience. 2) Advance Community Objectives of the Cultural and/or Economic Elements This project contributes to advancing the community objectives of the Comprehensive Plan’s Cultural Element and Economic Element. This project addresses the needs of Bainbridge Island's most vulnerable subculture and creates access to art and cultural activities for this underserved, marginalized community, and it promotes underrepresented art forms. Bainbridge Island has a rich history and heritage in supporting and advocating for people with disabilities. This group of individuals constitutes a vibrant subculture, generally known as Disability Culture, within our greater culture; however, they are underrepresented in the arts and public life on the island. Bainbridge Island has an honorable history in our state’s Disability Rights movement thanks to Ralph Munro, who is part of a long-time Crystal Springs family. Ralph Munro served as WA State Secretary of State for five terms. Beginning in the 1960’s, he advocated for the discounted and invisible people shunned by society at the time, people with developmental and physical disabilities. He saw them not as people who needed pity, but as citizens whose rights were being neglected. He enlisted Gov. Dan Evans to spend a day in a wheelchair to support his movement for the state's first accessibility requirements. We owe him a debt of gratitude for his work to expand anti-discrimination protections for people with disabilities, and to raise awareness of the fundamental equality and worth of people will disabilities. Vitalize Kitsap continues Munro’s legacy by empowering people with developmental and intellectual disabilities to claim their right to be active participants in our community and treated with dignity and respect. For too long, this subculture has been out of sight, out of mind. This project will support the wellbeing of Bainbridge’s great art and cultural sector by bringing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities out of the shadows and into our local cultural scene as equals, where they can engage the hearts and minds of their fellow island residents. Our project supports the economic vitality of this group, who generally have no earning power in our society. With the ability to sell their art online, they will be able to earn and spend locally, further empowering them to gain more independence and add value as meaningful contributors to the character of art and culture on the island. Vitalize Kitsap 2022-2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 3 of 14
3) Community Impact: Community Needs, Public Benefit, Participation and Access This project benefits Bainbridge Island residents and visitors by raising awareness about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as a subculture within the greater community. This active group of individuals have passions, drive, and artistic talents that would remain hidden without the support provided by Vitalize Kitsap. All of us benefit when people with intellectual and developmental disabilities participate in community events, have jobs, interact socially with their peers and others, and contribute their creative work to our shared culture. This project creates new opportunities for community participation and allows us to reach audiences we have not previously had access to. To create our costumes, sets, and resale items in an eco-supportive way, we will upcycle donated used and recyclable materials, received through Buy Nothing Bainbridge. This will involve the whole community who participates in this island-grown (co-founded by one of our staff members), and now- worldwide gift economy. By hosting an original play at a public venue, which offers discounted rates for people with disabilities, there will be many opportunities to experience the joy and creativity of our members. If island residents or visitors don’t get a chance to see the play, the original, recycled and upcycled costumes and set props will be displayed during a First Friday Art Walk at the Marge Williams Center. Additionally, some members’ art will be permanently showcased in our online store (and new art added over time), which will provide many outreach opportunities for us to raise awareness about the contributions our members make to the culture of this island. The support from this grant will also impact a culture of people with intellectual and development disabilities who live on Bainbridge Island, in adult family homes. These individuals live together in a community, so they do not have Respite Care support like their adult friends who live with their parents. This means to access our services, they have to pay out of pocket, though they do not have excess money after their minimal Medicaid dollars are spent. This grant would cover enough of our project expenses to allow us to invest other resources in our scholarship fund, so these deserving community members can attend our clubs, participate in our play, and gain work experience through our online marketplace. When everyone has access to, and is welcome in, our public, work, and art spaces, regardless of economic, physical and intellectual capacity, it creates a strong, caring culture of inclusion. The city’s support of our members’ arts and cultural project will continue and expand upon the historic legacy of disability rights begun by islander Ralph Munro. 4) Organizational Strength We are confident in the success of this project because Vitalize Kitsap has been serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities on Bainbridge Island for 21 years. We have a long history of providing empowering programming that involves art and cultural activities aimed at improving life and job skills for these individuals. VK has created and performed an original play in the past at the Hyla School theater, and our virtual variety show last year was a success, raising nearly $5,000. Our weekly programs focus on seven core values, which inform our strategic goals: Art & Leisure, Communication, Community. Continued Education, Health & Fitness, Relationships, and Work. Art and Culture are woven into daily lessons and projects that last months and years. Our co-founder and program director has a daughter with a disability, as well as several of our Board members. They help keep our programs relevant to the participants, though all our activities are member driven, e.g., their goals and needs determine the direction our programs take. From offering creative writing classes, to music, art, and drama, to learning about the food and culture of all the countries and continents of the world, we meet our members where they are and ask them where they want to go in life. We have an educated, experienced, and dedicated staff who work with our members to incorporate individual personal goals into group activities. Vitalize Kitsap 2022-2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 4 of 14
For our organization’s ongoing success and sustainability, Vitalize Kitsap partners with several local, state, and
regional community government and nonprofit agencies that provide operational and programmatic support,
such as the City of Bainbridge Island (COBI), the Bainbridge Community Foundation, Windermere Real Estate,
the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island, the Enterline Foundation, the Motherhouse Fund, the Kitsap Community
Foundation, Bainbridge Island Parks & Recreation, the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance, and Puget Sound
Energy. This outpouring of support and these community partnerships confirm the relevancy of our
programming.
