Creative Kuala Lumpur Grants Programme – Malaysia

The Creative Kuala Lumpur (Creative KL) Grants Programme, is designed to revitalise the historical city centre towards the creation of a creative, liveable, and thriving hub. By empowering communities and providing opportunities for creative district revitalisation and economic development, the programme aims to enhance social and environmental resilience within Downtown Kuala Lumpur.

Think City, with the support of Ministry of Finance, Malaysia has continued the Creative KL Grants Programme initiative under Budget 2024, to achieve that vision and address the urban challenges present within Downtown Kuala Lumpur.

Grant Themes

The Creative KL Grants Programme seeks to support projects associated to six themes:

• Space Rejuvenation
  • To revitalise and repurpose unutilised heritage assets and spaces around Downtown Kuala Lumpur. This will preserve our urban heritage, create positive spaces, and make the area appealing for residents and visitors.
    • Restoration and adaptive reuse
    • Technical support
    • Creative and cultural space enhancements
• Creative & Cultural Seeding and Expansion
  • To support the establishment and growth of creative and cultural businesses to enhance socioeconomic development, ecosystem and community building whilst strengthening Downtown Kuala Lumpur’s identity as a thriving hub.
    • Business seeding
    • Business expansion
• Creative Content and/or Activation
  • To support and strengthen the creative ecosystem by creating opportunities for artisans, cultural workers, and creative practitioners in Downtown Kuala Lumpur.
    • Research and publication
    • Activation and programming
• Environmental Resilience
  • To foster vibrant, and liveable environments that attract people to live, work and play, by demonstrating effective urban greening, nature-based practices and innovative solutions.
    • Greening interventions
    • Innovative mitigations
• Digitalisation
  • To promote innovative digital solutions, to engage the community, celebrate heritage assets, exchange knowledge and enhance visitor experiences.
    • Content digitalisation and gamification
    • Tech-enabled urban solutions
• Capacity Building
  • To strengthen resilience, and community participation via programmes that are designed for local communities.
    • Professional development
    • Youth empowerment

What does the grant support?

• The Creative KL Grants Programme provides funding for direct expenses related to proposed project, with grant amounts ranging from RM30,000 to RM300,000 per application.

What does the grant support?

The programme supports costs to mobilise the following activities or works:

• Project mobilisation and preliminary works;
• Materials and supplies;
• Equipment and technology;
• Professional services; and
• Marketing and promotional activities.

Who can apply?

• The grants programme welcome individuals, collectives, community-based organisations, businesses and non-governmental organisations with project ideas that can diversify the visitor experience, create culturally aligned local economic outcome and contribute to the rejuvenation efforts of Downtown Kuala Lumpur.
• The lead applicant must take on full administrative responsibility and actively participate in the entire process.
• Organisations registered under Registrar of Companies, Registrar of Societies and/or Registrar of Businesses are welcome to apply.

For more information, visit Think City.