Ranked Application List
for 2016–2017 Specific Cultural Project
Applications in this list have been approved by the Secretary of State. Applications with a score of 80 or above will be presented to the legislature as a part of the Department of State's Legislative Budget Request (LBR)
| Rank | App Num | Applicant Project Title Application Type |
County | Request | Recommendation | Average Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17.5.200.503 | Steinway Society of Central Florida, Inc. |
Seminole |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 98.333 |
| 2 | 17.5.200.234 | Fantasy Theatre Factory, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 97.857 |
| 3 | 17.5.114.210 | Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc. |
Alachua |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 97.857 |
| 4 | 17.5.170.443 | Flamingo Gardens, Inc. |
Broward |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 94.800 |
| 5 | 17.5.400.253 | Emerald Coast Theatre Company |
Walton |
$20,000 | $20,000 | 94.571 |
| 6 | 17.5.105.505 | The Girls' Club Foundation, Inc. |
Broward |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 94.429 |
| 7 | 17.5.200.532 | Brevard Schools Foundation, Inc. |
Brevard |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 94.286 |
| 8 | 17.5.200.311 | Miami Momentum Dance Company, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$22,200 | $22,200 | 94.000 |
| 9 | 17.5.200.125 | Charlotte Local Education Foundation, Inc. |
Charlotte |
$24,250 | $24,250 | 94.000 |
| 10 | 17.5.400.520 | Ground Up and Rising Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$20,000 | $20,000 | 93.857 |
| 11 | 17.5.112.322 | African Caribbean Dance Theatre, Inc. |
Gadsden |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 93.857 |
| 12 | 17.5.114.415 | Broward College |
Broward |
$10,000 | $10,000 | 93.714 |
| 13 | 17.5.180.499 | South Florida Community College District |
Highlands |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 93.571 |
| 14 | 17.5.114.250 | Bas Fisher Invitational, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 93.571 |
| 15 | 17.5.200.242 | Miami Dance Futures, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$10,000 | $10,000 | 93.429 |
| 16 | 17.5.400.102 | The Quincy Music Theatre, Inc. |
Gadsden |
$20,000 | $20,000 | 93.429 |
| 17 | 17.5.200.534 | Quality Life Center of Southwest Florida, Inc. |
Lee |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 93.286 |
| 18 | 17.5.200.057 | Karen Peterson and Dancers, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$20,000 | $20,000 | 93.286 |
| 19 | 17.5.200.299 | City of Apalachicola |
Franklin |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 93.143 |
| 20 | 17.5.200.424 | Arts for Health Florida, Inc. |
Hillsborough |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 93.000 |
| 21 | 17.5.114.285 | The Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc. |
Orange |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 92.714 |
| 22 | 17.5.110.134 | Florida Literary Arts Coalition, Inc. |
St. Johns |
$19,300 | $19,300 | 92.667 |
| 23 | 17.5.110.456 | The Miami Foundation, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 92.571 |
| 24 | 17.5.180.353 | Coral Gables Congregational Church (United Church of Christ), Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 92.429 |
| 25 | 17.5.400.249 | Okaloosa Arts Alliance, Inc. |
Okaloosa |
$6,000 | $6,000 | 92.286 |
| 26 | 17.5.110.540 | Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Inc. |
Palm Beach |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 92.286 |
| 27 | 17.5.400.489 | Art Mundo, Inc. |
St. Lucie |
$20,000 | $20,000 | 92.286 |
| 28 | 17.5.114.029 | Edge Zones, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 92.143 |
| 29 | 17.5.200.290 | Franklin's Promise Coalition, Inc. |
Franklin |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 92.000 |
| 30 | 17.5.180.192 | Teatro Avante, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 91.857 |
| 31 | 17.5.112.222 | ACA of Central Florida, Inc. |
Seminole |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 91.714 |
| 32 | 17.5.114.085 | The Foundation for Leon County Schools, Inc. |
Leon |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 91.571 |
| 33 | 17.5.112.225 | Delou Africa, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 91.286 |
| 34 | 17.5.102.288 | University of Florida |
Alachua |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 91.250 |
| 35 | 17.5.110.382 | Orange County Library Board of Trustees |
Orange |
$24,120 | $24,120 | 91.143 |
| 36 | 17.5.400.240 | Flagler Playhouse Inc. |
Flagler |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 90.571 |
| 37 | 17.5.114.063 | Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Inc. |
Lake |
$13,863 | $13,863 | 90.571 |
| 38 | 17.5.101.518 | Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$18,000 | $18,000 | 90.333 |
| 39 | 17.5.114.231 | Life Enrichment Center, Inc. |
Hillsborough |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 90.286 |
| 40 | 17.5.114.541 | Gainesville Environmental Film and Arts Festival, Inc. |
Alachua |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 90.143 |
| 41 | 17.5.112.174 | Florida Storytelling Association, Inc. |
St. Johns |
$16,400 | $16,400 | 89.857 |
| 42 | 17.5.114.396 | Artists in Residence in Everglades, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$5,000 | $5,000 | 89.714 |
| 43 | 17.5.105.392 | Forgotten Coast Cultural Coalition, Inc. |
