Investment and
development

Angela Goh, Desert Body Creep, photo by Zan Wimberley.

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Open ACF

Australian Cultural Fund

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Available all year

A fundraising platform for Australian artists. Upload your project, start your fundraising campaign and invite art lovers and supporters to donate with 100% of donations going directly towards your creative project.

australianculturalfund.org.au
Open CPA

Fundraising coaching & advice

Closing Date:

Available all year

In our bespoke one-on-one sessions, we’ll equip you with the tools, knowledge, and opportunities to improve you fundraising capability.

creativepartnerships.gov.au
Closing soon

Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups

Closing Date:

March 4, 2025 3:00 pm (AEDT)

$10,000 to $50,000

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.

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Closing soon

Arts Projects for Organisations

Closing Date:

March 4, 2025 3:00 pm (AEDT)

$20,000 to $100,000

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.

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Closing soon

Contemporary Music Touring Program

Closing Date:

March 4, 2025 3:00 pm (AEDT)

$5,000 – $50,000

This program provides up to $50,000 to support national tours by musicians performing original contemporary music.

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Playing Australia Project Investment

Closing Date:

March 4, 2025 3:00 pm (AEDT)

Playing Australia Project Investment supports performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia.

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Open

Debra Porch Award: Visual Arts Residency

Closing Date:

March 18, 2025 3:00 pm (AEDT)

Investment to support both an Australian artist and a Thai artist to undertake reciprocal residencies.

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Open

Translation Fund for Literature

Closing Date:

April 1, 2025 3:00 pm (AEDT)

International publishers may apply for a contribution towards the translation of Australian works by living authors of creative writing such as fiction, poetry, writing for children and young people, graphic novels, and narrative non-fiction (defined as autobiography, biography, essays, histories, literary criticism, or analytical prose).

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Open

International Engagement Fund

Closing Date:

April 1, 2025 3:00 pm (AEDT)

$5,000 to $30,000

$5,000 to $30,000 for creative collaboration and development, cultural exchange and reciprocal activities.

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Open

MUSIC AUSTRALIA: International Performance and Touring Activity

Closing Date:

April 1, 2025 3:00 pm (AEDT)

$5000 to $25,000

Matched funding for international tours and performances by Australian contemporary music artists.

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Open

MUSIC AUSTRALIA: International Professional and Artistic Development

Closing Date:

April 1, 2025 3:00 pm (AEDT)

$3000 to $15,000

Up to $15,000 matched funding to support international professional development activities by Australian contemporary music artists.

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Open

MUSIC AUSTRALIA: International Market and Audience Development

Closing Date:

April 1, 2025 3:00 pm (AEDT)

$2000 to $10,000

Up to $10,000 matched funding to support international promotional and content creation activities by Australian contemporary music artists.

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Open

Australian Cultural Fund

A fundraising platform for Australian artists. Upload your project, start your fundraising campaign and invite art lovers and supporters to donate with 100% of donations going directly towards your creative project.
Open

Fundraising coaching & advice

In our bespoke one-on-one sessions, we’ll equip you with the tools, knowledge, and opportunities to improve you fundraising capability.
Closing soon

Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups

$10,000 to $50,000

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.
Closing soon

Arts Projects for Organisations

$20,000 to $100,000

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.
Closing soon

Contemporary Music Touring Program

$5,000 – $50,000

This program provides up to $50,000 to support national tours by musicians performing original contemporary music.
Closing soon

Playing Australia Project Investment

Playing Australia Project Investment supports performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia.
Open

Debra Porch Award: Visual Arts Residency

Investment to support both an Australian artist and a Thai artist to undertake reciprocal residencies.
Open

Translation Fund for Literature

International publishers may apply for a contribution towards the translation of Australian works by living authors of creative writing such as fiction, poetry, writing for children and young people, graphic novels, and narrative non-fiction (defined as autobiography, biography, essays, histories, literary criticism, or analytical prose).
Open

International Engagement Fund

$5,000 to $30,000

$5,000 to $30,000 for creative collaboration and development, cultural exchange and reciprocal activities.
Open

MUSIC AUSTRALIA: International Performance and Touring Activity

$5000 to $25,000

Matched funding for international tours and performances by Australian contemporary music artists.
Open

MUSIC AUSTRALIA: International Professional and Artistic Development

$3000 to $15,000

Up to $15,000 matched funding to support international professional development activities by Australian contemporary music artists.
Open

MUSIC AUSTRALIA: International Market and Audience Development

$2000 to $10,000

Up to $10,000 matched funding to support international promotional and content creation activities by Australian contemporary music artists.