Florida: 2022 Developing Arts in Neighborhoods (DAN) Grants Program

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 (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/29/2022

Size of the Grant: $15,000

Details:

This program strongly encourages applications from groups whose activities:

possess the potential to build audiences and sustained community or neighborhood support for the arts;
encourage people to include arts in their everyday lives;
are deeply rooted in the cultural life of a neighborhood or community;
preserve and embrace the indigenous heritage, traditions, customs, beliefs and/or rituals of a particular culture or ethnic group; and
enhance community development and/or revitalization efforts.

Funding Information

Maximum Request $15,000

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.
Proof of incorporation and IRS tax-exempt designation is required at the time of application.
Individuals and unincorporated groups may apply for program grants under the fiscal agency sponsorship of an eligible not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization for no more than three (3) funding cycles. In such cases, the application must be submitted by the sponsoring organization.