You could be eligible for up to $10,000 for artists and up to $25,000 or $50,000 for arts organisations through Creative Partnerships Australia (CPA)'s matched funding programs.
Through their dollar-for-dollar matched funding programs, CPA create a more sustainable and financially supported cultural sector.
Whether you’re an arts organisation, independent artist or artistic group, they offer matched funding programs to maximise your fundraising efforts, boost your revenue and connect with your audiences more effectively.
MATCH Lab is a matched funding program for independent artists and groups. It’s for artists looking to build their fundraising and arts business skills and run a fundraising campaign.
It supports artists to build fundraising skills, increase knowledge of philanthropy and arts partnerships, develop broader arts business knowledge and create sustainable sources of revenue for their work into the future.
Plus1 supports not-for-profit arts and cultural organisations to develop and run more effective fundraising campaigns, boost their fundraising skills and secure new backers.
If you’re a Plus1 recipient, you’ll run a fundraising campaign designed by you, for a specified period, to raise money for a project of your choice. Whatever you raise within that period, CPA will match it up to $25,000 or $50,000, depending on the size of your organisation.
PAIf your application is successful you’ll run a fundraising campaign on the Australian Cultural Fund or any other platform of your choice, and at the end of the campaign CPA will match what you raise, dollar for dollar.
These programs are about building donor relationships old and new, boosting your fundraising skills and building a sustainable practice.
Applications close on Wednesday, 15 August at 5pm AEST.
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