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Which South Florida arts, culture organizations had funding cut by DeSantis? Here’s the list and how much each lost

Symphony of the Americas artistic director and conductor Pablo Mielgo with soprano Kyaunnee Richardson on Dec. 6, 2022. The symphony is one of many arts organizations working to fill a funding shortfall after Gov. Ron DeSantis eliminated the state arts and cultural grant program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024. (Zak Bennett/Courtesy)
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Symphony of the Americas artistic director and conductor Pablo Mielgo with soprano Kyaunnee Richardson. (Zak Bennett/Courtesy)
Sun Sentinel political reporter Anthony Man is photographed in the Deerfield Beach office on Monday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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More than 200 art and cultural organizations in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties — including prominent and little-known museums, choruses, theaters — are losing more than $12 million in state money.

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed cultural and museum grants and money from the cultural facilities program from the state budget.

The Florida Cultural Alliance, which includes many state art and cultural organizations, provided the name and the amount of money that was cut for each entity. Most were in cultural and museum grants. Those marked with an asterisk * were from the facilities program.

Broward County

All Florida Youth Orchestra, $68,690

ArtServe, $49,350

ArtsUnited, $5,687

Bonnet House, $70,500

Brazilian Voices, $7,050

Broward County, $70,500

Broward Performing Arts Foundation (the foundation of the Broward Center), $70,500

