The Oregon Cultural Trust is a unique organization because we are an example of direct legislative democracy in action. By taking advantage of the Oregon Cultural Trust tax credit citizens are in a sense placing a vote for the support of culture in Oregon. The Oregon Cultural Trust tax credit is a result of progressive history and enabling legislation here in Oregon that allows citizens to support culture in Oregon in a meaningful way.

When you take advantage of the Oregon Cultural Trust tax credit you are communicating that you want your tax dollars to support culture throughout Oregon and the money goes directly towards this purpose. Using the cultural tax credit is a vote to support Oregon's arts, heritage and humanities.

The Board of the Oregon Cultural Trust adopted the vision, mission and goals of the Trust based on the Oregon statutes that established it:

Vision

Oregon's cultural resources - the arts, heritage and the humanities - are strong and dynamic contributors to Oregon's communities and quality of life.

Mission

To enhance the lives of Oregonians by implementing a sustainable public-private integrated cultural funding program that will support, stabilize and protect Oregon culture: the humanities, heritage and the arts. The Trust will expand public awareness of, quality of, access to and use of culture in Oregon.

Goals

1. To increase public and private support for culture through the creation of incentives for the development of new funds and resources;
   Tax credit, other revenue streams
2. To address significant opportunities to advance, preserve or stabilize cultural resources;
   Cultural Development Grants
3. To build public cultural participation across cultural disciplines and organizations.
   Cultural Participation Grants
4. To increase understanding of the value of cultural development and participation to Oregonians
   benchmarks and evaluation, communication, return on investment