The City of Fort Myers arts and culture grant program has been designed to foster and grow the thriving and eclectic cultural arts community in Southwest Florida.
Donor Name: City of Fort Myers
State: Florida
City: Fort Myers
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/09/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
Purpose
The purpose of the grant program is to activate the City of Fort Myers with exciting and alluring artistic offerings that leave a LASTING IMPRESSION on residents and visitors alike. Because arts and culture are the heartbeat of Fort Myers, they seek projects that capture the uniquely charming SWFL flavor through a plethora of artistic mediums and forms. All projects and programs are welcomed, including but not limited to visual arts, fine arts, photography, performing arts, sculpture, cinematic, digital arts and even literary. Creativity is endless and so is the talent in Southwest Florida. The Arts & Culture Division in the City of Fort Myers is entrusted with bringing that talent to the forefront throughout the city.
Goals
The grant programs administered by this office strive to:
- Bring expansive and exciting art and culture programs and permanent installations within the City of Fort Myers
- Encourage collaborations to develop larger, expansive and significant programs/projects that leave a LASTING IMPRESSION
- Foster a healthy arts and culture community in Fort Myers
- Encourage artistic quality, exploration and program innovation
- Strengthen arts and culture representation throughout city wards, with authentic representation at the neighborhood level
- Appeal to an expansive local audience as well as audiences in neighboring counties
- Promote multicultural inclusion in all aspects of the city’s cultural life
- Stimulate increased private support for the arts & culture
- Elevate arts and culture as the economic driver for tourism in Fort Myers
- Invest in local talent to promote a flourishing arts and culture community.
Funding Information
The maximum funding for each arts grant for a project or program is:
- $10,000 for 501(c)(3) designated organizations
Applicants are required to show a match to the requested funds from earned income, foundations, individual and corporate contributions, government agencies and other organizations. These matching funds can include in-kind goods and services.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be 501(c)(3) designated nonprofit organizations that produce and/or present an arts and cultural program or festival within the City of Fort Myers’ corporate limits.
- Have documented IRS nonprofit, tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Applicants with pending 501(c)(3) status are not eligible.
- Have completed one year of fiscal operation as a non-profit organization and can provide board approved financial statements.
- Be able to provide most recently completed IRS Form 990.
- Be able to match amount requested on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
- Applicant organizations may submit only one application.
- If the organization has received a City of Fort Myers Arts & Culture Grant at any time in the past then a Post-Grant Final Report must have been submitted for that Grant.
- Units of city or municipal government are ineligible for City of Fort Myers Arts & Culture Grants (i.e. public school, library, city special events department, etc.).
- Religious Organizations and Churches are ineligible for City of Fort Myers Arts & Culture Grants.
Organization Guidelines
Project & Program Grants support arts & culture activities, projects and programs that take place within the City of Fort Myers by the close of April of the grant cycle year. Your description should include:
- Overall goal(s) regarding your project or program
- Objectives or ways in which you will meet the goal(s)
- Specific activities for which you are seeking funding
- Who will carry out those activities
- Time-frame in which the activities will take place
- How the proposed project or program will benefit the community of the City of Fort Myers, being as clear as you can about the impact you expect to have and long-term strategies (If applicable) for sustaining this effort.
For more information, visit City of Fort Myers.
