It has been 365 days since a 13-story residential building collapsed in our community with families sleeping in their beds. Today and every day we grieve alongside the families who lost everything and especially those who lost loved ones. Buildings aren’t supposed to collapse. Together, we learned lessons a community hopes NEVER to learn. Which countries have the best … Read More
Racial Equity Fund’s new awards invest in social justice change and healing trauma
We are honored to announce a new round of awards to strengthen five community-rooted programs led by people of color. All of these groups are working to disrupt existing dynamics working against their community’s safety, and to create healing with and within communities.
We’re Listening, Miami
As residents across Miami set New Year’s resolutions, our Foundation set a few of our own. One of them, (perhaps my favorite) was to listen more boldly. As a home base for giving and social impact for Greater Miami, we’re doing things right if we spend more time listening, and less time talking.
Collaboration: It’s a Vibe
definitely a few things that I want to see more of. One thing in particular is collaboration, and Music Access Miami definitely had its fair share of incredible collaborative moments.
Attorney and Community Leader Named “Emerging Philanthropist” of the Year
Editor’s Note: The Miami Foundation’s Emerging Philanthropist Award annually celebrates a 40-or-under donor who uses charitable giving to drive measurable results around a local cause, broadly improve the lives of Greater Miamians, and encourage others to give. We are pleased to name Quinn Smith as our 2021 honoree! Below are his remarks given at the PhilanthropyMiami Donor Next Door luncheon where he accepted the award.
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MARK SCOTT, JD, LLM, is Principal at Kaufman Rossin and Secretary of The Miami Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates at the University of Miami School of Law’s Graduate Tax program. STEVEN HADJILOGIOU is International Tax Partner at McDermott Will and Emery and Adjunct Professor of International Tax at the University … Read More
$3.2 million in new funding for the arts from the Pérez Family Foundation
For the second edition of the Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation’s signature arts grantmaking program, Pérez CreARTE, the Foundation is doubling its investment in creating an accessible, equitable arts community in Miami with a $3.2 million, two-year commitment to 25 nonprofit organizations. This represents a 100% increase in support for the arts from the inaugural year of the program in 2019. The program received a record 284 applications and, with the help of knowledgeable staff and community experts, 25 organizations were ultimately selected to receive $3.2 million … Read More
Together in Music: 2021 Music Access Miami Mini Grant Recipients
In June 2020, Music Access Miami at the Miami Foundation was launched to answer one question- what will it take to make high-quality music education accessible to every child in our community? The strategy contains three multifaceted initiatives, one of which is the fostering of collaboration and support for all music-focused Creative Youth Development (CYD) organizations in Greater Miami. Earlier … Read More
2021-2022 CREARTE | Q&A WITH BELISSA AND JORGE
The Miami Foundation received a record 284 applications from nonprofits interested in funding from The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation’s CreARTE Grant Program. The effort will invest over $1.5 million in Miami-Dade organizations working to cultivate this ecosystem by expanding residents’ access to the arts and making our city a global hub for artistic excellence.
THE RACIAL EQUITY FUND AT YEAR ONE: POWERING AND UPLIFTING CHANGE
How do we maintain the urgency for racial equity and justice issues to stay visible, to make funding for change led by communities of color more accessible, and build staying power for those tackling the systemic roots?