If you're a local artist or just enjoy their work, the Artists Fund of the Florida Keys provides support to those in need of short-term financial assistance. From their website:

The Anne McKee Artists Fund of the Florida Keys, Inc., is a not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to provide project based, short term, monetary grants to qualified, serious artists in need of financial assistance and/or greater public recognition, who have demonstrated individual artistic excellence and an ongoing commitment to the area cultural community.

Go to http://www.mckeefund.org/ for more information on upcoming showings and available grants.