FY27 Program Support (PS) Grant Application

Program Support FY 2027

The Cultural Division's Program Support (PS) grant category provides project-based support to arts and culture organizations and non-arts nonprofit organizations in the production and presentation of high-quality artistic activities. These ongoing and one-time projects broaden and deepen audience participation and increase access to the arts for visitors and residents throughout Broward County.

Program Implementation Period: October 1, 2026 - September 30, 2027

Application Deadline: January 7, 2026, on, or before, 11:59 p.m.

Program Support funded projects must meet the following conditions: 

• Submitted a Funder Report to the Broward Cultural Division from the organization's SMU DataArts Cultural Data Profile (CDP) survey.
• A project may consist of one or more specific events or activities; it may be part of or all of an applicant's regular season or activities. Applicants that undertake a single short-term project in a year - a ten-day jazz festival, for example - could apply for the event, or they could identify certain components (such as the presentation of a key artist and the associated activities) as their project. 
• Projects may be new and untested or ongoing with proven track records. 
• Projects do not need to be large. The Division welcomes small-scale projects that can make a difference in a community or artistic field. 
• Projects may cover a broad range of singular and multiple artistic disciplines.

Eligibility for Program Support 

An organization is eligible to apply for Program Support provided that it meets the following requirements: • 

Nonprofit and tax-exempt status: In “good status” as a nonprofit corporation in the State of Florida and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or be a unit of federal or local government such as a municipal agency. 

• Corporate address in Broward County. 

•  Regional organizations with at least a three-year history of providing programs in Broward may apply for support of a program or programs taking place in Broward County.
•  New Regional organizations, seeking funding from Broward County, will need to demonstrate a three-year history of providing cultural arts programming in Broward County, prior to applying. 

• Local focus: Arts programs and projects must occur in Broward County. 

• Grant Cycle: Arts programs and projects must occur during the applicable grant cycle. 

• The proposed program’s primary purpose must be the creation or utilization of arts and/or culture.

 • The Cultural Division funds ongoing programs and projects. The Division defines a program as a specific, identifiable project, event, or event series that has a distinct and consistent focus, format, and objective. Programs and projects may be large or small, existing, or new, ongoing, or one-time events. They must take place in any publicly accessible venue in Broward County. 

• Programming includes components that allow for audience participation or immersion in an artistic and programmatic focus in the cultural arts, interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary arts including, but not limited to, media, science, history, or diverse cultural heritages. 

• An organization may submit only one application per grant cycle. 

• A first-time applicant to the Cultural Division is eligible to apply only at the $5,000 grant tier regardless of the project budget. 

• o A first-time applicant organization must submit an operating budget for the past year which demonstrates revenues in excess of the amount of the award requested. 
• o A first-time applicant organization must have provided cultural arts programming services in Broward County for a minimum of twelve (12) months following the date of incorporation. 
• o Provided cultural arts programming services, in a given discipline(s), in Broward County for a minimum of one uninterrupted year prior to the date of the application deadline. 

Program Support Grant Tiers / Awards

Eligible organizations can apply for funding in three discrete grant tiers. The maximum amount of funding that an organization can receive from each of these tiers is $15,000, $10,000, or $5,000. The grant tiers are based on the overall program or project cost and require a minimum of a 1:1 cash match. There is no match in the $5,000 grant tier.

Therefore, an organization with project expenses of $30,000 or more can apply for a $15,000 grant and an organization with project expenses of $20,000 or more can apply for a $10,000 grant.

If an applicant has received a Cultural Division grant in the past but has not met the required program expenses or income to be eligible in the grant tier in which they were awarded, the Division may restrict which grant tier an applicant can apply for in future grant applications.

Funding Restrictions – We Do Not Fund 

• Programs, projects, or events not accessible to the public. 

• Grants to individuals, including artists (Individual artists with project ideas should apply to the Division’s Artist Support program). 

• Educational institutions, including schools, childcare centers, colleges, and universities, are ineligible to apply. Organizations that are closely affiliated with such institutions are encouraged to contact Cultural Division staff prior to applying to ensure eligibility. 

• Projects for which the selection of artists or art works is based upon criteria other than artistic excellence and merit. Examples include festivals, exhibitions, publications, or performances for which no jury/audition/curatorial judgment has been applied. 

• Benefits, fundraisers, or awards programs. 

• Organizations whose primary purpose, or mission, is not secular and where the primary effect of funding would be to encourage the preference of a particular religion. 

• Political advocacy. 

• Construction, purchase, or renovation of facilities. (Design fees, preparing space for an exhibit, installation or de-installation of art, and community planning are eligible). 

• Cash reserves or endowments. 

• Deficit or debt reduction efforts. 

• Tuition assistance. 

• Costs of receptions and social activities, except when they are incidental and related to arts activities. 

• Public art installations, monuments, statues, or sculpture projects. 

• Note: An organization, or municipality, that has received sponsorship support from the Broward Cultural Division may not also receive Program Support funding within the same fiscal year. 

Contact:
 

Janet M. Ellison, Contract Grants Administrator jmellison@broward.org  T: 954-357-7321