Arts & Culture Grants Program
ATTENTION: Applications for the Arts & Culture Grant are now open until June 13, 2024.
Arts & Culture Grants 2024-2025
Purpose
The arts are integral to the fabric of St. Pete. The City created the Arts and Culture Grant program to provide operating funds to eligible organizations that contribute to the vibrant cultural opportunities that serve the diverse citizens of the St. Pete community. In alignment with Mayor Welch’s Pillars for Progress that focus on arts and culture, as well as education and youth opportunities, the Grant supports established organizations and foster new or emerging artistic expressions and intentional inclusivity throughout St. Pete.
Application Information
Grant Process Overview
The online application period opens on April 8, 2024, and closes on June 13, 2024 at 5 p.m. See the links below for instructions, a schedule, and a scoring rubric. Grant-funded activities cannot begin before October 1, 2024, or extend beyond September 30, 2025
Please note: Applications are online only.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTs
- Be registered with the Florida Secretary of State as a non-profit organization
- Be a Tax Exempt 501(c)3 organization whose primary mission is arts or culture programming
- Be in existence and provide services to the residents of the City for at least one year
- Provide more than 50% of its programming and attendance within St. Pete
- Have no outstanding debts to the City of St Petersburg
- The organization must present arts/cultural programming, performances, or exhibitions primarily for the benefit of St. Pete residents and its visitors on an ongoing basis for at least a year prior
- Have at least one full paid staff member and operations in excess of $100,000 for the most recently completed fiscal year at the time of the application
funding levels
Arts Advisory Committee award and funding recommendations are subject to City Council approval. The specific amount of each award will be determined following the final budget allocation by City Council in September. The applications are available for three levels of organizations.
Level 1: Organizations with budgets of $149,999 or less are eligible to receive up to $7,500 or a maximum of 10% of the most completed fiscal year’s operating budget.
Level 2: Organizations with budgets of $150,000 to $499,999 are eligible to receive up to $15,000.
Level 3: Organizations with budgets of $500,000 or more are eligible to receive up to $22,500.
For support after review of the guidelines and instructional video, contact the Arts, Culture & Tourism Department at 727-892-5370 or send an email.
How to Apply
Applications for the Arts and Culture Grants are now open.
Apply Here
Documents
- Arts Grants FY2025 - Timeline
- Arts Grants FY2025 - Instructions/Guidelines
- Arts Grants FY2025 - Scoring Rubric
2023-2024 Grant Recipients
- Academy of Ballet Arts, Inc.
- Al Downing Jazz Association, Inc.
- American Stage Theatre Company
- Arts Center Association/Morean Arts Center
- Bill Edwards Foundation for the Arts
- Choral Masterworks Festival, Inc./Master Chorale of Tampa Bay
- Creative Clay, Inc.
- The Dali Museum
- EMIT
- Florida CraftArt
- Florida Holocaust Museum
- freeFall Theatre
- Friends of the Festival, Inc.
- Great Explorations Children’s Museum
- Gulf Coast Artists' Alliance
- Imagine Museum
- The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art
- Keep St. Pete Lit
- Poynter Institute/Write Field
- Saint Petersburg Preservation, Inc.
- Salvador Dali Musuem, Inc.
- St. Petersburg Arts Alliance
- St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Society
- St. Petersburg College Foundation/Palladium Theater
- St. Petersburg International Folk Fair Society
- St. Petersburg Museum of History
- St. Petersburg Opera Company
- The Studio@620
- Tampa Bay Symphony, Inc.
- Warehouse Arts District Association, Inc.