The Arts and Culture Grants are intended to provide operating funds to eligible organizations that contribute to the vibrant cultural opportunities that serve the diverse citizens of the St. Petersburg community as part of the Mayor’s Pillars for Progress focusing on arts and culture, as well as education and youth opportunities.
Donor Name: City of St. Petersburg
State: Florida
City: St. Petersburg
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/09/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $22,000
Grant Duration: 11 months 15 days
Details:
The Arts and Culture Grants, in addition to supporting established organizations, will encourage fostering new or emerging artistic expressions and intentional inclusivity throughout the City of St. Petersburg.
Funding Levels
Arts Advisory Committee award and funding recommendations are subject to City Council approval. The specific amount of each award will be determined following the final budget allocation by City Council in September. The applications are available for three levels of organizations.
- Level 1: Organizations with budgets of $149,999 or less are eligible to receive up to $7,500 or a maximum of 10% of the most completed fiscal year’s operating budget.
- Level 2: Organizations with budgets of $150,000 to $499,999 are eligible to receive up to $15,000.
- Level 3: Organizations with budgets of $500,000 or more are eligible to receive up to $22,000.
Grant Period
Grant funds may be expended for the purposes of activities that occur or are obligated within the grant period of October 1, 2023 – September 16, 2024, and they are solely for the purpose of the operating expense(s) and can readily be identified as such.
Eligibility Requirements
Organizations applying to the City for funding shall:
- Be registered with the Florida Secretary of State as a non-profit organization;
- Be a Tax Exempt 501(c)3 organization whose primary mission, as identified by a mission statement or articles of incorporation, is arts or culture programming, arts or culture support, or arts or culture services unless applying under F(iii) below;
- Be in existence and providing services to the residents of the City for at least one year from the date of registration with the Secretary of State;
- Provide more than 50% of its programming within the City of St. Petersburg and have over 50% of its attendance taking place within the City of St. Petersburg for the organization’s most recently completed fiscal OR calendar year;
- Have no outstanding debts to the City of St Petersburg; unless prior payment arrangements are in place and are current.
- The organization must:
- present arts/cultural programming, performances, or exhibitions primarily for the benefit of St. Petersburg residents and its visitors;
- have a history, science, or children’s museum that provides on-going arts/cultural programming, performances, or exhibitions primarily for the benefit of St. Petersburg residents and its visitors; or
- be a non-profit organization that (1) has a facility specifically dedicated to the Arts and Culture Programming Unit and have at least one paid full-time permanent staff dedicated to that Arts and Culture Programming Unit and (2) presents arts/cultural programming primarily for the benefit of St. Petersburg residents and its visitors on an on-going, year-round basis for which the Arts and Culture Programming Unit has actual operations in excess of $100,000 for the most recently completed fiscal year at the time of the application.
For more information, visit Arts and Culture Grant.