5) Achievable Outputs, Outcomes and Assessment
Output Outcome Assessment Number Served
Write, create ● New skills gained for ● Meaningful ● 100+ Vitalize Kitsap
costumes and sets, members participation by members and their
and produce a live ● Raised awareness members in the families
theater about people with creation and/or ● 200 Bainbridge
performance. disabilities performance will residents in
● More empathetic, demonstrate attendance at two
inclusive culture success. live performances
● First Friday Art Walk ● A brief survey will be ● 100+ residents and
show to display given to attendees visitors viewing
costumes and sets to determine their costumes at art walk.
● Create art kits for sale knowledge and
awareness about
our programs.
● Awareness of and
direct experience
with other cultures
helps open hearts
and improve
inclusion.
● Art kits sold
Develop an online ● Create and reproduce ● Pieces made to sell ● 30 members and
art and craft store. original art for resale ● Online store created their families
Creating a venue ● Increased economic ● Inventory and sales impacted by new
for independent independence receipts opportunities and
artists with ● Spending money to supporting each
intellectual and invest back into the other as independent
developmental community artists
disabilities to sell ● Raised awareness ● 100’s of residents and
their original art. about people with visitors exposed to
intellectual and art and crafts created
developmental by people with
disabilities as an disabilities in the
artistic, creative online store
subculture in our
community
Vitalize Kitsap 2022-2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 5 of 14Evaluating the empowerment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can be difficult.
Outcomes are usually measured using Personal Goal Plans (PGPs). Though during the challenging times of the
pandemic, we have been unable to maintain PGP’s. All of our members, including those who cannot read,
write, or even speak, have fully developed personalities, artistic talents, keen perceptions of the world, and
their own hopes and dreams. Our staff is trained to communicate in a variety of ways to understand our
members, advocate for them, and empower them. Our members achievements are facilitated, measured, and
tracked through regular check-ins, updates, and visual assessments. Our members continued growth and
participation in daily art and cultural activities for 20 years is evidence of the success of our programming.
City funding will have a profound impact on our capacity to support this project and bring the joy and
creativity of our members to the public. The city’s support is crucial to our continued growth and success,
especially given the struggles of the pandemic. Having the support of the city for our effort to keep the
culture of our members alive and help them be engaged community members shows commitment by the city
to help destigmatize, decrease the marginalization, and demonstrate increased representation of people with
intellectual and developmental disabilities in our public and workspaces. Lessons learned from this project
will inform future projects and hopefully continue a cycle of performances and a growing online presence of
their work for years to come.
6) Additional Information
a) Please provide any additional information about your project, leadership, budget or organization that
will be helpful to the committee in its review of this proposal.
Thank you for this opportunity to share more about the role Vitalize Kitsap plays in our community and to
present just how significant an impact this grant would have on helping us raise awareness of this fun, creative
subculture. Annually we provide upwards of 13,000 program hours, supporting hundreds of direct and
thousands of indirect beneficiaries, using hundreds of volunteer hours. After two dozen years of experience
and many iterations, VK has proven the impact we are making.
Typically about 15% of our operating budget is reserved for scholarships for those who do not receive Medicaid
coverage and cannot pay out of pocket. During the pandemic the need for scholarships increased, while our
earned income decreased. Therefore, any project funding we receive allows us to provide more support for
those who would not otherwise be able to attend our vital programming.
