Through the Cultural Advancement Grants Program, the Department provides significant operating support grants to a designated group of Miami-Dade County’s mid to large size, artistically excellent and culturally diverse performing, visual, literary and presenting arts organizations.
Donor Name: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
State: Florida
County: Miami-Dade County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Qualifying organizations are engaged year-round in the creation or presentation of art, within or across artistic fields and disciplines, which demonstrate the potential to achieve regional, national, or international visibility as evidenced by current programs and management structure.
Funding Information
An organization may request up to $160,000.
Project Period
October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025.
Allowable Expenditures
- Administrative, artistic, technical, development or consultant salary support
- Production costs related to proposed project
- Honoraria
- Equipment rental and expendable project related materials
- Marketing
- Website development and training
- Marketing
- Printing
- Publications
- Space rental
- In-county travel and transportation costs directly related to the funded program(s), such as field trip busses, taxis or shuttle services
- Up to 20% of grant funds may be approved for the purchase of technological equipment (computers – hardware, software, copiers, fax machines, etc.), provided the application question regarding technology requests is completed
- Equipment rental or purchase and personnel necessary to provide program accessibility as mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply to the Cultural Advancement Program, an organization:
- must have received a recommendation for funding from the program in the previous fiscal year, and/or have been invited by Department staff to apply;
- must be legally incorporated as a Not-For-Profit corporation, with a designated taxexempt status and in good standing, under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code;
- must have as its primary purpose and function, as defined by the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of the organization, the creation, performance, exhibition, and/or presentation of the arts on a year-round basis (organizations whose primary mission it is to create, present or exhibit cultural programs for children and/or with children are not eligible);
- may qualify as a public or private institution of higher education, if all the following criteria are met:
- its primary mission is to the creation, performance, exhibition and/or presentation of a year round season of public performances not related to degree-granting programs;
- professional artists are the principal participants of the program;
- the program is overseen by a community-based board of directors or advisory board that meets regularly; and
- the public at-large is the primary target audience and direct beneficiaries of the program.
In addition to meeting each of the criteria above, colleges and universities must submit an annual operating budget bearing the certification and explicit written verification of the applicant’s expenditures and revenues by the college or university’s Sponsored Research and Finance Departments, to comply with the program’s budgetary requirements for eligibility.
- have a total average of the two prior fiscal year’s organizational budgets of at least $500,000 as demonstrated by the organization’s Form 990’s on file with the IRS, audited budget or compilation statements, including in-kind services support not to exceed 25% of total cash budget;
- have at a minimum consecutive three-year history of producing and/or presenting artistic programs;
- have at least two (2) paid full-time administrators;
- have its primary office in Miami-Dade County;
- present at least three (3) distinct programs or services marketed and available to a broad audience.
- possess the potential to achieve regional, national, or international visibility as evidenced by current programs and management structure;
- be vital to the cultural development of Miami-Dade County as evidenced by the size, scope and maturity of artistic product;
- have distinguished themselves in past and present endeavors;
- have reached a critical stage of development in programming or institutional development;
- may not be a religious organization whose proposed project, in whole or in part, is designed to promote religious or sectarian activities or to encourage the preference of a religion;
- may not be a municipality or government entity;
- may not be an educational institution whose proposed project is for degree seeking academic purpose or is primarily for the academic community’s benefit.
- Colleges and universities are eligible to apply, provided that the primary focus of the proposed program demonstrates:
- The creation, performance, exhibition and/or presentation of a year-round season of public performances not related to degree-granting programs.
- The involvement of professional artists as principal participants of the program.
- The involvement of a community-based board of directors or advisory board that meets regularly.
- The public at-large as the primary target audience and direct beneficiaries of the program, excluding students and faculty.
For more information, visit MDCDCA.
