News & Announcements

HELPFUL LINKS

American Alliance of Museums’: Financial Relief and Resources CARES Act: Full Bill Text  Canadian Conservation Institute: Caring for Heritage Collections during the COVID-19 Pandemic Florida Department of Emergency Management: COVID-19 Information, Dashboard and...

LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES

Miami/Dade— The Community Recovery Fund for Nonprofit Organizations — for information, visit miamifoundation.org/covid19response.   Miami Pandemic Response Fund — for information, visit United Way of Miami Dade Duval County— The First Coast Relief Fund. Details...

PARTNER OFFERS

ThinkProxi’s “Helping Hand-le Covid-19 Program”:  ThinkProxi has initiated a donation program called “Helping Hand-le Covid-19” by creating a mobile app linked directly to Non-Profit donation systems enabling the general public to view content from your museum and...

HUMAN RESOURCE PROVISIONS

Nonprofits that Self-Fund Unemployment:Nonprofits that self-fund unemployment benefits could get reimbursed for up to half the costs of benefits provided to their laid-off employees. See this article from National Council of Nonprofits for more information. Expanded...

TAX INCENTIVES

Charitable Giving Incentive:Includes a new deduction for total charitable contributions, as well as other incentives. More information can be found at AFP, Foundation for Philanthropy. Employee Retention Payroll Tax Credit:Creates a refundable payroll tax credit of up...

LOANS

Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program — Nonprofits with 500 or fewer paid employees (counting all full-time and part-time employees equally) will be eligible for SBA emergency loans of 2.5 times monthly payroll expenses. Loan...

GRANTS & RELIEF FUNDS

National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH)— The CARES Act provided $75 million in emergency funding to assist eligible nonprofits affected by the coronavirus. Approximately 40 percent of the appropriation will go directly to the 56 state and jurisdictional humanities...

SURVEYS & TOOLS

Business Damage Assessment Survey: Please complete the Business Damage Assessment Survey to help the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity evaluate the economic impact of COVID-19 and implement relief programs for recovery. Americans for the Arts Impact Survey:...

WEBINARS

FAM’s Webinar: Social Media During COVID-19 FAM’s Webinar: Museum Fundraising During COVID-19 Marcum’s Webinar “Coronavirus Crisis Management for Museums“ FAIC’s Webinar“Collection’s Care in the Age of COVID-19“

RESOURCES

FAM has also compiled a number of resources to support Florida museums in these challenging times (see below). You can scroll through the resources or simply click on a heading to go directly to that topic. Webinars  Surveys & Tools Grants & Relief Funds Loans...