The Flagler County Cultural Council (FC3) is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Palm Coast Cultural Arts Grant Program.
Donor Name: Flagler County Cultural Council
State: Florida
County: Flagler County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/21/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
As part of an official agreement with the City of Palm Coast, FC3 manages the Palm Coast Cultural Arts Grant program. The partnership represents a significant opportunity to expand and enhance arts, culture, and history in our community.
This grant program funds applications that best serve the interests of the City of Palm Coast and its residents, and support a vibrant cultural atmosphere that is attractive to visitors. This grant is designed to help support local activities, not to replace other funding or completely underwrite events.
These grants are funded by the City of Palm Coast. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis to nonprofit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) Florida organizations that meet the eligibility criteria and provide arts, history, heritage, and cultural events and programs in the City of Palm Coast. Funding is awarded based on the organization or project’s Cultural Significance and Quality, Access & Community Engagement, and Organizational Capacity. FC3 anticipates that total grant requests will exceed funds available; consequently, applicants should not assume that successful grant applications will be fully funded.
Only applications that have cultural programming as their primary focus will be considered for funding. Cultural disciplines include, but are not limited to, architecture, crafts, creative writing, dance, history, literature, media arts, music, photography, theatre, design, traditional arts, visual arts, and heritage, and the execution, exhibition, or presentation of such allied cultural forms
The Flagler County Cultural Council (FC3) is committed to supporting and enhancing arts, culture, history, and heritage programming in Flagler County. FC3 intends to encourage local organizations to develop both new projects and administrative capabilities. However, during this grant cycle, only project/program grants will be considered. Funds provided through this grant program should enhance the organization’s ability to attract new audiences and find additional funding from other sources.
Grant Period
October 1, 2026, and September 30, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicant organizations must meet the following eligibility criteria at the time of application.
- Events and programs must take place within the City of Palm Coast.
- All applications must be led by an active nonprofit Florida corporation registered with the Florida Division of Corporations. Preference is given to those organizations with a principal address in Flagler County.
- Only nonprofit arts, culture, education, history, humanities, and heritage organizations with documented 501(c)(3) status may apply.
- For-profit businesses qualified to do business in the State of Florida and located in Flagler County may apply in partnership with a local non-profit organization for funding of arts, culture, or heritage special events.
- Grant awards will be based solely on the program/event expense budget, not on the organization’s overall budget. A single application may be submitted for multiple events.
- Programs, services, and events must be open to the public and of benefit to residents of Flagler County.
- Organizations must show in their application that they are capable of at least a dollar-for-dollar match for the grant amount requested from the Council. In-kind contributions to this project may be considered as up to 30% of this match.
- Nonprofit organizations must provide a copy of their most recently filed IRS Form 990, IRS Form 990EZ, or 990 postcard. (Filing must be dated within 18 months before the application deadline date.
- Organizations that have not fulfilled contractual agreements with FC3, the City of Palm Coast, or Flagler County in previous years are not eligible for funding.
For more information, visit City of Palm Coast.
