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Programs» Grants Programs

Nonprofit organizations can apply for funding raised through the United Arts campaign:

Program
Applications Available
Due Dates
Mini-Grants (note: cannot
apply for both Mini-Grants
& Operating Support) 

Apply Now 
(first, read the 
Guidelines)
5:00 pm May 14, Aug 1 & Feb 1
Operating Support Grants 
mid-May 2013
5:00 pm Thurs, Aug 29, 2013
United Arts Journeys (arts education contract services)
June 2013
TBD

Nonprofit organizations can also apply for funding from Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs:
Program

Applications
Available
Due Dates
Cultural Tourism Funding
TBD (Last year’s info)
TBD - Usually July
Cultural Facilities Funding
TBD (Last year’s info)
TBD - Usually February

Professional artists of at least 2 years can apply for community project funding raised through the United Arts campaign:  
Program
Applications
Available
Due Dates
Artists in Communities
Jan 2014
5:00 pm Thurs, Feb 27, 2014



Questions? Contact 

For United Arts Grants Programs
Mary Patrick Giraulo
Manager, Grants & Arts Education
407.628.0333 x232
Mary@UnitedArts.cc

For Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs
Trudy Wild
Vice President, External Grants & Research, United Arts of Central Florida
407.628.0333 x223
Trudy@UnitedArts.cc 

Terry Olson
Administrator, Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs
407.836.5540
Terry.Olson@ocfl.net

Application System Instructional Videos

How to Create an Account 

How to Apply 

 

Resources
Join the United Arts email list to get updates about our grants, plus other news - click the link for cultural organizations or artists

Suggested Resources for Nonprofits

Suggested Resources for Artists

Panelist Nomination Form - Suggest a person with arts and/or business expertise for United Arts grants panels

Grant Writer Referrals - Interested in helping arts nonprofits write grant applications? United Arts will keep a list of potential grant writers. Send resume showing grant writing / nonprofit experience to Mary@UnitedArts.cc

Reporting Forms and Logos - Documents for current grantees, including forms and logos for acknowledgement


To view more information about our grantee nonprofits, visit the Community Foundation of Central Florida’s knowledge base:


Fiscal Year 2013 Awards
Formerly named General Operating Support Grants
Art & History Museums, Maitland
Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community - Zora! Festival and The Hurston Museum
Bach Festival Society

Concert Opera (Orlando Philharmonic)
Crealdé School of Art
 (including Hannibal Square Heritage Center)
Enzian Theater & the Florida Film Festival
Orange County Regional History Center
Orlando Ballet
Orlando Museum of Art
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra

Orlando Repertory Theatre
Orlando Science Center
Orlando Shakespeare Theater

Osceola Center for the Arts

Seminole Cultural Arts Council
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center


Formerly named Organizational Project Grants
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens
Asian Cultural Association
Bay Street Players
The Center for Contemporary Dance
Central Florida Ballet 
Central Florida Community Arts
Creative Sanford
Downtown Arts District / CityArts Factory
Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra
Florida Young Artists Orchestra
Garden Theatre
Global Peace Film Festival
Hapco Music Foundation
Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Central Florida
Leesburg Center for the Arts
Mad Cow Theatre
Melon Patch Players
Mennello Museum of American Art
MicheLee Puppets
Mount Dora Center for the Arts
Orlando Fringe
Orlando Gay Chorus
Osceola County Historical Society
Performing Arts of Maitland
Pinocchio’s Marionette Theater
Pointe Performing Arts Center
Steinway Society of Central Florida 
Urban Think Foundation
Voci Dance
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center
Winter Garden Heritage Foundation
Winter Park Historical Association
The Winter Park Playhouse
Yow Dance

Formerly named Artist Development Grants
Russell Bellamy, Sculpture • Rose Thome Casterline, Painting • Jack Fields, Film • Holly Harris, Dance • Geeta Karkera, Dance • Deborah Knispel, Mixed Media • Hannah Miller, Playwriting • Brendan O’Connor, Sculpture • Dawn Rosendahl, Sculpture • Tina Sacco, Fiction • Helaine Schneider, Sculpture • Peter Schreyer, Photography • Jarritt Sheel, Music • Hye Shin, Mixed Media • Aradhana Tiwari, Theater • Jordan Vinyard, Mixed Media • Brandon Yagel, Theater • Eric Yearwood, Performing Arts