Grants

Start with Orana Arts when you're looking for funding for arts and cultural projects, but don't stop here. There's a wide range of grants available at different times of the year for all kinds of activities. If you find a fund that matches your project but you've missed the deadline for this round, take note of the submission date and have your project proposal ready to submit when the fund opens up again. Here are some other websites you should also search:

Regional Arts NSW: www.regionalartsnsw.com.au/grants
A comprehensive guide to the arts with information on arts grants, scholarships, awards and other resources

Community Builders: www2.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au
Information on grants, scholarships and awards offered by the NSW Government, Federal and local government, institutions, philanthropic trusts and companies as well as links to funding directories and grant-writing guides

GrantsLINK: www.grantslink.gov.au
Listing of grants programs for individuals, businesses and communities

Culture and Recreation Portal: http://culture.gov.au
Online database of Australian grants and services for the cultural sector

GrantsSearch: www.grantsearch.com.au
Comprehensive funding database with sophisticated grants and services finder. Subscription rate applies

Applications are currently being accepted for the Community Futures Grant and must be submitted by 15 January 2012. Click here to apply.

The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Foundation (RASF) is offering an opportunity for young people to attract up to $25,000 in funding for a community project in their local area. All you have to do is:

• Identify a need in your local community in NSW which could be addressed with funding of up to $25,000, and
• Partner with a community organisation to create a plan for implementing a project to address this need.

To be eligible to apply you must:
• Be aged 35 years or under on 1 May 2012
• Be passionate about rural and regional issues
• Live in the rural NSW community your project idea is for

Your Community Partner can be any local community agency or group in your area, that delivers a community service, provides community benefit or whose purpose is charitable in nature. Some examples could be educational organisations, health providers, your local show society or Rotary.

Under the RASF Community Futures Grant program, the RASF will consider an idea that delivers strong community benefit and results in enhanced economic and social outcomes. Ideas that involve collaboration between people in your community and delivers a sustained benefit over a period of time will be highly regarded.

Applications will be judged on merit by a panel of selectors, including representatives from the RASF board. The application/s judged to be the most considered, meritorious and achievable will be awarded up to $25,000 to implement their project. Selected projects must be implemented through the local community agency or group nominated by the entrant as their Community Partner. The successful applicant/s will be announced at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in April 2012.

Visit http://rasf.smartygrants.com.au/CommunityFutures2012  for further information.

A range of arts and culture related grants are now open for Aboriginal people, to enable projects that support cultural awareness, expression and engagement. The funding categories offer flexibility in the type of projects that can be undertaken, and applications are invited from individuals and community organisations. Visit www.arts.gov.au/indigenous to find out more and contact Orana Arts for any assistance with project planning or submissions.

The Country Arts Support Program (CASP) is an annual funding program administered by NSW Regional Arts Boards offering grants of up to $3000 to encourage community driven projects in each arts region. The 2012 CASP round will open one month earlier than previous years, with applications forms for 2012 projects available from 8 November.

Orana Arts have plans in the pipeline to run a CASP workshop day. This will enable interested people to bring their ideas and/or application-in-progress before a panel of experienced grant writers and receive constructive feedback and advice on how to address the criteria and have their application succeed. The workshop date and venue are yet to be determined but stay tuned, it will happen soon after CASP opens. We’ll email details to all subscribers and promote the workshop via local media as soon as confirmed but feel free to register your interest now with Orana Arts.

Check the NSW Regional Arts website for application forms available from 8 November 2011

Arts and Culture Grants - Closing 27 September 2011 - Amount: up to $10,000
Open to: individuals/organisations
Grants for Arts and Culture will be given to not-for-profit organisations throughout Australia. The foundation will support projects both in Performing and Visual Arts. Preference will be given to projects that are innovative and challenging. Individuals wishing to make an application for a grant from the foundation are required to make submissions in partnership with a not-for-profit organisation. The organisation will then recommend the project to the foundation. Funding is available, in addition to the types of grants listed under general support, for acquisitions, catalogues, commissions, exhibitions, publications and symposia.
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ARTS INDIGENOUS FELLOWSHIP
Amount: not specified
Open to: individuals
A professional project-based program for long-term development, networking, exchange and mentorship. Two fellowships will be awarded every two years. More
Closing TBC

INDIGENOUS ARTS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Amount: not specified
Open to: individuals
A short-term, accredited program with an industry focus. Ten candidates will be selected annually to participate in the program. More
Closing TBC

Enterprising Regions Program
Amount: not specified
Open to: organisations
Assists community/regional development organisations undertake planning activities and implement projects which have broad based local support and the potential to generate economic benefits. More
Ongoing

