Call for Applications: Creative Impact Fund (New Zealand)

What can be funded?

• Funding is for up to 18 months’ activity that:
  • encourages the sharing of knowledge and skills
  • enriches audiences and communities, through the creation and presentation of impactful work
  • deepens people’s understanding and participation in the arts
• You can apply for up to $125,000.
• If you apply for more than $50,000:
  • you must show revenue from other sources
  • they may ask you to work with them in future as a peer assessor, mentor or research participant
• Amounts above $100,00 will be an exception and dependant on the funds they have available.
• If you receive a grant through the Creative Fellowships Fund, you can also apply to the Creative Impact Fund. However, you must submit a Proof of Concept in your Creative Impact Fund application.
• In a 12-month period you can:
  • receive the Creative Impact grant twice, to a maximum of $100,000 (e.g., two $50,000 grants), but you must finish the first grant before applying again, or
  • receive one Creative Impact grant over $50,000
  • receive a maximum of $125,000 across the Creative Fellowship Fund and the Creative Impact Fund combined.
• Additional access payment
  • If you identify as Deaf or disabled, or experience disability or an impairment, and are awarded a grant through this fund, you can claim an additional access payment on top of your grant.
  • The payment is to help with the costs of meeting your access needs, such as NZSL interpreters, support people, or accessible travel.

Activities

• The grant can support activities such as:
  • the creation and presentation of artwork, including exhibitions or performances
  • distribution of artwork, including publications, catalogues, resources, recordings, touring
  • audience engagement and raising awareness, including research and advocacy
  • workshops and knowledge and skills sharing, including wānanga, fono, or talanoa

Eligibility Criteria

• Artists, practitioners, and collaboratives who are New Zealand citizens or Permanent Residents.

For more information, visit Creative New Zealand.