The following information details areas where the contemporary music industry can source grants (financial assistance) for a wide range of music based projects.
To find out more information on any of these grants or organisations please click on the link and it will take you to their site. If you need any help on grants or you come across any grants we have missed please email us
WRITING GRANT APPLICATIONS
Information on grant writing has been supplied by Regional Arts NSW. It has been written to help with Regional Arts NSW applications, but the information is most valuable and can be used when writing any application. If you are applying for a grant this document is a must to read, even if you have applied before.
IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER
- Contact the funding body and discuss your idea with them.
- When applying for a grant read the guidelines thoroughly and develop your project on those guidelines, remember each funding body has its own agenda.
- When writing the application, remember you need to sell your project. You should highlight why your project needs funding and explain why it is important that the project takes place.
GRANTS AVAILABLE
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- MusicNSW 2005 Grant Program
- Grants for music industry Projects / Associations / Organisations
- Youth
- Events
- Fellowships
- Professional Development Recording
- International
- Touring
- Regional Touring
- Indigenous
- Regional NSW
- Family and Corporate -Trusts and Foundations
- Festivals
GRANTS FOR MUSIC INDUSTRY PROJECTS / ASSOCIATIONS / ORGANISATIONS
Ministry for the Arts
Grants under this program are intended to support the appreciation and development of music in New South Wales across all genres of new, classical, popular and independent music.
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/Guidelines/Grants/Music/music.htm
APRA - Australian Performing Rights Association.
The APRA Board annually sets aside 1.25% of distributable revenue to fund projects and organisations, which promote the use and recognition of music by APRA members.
www.apra.com.au/Comm/ComGrant.htm
Australia Council - KEY ORGANISATIONS: PROGRAM.
This category is to develop a viable strategic infrastructure to advance the arts in Australia. It is achieved through support to organisations that provide an essential framework for...
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_music/key_organisations_-_program_grants_2004/
Australia Council - KEY ORGANISATIONS: TRIENNIAL.
This category is to develop a viable strategic infrastructure to advance the arts in Australia. It is achieved through support to organisations that provide an essential framework for...
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_music/key_organisations_-_triennial_grants_2004/
PPCA - Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Limited
Established in 1975, the PPCA Performers' Trust Foundation promotes and encourages music and the performing arts by providing grants.
www.ppca.com.au/ppca_trust.htm
YOUTH
Indent
The Indent Network helps young people in NSW to access event funding, training, information and resources.
www.indent.net.au
Nescafe Big Break
A program for people aged 16-24 from Australia and New Zealand who need cash.
www.nescafebigbreak.com.au
Sony Foundation
The Sony Foundation Australia is a non-profit charitable organisation helping youth.
www.sonyfoundation.org.au
Telstra Foundation
The Telstra Foundation is a giving program devoted to enriching the lives of Australian children and young people and the communities in which they live.
www.telstrafoundation.com/
Inspire Foundation
The mission of the Inspire Foundation is to inspire young people. We do this by creating opportunities for young people to help themselves and get involved in their community.
http://www.inspire.org.au/
Foundation for Young Australians
The Foundation for Young Australians is a dynamic, not-for-profit organisation committed to developing innovative initiatives that support and empower the lives of young Australians aged 12 to 25.
http://www.youngaustralians.org/
Australia Council - bUzz 2004 - young and emerging artists' initiative
A strategy of the Commonwealth Government's Young and Emerging Artists' Initiative.
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/other_support_music/buzz_2004/
Also your local council may offer funding for some projects, for a list of council details visit the Local government and Shires association http://www.lgsa.org.au/site/
EVENTS
Indent
The Indent Network helps young people in NSW to access event funding, training, information and resources.
www.indent.net.au
PPCA - Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Limited
Established in 1975, the PPCA Performers' Trust Foundation promotes and encourages music and the performing arts by providing grants.
www.ppca.com.au/ppca_trust.htm
Ministry for the Arts
Grants under this program are intended to support the appreciation and development of music in New South Wales across all genres of new, classical, popular and independent music.
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/Guidelines/Grants/Music/music.htm
FELLOWSHIPS
Australia Council - FELLOWSHIPS
This category provides artists with a record of outstanding achievement with financial support for two years for creative work and/or professional development.< br/> http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_music/fellowships_2004/
Australia Council - PROJECT FELLOWSHIPS
Project Fellowships are for individual music artists. Valued at $20,000, four Project Fellowships are offered to artists for significant proj...
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_music/project_fellowships_2004/
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Australia Council - SKILLS AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT
This category supports skills development for professional artists and arts workers, and programs and services of organisations that contribute to the development of music practice in Australia.
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_music/skills_and_arts_development_2004/
APRA Professional Development Awards
These awards offer cash travel and recognition for Australian and New Zealand songwriters demonstrating outstanding potential in the early stages of their career.
http://www.apra.com.au/Comm/ComAwd.htm
RECORDING
Australia Council - PRESENTATION AND PROMOTION
This category supports one-off projects that present, publish, distribute and/or market quality music of any style.
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_music/presentation_and_promotion_2004/
Australia Council - NEW WORK
This category supports one-off projects that involve the creation or development of new musical material.
