The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs is accepting applications for its Community Grants Program.
Donor Name: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
State: Florida
County: Miami-Dade County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Community Grant Program is particularly sensitive to the needs of indigenous cultural neighborhood activities and projects encouraging the preservation of heritage, traditions and culture, as well as social service organizations and cultural groups developing collaborative intervention projects using the arts.
The Community Grants (CG) Program is responsive on a quarterly basis to nonprofit organizations developing publicly accessible community-based cultural (dance, theater, music, visual arts) programs, as well as projects and events, such as fairs, parades, neighborhood festivals and publications that have a strong artistic and cultural engagement component. The CG panel will consider projects only if they have strong community involvement and/or outreach component. The CG Program encourages:
- Activities and projects that preserve heritage, traditions and culture.
- Social service organizations and cultural groups developing collaborative intervention projects using the arts.
Funding Information
- up to $7,500 – First time applicants, one-time cultural events/artistic projects, programs or events
- up to $15,000 – Major, annually recurring projects, programs or events with a total project budget of $150,000 or more and a two-year minimum track record such as festivals and fairs drawing 1,000 people or more per day to the event. Similar events with project budgets under $150,000 may request up to $10,000
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, an organization must:
- be legally incorporated in the State of Florida AS NONPROFIT corporation, with designated tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or a unit of local government. Applications from nonprofit organizations designated tax exempt under other subsections of 501(c) will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Proof of incorporation and IRS tax-exempt designation is required at the time of application;
- have its registration status with the Florida Division of Corporations active and in good standing, pursuant to Chapter 617, Florida Statutes;
- be presenting activities and/or programs that are located within Miami-Dade County, that benefit local audiences, and that exhibit the potential to become regular or recurring local events;
- be presenting activities and/or programs that are open and accessible to the general public;
- NOT be an educational organization or facility (such as a daycare/preschool or school);
- NOT be a school support organization (such as parent-teacher association, booster club or auxiliary organization);
- NOT be a higher education institution whose proposed project is:
- for the benefit of degree-seeking students;
- in service of other academic purposes;
- primarily for the academic community’s benefit.
- Institutions of higher education are eligible to apply for projects that present or produce artistic/cultural programming projects and the public at large is the primary target audience and direct beneficiaries of the program. Such institutions may only submit one application per fiscal year per unique school or college discipline/department.
- NOT be a religious organization whose proposed project, in whole or in part, is designed to FY 2025-2026 Community Grants Program promote religious or sectarian activities or to encourage the preference of a particular religion;
- be in full compliance with grant agreement requirements of any previous grants provided through the CG Program or other Miami-Dade County funding sources, including timely and satisfactory submission of all reports.
For more information, visit MDCDCF.
