The Cultural Facilities Program coordinates and guides the State of Florida’s support and funding of renovation, new construction, or acquisition of cultural facilities.
Donor Name: Division of Arts and Culture
State: Florida
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
These disciplines are music, dance, theatre, creative writing, literature, architecture, painting, sculpture, folk arts, photography, crafts, media arts, visual arts and programs of museums. The Program is intended for: bricks and mortar construction; renovation; or for acquisition. Projects must fall squarely into one category, not any combination of the three. State funding shall not be used for parking facilities, sidewalks, walkways, and trails that are the entire scope of work; landscaping; fabrication or design of exhibits (not permanently affixed to the building); nor commercial projects.
The Division offers two levels of funding within the Cultural Facilities Program. These levels are determined by the specific use of the facility:
- A purpose-built or single use facility that will solely be used for the programming, production, presentation, exhibition of any of the arts and cultural disciplines at least 85% of the time. This type of facility includes theatres, performance centers, museums (including, aquariums, botanical gardens, history centers, zoos, etc.) and art centers. The maximum request amount for this type of facility is $500,000.
- A multi-purpose facility that will be used for the programming, production, presentation, exhibition of any of the arts and cultural disciplines less than 85% of the time. This type of building includes community centers, recreation centers, civic centers and municipal buildings. The maximum request amount for this type of facility is $200,000. Project costs must be directly related to the arts and cultural portion of the facility.
Grant Period
Cultural Facilities projects have a grant period of 23 months.
Eligibility Criteria
To apply to the Cultural Facilities grant program, an applicant must be both:
- Nonprofit: incorporated as an active nonprofit Florida corporation, in accordance with Chapter 617, Florida Statutes; and
- Tax-exempt: designated as tax-exempt as defined in section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
For more information, visit Division of Arts and Culture.