Vitalize Kitsap participants are proof that with individualized support, people with intellectual and
developmental disabilities can deepen their connections to the community, accomplish their goals, continue a
path of lifelong learning, and create meaningful art, as valuable members of society. Supporting Vitalize Kitsap
to empower this subculture and help them bring their gifts to the world will go a long way in creating a caring
culture of inclusion on the island and in the county.
Vitalize Kitsap 2022-2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 6 of 142022-2023 Cultural Funding
Proposal Budget and Budget Narrative
Project Support
% of Total
Total COBI % of Total COBI Total Project
Suggested Total Projec Budget
Expense Project Cultural Project Cultural t
Project (Year 1
Categories Budget Funding Budget Funding Budge
Year 1 Request Year 1 Budget Request t Year and 2)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 2 2
Human Resources $ 50,000 $ 5,000 7% $ 220,000 $ 5,000 2% $ 270,000
Space / Facilities $ 1,500 $ 1,500 .5% $ 1,500
Supplies Purchase $ 8,000 $ 3,000 4% $ 8,000 $ 2,500 1% $ 16,000
Travel / Training $ 3,000 $ 3,000 $ 6,000
Insurance $ 1,000 $ 1,000 $ 2,000
Professional
$ 5,000 $ 5,000 7% $ 10,000 $ 5,000 2% $ 1,000
theatrical support
Indirect
Administrative $ 6,000 $ 2,000 3% $ 12,000 $ 18,000
Costs
TOTAL $ 73,000 $ 15,000 21% $ 255,500 $ 15,000 5.5% $ 314,500
We do not have any committed or pending income for this specific project. We have operational support from
other sources, but it is not project specific.
Vitalize Kitsap will sell tickets to the play. We will host two showings and the venue seats 100 people. If we sell
out, at $20 a ticket we will generate $4,000. However, if some discounted seats are sold, that number will be
slightly less. During the performance and at the post-production Art Walk gallery showing, we anticipate selling
some art kits, totaling $300.
We do not expect significant sales from our online store right away. It will take the full two years to create the
inventory and get the website established.
Vitalize Kitsap 2022-2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 7 of 14Inclusion | Empowerment | Relationships | Employment
Board of Directors
Chair of the Board Doug Leonard
Pat Callahan
Jeff Sharp
Vice Chair of the Board
Sheila Meidell
James Forsher
Treasurer
Sheridan Ley-Mackey
Secretary
Sarah Brandt-Erichsen
Denise Vestman
.
Open Positions:
As part of our strategic priorities, we would like to reach 12 Board members and have three open
positions. We are open to the skills and abilities of the members and would like to include:
• CPA (our CPA took a leave of absence because of the Covid-19 pandemic)
• Marketing/communications specialist
• Realtor
• Fundraising specialist
• Member of the Suquamish tribe
Vitalize Kitsap 2022 - 2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 8 of 14Inclusion | Empowerment | Relationships | Employment
Staff List
Maria Knighton
Deb Buitenveld
Program Support
Co-Founder/ Program Director Part-time
Full-time
Millie Rapada-Loughnane
Kellie Creamer Program Lead
Executive Director Seasonal (Summer staff)
Full-time
Emma Chee
Kristi Barr Program Lead
Program Coordinator Seasonal (Summer staff)
Full-time
Laurent Kox
Program Lead
Full-time
Rebecca Rockefeller
Administrative Lead
Part-time
Krista Lundgren
Program Lead
Part-time
Karen Kilbane
Fitness Instructor
Part-time
Michelle Thompson
Program Lead
Part-time
Mateo Biggs
Program Support
Part-time
Vitalize Kitsap 2022 - 2022 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 9 of 142:58 PM Island Time Activities DBA Vitalize Kitsap
10/11/21 Balance Sheet
Cash Basis As of October 11, 2021
Oct 11, 21
ASSETS
Current Assets
Checking/Savings
TOTAL MONIES
HomeStreet Checking 4825 23,232.35
HomeStreet Savings 1099 40,285.48
Total TOTAL MONIES 63,517.83
Total Checking/Savings 63,517.83
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Receivable -336.04
Total Accounts Receivable -336.04
Total Current Assets 63,181.79
TOTAL ASSETS 63,181.79
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Other Current Liabilities
Payroll Tax Liabilities
Payroll Liabilities 8,045.92
Payroll Advance 14.39
