Contact: Francine M. Andersen | (305) 375-5024 | fran@miamidade.gov
Deadline: Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 11:59 PM
Maximum Request:
- Category A Applicants: $125,000
- Category B Applicants: $50,000
- Category C Applicants: $25,000
FY 2020-2021 Youth Arts Miami (YAM) Grant Program Guidelines
The Youth Arts Miami (YAM) Grants Program provides operational funding support to established non-profit youth arts organizations having a year-round presence in Miami-Dade County, whose primary mission is to create, present or exhibit cultural arts programs for and/or with children and youth. Applicants to this program must have at least a 3-year consecutive track record of providing a year-round season of youth arts activities for children/youth in Miami-Dade County. Programming must include public access components such as performances or exhibitions. Units of government and educational institutions such as schools, colleges and universities are not eligible to apply.
Category A (by invitation only): funds large-sized professional youth arts organizations possessing the potential to achieve regional, national or international visibility as evidenced by the organization’s current programs and structure; and demonstrating total prior year’s operating revenues of more than $500,000, (including in-kind services support not to exceed 25% of total cash operating revenues).
Category B: funds mid-sized semi-professional and professional youth arts organizations demonstrating operating revenues of between $200,000 and $500,000, for the last completed fiscal year (including in-kind services support not to exceed 25% of total cash operating revenues), and that employs at least one paid professional administrator.
Category C: funds small and/or developing youth arts organizations demonstrating cash operating revenues of between $50,000 and $200,000, for the last completed fiscal year.
Mandatory Pre-Application Requirements:
All applicants are REQUIRED to schedule a pre-grant submission consultation at least one week prior to the application deadline, either in person or by telephone, with the YAM program administrator before access will be granted to the online application.
In addition, if you are a first-time applicant and/or a new staff member who is unfamiliar with SurveyMonkey Apply, your consultation appointment must be in person and will require additional time to cover system basics.
There are no exceptions to these requirements.
To schedule your consultation, contact Francine Andersen at 305-375-5024, or via e-mail at francine.andersen@miamidade.gov.
FY 2020-2021 Youth Arts Miami Grants Program Panel Members | FY 2019-2020 YAM Grantees List
Travel/Consultant Mini-Grant Program
As a component of the technical assistance offered through the YAM Program, grantees funded through Categories A and B are eligible to access additional monies from a designated pool of funds to be used exclusively for institutional and/or artistic advancement. Funds may be applied to opportunities that directly enhance the artistic and/or administrative quality of the organization, such as conference travel, workshop attendance, board development consultants, etc. Carefully review the YAM Travel/Consultant Mini-Grant Program Guidelines and the YAM Travel/Consultant Mini-Grant Application Form, and contact Francine M. Andersen at fran@miamidade.gov / 305-375-5024 with any questions.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR RETURNING APPLICANTS: The Department of Cultural Affairs is implementing a new application review policy for this grants program. Returning applicants will have the option to submit a completed application, including all required support materials, no later than one full calendar week in advance of the grant program’s published application deadline for a thorough “Courtesy Review” by the Program Administrator. Returning applicants who waive their option for a Courtesy Review and submit their applications by the grant program’s published deadline will receive a technical sufficiency review only. Applications received from first-time applicants by the grant program’s published application deadline will be reviewed by the Program Administrator and are exempt of meeting the program’s Courtesy Review deadline. For more information about the Courtesy Review policy, please refer to the DEADLINES section of the grant program guidelines.
YAM Grants Program Timeline*
| Grant Funding Period | October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2021 |
| Applications Available | February 3, 2020 |
| Consultation Period with Department Staff | February 3 - March 3, 2020 |
| Courtesy Review Deadline | March 3, 2020, 11:59 PM |
| Deadline | March 10, 2020, 11:59 PM |
| Application Comments / Corrections Issued | April 2, 2020 |
| Revised / Final Application Due |
April 9, 2020, 11:59 PM |
| Panelist Site Visits | April 17, 2020 - May 14, 2020 |
| YAM Panel Meeting |
May 15, 2020, 2:00 PM |
| Cultural Affairs Council Approval | May 20, 2020 |
| Board of County Commissioners Approval | September 2020 |
| Award Notifications Issued | October/November 2020 |
| Availability of Grant Funds | No earlier than January 2021 |
*Dates/times subject to change.