The United Arts of Central Florida is accepting applications for its Community Project Grants.
Donor Name: United Arts of Central Florida
State: Florida
County: Lake County (FL), Orange County (FL), Osceola County (FL), Seminole County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Community Project Grants provide competitive funding for projects, events, productions, festivals, and exhibitions that:
- Increase access to and participation in arts, culture, history, or science programming within communities!
- Act as a catalyst for positive change through arts and culture-based community development (creative community development)
- Amplify diverse cultures and voices.
Funding Information
Maximum Request Amount: $5,000.
Project Period
Projects occurring July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025.
Project Eligibility
Projects based in the arts and culture, science or history that take place in Lake, Orange, Osceola, or Seminole counties and are open to the public. Exhibits, performances, festivals, arts education, outreach programs, and art-based community development activities are examples of typical projects. Professional artists must be involved in the planning and execution of each project. For arts education programming, teachers must have an arts background. Administrative costs can be included, up to 7% of the project budget. Social and Human Service Organizations must partner with professional artists and / or arts organizations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organizations must have current 501(c)(3)status and current good standing with the state of Florida Division of Corporations as a nonprofit organization.
- The nonprofit 501(c)(3) must be in Lake, Orange, Osceola or Seminole counties.
- The nonprofit organization must have a Unique Entity ID through the federal government to receive United Arts Funding.
- Faith-based organizations who have 501(c)(3) status as long as the event is a non-faith-based program open to any segment of the population.
- Applicant organizations must be in good standing with any prior United Arts grant or contract reporting.
- Operating Support grantees are eligible to apply, but the project must be focused on increasing access in the community. The work must be either an expansion to new sites, or a new program / service etc., being offered to a new community.
- For the purposes of this funding opportunity – United Arts is defining community as both place-based as well as population / social identity-based.
Organization Eligibility Restrictions
Organizations are NOT eligible if they are:
- Organizations that are adjuncts to for-profit organizations. (“Friends of” organizations are eligible to apply only in lieu of the parent nonprofit organization.)
- A public or private entity governed by an agency of the state government.
- Fraternal or sports organizations.
- Political causes, candidates, organizations, or campaigns
For more information, visit United Arts of Central Florida.