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_music/new_work_2004/
Ministry for the Arts
Grants under this program are intended to support the appreciation and development of music in New South Wales across all genres of new, classical, popular and independent music.
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/Guidelines/Grants/Music/music.htm
INTERNATIONAL
Austrade
The Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme is the Australian Government's principal financial assistance program for aspiring and current exporters.
http://www.austrade.gov.au/australia/layout/0,,0_S2-1_CLNTXID0021-2_-3_-4_-5_-6_-7_,00.html
Australia Council - International Pathways
International Pathways aims to assist with strategic international artistic and market development activities for Australian music and musicians.
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/other_support_music/international_pathways_2004/
Ministry for the Arts - International programs.
Grants under this program are intended to create opportunities for NSW artists to gain experience abroad, and to assist in placing New South Wales in an international arts context.
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/Guidelines/Grants/International/internat.htm
Australia Council - RESIDENCY
International Residency 2004 - Cite Internationale des Arts
The Music Board is offering a professional music artist or arts worker, the opportunity to undertake a period of professional development
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_music/international_residency_2004/
TOURING
DOCITA - The Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts -Playing Australia
Playing Australia, the National Performing Arts Touring Program, gives all Australians, wherever they live, better access to some of the country's best performing arts.
www.dcita.gov.au/Article/0,,0_1-2_2-3_462-4_11770,00.html
REGIONAL TOURING
Ministry for the Arts - Performing Arts Touring Program
Grants under this program are intended to bring to the people of regional New South Wales professional performing arts of the highest quality
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/Guidelines/Grants/PAT/pat.htm
Regional Arts NSW
Regional Arts NSW is the peak body for the arts and community cultural development in regional and rural NSW.
http://www.regionalartsnsw.com.au/grants/grants.html
INDIGENOUS
Ministry for the Arts - Indigenous Arts Fund
This fund is designed to be an accessible fund for 'out of annual round' and one-off grants of no more than $5,000 for projects across a range of art forms.
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/Guidelines/Grants/Indig_Arts/indigarts.htm
Ministry for the Arts - NSW Indigenous Arts Fellowship ($15,000)
The biennial NSW Indigenous Arts Fellowship was established in 1996 by the Government in partnership with Sydney City Council to assist an Indigenous artist to further develop their career.
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/Guidelines/Fellowships___Scholarship/fellscholarship.htm#NSWIndigArtsFell
Australia Council - KEY ORGANISATIONS: TRIENNIAL
This category provides funding to a limited number of national, state and territory-focused Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts organisations
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_atsia/key_organisations_-_triennial_grants_2004/
Australia Council - KEY ORGANISATIONS: PROGRAM
This category provides funding to a limited number of national, state and territory-focused Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts organisations
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_atsia/key_organisations_-_program_grants_2004/
Australia Council - NEW WORK
This category supports projects that assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, arts organisations or community organisations to create new work
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_atsia/new_work_2004/
Australia Council - PRESENTATION AND PROMOTION
This category supports projects, which promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and their work regionally, nationally and internationally through publications, recordings, performances, ex...
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_atsia/presentation_and_promotion_2004/
Australia Council - SKILLS AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT
This category is to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and arts organisations to develop ideas and skills, not necessarily with a public outcome. Applications might in...
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_atsia/skills_and_arts_development_2004/
Australia Council - FELLOWSHIPS
This category provides financial support for two years to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to enable them to undertake a major creative project or program in their art form.
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/grants_atsia/fellowships_2004/
Australia Council - Red Ochre Award 2004
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board established the Red Ochre Award in 1993 to pay tribute to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person who, thro...
http://www.ozco.gov.au/grants/other_support_atsia/red_ochre_award_2004/
Aboriginal Community program
The Aboriginal Community Programs (ACP) unit of the NSW Department of Education and Training administers a range of funding programs, which assist Aboriginal people gain employment and establish small business.
http://www.det.nsw.edu.au/eas/acomm/
REGIONAL NSW
Regional Arts NSW
Regional Arts NSW is the peak body for the arts and community cultural development in regional and rural NSW.
http://www.regionalartsnsw.com.au/grants/grants.html
IMB foundation - South coast
The IMB Community Foundation was established in late 1999 as a way for IMB to show tangible support for the communities in which its members live.
http://www.imb.com.au/AboutIMB/Foundation.asp
Also your local council may offer funding for some projects, for a list of council details visit the Local government and Shires association http://www.lgsa.org.au/site/
FAMILY AND CORPORATE - TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS
Philanthropy Australia
Is the national membership organisation for grant making trusts and foundations
www.philanthropy.org.au
Community Builders NSW
A comprehensive list of grants available in all areas for funding
www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/finding_funds/funding/
Ian Potter Foundation
The Ian Potter Foundation makes grants for general charitable purposes in Australia.
http://www.ianpotter.org.au
FESTIVALS
DOCITA - The Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts -Festivals Australia
Festivals Australia is a Commonwealth Government cultural grant program, which provides assistance to regional and community Australian festivals for the presentation of quality cultural activities. Funding is available to add a really new or special sort of cultural activity that has never been done before and could not be afforded.
http://www.dcita.gov.au/Article/0,,0_1-2_2-3_462-4_11106,00.html
