Deadline: 2-Dec-24
The 4-Year Multi-year funding provides core investment to the NSW arts and cultural sector to support sustainable growth of the industry, with a focus on all NSW citizens being given the opportunity to contribute to and experience arts and culture.
The first iteration of this funding program will provide funding for three years to align with Creative Australia’s multi-year program dates. This will assist organisations in the future to economise the effort it takes to apply to both programs.
Priority Areas
- Successful applicants will be expected to deliver on at least one of the following ACFP priorities:
- First Nations stories and communities
- Western Sydney and/or regional NSW
- Next generation of creatives and audiences
- Broad and inclusive communities and content
Funding Information
- Applicants can apply for a minimum of $100,000 and a maximum of $600,000 each year.
Ineligible Expenses
- Grant funds cannot be used for:
- arts and cultural activities that are led by non-professional artist/s, practitioners and/or arts and cultural workers
- cost of regular maintenance and repairs, building and/or capital works
- filmmaking, screen production, mainstream animation or film festivals (funding programs for these areas are managed by Screen NSW
- revitalisation of urban precincts
- the purchase of artworks, land or buildings
- loan repayments
- competitions, awards, fundraising activities or prize money
- Local Government Authority operational costs and capital items
- Compliance with local government environmental or sustainability plans
- costs already incurred or retrospective funding for activities already completed or due to be completed before the funding period commences.
Eligible Projects
- Funding contributes towards the cost of delivering a wide range of arts and cultural activity, including but not limited to creation of new work; production, presentation or publication; development of audiences, market and/or partnerships; sustainability and capacity building initiatives; the purchase of equipment if it is integral to the arts and cultural activity (excluding LGAs); and devolved funding programs for service organisations.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply, an applicant must be one of the following:
- an independent not-for-profit organisation located in NSW with the primary purpose of providing arts and cultural activities
- a Service Organisation located in NSW (including Regional Arts Development Organisations)
- a Local Government Authority located in NSW (separate business units of LGAs can apply).
- To be eligible to apply, an applicant must demonstrate all the items below:
- be based in NSW unless approved by Director Arts, Create NSW.
- be a not-for-profit arts and cultural organisation, service organisation or LGA with a primary purpose of arts and cultural activity
- have an ABN (Individual business units and entities of local government authorities, such as art galleries or performing arts centres, are eligible to submit applications on their own behalf if they have their own ABN. If the business unit or entity does not have its own ABN, the application must be submitted by the LGA on behalf of the business unit)
- have operated as a legally constituted entity for a minimum of two years at time of application
- be able to demonstrate delivery of arts, cultural or creative programs or services for a minimum of two consecutive years (as demonstrated in Strategic Plan), at time of application
- be able to address and deliver on at least one of the ACFP strategic priorities
- include an independent financial contribution and not request funding for the total cost of an organisations program
- have annual turn-over in the applicant’s most recent financial year (2023/24 or 2023) greater than $100,000 (including Create NSW grant/s but excluding Create Infrastructure and COVID funding).
Ineligibility Criteria
- Your organisation cannot apply if it:
- is a for-profit organisation
- is a sole trader
- has already been successful for Create NSW ACFP funding for the same period, including ACFP project funding, 4+4 or 2-Year Multi-year funding
- has a primary focus on filmmaking, screen production, mainstream animation, digital games, or film festivals (funding programs for these areas are managed by Screen NSW)
- has a primary focus on contemporary music (all funding programs for contemporary music are now managed by Sound NSW). Note: Multi-arts presenting organisation with contemporary music streams as part of their annual program should include this in their submitted program.
- is an educational institution (including preschools, primary and secondary schools)
- is a national performing arts partnership organisation
- is a state or federal government department/agency, including state cultural institutions
- does not engage professional artists or professional arts/cultural workers as key creative personnel
- is requesting more than 80% funding from Create NSW (all applications must include income from other sources)
- has a primary focus of delivering competitions, awards or fundraising activities
- has been advised by Create NSW that your organisation is not eligible for further funding as a result of failing to meet contract conditions.
For more information, visit NSW Government.