Welcome! Below you will see all of COCA's current opportunities.
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Please read the Prospectus carefully before applying. Presented by the Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) and the Tallahassee Watercolor Society (TaWS) as the Annual TaWS Members’ Juried Water Media Exhibition. This exhibition opportunity is only open to current members of the Tallahassee Watercolor Society with dues paid for 2025. Contact COCA's Public Art & Exhibitions Manager at sam@tallahasseearts.org with questions.
The deadline for application is July 18th, 2025.
Please read the full Prospectus before submitting your application.
COCA has three grant programs available for the period of October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2026:
- Cultural Grant
- Cultural Tourism Marketing Grant
- Local Community Grant
An eligible organization can submit a single application to all three programs. Please read the FY26 Guidelines prior to submitting an application.
Be aware that this grant application has multiple parts.
- Clicking "submit" will bring you to the form, “FY26 COCA Grant Programs – Grant Selection.” Please complete and submit this form. This should take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete.
- Based on your answer to the question “Please select the grant programs from which you would like to request funding,” COCA staff will sign you the following forms within 24 hours of your submission:
- All applicants will receive a "Basic Eligibility" form.
- Applicants who wish to request the Cultural Grant and/or the Cultural Tourism Marketing Grant will receive the form “FY26 COCA Grant Programs – CG + CTMG.”
- Applicants who wish to request the Local Community Grant will receive the form “FY26 COCA Grant Programs – LCG.
All relevant forms (Basic Eligibility, CG + CTMG, LCG) must be submitted by June 18, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.