Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has been awarded $5 million by the Green Family Foundation (GFF) in support of the museum’s Caribbean Cultural Institute (CCI).
The program will center on advancing the study of Caribbean art while providing opportunities for exchange and collaboration across the region and its diasporic communities.
Along with a $2 million Mellon Foundation donation, this transformative investment – part operating support, part endowment – will ensure the long-term sustainability of the Caribbean Cultural Institute while expanding its mission across Miami-Dade County, said Franklin Sirmans, PAMM’s director.
“Our collaboration with GFF is built on decades of trust, shared purpose, and a mutual commitment to Miami-Dade County,” he said. “The foundation’s support ensures that CCI can continue to expand its long-term research, programming, and community initiatives – work that reflects Miami’s identity and deep ties to the Caribbean.”
With CCI now being renamed The Green Family Foundation Caribbean Cultural Institute, the $5 million multi-year gift deepens the foundation’s partnership with PAMM and establishes new collaborative pathways with Florida International University and Green Space Miami, GFF’s platform for supporting Miami artists, co-founded by Dr. Kimberly Green and Michelangelo Bendandi.
Through the partnership, fellows will gain access to FIU’s extensive Caribbean and Latin American research collections, archives and libraries. FIU will also publish fellows’ research, expanding its reach across academic and international audiences.
“Since 1991, GFF has been committed to education in Miami-Dade County. Our deepened partnership with PAMM strengthens the creative collaborations, research, and documentation of the cultures that define the region,” said Dr. Kimberly Green, who is also the foundation’s president. “Supporting CCI means investing directly in the next generation of thinkers, scholars and artists shaping our future.”
The gift will also support paid undergraduate internships for FIU students, connecting emerging scholars to CCI’s research and curatorial initiatives. Green Space Miami will additionally host co-programmed public forums, exhibitions, and annual gatherings that bring together artists, advocates, creatives and educators from across the Caribbean and Miami-Dade County.
Established by Steven Green, former United States ambassador to Singapore, the Green Family Foundation is a private nonprofit organization committed to advancing arts, culture, education and healthcare initiatives that promote global well-being and reduce poverty.
For more than three decades, the foundation has also played a significant role in Miami-Dade County’s cultural and educational landscape, particularly in areas connected to the Caribbean and Latin America. This includes long-standing partnerships with Florida International University through the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, the Digital Library of the Caribbean, the Green Emerging Artists Fund at the Frost Art Museum, and the Green Library.
“Extending CCI’s reach means strengthening the cultural and intellectual ties that connect Miami to the Caribbean,” added Dorothea Green, PAMM trustee and co-founder of GFF. “These collaborations open doors for students, for artists, and for communities across the county.”
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