The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation seeks to support top artistic talent and attract artists to Miami by creating local fellowship and residency programs.
Donor Name: The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation
State: Florida
County: Miami-Dade County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/13/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Pérez CreARTE grant program awards grants in the focus areas of Arts Access, Arts Education, and Artist Residencies & Fellowships. The Pérez Family Foundation believes that effective arts education can inspire creative development in local youth, drive a lifelong interest in and appreciation for the arts, and build audiences for the future.
Through their investments, the Pérez Family Foundation wants to provide capital and support for exemplary arts organizations to embrace artistic risk-taking, expand the diversity of creative experiences and audiences, and present work that inspires with its excellence and relevance.
Focus Areas
Through the Pérez CreARTE grant program, The Foundation will award grants in three main areas of focus:
- Arts Access: Funding to support meaningful and diverse public engagement with and access to various forms of high-quality art across Greater Miami and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life.
- Arts Education: Funding to support high-performing, innovative organizations in Greater Miami working to ensure that all young people have equitable access to arts education opportunities. They aim to invest in the most effective, scalable, multidisciplinary arts education programs, in school and out of school, as well as pre-professional training programs that prepare future artists in a variety of disciplines.
- Artist Fellowships and Residencies: Funding to support the creation and/or expansion of artist fellowship and residency programs to expand local options for artistic professionals to hone their talents and showcase their work. The programs should recognize and cultivate artists, local and national, in pivotal phases of their careers, celebrate outstanding achievement, and support their artistic development.
Program Priorities
The Foundation will prioritize proposals that demonstrate the following:
- Bold, new approaches for addressing the needs of a rapidly changing creative environment
- A dedication to advancing arts equity by supporting diverse artists and providing arts education and other arts programming to communities that are traditionally underserved by the arts
- Vision and realistic plan to scale
- Demonstrated ability to reach targeted audiences
- Organizational capacity to implement the proposed program or initiative
- Evidence of strong networks and partnerships with others in the field
- A sound approach for measuring progress
- Strong organizational leadership at all levels.
Funding Information
Applicants can request a total grant award of up to $250,000.00.
Grant Period
November 1, 2025 – October 31, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) public charities and governmental entities serving Miami Dade County that show a strong track record of providing quality offerings that reflect the program’s purpose. Organizations with an existing relationship with a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit JMPFF.
