Regional Arts and Culture Grant for Business Capacity and Development (New Zealand)

This grant programme’s priority is to build the sustainability of regional arts and culture organisations through the development of:

• strategic, business and marketing plans
• feasibility studies
• organisational development
• digital development activities.

Funding Priorities

• ​They welcome grant applications that align to the following priorities:
  • all Aucklanders can access and participate in arts and culture
  • Auckland values and invests in arts and culture
  • a network of vibrant arts and culture organisations and facilities
  • arts and culture is intrinsic to Auckland’s ‘place-making’
  • Auckland celebrates a unique cultural identity
  • Auckland has a robust and flourishing creative economy.

Funding Information

• Grant amount: $3000 – $25,000
• Types of projects funded by the grant: Arts

Expected Outcomes 

• Integrate arts and culture into their everyday lives, and
• Create a culturally rich and creative Auckland.

Eligibility Criteria

• Your group or organisation is eligible for funding if it meets the criteria for regional funding, and does one or more of the following:
  • represents specific art forms at the regional level
  • fulfils a ‘sector infrastructure’ role for arts and culture in Auckland, like through strategic advocacy, capacity and capability building
  • delivers programming to an Auckland-wide audience
  • is an iwi or other Māori organisation, involved in arts and culture activity
  • delivers arts and cultural experiences to under-served populations
  • delivers arts and cultural experiences in non-traditional settings.

For more information, visit Auckland Council.