Franklin |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 89.571 |
| 44 | 17.5.200.037 | Deco Echo Artists' Delegation, Inc. Dba Center for Folk and Community Art |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 89.143 |
| 45 | 17.5.200.531 | The Centre for Women, Inc. |
Hillsborough |
$24,500 | $24,500 | 89.143 |
| 46 | 17.5.110.241 | The Florida Heritage Book Festival Inc. |
St. Johns |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 89.143 |
| 47 | 17.5.400.149 | Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Inc. |
Lake |
$20,000 | $20,000 | 89.000 |
| 48 | 17.5.180.517 | City of Ocala |
Marion |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 88.857 |
| 49 | 17.5.200.373 | South Miami Drug-Free Coalition, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 88.857 |
| 50 | 17.5.109.480 | Artists and Writers Group, Inc. |
Pinellas |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 88.667 |
| 51 | 17.5.200.185 | Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Inc. |
Charlotte |
$20,300 | $20,300 | 88.571 |
| 52 | 17.5.105.291 | PARC, Inc. |
Pinellas |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 88.571 |
| 53 | 17.5.180.445 | Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$15,000 | $15,000 | 88.429 |
| 54 | 17.5.114.477 | Hope at Hand Inc. |
Duval |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 88.429 |
| 55 | 17.5.114.476 | Greater Caribbean American Cultural Coalition Inc. |
Broward |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 88.429 |
| 56 | 17.5.114.188 | Miami Beach Arts Trust, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 88.429 |
| 57 | 17.5.142.502 | Southern Shakespeare Company Inc. |
Leon |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 88.200 |
| 58 | 17.5.200.028 | The Gulf Beach Art Center, Inc. |
Pinellas |
$2,900 | $2,900 | 87.714 |
| 59 | 17.5.101.272 | Moving Current Inc. |
Hillsborough |
$15,000 | $15,000 | 87.571 |
| 60 | 17.5.105.255 | National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$22,000 | $22,000 | 87.429 |
| 61 | 17.5.114.351 | The Arts at St. Johns, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 87.143 |
| 62 | 17.5.114.411 | Creative City Project, Inc. |
Orange |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 87.000 |
| 63 | 17.5.109.515 | Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 86.333 |
| 64 | 17.5.400.450 | Heartland Cultural Alliance, Inc. |
Highlands |
$20,000 | $20,000 | 86.143 |
| 65 | 17.5.110.460 | The Library Foundation of Martin County, Inc. |
Martin |
$10,500 | $10,500 | 86.000 |
| 66 | 17.5.102.482 | Gloria Musicae, Inc. |
Sarasota |
$22,470 | $22,470 | 86.000 |
| 67 | 17.5.180.527 | City of Coral Gables |
Miami-Dade |
$15,206 | $15,206 | 85.714 |
| 68 | 17.5.400.135 | Don't Miss A Beat, Inc. |
Duval |
$10,000 | $10,000 | 85.429 |
| 69 | 17.5.114.189 | Grace Arts Center, Inc. |
Broward |
$12,250 | $12,250 | 85.286 |
| 70 | 17.5.114.237 | Jayadevi Arts Inc. |
Broward |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 85.143 |
| 71 | 17.5.112.072 | Native Heritage Gathering, Inc. |
Brevard |
$12,000 | $12,000 | 85.000 |
| 72 | 17.5.112.413 | Jewish Federation of Pinellas & Pasco Counties, FL, Inc. |
Pinellas |
$10,700 | $10,700 | 84.857 |
| 73 | 17.5.200.481 | Rootz of Music, Inc. |
Broward |
$2,500 | $2,500 | 84.714 |
| 74 | 17.5.109.275 | Tampa JCC/Federation INC |
Hillsborough |
$15,750 | $15,750 | 84.500 |
| 75 | 17.5.102.096 | South Florida Friends of Classical Music, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 84.250 |
| 76 | 17.5.102.068 | New College of Florida |
Sarasota |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 83.250 |
| 77 | 17.5.101.457 | The American Dance Competition, Inc. |
Seminole |
$15,000 | $15,000 | 83.000 |
| 78 | 17.5.200.439 | Virtual Schools of Excellence, Inc. |
St. Lucie |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 82.571 |
| 79 | 17.5.114.297 | Young Performing Artists Corporation |
Sumter |
$25,000 | $25,000 | 82.286 |
| 80 | 17.5.200.356 | South Florida Chamber Ensemble, Inc. |
Broward |
$22,000 | $22,000 | 81.286 |
| 81 | 17.5.141.357 | Shakespeare in the Park Miami, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $0 | 79.800 |
| 82 | 17.5.170.200 | Theodore Roosevelt Gibson Memorial Fund, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$25,000 | $0 | 79.800 |
| 83 | 17.5.400.216 | Anniversary to Commemorate the Civil Rights Demonstrations, Inc. |
St. Johns |
$20,000 | $0 | 79.143 |
| 84 | 17.5.200.269 | Shawn & Jessica Doolittle Children's Charity Fund, Inc. |
Orange |
$21,500 | $0 | 78.857 |
| 85 | 17.5.114.038 | Melbourne Main Street, Inc. |
Brevard |
$3,000 | $0 | 78.286 |
| 86 | 17.5.114.206 | Polynesian Culture Association, Inc. |
Broward |
$12,500 | $0 | 77.571 |
| 87 | 17.5.200.205 | Southside Arts Complex, Inc. |
Leon |
$25,000 | $0 | 75.714 |
| 88 | 17.5.141.438 | Stars of the Performing Arts, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$10,000 | $0 | 75.000 |
| 89 | 17.5.141.329 | Florida Opera Prima |
Miami-Dade |
$15,000 | $0 | 73.800 |
| 90 | 17.5.102.027 | Heartbeat Foundation Corp |
Broward |
$25,000 | $0 | 72.500 |
| 91 | 17.5.200.388 | Earth Learning, Inc. |
Miami-Dade |
$24,500 | $0 | 71.286 |
| 92 | 17.5.109.211 | EagleVision Productions, Inc. |
Indian River |
$19,525 | $0 | 70.333 |
| 93 | 17.5.200.519 | Global Outreach Charter Academy Inc |
Duval |
$25,000 | $0 | 62.000 |
| Totals for Specific Cultural Project | $1,933,234 | $1,682,209 | ||||