Total Payroll Tax Liabilities 8,060.31
Total Other Current Liabilities 8,060.31
Total Current Liabilities 8,060.31
Total Liabilities 8,060.31
Equity
Opening Balance Equity 87,162.97
Net Income -32,041.49
Total Equity 55,121.48
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 63,181.79
italize Kitsap 2022 - 2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 10 of 14Vitaize Kitsap 2021 Operating Budget
INCOME
Program $156,000.00 Assuming full capacity in person starting Q3
Fundraising total
Individual donations $50,000.00
Grants $50,000.00
Events $5,000.00
PPP loan $27,500.00
Other
TOTAL INCOME $288,500.00
EXPENSES
Scholarships $5,000.00
Staff Payroll $206,148.00
Health Insurance $8,100.00
PTO (Sick & Vaction) $8,520.00
Payroll and B&O taxes $20,614.80
Program supplies $6,000.00
Staff training $2,500.00
Auto $3,000.00
Rent $7,200.00
Utiliites, facilities, supplies $6,000.00
Covid Supplies
Technology (web, cell phone) $4,000.00
D&O/ Board expenses $4,000.00
Professional Services $12,000.00
Fundraising $2,000.00
TOTAL EXPENSE $295,082.80
NET -$6,582.80
Vitalize Kitsap 2022 - 2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 11 of 14Vitalize Kitsap
Income Sources Last 2 Years Plus 2021 Year to Date
2019 2020 2021 YTD
Public/Government $10.00 $10,000 $10,000
City of Bainbridge COBI COBI
Island - Human Human Service Human Service
Services grant $15,00 $15,00
COBI COBI
Cultural Cultural
Funding Funding
$19,980.00 $52,000 PPP $1,500 BCF -
BCF – capacity $10,000 SBA Capacity Building
Grants/ building $13.700 BCF $3,500 Windermere
Corporation/Foundation BCF - operational $4,668 KEDA $15,000 Rotary
Rotary $3,000 PSE $10,000 BCF –
Suquamish X $15,000 Enterline Community Grant
Union Bank $3,500 Windermere $27,500 PPP 2.0
United Methodist
Church
Windermere
Foundation
Individuals
Includes:
Kitsap Great $74,628.48 $67,153 $65,000
Give One Call
for All
Earned Income
Program Income
$220,887.52 $104,577.00 $57,021
Includes DDD income
(3rd party)
Other
Supply Revenue $7,168.00 $1,808.00 $110
Other $5,846.00 $4,325 $0.00
Special Events Revenue Wine Walk
Other
Rotary Club – restricted Van $6,378.00 $0.00
In-Kind Donations
TOTAL $344,047.00 $253,743.00 $152,624.00
italize Kitsap 2022 - 2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 12 of 14Vitalize Kitsap IRS Form 990 – 2019 Dropbox folder has been shared with CityAdmin@bainbridgewa.gov The link to the file is: https://www.dropbox.com/home/COBI%20Cultural%20Funding?preview=ITA2019FINAL990.pdf Vitalize Kitsap 2022 - 2023 Cultural Funding Proposal Page 13 of 14
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
P. 0. BOX 2508
CINCINNATI, OH 45201
Employer Identification Number:
Date: APR 2 6 2011 01-0930965
DLN:
17053076327001
ISLAND TIME ACTIVITIES Contact Person:
PO BOX 4799 NANCY L HEAGNEY ID# 31306
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA 98061 Contact Telephone Number:
(877) 829-5500
Accounting Period Ending:
December 31
Public Charity Status:
509(a) (2)
Form 990 Required:
Yes
Effective Date of Exemption:
February 09, 2009
Contribution Deductibility:
Yes
Addendum Applies:
No
Dear Applicant:
We are pleased to inform you that upon review of your application for tax
exempt status we have determined that you are exempt from Federal income tax
under section 50l(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to you are
deductible under section 170 of the Code. You are also qualified to receive
tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106
or 2522 of the Code. Because this letter could help resolve any questions
regarding your exempt status, you should keep it in your permanent records.
Organizations exempt under section 50l(c) (3) of the Code are further classified
as either public charities or private foundations. We determined that you are
a public charity under the Code section(s) listed in the heading of this
letter.
Please see enclosed Publication 4221-PC, Compliance Guide for 50l(c) (3) Public
Charities, for some helpful information about your responsibilities as an
exempt organization.
Sincerely,
�-!sa �..... __,,
G. Lerner
Director, Exempt Organizations
Enclosure: Publication 4221-PC
Letter 947 (DO/CG)
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