The Cultural Service Grant Program provides public support to arts and cultural organizations that contribute to the quality of life of Duval County’s residents.
Donor Name: Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
State: Florida
County: Duval County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
Every year, non-profit organizations in the arts and cultural sector apply to receive City-funded grants to help support their missions and create broader access to the arts in Jacksonville.
Funding Information
Request amounts from organizations not currently funded are capped at:
- $5,000, for organizations with annual operating revenues less than $250,000
- $10,000, for organizations with annual operating revenues of $250,000 and above
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for funding an organization must meet the following criteria:
- The organization must be tax exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code.
- The organization must be a not-for-profit corporation chartered by the Secretary of State under F.S. Ch. 617.
- The organization must operate in Duval County.
- At the time of application, the organization must have been in existence as a Florida Corporation for at least three years and must have three years of filed tax returns.
- The organization shall have a broad base of community representation in management and membership. The members of the board of directors shall not receive any compensation for their service as directors, but they may be reimbursed for actual monetary expenditures on behalf of the organization. The corporate charter or by-laws shall provide a method of selection of the board of directors which will periodically subject the directors to the possibility of replacement by other qualified persons. The membership of the organization shall be open to as large a portion of the public as possible, subject to such nondiscriminatory conditions and qualifications for membership as may be imposed by the corporate charter or by-laws; provided that this requirement shall not be construed so as to prevent or prohibit an organization from having different classes of membership with different conditions and qualifications for admission and different relative rights, privileges and duties.
- If the organization is a previous recipient of a City Grant or a Cultural Service Grant, the organization must have submitted all required reports for previous grants.
- At least 76 percent of the organizations operating revenue or support shall be derived from sources other than this program.
- The organization shall provide services or activities which benefit or are made available to a broad range of the people of the City and shall be offered on a nondiscriminatory basis to those people.
- The organization must as its primary function present, sponsor, exhibit or otherwise offer for public consumption programs or activities in any one or combination of the following disciplines:
- Historic preservation/restoration, arts in education, music, dance, folk arts, humanities literature.
- Film/video/media, theater and musical theater, visual arts, or collections or exhibits of historical.
- Archeological, scientific or ethnic artifacts, handiwork or objects.
For more information, visit Cultural Council.
