The Summer Arts & Science Camps for Kids Program is designed to fund non-profit organizations that will provide children in Miami-Dade County with opportunities to attend high quality cultural arts or science summer camp programs at little or no cost.
Donor Name: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
State: Florida
County: Miami-Dade County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/05/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Summer Arts & Science Camps for Kids (SAS-C) Grants Program was created as a joint initiative of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and The Children’s Trust. The SAS-C Grants Program is funded by The Children’s Trust. The Children’s Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County.
Funding through the SAS-C Grants Program is intended to augment existing programs, providing more children with the opportunity to participate in comprehensive and specialized cultural arts and science summer camps.
Funding Information
Organizations may request up to $40,000.
Grant Period
June 1 – August 30, 2026.
Allowable Grant Expenditures
Grant dollars may be used only for expenses directly related to the proposed camp project in the categories indicated below. General overhead or other operating expenses not directly related to the proposed project are not permitted.
- Artistic, technical support and/or consultant fees
- Honoraria
- Direct program costs
- Before and Aftercare Costs
- Production costs
- Equipment rental
- Expendable supplies/materials
- Purchase of equipment up to $2,000 (only project-specific related and with prior approval by Department of Cultural Affairs staff)
- Marketing
- Printing
- Publications
- Space rental (only project-specific related such as performance/exhibition venues)
- In-County travel and transportation costs (such as field trip busses, taxis or shuttle services)
- Equipment rental and personnel necessary to provide program accessibility as mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, an organization must:
- be legally incorporated in the State of Florida as NOT-FOR-PROFIT with tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Service Code. Applications from not-for-profit organizations designated tax exempt under other subsections of 501(c) will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis; or be an educational institution of higher learning (such as a college or university), municipality or governmental entity. Proof of incorporation and IRS tax-exempt designation is required at the time of application.
- be the camp “owner/presenter” directly responsible for managing, overseeing and implementing ALL administrative aspects of the proposed camp program, including but not limited to camper registration, data collection, reporting, scheduling, program design, production, implementation, contracting for artists/services, etc.
- have a minimum one-year track record of providing high quality, comprehensive and specialized cultural arts or science summer camp programs for children and/or youth in Miami-Dade County.
- have presented the camp in Miami-Dade County in the year immediately prior to the proposed application.
- funded programs must be geographically located in Miami-Dade County, be open to the community at large, and not solely be for the benefit of the applicant organization, or its students or members.
- not be a fiscal agent applying on behalf of another entity.
- 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 particular religion.
- not be an educational organization or facility (such as a daycare/preschool/school), other than institutions of higher learning or university-operated cultural institutions that provide services, cultural programs and open access to the community and the general public beyond their educational mission and on a regular basis.
- not be a school support organization (such as parent-teacher association, booster club or auxiliary organization); and
- not receive direct grant support from The Children’s Trust under the Youth Development Initiative for any program/project. Grant funds may not be used to underwrite scholarships for children/youth who reside outside of Miami-Dade County.
- Grant funds may not be used to underwrite scholarships for children/youth under five (5) years of age.
- Applications from fiscal agents will not be accepted.
For more information, visit MDCDCA.
