Maroondah City Council’s Arts and Cultural Grants Program

Deadline: 23-Apr-21

The Maroondah City Council is pleased to announce applications for Arts and Cultural Grants Program that supports a diverse and culturally rich Maroondah through community driven projects, initiatives and events that increase arts profile and participation. These initiatives may focus on a wide variety of art forms.

Objectives

The Arts and Cultural Grants Program:

Increases community participation in arts and cultural activities;
Enhances and celebrates local identity through high quality projects with artists and community;
Builds and strengthens local networks within the Maroondah community and encourages partnerships and collaboration with community, business and Council;
Strengthens the identity and profile of the arts in Maroondah through effective arts programming and marketing.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

Be an incorporated community group with not-for-profit status or auspiced by an eligible organization
Be located within, or servicing, the Maroondah Community
Maintain public liability insurance cover ($20 million minimum).
The following are not eligible:
- special events that show or in the past have shown significant profit
- projects that are repeated as part of the organization’s annual or regular program activities
- new building projects, capital works requests or facility maintenance projects
- fundraising activities
- multiple applications
- funding to individuals except through an eligible auspice