City of Miramar, $70,500

City of Oakland Park, $70,500

City of Pembroke Pines, $70,500

City of Pompano Beach, $70,500

Coral Springs Festival of the Arts, $11,398

Coral Springs Museum of Art, $42,300

Davie School Foundation, $30,918

Deerfield Beach Historical Society, $18,294

Flamingo Gardens, $70,500

Florida Singing Sons, $18,800

Fort Lauderdale Historical Society, $44,281

Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida, $42,300

Gold Coast Jazz Society, $35,720

Grace Arts Center, $19,540

Hollywood Art and Culture Center, $61,100

Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, $70,500

Island City Stage, $36,727

Island Society for the Promotion of Artistic and Cultural Education, $18,800

Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts, $23,444

Master Chorale of South Florida, $31,932

Museum of Discovery and Science, $70,500

New City Players, $10,721

Nova Southeastern University, $70,500

Performing Arts Center Authority (Broward Center) $70,500

Plays of Wilton, $11,750

Sample-McDougald House Preservation Society, $18,800

Slow Burn Theatre Company, $70,500

South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble,  $11,750

South Florida Symphony Orchestra, $70,500

Stonewall Library & Archives, $42,300

Symphony of the Americas, $51,700

The Broward County Film Society, $66,038

The Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre, $42,300

The Girlchoir of South Florida, $18,800

The Heartbeat Foundation, $18,800

The Stranahan House, $25,818

Thinking Cap Theatre, $11,750

Volta Music Foundation, $10,340

Women in Music Ayo, $11,750

World AIDS Museum, $20,559

Yiddishkayt Initiative, $20,665

Young At Art of Broward, $70,500

Museum of Discovery and Science, $500,000*

Miami-Dade County

4Ward Miami, $23,500

Across Missions, $18,800

Actors’ Playhouse Productions, $70,500

Adrienne Arsht Center Trust, $70,500

Alhambra Music, $14,600

American Children’s Orchestras for Peace, $23,556

Arca Images, $18,800

Area Performance Gallery, $70,500

Armour Dance Theatre, $70,500

Artefactus Cultural Project, $11,750

Artists in Residence in Everglades, $19,887

Arts & Business Council of Miami, $40,022

Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, $42,300

Arts for Learning/Miami, $70,500

ArtSouth, $14,694

Bakehouse Art Complex, $45,731

Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, $21,103

Bas Fisher Invitational, $15,510

Bascomb Memorial Broadcasting Foundation, $49,644

CaFA-Third Horizon, $11,750

Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education, $70,500

Centro Cultural Español de Cooperación Iberoamericana, $39,010

Chopin Foundation of the United States, $23,500

City of Homestead, $70,500

City Theatre, $42,300

Civic Chorale of Greater Miami, $12,094

Conecta: Miami Arts, $11,750

Contemporary Arts Foundation, $70,500

Coral Gables Cinemateque, $47,769

Coral Gables Museum, $42,300

Creation Art Center, $14,100

Cuatrogatos Foundation, $11,750

Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, $18,800

Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami, $23,265

Doral Contemporary Art Museum, $9,620

Edge Zones, $18,800

El Ingenio, $17,680

Fantasy Theatre Factory, $59,664

Fire Haus Projects, $10,810

Florida Film Institute, $24,852

Florida Grand Opera, $70,500

Florida International University Foundation, $42,300

Friends of South Florida Music, $11,750

Friends of the Bass Museum, $70,500

Fundarte, $42,300

Gablestage, $70,500

Global Arts Project, $7,050

Gold Coast Railroad Museum, $28,200

Greater Miami Youth Symphony of Dade County, $42,300

Guitars Over Guns Organization, $70,500

Historical Association of Southern Florida, $70,500

Holocaust Memorial Committee, $47,000

IFCM, $41,795

IlluminArts, $18,800

Institute of Contemporary Art, $70,500

Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum, $70,500

Karen Peterson and Dancers, $16,450

Koubeck, $30,994

Les Ailes Du Desir Foundation, $35,250

Live Arts Miami, $42,935

Living Arts Trust, $52,945

Locust Projects, $58,006

Main Street Players, $11,750

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center, $35,462

Mexican American Council, $11,750

Miami Beach Garden Conservancy, $42,300

Miami Book Fair, $55,263

Miami Chamber Music Society, $23,583

Miami Children’s Museum, $70,500

Miami City Ballet, $70,500

Miami Dade College, $70,500

Miami Dade College, $70,500

Miami Dance Project, $47,000

Miami Design Preservation League, $70,500

Miami Light Project, $42,300

Miami Music Festival, $54,130

Miami Music Project, $70,500

Miami New Drama, $70,500

Miami Short Film Festival, $13,630

Miami Theater Center, $42,300

Miami-Dade County, $70,500

Miami-Dade County Auditorium, $70,500

Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center, $25,380

Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, $18,800

Museum of Contemporary Art, $70,500

Musicall, $42,300

Name Publications, $11,750

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, $70,500

New World Symphony, $70,500

North Bay Village, $11,750

Nu Deco Ensemble, $70,500

O, Miami, $42,300

Olympia Center, $33,605

Orchestra Miami, $34,866

Patrons of Exceptional Artists, $21,025

Peter London Global Dance Company, $8,800

Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, $70,500

Pioneer Winter Collective, $21,051

Primer Acto Florida Foundation, $11,750

Prizm Projects, $35,250

Rise Kern Cultural Productions, $18,800

Sanctuary of the Arts, $11,750

Seraphic Fire, $70,500

South Florida Art Center, $70,500

South Florida Youth Symphony, $22,184

The Children’s Voice Chorus, $18,800

The Cove/Rincon, $3,892

The Dance Now! Ensemble, $25,457

The Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center, $70,415

The Florida International University, $70,500

The Fountainhead Residency, $46,530

The M Ensemble Company, $18,800

The Miami Symphony Orchestra/Orquesta Sinfonica De Miami, $48,097

The Murray Dranoff Foundation, $28,200

The Opera Atelier, $18,800

The Rhythm Foundation, $70,500

The Roxy Theatre Group, $37,600

TL Tango Lovers Organization, $18,800

Town of Surfside, $11,750

Troop of Actors, $8,460

University of Miami, $35,250

Urgent, $11,750

Village of Pinecrest, $70,500

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, $70,500

Women Photographers International Archive, $11,750

Young Musicians Unite, $70,500

Zoetic Stage, $42,300

Zoo Miami Foundation, $70,500

Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, $500,000*

Adrienne Arscht Center, $500,000*

Miami Design Preservation League, $270,892*

Palm Beach County

Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center, $60,865

Adoph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center, $500,000*

Aequalis, $18,800

Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, $51,724

Ballet Palm Beach, $23,500

Benzaiten Center for Creative Arts, $42,300

Boca Ballet Theatre Company, $58,750

Boca Raton Historical Society, $42,300

Boca Raton Museum of Art, $70,500

Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia, $42,300

Boynton Cultural Centre, $37,835

Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, $70,500

Center for Creative Education, $70,500

Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park, $11,750

City of Riviera Beach, $70,500

Cox Science Center and Aquarium, $70,500

Creative City Collaborative of Delray Beach (Arts Garage), $70,500

Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, $70,500

Digital Vibez, $16,450

Palm Beach State College, $70,500

Florida Atlantic University, $29,140

Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden, $70,423

Historical Society of Palm Beach County, $57,270

Lake Worth Cultural Renaissance Foundation, $5,640

Lighthouse ArtCenter, $70,500

Loggerhead Marinelife Center, $70,500

Loxahatchee River Historical Society, $70,500

Lynn Conservatory of Music, $70,500

Maltz Jupiter Theatre, $70,500

Memory Trees, $11,750

Norton Museum of Art, $70,500

Palm Beach Dramaworks, $70,500

Palm Beach Opera, $70,500

Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival, $9,400

Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, $70,500

Resource Depot, $11,750

School of the Arts Foundation, $70,280

Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing America, $9,494

Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, $27,244

Sunfest of Palm Beach County, $70,500

The Armory Art Center, $ 70,500

The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, $2,300

The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, $70,500

The Lake Worth Playhouse, $60,364

The Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches, $6,359

The Morikami, $70,500

The Palm Beach Symphony Society, $70,500

The Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches, $70,500

Village of Royal Palm Beach, $70,500

Village of Wellington, $ 70,500

Young Singers of the Palm Beaches, $42,300

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