Building the Country Package | Local Infrastructure Support Fund
Amount: not specified
Open to: organisations
Support for infrastructure projects that are directly linked to economic development opportunities. New program. More
Ongoing

Building the Country Package | country libraries fund
Amount: not specified
Open to: organisations
Assists with purchase of new books and digital media as well as building works. More
Ongoing

Building the Country Package | Country Halls Renewal Package
Amount: not specified
Open to: organisations
To help small communities in country NSW to renovate, extend or upgrade community halls. More
Ongoing

Building the Country Package | small communities awareness fund
Amount: not specified
Open to: organisations
To help smaller and more isolated communities develop their own websites to promote local business and tourism opportunities. More
Ongoing

Volunteer Initiated Museums (VIM) Grants | VIM Small grants
Amount: up to $1,500
Open to: organisations
Grants to meet the short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums and keeping places. No set categories for funding, and applications for a broad range of projects will be considered. More
Closing 15 April and 22 October 2011

Volunteer Initiated Museums (VIM) Grants | VIM Skills Initiatives Grants
Amount: up to $5,000
Open to: organisations
Provides funding to volunteer museums, museum networks and Keeping Places for regional or state-focused skills development training and networking events. More
Closing anytime up until 30 September 2011

Volunteer Initiated Museums (VIM) Grants | VIM Development Project Grants
Amount: $1,500 - $5,000
Open to: organisations
For community museums and Keeping Places to carry out strategic and innovative projects with mid to long term outcomes, and for skill development. More
Closing 21 October 2011

Volunteer Initiated Museums (VIM) Grants | Leg Ups Skill Development Grants
Amount: up to $500
Open to: individuals/organisations
Quick response grants for workers/volunteers in volunteer managed museums and keeping places in NSW that require financial assistance to attend some form of skills development activity, or to bring such an activity into their museum. More
Ongoing

Incoming Touring Exhibition Grants (ITEGs)
Amount: min $2,000, no upper limit
Open to: organisations
Provides assistance to visual art organisations and craft and design centres throughout NSW. Priority is to provide rural and remote organisations with access to high quality visual arts and crafts exhibitions which they would normally not have access due to costs and/or distance. More
Closing 6 September 2011

project funding | quick response
Amount: $3,000 for individuals, $10,000 for organisations
Open to: individuals and organisations
Support of individuals and the small to medium sector towards national and international opportunities relating to professional and artistic development. More
Closing 7 February, 2 May, 8 August and 7 November 2011

Fellowships, Scholarships and Residencies | NSW History Fellowship
Amount: $20,000
Open to: individuals
Offered biennially to a person living in NSW to research and produce work of historical interest relating to NSW. More
Opening May 2011

NSW Archival Research fellowship
Amount: $15,000
Open to: individuals
Assistance to complete an innovative and quality research project that makes substantial use of the records collection of the State Records Authority NSW. More
Opening May 2011

Community Partnerships | Partnership development
Amount: up to $5,000
Open to: organisations
Funding to assist artists, groups, or organisations to undertake further development and/or extension of effective partnerships. More
Ongoing

Literature | Program
Amount: not specified
Open to: individuals
One-year funding to a limited number of significant organisations that contribute to a viable strategic infrastructure that supports the work and professional development of Australian writers and the general advancement of Australian literature. More
Closing 4 October 2011

Literature | Booked - travel fund for publishers and literary agents
Amount: up to $10,000
Open to: individuals
Travel support for Australian publishers and literary agents to promote Australian literary works and authors overseas and develop international demand for Australian literary works and authors. More
Ongoing (at least six weeks before project start date)

Music | New Work - Closing 15 June 2011
Amount: $20,000
Open to: individuals
Offered to artists or a significant creative and/or developmental project that will benefit their artistic development. More

Music | Presentation and Promotion - Closing 15 June 2011
Amount: not specified
Open to: individuals/ organisations
Supports one-off projects that present, publish, distribute and/or market quality music of any style. More

Music | Skills and arts Development
Amount: up to $10,000
Open to: individuals/organisations
Supports skills development for professional artists and artsworkers, and projects that foster skills development More
Closing 1 April and 1 September 2011

Visual Arts | art fare - australian art export
Amount: not specified
Open to: commerical galleries
Support to attend international visual art, craft or design fairs to develop markets for Australian visual arts, crafts or design. Can include travel, accommodation and other art, craft and design fair related expenses. More
Ongoing (at least six weeks prior to project start date)