Florida Local Grants

This grant provides funding to nonprofit organizations in Palm Beach and Martin Counties to support projects that enhance community capacity, economic opportunity, education, and overall community well-being.

This program provides financial assistance to eligible homeowners in Fort Pierce for essential home improvements, enhancing their quality of life through necessary rehabilitation efforts.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for innovative arts projects by organizations and individual artists based in Monroe County, Florida, encouraging creativity and community engagement.

This program provides funding to neighborhood associations in Hillsborough County for community projects that promote health, safety, and engagement among residents.

This program provides financial assistance to small for-profit businesses in Boynton Beach to enhance their marketing efforts or support essential operational needs.

This funding initiative provides financial support to nonprofit organizations in Miami-Dade County that offer high-quality summer arts and science camps for underserved children and youth, including those with disabilities, at little or no cost.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to non-profit organizations that serve the Oakland Park community in Florida.

This grant provides funding to nonprofit organizations in Polk County, Florida, to deliver behavioral health and preventative health programs for residents without health insurance and with incomes at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.

This grant provides funding to neighborhood organizations in St. Augustine, Florida, to support small-scale projects that enhance community engagement, beautification, and quality of life.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to non-profit organizations in Hernando County, Florida, for projects that promote community engagement in the arts, such as public art installations, art events, and art instruction.

This grant provides financial support to professional visual and media artists residing in South Florida's five counties, enabling them to create and showcase their work.

The City of St. Petersburg is offering grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 to eligible non-profit organizations that propose innovative solutions to the local opioid crisis, with a focus on treatment and recovery support services, overdose prevention, harm reduction, and substance use prevention and education.

United Arts of Central Florida is offering a grant of up to $60,000 to subsidize venue rental costs for 501(c)(3) nonprofits in Orange County, Florida, aiming to present arts and cultural programming that appeals to diverse communities, with applications due by October 7, 2024.

The South Florida Cultural Consortium, funded by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, offers grants of $15,000 or $7,500 to emerging, mid-career, and established visual and media artists residing in Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe or Palm Beach Counties, with the awards based on artistic excellence and consistency in work from the last three years, and recipients also participate in a local exhibition.

This program provides financial assistance to homeowners in High Springs for exterior home improvements and repairs to enhance neighborhood revitalization efforts.

The City of St. Petersburg's Neighborhood Tree Matching Mini-Grant Program is offering up to $10,000 in funding to neighborhood and business associations for planting shade trees within the community. This initiative aims to increase the tree canopy, diversify tree species, and optimize tree locations in approved rights-of-way and street-facing front yards. The program aligns with Mayor Kenneth T. Welch's Environment, Infrastructure, and Resilience Pillar For Progress. Applications for this third funding cycle are open until September 9, 2024, with tree planting scheduled for October and November 2024. Eligible applicants must be registered associations in St. Petersburg with no outstanding grants from the City, except from round two of this program. Projects must be completed within 12 months and adhere to specific planting requirements.

Pinellas County is accepting applications for funding through the Drug Abuse Trust Fund Grant, which totals $35,000 for the upcoming 2024-2025 fiscal year. Donor Name: Pinellas County State: Florida County: Pinellas County (FL) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 08/21/2024 Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Trust Fund Grants must be used for one-time-only, non-recurring expenditures such as equipment, special projects, training, renovations and/or formalized prevention activities. Awards cannot be used for food and beverage reimbursements. Funding Information Awards will range from $1,000 to $10,000. Eligibility Criteria Applicants must be nonprofit organizations that provide alcohol and/or drug use treatment and/or prevention programs with at least one client-accessible office or service location in Pinellas County. To be eligible for an award, an organization must be licensed as a substance abuse treatment provider under Chapter 397 of the Florida Statutes. For more information, visit Pinellas County.

The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida is currently accepting applications for its Small Arts Organization Grants to small and mid-size arts and cultural organizations in Northeast Florida. Donor Name: Community Foundation for Northeast Florida State: Florida County: Baker County (FL), Clay County (FL), Duval County (FL), Nassau County (FL), Putnam County (FL), Saint Johns County (FL) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/23/2024 Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: The purpose of this funding is for organizational capacity-building and program development. Funding Information Grant size: $10,000. Eligibility Criteria Small to mid-sized organization with current 501(c)(3) status (or a formal agreement with a fiscal sponsor) and a minimum two-year work history. The mission of the organization must be primarily focused on arts and culture. The organization must be based in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam or St. Johns County. For more information, visit CFNF.

