The Youth Arts Miami (YAM) Grants Program provides operational funding support to established non-profit youth arts organizations having a year-round presence in Miami-Dade County, whose primary mission is to create, present or exhibit cultural arts programs for and/or with children and youth.
Donor Name: Miami-Dade County Department of cultural Affairs
State: Florida
County: Miami-Dade County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $125,000
Detail:
Applicants to this program must have at least a 3-year consecutive track record of providing a year-round season of youth arts activities for children/youth in Miami-Dade County. Programming must include public access components such as performances or exhibitions.
Funding Information
- CATEGORY A: Applicants in Category A may request up to $125,000.
- CATEGORY B: Applicants in Category B may request up to $50,000.
- CATEGORY C: Applicants in Category C may request up to $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, an organization 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 for children/youth, and/or, with children/youth on a year-round basis
- have a minimum consecutive three-year track record of providing a year-round season of youth arts activities for children/youth in Miami-Dade County
- include public access components in its programming, such as performances or exhibitions
- be legally incorporated in the State of Florida as NOT-FOR-PROFIT, with designated tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue 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. Proof of incorporation and IRS tax-exempt designation is required at the time of application
- not be a municipality or governmental entity
- not be an educational institution (such as a daycare/pre-school, school, college or university)
- not be a religious organization whose proposed programming, in whole or in part, is designed to promote religious or sectarian activities or to encourage the preference of a particular religion.
For more information, visit Youth Arts Miami (Yam) Grants Program.
