Deadline: 11-Sep-2025
Applications are now open for the Arts Centre Funding Programme to invest in and support the infrastructure of arts centres required to sustain and develop the arts in Ireland.
Aims and Objectives
- In offering Arts Centre Funding, the Arts Council wishes to ensure:
- The year-round production and dissemination of arts activities, events and services of the highest quality throughout the country
- That greater numbers of people enjoy high-quality arts experiences
- That artists are supported in their professional practice
- That audiences, artists and participants reflect the diversity of contemporary Ireland
- Increased depth of engagement by and with the public
- High standards in governance and management.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Arts Centre Funding Programme is open only to building-based, professionally managed, multidisciplinary arts organisations that are open to the public all year round.
- To be eligible for application, your organisation must:
- Be formally constituted as either a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG), a Designated Activity Company (DAC), a Company Limited by Shares (LTD) or a statutory body.
- Apply in its own name, and not in the name of another company or individual.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following are not eligible for the Arts Centre Funding Programme:
- Organisations that have already applied for funding through Arts Grant Funding 2025 or the Festival Investment Scheme 2025, unless permitted to do so by the Arts Council. Organisations must discuss this with the relevant arts team in advance.
- Members of the Council of National Cultural Institutions (CNCI) directly funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
- Organisations that fail to meet the eligibility criteria will not be assessed and will not receive Arts Centre Funding.
For more information, visit The Arts Council.