The Developing Arts in Neighborhoods (DAN) Grants Program provides funding and technical assistance support to small and/or developing cultural groups with annual organizational budgets under $100,000 that create, present or produce year-round cultural activities and arts programs in Miami-Dade County at the grassroots level, including underserved neighborhoods, communities or special populations.
Donor Name: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
State: Florida
County: Miami-Dade County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Applicants to this program must have at least a two year track record of creating, producing or presenting year-round cultural programs and activities. Colleges, universities, municipalities and governmental entities are not eligible to apply.
Funding Information
Each applicant organization may request up to $20,000 and may submit only one proposal per funding cycle.
Grant Period
October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2026.
Allowable Grant Expenditures
- Artistic, administrative, technical salary support and/or consultant fees
- Honoraria
- Direct program costs
- Production costs
- Equipment rental
- Expendable supplies/materials
- Purchase of equipment, computer hardware and/or software up to $2,000 (with prior approval by Department of Cultural Affairs staff)
- Marketing
- Printing
- Publications
- Space rental
- In-County travel and transportation costs
- 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 Florida as NOT-FOR-PROFIT for at least two (2) years prior to the application deadline;
- have a total organization budget for the last completed fiscal year of $100,000 or less (total in-kind contributions may not exceed 25% of the total organization budget);
- have as its primary purpose and function, as defined by the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws 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);
- have at least a demonstrable two year track record of creating, producing or presenting year-round cultural programs and activities;
- have been awarded a grant from the Department’s Community Grants (CG) Program within the last two (2) years;
- present at least three (3) distinct programs or services marketed and available to a broad audience;
- have or demonstrate a strategy to include multicultural community representation on its Board, staff, and working as artists; and
- not be a college or university department, municipality, governmental entity, educational facility (such as a daycare/preschool or school); and
- 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 religion.
For more information, visit MDCDCA.
