Dublin City Arts Office Revenue Arts Grants 2025 (Ireland)

Funding Information

• A Grant of €10k is guaranteed to each successful applicant.

Eligibility Criteria

• Revenue Grants 2025 are for Arts organisations that contribute to the realisation of the priorities and goals of Dublin City Council in a strategic way, and can act as effective advocates and promoters of the arts to the public, to partners in other agencies and public bodies.

Assessment Process

• No applications will be accepted later than this date and time.
• Your application will be processed by members of the Arts Office Administrative team. Any applications that clearly fall outside the eligibility guidelines and criteria may be eliminated at this point. Dublin City Council reserves the right to redirect applications for consideration to appropriate categories other than those applied for, should it be deemed beneficial to the applicant to so do.
• All applications will be considered by the Arts Officer Team reporting to the City Arts Officer. Independent Assessors (with relevant experience and expertise) support the Art Officer Team who will make recommendations on all eligible applications.
• Assessment of Neighbourhood, Voluntary & Community Mentoring Applications will be supported by the Area Offices of Dublin City Council through their Community Development section. All applications will then be assessed by a sub-committee of Elected Members of Dublin City Council from the Strategic Policy Committee.
• An external assessor reviews the application process before the applications are submitted to the Elected Members.  When approved by the sub-committee of Elected Members, final approval is sought from full meetings of the Elected Members of Dublin City Council.

Application Requirements

• This is where you upload your C.V., Artist’s Statement, Marketing Plan etc. All applicants must provide supporting documentation including:
  • Artist CV’s, confirmation of venue etc.
  • Letters of support are required where partnerships, communities or other organisational supports etc. are listed.
  • Revenue applicants must upload most recent audit, and any relevant policy documents that may support their application.

For more information, visit Dublin City Arts Office.