FOUR YEAR FUNDING – ORGANISATIONS
Four-Year funding for organisations replaces the previously suspended six year funding program. To read more about the revised grants model clickhere.
Organisations who submitted an expression of interest (EOI) to the six year funding program will be contacted in early August and offered feedback.
Four-Year funding will be available for Australian organisations of regional, national and international standing to support annual programs of arts and cultural activities.
Organisations must demonstrate artistic achievement and ambition with a compelling four year plan. To be competitive in the assessment process organisations will need to show that they are well governed, effectively managed, resilient and generate diversified income streams. Funding for successful organisations will commence in 2017.
It is anticipated that organisations will be able to apply for between $75,000 and $300,000 per year.
Four-year funding is intended to support vibrant artistic programs by contributing to organisational overhead costs and/or the direct costs of delivering successful programs.
Four-year funding is not intended to entirely subsidise an organisation’s on-going operating costs.
Organisations in receipt of Four Year funding from 2017 will not be eligible to apply to the Arts Projects – Organisations category for the duration of their funding agreement.
Closing date
Applications will close on 1 December 2015.The online application form will be available in early September 2015.
It is anticipated that the application process will include the submission of a four-year strategic plan. You can read the Australia Council's Strategic Plan Frameworkhere.
Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application in April 2016.
Who can apply
We accept applications from organisations.
The Australia Council requires that organisations be registered under law (for example, incorporated association or company limited by guarantee) or created by law (for example, a government statutory authority). Organisations that are not legally constituted are not eligible to apply. Organisations may be required to provide a certificate of incorporation or evidence of their current legal status.
Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts organisations can choose to be assessed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts assessment panel or another arts practice panel. Applications for funding to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts panel must come from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations.
Applications for funding to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts panel must come from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations. Organisations must have 51% Indigenous governance at the time of application. Organisations must have 100% Indigenous governance within 12 months of funding being awarded if the application for Four Year funding is successful.
Who can’t apply
You can’t apply for a grant if:
· you received a grant, or administered a grant, from the Australia Council in the past and that grant has not been satisfactorily acquitted
- you owe money to the Australia Council.
What you can’t apply for
You can’t apply for the following activity:
· activities that do not involve or benefit practicing artists or arts workers
· activities that do not have a clearly defined arts component
· activities that have already taken place.
Peer assessment
As part of the application process, you will be able to choose which peer panel you want to assess your application. The peer panels available are:
· Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts
· Community Arts and Cultural Development
· Dance
· Emerging and Experimental Arts
· Literature
· Multi-art form
· Music
· Theatre
· Visual Arts
If you are unable to choose which peer panel assesses your application, you can have a discussion with Australia Council staff.
Please note that applications for funding to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts panel must come from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations.
Application process
An application will include the following:
· Application form
· A Strategic Plan for 2017-20
· A budget for 2017
· A program for 2017
Assessment Criteria
Assessment criteria will be published in early August 2015.
Reporting for Grant Recipients
The exact reporting requirements for organisations in receipt of four year funding have yet to be established however; existingKey Organisation processesprovide an indication of the level of reporting envisaged. As a minimum, recipients of Four Year Funding for Organisations will be required to submit annual reports in line with the existingKey Organisations processes.