Microgrants
The goal of the Gobioff Foundation microgrant program is to enhance the cultural landscape of the Tampa Bay area (Hillsborough and Pinellas counties) through small grants that encourage and make possible publicly accessible art projects and events.
Amount
The maximum grant amount an artist can apply for is $500. Transportation expenses cannot exceed $100 (or 20% of the budget).
The Gobioff Foundation will fund up to 4 grants per cycle, thus a maximum of $2000 per cycle (up to $8,000 per year).
Who May Apply
Each applicant must be an individual (artist or curator); not a group or nonprofit. Artists of any age, experience, or background are eligible to apply. You can only be awarded the grant once in any 12 month period.
Equity
Equitable outcomes are extremely important to the Gobioff Foundation. We strongly encourage artists that are LGBTQ+, Black, Asian, Latinx, Indigenous/Native American, or living with disabilities to apply. Additionally, in our effort to achieve equity, the Gobioff Foundation will contact any artists with an application deemed ineligible with an opportunity for them to correct their responses. Artists who need an alternative method of application are encouraged to contact us at grants@gobioff-foundation.org.
Timeframe
Funding is for projects that occur within 6 months following the month the grant recipient is announced.
Projects must not have happened before the date of notification.
Suspended
Application Cyles
Application Submissions: December 2 – March 1
Notification of Recipients: by April 30
Projects Occur: May 1 – October 31
Application Submissions: March 2 – June 1
Notification of Recipients: by July 31
Projects Occur: August 1 – January 31
Application Submissions: June 2 – September 1
Notification of Recipients: by October 31
Projects Occur: November 1 – April 30
Application Submissions: September 2 – December 1
Notification of Recipients: by January 31
Projects Occur: February 1 – July 31
Requirements
What
The grant funds must be used in some way towards a new public display/performance/exhibition/etc. (a project where the public has access to an event that has not started yet and has not happened elsewhere in its current form.) Ticketed events cannot exceed a ticket price of $25. Contact us with any questions/concerns.
Where
The project venue must be located in Hillsborough or Pinellas counties, Florida.
Special Considerations
Aspects of the project that will be taken into consideration but are not required:
- Low socioeconomic status population is impacted.
- Event or project is accessible to all populations.
- Partnerships and collaboration among artists and with organizations is encouraged.
What Microgrants Funds
The grant can be used for most expenses related to a new in person project that is accessible to the public in Hillsborough County, FL or Pinellas County, FL. Any discipline, any medium.
- Marketing for the event (e.g. design, printing, Facebook boosts, ads, etc.)
- Services (e.g. sound engineer, stage manager, handlers, etc.)
- Rentals (e.g. event/gallery space, equipment, etc.)
- Materials and supplies to create, display, and/or project the artwork.
- Personal artistic or technical production. (No more than 20% of the grant should go to the applicant.)
What Microgrants Does Not Fund
- Market/Festival booths. We recognize that it is important for you to sell your work and we encourage artists to find a venue to have an exhibition instead of being part of a larger commercial market.
- Classes, workshops, and professional development courses (given or taken) are not eligible for funding through this program. In addition, a student/teacher exhibition or performance as part of the culmination of a paid class seeking funds to enhance the final event is not eligible.
- Retrospective funding (work that has already been completed or started), deficits or loans.
- Capital improvements/repairs
- Projects outside of Hillsborough County, FL or Pinellas County, FL. The projects must occur in one of these two counties. However, applicants do not need to reside within Hillsborough or Pinellas counties to receive the grant.
- Projects that have portions that occur outside Hillsborough County, FL or Pinellas County, FL. However, this does not prevent the project from having a future iteration that travels or happens elsewhere. It means that the Gobioff Foundation funding can only apply to the projects initial presentation in Hillsborough or Pinellas.
- Campaigning and fundraising activity
News
2024 Cycle 1 Microgrant Recipients
Congratulations to the 2024 Cycle 1 Microgrant Recipients! Dana Fidler Keep in Touch On View May 2-May 16Reception May 2 6p-9p Kress Contemporary3rd Floor
2023 Cycle 4 Microgrant Recipients
Congratulations to the 2023 Cycle 4 Microgrant Recipients! Paula Allen / Pollyzoom Home Movies: Dresses As Journals March 8, 2024 Grounded Gallery5012 Gulfport Blvd SGulfport,
2023 Cycle 3 Microgrant Recipients
Congratulations to the 2023 Cycle 3 Microgrant Recipients! Sarah Walston Winter Wonder December 9, 2023 New Tampa Performing Arts Center8550 Hunters Village Rd.Tampa, FL 33647
2023 Cycle 2 Microgrant Recipients
Congratulations to the 2023 Cycle 2 Microgrant Recipients! Harriet Monzon-Aguirre MIRROR August 10, 2023 Safety Harbor Museum & Cultural Center329 Bayshore Boulevard SouthSafety Harbor, FL
2023 Cycle 1 Microgrant Recipients
Congratulations to the 2023 Cycle 1 Microgrant Recipients! Robyn Crosa Exhibit, Artist Talk, and Work Demonstration May, 2023 Zero Empty SpacesTyrone Square Mall6901 22nd Ave
2022 Cycle 4 Microgrant Recipients
Congratulations to the 2022 Cycle 4 Microgrant Recipients! The Gobioff Foundation is thrilled to support these fantastic projects! Jessica Todd Restrung: Contemporary Beadsmiths February 16,