Catalyst Arts: building fundraising capacity is a £7 million fund open to applications from consortiums of organisations. Applications must be submitted by 5pm, Wednesday 23 January 2013.
Our aims for the programme
The aim of the Catalyst Arts: building fundraising capacity scheme is to enable arts organisations with an underdeveloped fundraising model to increase capacity and expertise in this area and improve their resilience. In the long-term, organisations will be better able to embed new business models that increase and diversify their income to deliver great art for everyone. These models should aim to attract fundraising from a variety of sources, particularly private giving.
Not all arts organisations currently have the dedicated resources or expertise to develop their fundraising and many have limited experience. We recognise that there are common challenges and development needs among many, often smaller, organisations including those focusing on diverse-led arts activity.
In summary, this scheme is designed to help organisations with little or no experience of fundraising to:
- build capacity to address both shared and individual fundraising development needs of consortia members
- identify and develop effective fundraising models that have a long-term impact on the business model of each organisation
How much funding is available?
Consortia can apply for grants of between £60,000 and £150,000 for activity over two years. It is likely that grants to consortia of only two organisations will be offered no more than £80,000. Grant funded activity has to be completed by 31 May 2015.
The projects costs do not need to be allocated evenly between consortia members and applications can propose both group and individual activities. Each application's budget and project plan will depend on the activity you plan to undertake. However, we expect to see effective and efficient use of the grant and evidence of benefit to each consortium member.
Finding consortium members
To help organisations to locate partners to form consortiums with, we have created a Building fundraising capacity social networking site. Sign up to the network to search for and contact potential consortium members.
Visit the example consortia page to find out how a consortium might be formed.
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