Deadline: 14-Jan-2025
The Galway City Council invites applications for the Arts Organisation Grant to stimulate public interest, promote knowledge, appreciation, and improve standards in the arts.
Objectives
- Galway City Council invites applications for funding towards projects and programmes in the city which match the following objectives:
- Stimulating public interest in the arts,
- Promoting knowledge, appreciation and practice of the arts, or
- Improving standards in the arts within its functional area
Priorities
- Key priorities are:
- The delivery of excellent arts projects, events, activities or services.
- Programming that strengthens arts opportunities and participation.
- Excellent standards in governance, monitoring and evaluation, and management in the arts.
- Diversity of Galway City reflected in the work they support.
- Strengthen the use of the Irish language.
- Environmentally Aware – Arts organisations aiming to both reduce carbon footprint and negative impacts.
Grant Strands
- Professional Strand
- The Professional Strand is for professional arts organisations in Galway City.
- Community, Voluntary, and Amateur Strand
- The Galway City Council Arts Grant – Community, Voluntary and Amateur Strand is for community, voluntary and amateur arts organisations and organisations delivering not-for–profit arts activity in Galway City.
Eligibility Criteria
The following are eligible for the Arts Grants
- Not for profit Arts Organisations including companies limited by guarantee (CLG), designated activity companies (DAC) and partnerships.
- Organisations with good governance practices.
- Organisations based in Galway City and operating in the city.
- Work in creative art forms including music, film, theatre, dance, circus/street arts, visual arts, multi-media, combined arts, literature, architecture, traditional arts, interdisciplinary practices and other artforms.
- Organisations that engage with broad and diverse audiences.
- Organisations who show a commitment to dignity and respect in the arts workplace.
- Additional Eligibility Criteria – Professional Strand:
- Organisations who employ at least one waged employee (full- or part-time)
Ineligibility Criteria
- These are not eligible for the Arts Grants:
- Businesses and privately run for-profit organisations or companies.
- Individual artists/creative practitioners. Funding schemes for individual artists/creative practitioners will be available for 2025.
- Early-stage organisations or projects in the arts should not apply and will have opportunities to apply for support in 2025 via another grant scheme in 2025.
- Organisations who they have previously funded who have not met the required standard of reporting, evaluation and submission of financial materials.
For more information, visit Galway City Council.