The Leon County Division of Tourism (Visit Tallahassee) is seeking applications for its Sports Events Grant Program. Donor Name: Visit Tallahassee State: Florida County: Leon County (FL) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 08/22/2024 Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: The Leon Country Tourist Development Council (TDC) was created pursuant to the State of Florida Local Option Tourist Development Act and Leon County Ordinance. The TDC administers funds collected from a local option Tourist Development Tax (TDT) on transient lodging sales. i.e. hotels/motels, and condominiums. The funds are designated to promote Tallahassee/Leon County as a preferred visitor destination for meetings and conventions, group leisure travel, special events, cultural activities and amateur sporting events. A “Sports Event” is defined as a new or existing sporting event, exhibition, competition, team training, conference or celebration which is conducted according to a prearranged schedule and of interest to the general public. For the purpose of this grant program, the public interest should extend to Tallahassee/Leon County residents and to those living outside Tallahassee/Leon County who would visit the destination and stay overnight to observe or participate. The Leon County Division of Tourism grants programs are funded by the Tourist Development Tax (TDT). Grant programs administered by the Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) are also funded by TDT revenue and are designed to support year-round arts and culture programming. Funding Information Room Nights/Recommended Tourism Special Event Funding Levels: Less than 100 Room Nights Funding Level: $0 – $2,999 100 – 199 Room Nights Funding Level: $3,000 – $5,999 200 – 499 Room Nights Funding Level: $6,000 – $10,499 500 – 1,000 Room Nights Funding Level: $10,500 – $17,499 1,001 – 1,499 Room Nights Funding Level: $17,500 – $26,250 Allowable Expenses Allowable expenses include: Promotion, marketing and paid advertising/media buys that reach outside Tallahassee/Leon County with potential to drive overnight visitation. Event production and technical expenses, site fees/costs (contract help, rentals, insurance) rights fees, sanction fees, non-monetary awards and travel expenses including lodging. Eligibility Criteria  The intent of the Sports Events Grant Program is to provide funding assistance for events that attract overnight visitors to Tallahassee/Leon County and create business for the commercial lodging industry, (hotels/motels, condominiums, short-term vacation rentals), as well as restaurants, retail establishments and other tourism related business activities. In addition to being compliant with F.S. 125.0104 the following criteria have been established to be considered for funding: Each application must include a signed Certification and Compliance page. Event must take place between October 1 and September 30 of the upcoming fiscal year. The event must have the potential to bring-out-of-town visitors that use commercial lodging establishments in Tallahassee/Leon County. Applicant must provide a marketing/promotional plan that demonstrates out-of market advertising/promotion to reach potential visitors. Applicant must provide a detailed event budget that includes details about how 20%, or more, of any grant funding received, will be spent out-of-market. For more information, visit Visit Tallahassee.

Applicants are invited to apply for the Visit Tallahassee Special Event Grant Program. Donor Name: Visit Tallahassee State: Florida County: Leon County (FL) Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 08/22/2024 Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: The Leon Country Tourist Development Council (TDC) was created pursuant to the State of Florida Local Option Tourist Development Act and Leon County Ordinance #88-01. The TDC administers funds collected from a local option tourist development tax (TDT) on transient lodging sales. i.e. hotels/motels, and condominiums. The funds are designated to promote Tallahassee/Leon County as a preferred visitor destination for meetings and conventions, group leisure travel, special events, cultural activities and amateurn sporting events A “Special Event” is defined as “a new or existing organized concert, exhibition, festival, fair, conference or celebration which is conducted according to a prearranged schedule and of interest to the general public”. For the purpose of this grant program, the public interest should extend to Tallahassee/Leon County residents and to those living outside Tallahassee/Leon County who would visit the destination and stay overnight to observe or participate. The Leon County Division of Tourism grants programs are funded by the Tourist Development Tax (TDT). Grant programs administered by the Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) are also funded by TDT revenue and are designed to support year-round arts and culture programming. Funding Information Room Nights/Recommended Tourism Special Event Funding Levels: Less than 100 Room Nights Funding Level: $0 – $2,999 100 – 199 Room Nights Funding Level: $3,000 – $5,999 200 – 499 Room Nights Funding Level: $6,000 – $10,499 500 – 1,000 Room Nights Funding Level: $10,500 – $17,499 1,001 – 1,499 Room Nights Funding Level: $17,500 – $26,250 Allowable Expenses Allowable expenses include: Promotion, marketing and paid advertising/media buys that reach outside Tallahassee/Leon County with potential to drive overnight visitation. Event production and technical expenses, site fees/costs (contract help, rentals, insurance) rights fees, sanction fees, non-monetary awards and travel expenses including lodging. Eligibility Criteria  The intent of the Special Event Grant Program is to provide funding assistance for events that attract overnight visitors to Tallahassee/Leon County and create business for the commercial lodging industry, (hotels/motels, condominiums, short-term vacation rentals), as well as restaurants, retail establishments and other tourism related business activities. In addition to being compliant with F.S. 125.0104 the following criteria have been established to be considered for funding: Each application must include a signed Certification and Compliance page. Event must take place between October 1 and September 30 of the upcoming fiscal year. The event must have the potential to bring-out-of-town visitors that use commercial lodging establishments in Tallahassee/Leon County. Applicant must provide a marketing/promotional plan that demonstrates out-of market advertising/promotion to reach potential visitors. Applicant must provide a detailed event budget. For more information, visit Visit Tallahassee.