Florida budget cuts funding to hundreds of non-profit arts groups. How Tallahassee fared

Florida budget cuts funding to hundreds of non-profit arts groups. How Tallahassee fared

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Florida budget cuts funding to hundreds of non-profit arts groups. How Tallahassee fared

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Some arts and cultural organizations across Florida are in for a financial windfall in the new$115 billion state budget approved Monday by the House and Senate, but hundreds of others will likely see no support for the second year in a row.

Legislators have approved spending roughly $39 million for performances, exhibitions, operations and some building and expansion projects through multiple budget categories, but the money will be divided among far fewer organizations than in years past – if the money isn’t vetoed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Last year, the governor vetoed the largest chunk of money, $26 million, that was earmarked for Cultural and Museum grants, which support programs at more than 600 non-profit organizations across the state. The governor said hevetoed all funding in the category because it included money for two fringe festivalsin Orlando and Tampa.

He alsovetoed another $6 millionin cultural facilities grants for 15 arts-related building projects.

Each year, cultural organizations submit applications that are vetted and ranked by different panels. In years past, whatever money was provided in the Cultural and Museum grants budget was divided among all the applicants that received a score of 80 or higher.

This year, Secretary of State Cord Byrd submitted a recommendation list of just 184 organizations that scored 95 or higher. All of them will receive the full funding for which they qualify, up to the maximum $150,000. But that represents only about 28% of all the organizations that had previously qualified.

Only about a dozen organizations in the Big Bend qualified for funding this year. They include:

  • The Quincy Music Theatre ($40,000)
  • Gadsden Arts ($90,000)
  • Havana History Museum ($40,000)
  • Tallahassee Museum of History ($150,000)
  • FSU Opening Nights ($150,000)
  • 621 Gallery in Railroad Square ($17,000)
  • FSU Ringling Museum in Sarasota ($150,000)
  • Making Light Productions ($63,000)
  • Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra ($143,155)
  • John Gilmore Riley Center and Museum for African American History & Culture ($90,000)

Organizations that didn’t make the cut include Tallahassee Community Chorus ($25,000), Tallahassee Community College Word of South Lit Fest ($123,000), Young Actors Theatre 50th anniversary programming ($90,000), Goodwood Museum ($90,000), FSU Museum of Fine Arts ($80,000), The Council on Culture and Arts ($150,000), The Tallahassee Ballet ($113,812), John Gilmore Riley Foundation ($90,000), Tallahassee Little Theatre ($76,581), Tallahassee Bach Parley ($40,000) and LeMoyne Arts Foundation ($90,000).

Some of those organizations and others in the state could share in another $2.5 million that is being set aside; $1.5 million will be shared among organizations that ranked between 85 and 94.9. Another $1 million will be provided for America 250 projects that celebrate the nation’s anniversary next year. Those determinations are expected to be made by September.

The Legislature also approved $385,000 to fund the top 16 of 18 projects for the Culture Builds Florida grant category, which usually provides up to $25,000 for smaller organizations and individual artists. But this year’s list is made up of larger grants. No money was allocated for approved applications for the Cultural Facilities grants for building projects and there is no money to fund Cultural Endowment category.

The Legislature did approve $3.6 million in special category grants for things like The Florida Holocaust Museum, Florida Civil Rights Museum and the Glades Initiative – Arts in Autism. Another $17.9 million will go to local governments and nonstate entities for capital projects.

They include $2.3 million for the Orlando Museum of Art building renovation, $2.5 million for the Florida Holocaust Museum’s Elie Wiesel Memorial Collection Facility, $1 million for the Bay of Pigs Museum and Library and $350,000 for Venice Theatre’s rebuilding after severe damage from Hurricane Ian.

Follow Jay Handelman on Facebook, Instagramand BlueSkyand contact him atjay.handelman@heraldtribune.com.

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