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The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation, in partnership with The Miami Foundation, recently announced the recipients of its 2025 Pérez CreARTE Grants, recognizing outstanding contributors to South Florida’s arts and cultural community. The Motivational Edge has been selected as one of this year’s grantees.
Through the CreARTE program, The Motivational Edge will receive support to expand its successful arts-based youth development programs — broadening access, deepening impact, and empowering more youth through creative expression, mentorship, and skill-building. It also will revamp its Transition to Adulthood Program (TAP), which blends the arts with life skills, mentorship, and workforce development for youth ages 16-23. Funding will support expanded programming at the Allapattah Campus and satellite sites.
The grant allows The Motivational Edge to broaden its reach and deepen impact across Miami-Dade County, providing vulnerable youth with creative outlets that foster healing, confidence, and leadership. The funding ensures continued access to music, dance, visual arts, digital design, and wellness programs that empower young people to build brighter futures.
“The Pérez CreARTE grant is more than just funding, it’s a partnership in purpose,” said Ian Welsch, CEO of The Motivational Edge. “This support enables us to expand our reach, strengthen our team, and continue transforming the lives of youth who deserve opportunity, creativity, and hope.”
This honor was announced at the Pérez Family Foundation’s inaugural Grantee Summit on Oct. 14 at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, which also celebrated the foundation’s 10th anniversary and a decade of supporting South Florida’s arts and cultural community. This new cycle of CreARTE grants will distribute more than $5 million across 43 innovative projects during the next two years, advancing visual and performing arts, experimental programming and educational initiatives throughout Miami-Dade County.
For more information about the CreARTE program and the Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation, visit jmperezfamilyfoundation.org/grant-opportunities.
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