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GRANT ELIGIBILITY

The following list is intended to give an overview of the eligibility for City and County cultural grants. Please download the full application for the full eligibility requirements, or contact COCA if you are unsure if you are eligible.

Requirements:

  • Your organization must be a non-profit Florida corporation.
      • State-affiliated applicants, including colleges/universities, may be eligible if they meet additional special requirements.
      • Commercial organizations and individual artists are not eligible for funding in these programs.

  • Your organization must have arts or cultural activity as your primary mission. Your chief purpose and programming must
    be in one or more of the following areas:
      • visual arts
      • performing arts
      • literary arts
      • arts education
      • history/heritage
      • media arts
      • museum

Organizations whose missions are not primarily cultural should seek funding elsewhere, even if they present occasional arts or cultural programming. This includes organizations with civic, educational, social service, environmental, health-related, religious, political, journalistic, athletic, or multi-faceted missions.

  • The majority of your activities must take place in the City of Tallahassee or Leon County, depending on which grant you apply for.

  • For all categories, your organization must have been providing programming for at least one year. Some categories in the City program require a 3-year history.
  • In the City program, organizations must provide multiple event cultural programs that are regularly available to the public throughout the year. Festivals and seasonal events do not qualify.
  • You must have professional staff. (In most categories, staff may be paid or volunteer. Some categories required paid staff.)

  • You must have a governing Board that meets regularly and operates under a set of by-laws.

  • You must demonstrate the receipt of community support through subscriptions, memberships, earned income, foundation grants and/or other private fundraising.

Eligible?

Visit the "how to apply" page for further instructions, or go directly to our grant forms page to download an application.

Not sure?

Contact COCA for help.