Deadline: 31-Aug-20
The Arts Queensland is seeking applications for the Strategic Infrastructure Fund to support not for profit arts and cultural organisations with their shovel-ready facility upgrades and infrastructure projects that have broad benefit across a range of partners or the arts and cultural sector.
The Strategic Infrastructure Fund is part of the Queensland Government’s Arts and Cultural Recovery Package of $22.5 million over two years to stabilise Queensland’s arts companies, secure employment for artists and arts workers and deliver COVID-safe cultural experiences for Queensland audiences.
Arts Queensland aims to assist Queensland-based not for profit arts and cultural organisations in financing infrastructure works and upgrades that will strengthen their resilience and capacity to deliver arts experiences to their audiences and communities.
Funding Information
- Applicants to the Strategic Infrastructure Fund can apply for up to $300,000. You must demonstrate that the AQ funding is at most 50% of the total cash expenditure of the project (excluding any inkind works). Applicants must demonstrate secured matched cash contribution.
- Funding requests must be evidenced by detailed project budgets accompanied by the relevant design drawings and plans, approval of building activity to occur from land owner or building owner, relevant local council or approval authority.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, organisations must:
- be a Queensland based not for profit organisation that is recognised as primarily delivering arts and cultural products and services, including recognised Indigenous Arts Centres funded through the multi-year Backing Indigenous Arts funding program.
- have an active Queensland-registered Australian Business Number (ABN) that is in the name of the applicant
- have satisfied the reporting requirements of any previous Arts Queensland funding
- have an infrastructure project that is either;
- shovel ready – in the latter stages of project planning, design and approvals
- currently being delivered with scope for enhanced community or arts and cultural sector access
- seeking funding to finalise an infrastructure project to enhance sector and community access to performances or exhibitions.
For more information, visit https://www.arts.qld.gov.au/aq-funding/strategic-infrastructure-fund