The Miami Foundation Accelerator Grants Ideas

Girl Power, a 501©3 non-profit launched in 2000, is an organization of positive social change just for girls ages 11 – 17 helping to combat the growing rate of crime, poverty and illiteracy that is prevalent in inner-city and underserved communities.

The Girls Choir of Miami auditions and recruits young girls from within the Girl Power social programs as well as talented girls from the community and develops and nurtures their talents. The Choir puts on special occasion concerts and is also asked to perform at cultural events throughout South Florida. The Choir has been instrumental in not only contributing greatly to the SF Arts & Culture community but in positively impacting the lives of inner city girls.

The Girls Choir of Miami is a vibrant artistic and cultural institution which enriches the lives of all residents. The Choir lures residents to cultural events and contributes in raising significant dollars for Girl Power and their partners and sponsors.

Girls who have joined the Girls Choir of Miami have landed roles in musicals, chosen to attend schools with strong arts and performance programs, improved their academic records and curtailed negative behaviors. The Choir has become a beacon of light for the inner city girls who have joined. The Choir itself has drawn hundreds of attendees at several performances throughout South Florida and gained a core following for their annual holiday performance.

Founded in 2011, Antiheroes Project is one of a few non-profit organizations lead by artists with disabilities in Miami. Committed to create and present performing arts and year-round workshops, it fosters inclusion through arts and education.

Fluorescent Moon increases artistic and cultural opportunities in our community, and focuses on community awareness surrounding accessibility issues, while also bridging various cultural/ethnic communities in the Greater Miami. Around 10% or our population lives with disabilities. However, just a few of them have had access to the current vibrant cultural life of our community.

Fluorescent Moon enriches the art and cultural opportunities in our community, dignify and unify our diverse multicultural and multilingual population. Its high artistic quality and the workshops series are representative of the Miami’s growing art community and at the same time, visibility of these artists will allow the artistic voices and concerns of people with disabilities to influence the general cultural landscape and identity of our community.

During 2012, Antiheroes produced Mahagonny, praised by local critics as one of the most relevant Latino theater productions that year. In 2013, Antiheroes won the NEAR Residency to develop Nomadis, cited by local press as a breakthrough work within the Miami theater scene, exhibiting the highest accessibility level of any local Latino organization. The popularity of the Wanderers workshops series inspired the creation of two new series: Finders Keepers for children and the Secret Performances.