Heads up, Tri-City arts and culture leaders: a program that’s brought nearly $400,000 in grants to support everything from children’s theater to fiber arts in the region is about to reopen its application process.

Seattle-based ArtsFund, in partnership with the Paul G. Allen Foundation, recently announced that it plans to distribute $10 million in unrestricted funding to arts and cultural nonprofits via its Community Accelerator Grant program. Virtual informational sessions and other information about the application process are expected to be announced later this spring.

It’s the third year the organizations have offered the grants, which are open to nonprofits across the state, with those in communities with less access to mainstream funding being the priority.

“In the last two years of this program, organizations have demonstrated how flexible funding can accelerate their stability and growth,” Lara Littlefield, the foundation’s executive director for partnerships and programs, said in a release. “Not only does the Community Accelerator Grant help reinforce needed infrastructure in the arts and culture sector across the state, but everyone benefits as a result, from the programs, performances, and dialogues generated through these experiences.”

The creative economy in Washington accounts for nearly $120 billion annually to the state’s GDP, according to ArtsFund. However, state investment is among the bottom two-thirds in the nation at $0.87 per capita.

Organizations in and around the Tri-Cities that have received the most funding from the program include the Franklin County and East Benton County historical societies; African American Community, Cultural & Educational Society; Academy of Children’s Theater; Mid-Columbia Mastersingers; Prosser’s Princess Theatre; Arts Center Task Force; The Rude Mechanicals; and White Bluffs Quilt Museum.