Deadline: 7-Apr-25
The Creativity Pioneers Fund (CPF) catalyzes transformational social change by investing in, connecting, and championing cultural and creative organizations that advance bold and unconventional practices for building a more just, inclusive, and equitable world.
Working with and alongside organizations, donors and other stakeholders across the creative ecosystem, the Creativity Pioneers Fund aims to mobilize a collective effort to advance Creativity for Social Change.
The micro-grant represents only a starting point for a more extensive and long-term collaboration system towards a platform model that provides the Creativity Pioneers with access to more financial opportunities, in-kind and know-how support, mentoring and learning opportunities, peer-to-peer exchange and networking.
The CPF intends to invest in bold, inspiring and intersectional organizations close to the challenges and communities they seek to address. Through the CPF, they are promoting a more progressive philanthropic approach based on trust, unrestricted funding, valorization of intersectionality, simple and inclusive paperwork both at the selection process and reporting, and a strong focus on building long-lasting networks and ecosystems.
Funding Information
- The Creativity Pioneers Fund provides selected organizations with an unrestricted grant of 5,000 euros to help cover general operational costs and any critical costs to successfully developing activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Support is exclusively granted to legally registered, non-profit organizations that are actively operating, with no restrictions on geographic origin.
- Eligible organizations must:
- Place creativity at the core of their mission and programming, demonstrating its pivotal role in driving social transformation within their target communities.
- Prioritize disadvantaged and/or marginalized communities, with a primary focus on youth aged 16-27.
- Possess an organizational bank account in the organization’s name, as donations cannot be made to individual accounts due to regulatory constraints.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Organizations are not eligible to apply if they:
- Have already received the micro-grant from the Creativity Pioneers Fund.
- Represent political parties, religious organizations or engage in lobbying activities.
- Are not legally registered.
- Are for profit entities.
- Have founder(s) and/or any legal representatives involved in events prejudicial to their reputation and/or legal status, including but not limited to breach of criminal laws, malfeasance, tax evasion (even if not criminally relevant), discrimination, hate speech, or dissemination of fake news.
For more information, visit Creativity Pioneers Fund.