Microgrants (Gobioff Foundation)

Microgrants (Gobioff Foundation) is sponsored by Gobioff Foundation. The Gobioff Foundation offers microgrants to enhance the cultural landscape of the Tampa Bay area (Hillsborough and Pinellas counties) through small grants for publicly accessible art projects and events. This could include photography projects.

Microgrants – Gobioff Foundation 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 to individuals that encourage and make possible publicly accessible art projects and events. The maximum grant amount an applicant can apply for is $500. No more than $100 (or 20% of the budget) can be allocated to the applicant.

Additionally, t ransportation 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). 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. 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 . 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.

Due to the nature of the grant and the requirement for social distancing due to the COVID-19 virus, we are suspending the microgrant program until further notice. Applications for the Microgrant program are now being accepted.

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 The grant funds must be used in some way towards a new in-person 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. The project venue must be located in Hillsborough or Pinellas counties, Florida.

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.

The grant can be used for most expenses related to a new in-person 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) within 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.)

Transportation costs. (No more than 20% of the grant should go to transportation costs.) 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 projects that have an initial presentation in Hillsborough or Pinellas. Campaigning and fundraising activity 2026 Cycle 1 Microgrant Recipients Congratulations to the 2026 Cycle 1 Microgrant Recipients!

Jesi Cason Alt Tampa April 29 – June 14th, 2026 Florida Museum of Photographic Arts1630 E. 7th 2025 Cycle 4 Microgrant Recipients Congratulations to the 2025 Cycle 4 Microgrant Recipients! Taelynna Czech Vibrant Visions: A Colorful Community Celebration May 16, 2026 2 PM – 10 PM Unitarian 2025 Cycle 3 Microgrant Recipients 2025 Cycle 2 Microgrant Recipients Congratulations to the 2025 Cycle 2 Microgrant Recipients!

Desiree MurphyThe Dancing Queen 2025 August 15, 2025 The Dance Den9350 Bay Plaza Blvd #121Tampa, FL 33619 2025 Cycle 1 Microgrant Recipients Congratulations to the 2025 Cycle 1 Microgrant Recipients! Ric SavidDarkroom Silver Linings May 1, 2025 Florida Museum of Photographic Arts1630 E 7th AveTampa, FL 33605 2024 Cycle 4 Microgrant Recipients Congratulations to the 2024 Cycle 4 Microgrant Recipients!

Ashley RiversBird of Paradise March 1, 2025 ArtsXchange515 22nd St SSt. Petersburg, FL 33712 New Public Art We are in need of people to join the panel to review applications. Let us know if you want to help!

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