Arts Projects – Organisations Grants

The Arts Projects – Organisations Grants program, funded by the Australia Council for the Arts, supports diverse activities that enhance the arts sector and engage communities. With grants ranging from $20,000 to $100,000, eligible organizations can propose various initiatives including professional development, creative collaborations, and community engagement projects. Applications are open to organizations that benefit practicing Australian artists and audiences, fostering artistic innovation and cultural exchange.

About the program
This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities. Organisations that undertake arts programs, projects, or that provide services to artists, are welcome to apply.
Organisations can propose a single project, a suite of projects or an annual program of activity.
Grants are available from $20,000 to $100,000. Supported activities must last no longer than two years from the proposed start date.
What can be applied for

• We fund a range of activities, for example:
• professional skills development, including mentoring and residencies
• the creation of new work
• practice based research
• creative development
• experimentation
• collaborations and exchanges
• touring
• festivals
• productions
• exhibitions
• performances
• publishing
• recording
• activities to develop the arts sector
• promotion and marketing
• market development activity
• activities that creatively engage communities.
• Assessment panels

You must choose which peer assessment panel you wish to apply to. The panels are:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Community Arts and Cultural Development
• Dance
• Emerging and Experimental Arts
• Literature
• Multi-art form
• Music
• Theatre
• Visual Arts.

Eligibility

Who can apply
You can only submit one application from your organization’s account to each closing date for Arts Projects for Organizations.Only organizations may apply to this category.Organizations that provide a service to the arts are welcome to apply.International organizations can apply for projects that benefit practicing Australian artists, their work or Australian audiences.Applications for funding to the First Nations panel must come from First Nations organizations.

Ineligibility

You can’t apply for a grant if: you have an overdue grayou receive multi-year investment through the National Performing Arts Partnership Framework report
you are an individual or group
you receive funding through the National Performing Arts Partnership Framework
You will receive your grant payment within two weeks of accepting your funding agreement.You can’t apply for the following activity:

projects or activities that do not involve or benefit Australian practicing artists or arts professionals projects or activities that do not have a clearly defined arts component
projects that have already taken place.