The International Cultural Partnerships (ICP) Grant Program provides funding assistance to Miami-Dade County-based professional arts and cultural organizations to support international artistic partnerships with arts organizations and artists abroad.
Donor Name: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
State: Florida
County: Miami-Dade County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/04/2023
Size of the Grant: $40,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
International Cultural Partnerships (ICP) Grants Program supports the efforts of organizations aiming to showcase their work internationally by engaging in reciprocal relationships with another city, country or region through collaborative projects that demonstrate artistic excellence and advance the organization’s programming goals.
The program’s objectives are the following:
- Support the efforts of Miami-Dade’s professional artists and cultural organizations to engage in international cultural partnerships activities, linking them to a global network
- Provide opportunities for intercultural and artistic collaborations, highlighting the partnerships of ideas, themes, stories and studies
- Elevate Miami-Dade County’s image abroad.
The applicant’s mission must be the creation, performance, exhibition, and/or presentation of artistic programs. Projects may involve any artistic discipline(s) and may take place in MiamiDade County and abroad. Projects must demonstrate reciprocal relationships with another city, country or region, either as a component of the same project or over a specified period. Additionally, projects should demonstrate artistic excellence and originality within the organization’s overall programming goals.
Funding Information
- Up to $20,000:.one matching dollar to one grant request dollar.
- Between $20,001 & $30,000: one and a half matching dollars to one grant request dollar
- Between $30,001 & $40,000: two matching dollars to one grant request dollar.
- Grant Funding Period: October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024
Eligible Project
Eligible projects include:
- International collaborations among partner cultural organizations to develop NEW work to be presented or exhibited for the general public in the participating countries. Projects which present the highest quality of professional Miami-Dade County artists and cultural programs to international audiences, and which present the highest quality of professional international artists and cultural programs to Miami-Dade County audiences will be the most competitive. The newly created work must be presented in Miami-Dade and abroad.
- Residency programs that foster cultural partnerships for Miami-Dade County professional artists and/or arts professionals to work abroad and professional foreign artists and/or arts professionals (such as curators, historians, designers) to work in Miami-Dade County. Residency programs must be held in Miami-Dade and abroad.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, an organization must:
- Be legally incorporated as a State of Florida Not -for-Profit Arts Or Cultural Organization, with a designated tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code; Proof of incorporation and IRS tax-exempt designation is required at the time of application;
- Be an organization whose mission, primary purpose and function, as defined by the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the organization, is the creation, performance, exhibition, and/or presentation of the arts or cultural programs;
- Have a minimum one-year track record of year-round cultural programming and presentation;
- Have its primary office in Miami-Dade County; and
- Not be a municipality or governmental entity.
Eligible Expenses
- Production costs (may include visa fees, duties, insurance, translators, etc.)
- Artistic, administrative, technical salary support and/or consultant fees
- Honoraria
- Equipment rental and expendable materials
- Marketing
- Publications, Website development and Web publishing
- International and local travel and transportation costs (airfare, hotel accommodations, etc.)
- Equipment rental and personnel necessary to provide accessibility as mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
For more information, visit MDCDCA.
