The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the St. Johns Cultural Council (SJCC) are accepting applications for its St. Johns County Arts for All (AFA) Grant Program.
Donor Name: St. Johns Cultural Council
State: Florida
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/16/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The goal of the AFA Grant Program is to improve funding for arts programming that is primarily for the benefit of County residents as part of the Cultural Council’s mission to ensure that the lives of both residents and visitors are enriched through art, culture, history, and heritage. Priority will be given to projects from rural, poor, and/or underserved communities in the County but artists and organizations throughout the County are encouraged to apply.
Funding Information
AFA grants provide between $5,000 and $10,000 to arts, culture, and heritage organizations with annual revenues of less than $350,000, and up to $5,000 for individual artists.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet the following basic eligibility requirements at the time of application. All awardees must comply with the policies and legal requirements of the National Endowment for the Arts General All proposed projects must occur in St. Johns County within the grant period, which is January 1, 2025 – October 31, 2026. At the time of application, the following is required:
- Organizations:
- All current and previous grantees must be in good standing with the St. Johns Cultural Council administered grant programs at the time of application.
- Only non-profit, tax-exempt corporations based in St. Johns County are eligible to apply and receive funding.
- All organizations must have at least three years of completed arts and cultural programming and be able to provide their last completed fiscal year’s operating budget.
- Applicant must have registered with the Florida Division of Corporations.
- Have a total annual operating income of less than $350,000.
- Individuals:
- Support to individual artists is allowable for programs and activities and is not a one‐time monetary recognition award.
- Awards to individuals must include presentations, workshops, research, and/or creation of artwork, with tangible outcomes required by the grant award.
- This is considered a stipend to the artist for the work undertaken and completed.
- In addition to Basic Eligibility, all grantees are expected to:
- Complete all proposal activities in St. Johns County within the grant period, January 1 – October 31, 2026.
- Make programming and activities open and accessible to all members of the public (see accessibility and non-discrimination).
- Include only allowable expenses in the proposal budget (see allowable and non-allowable expenses).
- Awardees must not be excluded or disbarred from doing business with the federal government.
- Comply with all grant administration requirements:
- Provide required information for grant award agreement;
- Return signed grant award agreement within 30 calendar days;
- Request approval in writing for any changes to grant award agreement;
- Complete mid-year and final reports by deadline (5/15/2026; 11/01/2026);
- Maintain complete and accurate grant records;
- Comply with the policies and legal requirements
- Credit the St. Johns Cultural Council and National Endowment for the Arts as stipulated in the grant award agreement.
- Teaching Artists must
- be professional artists and educators;
- be able to provide evidence of classroom experience;
- teach in St. Johns County, but is not required to reside in St. Johns County;
- be 18 years of age or older; and
- not be enrolled in a degree or certificate program.
- Museum must
- own or utilize works of art or other tangible objects; and
- exhibit these works of art or other tangible objects to the public on a regular schedule.
- Individual Artist must
- be a professional creative artist;
- be a resident of or rent/own a gallery full-time in St. Johns County for at least one year prior to the application deadline and maintain residency/gallery in St. Johns County throughout the project;
- be 18 years of age or older by the application deadline; and
- not be enrolled in degree or certificate program.
For more information, visit STJCC.
