City of Miami Beach

OVERVIEW

The Grants Management Office was created by the City Manager in 2001 with the aim of maximizing City funds by actively seeking funding opportunities for which the City is eligible.

The creation of a centralized Grants Management Office will ensure a higher standard of coordination between City Departments for the grant funding process. The Office is responsible for the overall management of the City’s grants programs.In addition, the Grants Management Office will provide additional support to City departments as they prepare grant proposals.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES CONTACT US GRANT-RELATED WEBSITES

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

  • Leverage City funds with private, county, state and federal opportunities to fulfill the community’s expectations with regard to City programming and projects.

  • Provide a centralized grant writing process to ensure effective coordination of the grant funding process, while providing professional and technical resources to City departments as needed when preparing a grant proposal.

  • Provide grants writing and/or technical assistance to departments, as needed; identify and garner federal, state, regional, city sources and private foundation sources of support to augment General Fund operating expenditures.

  • Create and maintain a central database, where City departments and community organizations can research grant-funding opportunities.

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CONTACT US

Grants Management Office
1700 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Telephone: 305-673-7010
Fax: 305-673-7782

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USEFUL GRANT-RELATED WEBSITES

The following list of useful websites provides information on grantswriting/researching as well as grant funding agencies.

http://www.foundations.org/ Directory of charitable foundations.

http://www.schoolgrants.org/ Provides information on K-12th grade grant opportunities.

http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/cfda/index.htm Provides information on government funding for over 1,400 different programs.

The Federal Register The legal newspaper for the federal government. 

GrantsNet - The official web site for the US department of Health and Human Services Provides information on a variety of programs offered by the Dept of Health and Human Services.

FedWorld Information Network Home Page Provides information on most of the federal programs with direct links to federal agencies. 

US Department of Education Provides information on grant funding from the US Dept of Education.

National Science Foundation Provides information on government programs that provide support in the broad area of science and technology. 

Council on Foundations Information on private foundations.  Provides links to member foundations.

GuideStar: A database of over 40,000 American nonprofit organizations Provides details about non-profits and other groups that make charitable donations.

Welcome to the Foundation Center Provides support services and information on publications for groups and individuals involved in the area of grant writing and foundation funding.

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