• No. All applicants must reside within unincorporated or incorporated King County.
    List of cities: Auburn, Baring, Bellevue, Black Diamond, Bothell, Burton, Carnation, Duvall, Enumclaw, Fall City, Federal Way, Hobart, Issaquah, Kenmore, Kent, Kirkland, Maple Valley, Medina, Mercer Island, North Bend, Pacific, Preston, Ravensdale, Redmond, Renton, Sammamish, Seahurst, Seattle, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Vashon, Woodinville

  • For disciplines like dance, sound art, or performance art that are included in Collective Power Fund’s expanded definition of visual-based, being presented in a visual context means there is a clear representation that one or more elements from the visual arts that play a critical role in presenting your body of work, series, or performance. 

    Example: If you are a dancer and creating an immersive, visual experience using projection art is a critical part of presenting the vision of your project. In this case, presenting this visual element would need to be depicted in the applicant’s work samples.

  • Collective Power Fund, in line with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, prioritizes film projects that are aligned with artistic and experimental film, rather than mainstream film productions.

    Eligible disciplines include: 3D art, architecture, animation, ceramics, craft, design, drawing, digital art, folk art, film, illustration, installation, murals, naive art, new media, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video, sound art, and social practice, tech-based art, traditional art, and video games.

    In order to be eligible, disciplines not listed above must demonstrate a strong visual context and are ​​encouraged to form collaborations with visual artists to achieve this end.

  • Yes! Though fiscal sponsorship is not required, projects that have an attached fiscal sponsor are eligible to include the fiscal sponsor on their grant proposal. However, projects that are fiscally sponsored through Northwest Film Forum cannot use NWFF as their fiscal sponsor on this application, and must be applying for a project that is not presently sponsored by NWFF.

  • No. Please submit one grant application per artist or arts collective during each grant cycle.

  • Applicants who email their application materials to jade@nwfilmforum.org by October 10th will be emailed written, pre-panel feedback. We are also offering Office Hours. Please check the Overview & Guidelines page to book an an Office Hours slot for 1-on-1 feedback over zoom.


    We strongly encourage applicants to provide as much of their application materials as possible, especially their Project Narrative and a few of their Visual Support Materials, in order to understand your project, give you constructive feedback, and make sure you are following the guidelines.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The Award Selection Committee for the Collective Power Fund is chosen by Northwest Film Forum staff. The Committee includes a diverse panel of three (3) recognized artists and/or arts professionals, with varying expertise and backgrounds, who live/work within King County, and one (1) arts professional within the Andy Warhol Foundation’s Regional Regranting Program. 


    Note: The names of the panelists will be kept confidential until the public announcement. The selection panel is made up of a rotating group of individuals who are neither Northwest Film Forum staff, Board members, nor their immediate family. 

    We strongly encourage applicants to provide as much of their application materials as possible, especially their Project Narrative and a few of their Visual Support Materials, in order to understand your project, give you constructive feedback, and make sure you are following the guidelines.

  • The Collective Power Fund selection panel includes visual-based working artists (non-NWFF staff or Board). Selection panelists are strongly encouraged to review and make their decisions using a lens of equity. When making their decisions, we ask panelists to keep in mind how the factors of race, gender identity, status as a LGBTQ2IA+, disabled, immigrant or refugee, or undocumented artist may have historically affected or currently affect an applicant’s access to institutional support, opportunities, education, and benefits.