Deadline: 3-Jun-25
Applications are now open for the Micro-Grants for the creation of digital content for your Giving Day to the Arts fundraising campaign.
This program is designed to support and enable a collective action by artists and arts organisations to fundraise on one national day – increasing the visibility of arts philanthropy and encouraging greater generosity in support of the arts.
The program is presented as an open-access model and invites non-beneficiaries of the micro-grants to participate in the collective groundswell of fundraising on one national day, including the use of the Creative Australia digital assets that allow individual campaigns to be branded as part of the national collective campaign.
Funding Information
- Two micro-grant options will be available:
- $2,500 for artists (and collectives)
- $5,000 for organisations.
Benefits
- In addition to the micro-grants, the program also offers a series of free online fundraising workshops and coaching sessions, accessible to artists and arts organisations of any size, to support the engagement and capability of artists and arts organisations to attract private investment.
- These workshops are specifically designed to develop knowledge and confidence and maximise fundraising success in delivery of a giving day.
Eligible Activities
- The grant will support the following activities for the creation of content:
- digital content production, (this may include: graphic design and video editing, videography, photography, graphic design and video and photography editing)
- Influencer or Partner Collaborations
- purchase of technology, platform and software creation
- paid Social Media Advertising
- service fees and hiring contractors for content creation of digital assets.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants to the micro-grant opportunity must meet the following criteria:
- be a practicing Australian artist or a small to medium-sized arts organisation, active in fundraising for an arts and cultural project, cause or activity, with an annual operating budget under $5 million
- be a legally constituted entity (with an ABN)
- be 18 years or older
- be based in Australia and are carrying out the majority of their arts activity or practice within Australia
- work within one or more of the following artforms: First Nations Arts, Music, Visual Arts, Literature, Dance, Theatre, Emerging and Experimental Arts (EEA), Community Arts and Cultural Development (CACD), and Multi-Arts
- demonstrate capacity to deliver a fundraising campaign
- demonstrate fundraising capability, including a minimum delivery of one fundraising campaign in the last 3 years (01 July 2022/ 30 June 2023 – 01 July 2024/ 30 June 2025)
- active social media accounts (minimum activity of at least 12 months).
Ineligibility Criteria
- You are not eligible to apply if:
- you have an overdue grant report
- you owe money to Creative Australia
- you have already submitted an application for this program (only one application per round is allowed)
- you represent a large-scale organisation with an annual operating budget exceeding $5 million
- your organisation does not work in the arts and culture sector/provide a service to the arts.
For more information, visit Creative Australia.