Grants Queensland

Regional Arts Fund (QLD)
For medium to large ($5,000 - $30,000 grants) community-initiated arts projects that produce sustainable outcomes for the community.

Queensland Arts Council manages the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) on behalf of the Australian Government. The fund supports the arts in regional, remote and very remote/isolated Queensland, offering between $5,000 and $30,000 towards their communty arts projects. Grant rounds are conducted in March and August each year.

Regional Quick Response Grants offer assistance up to $1,500 to individuals or organisations for projects that demonstrate a community benefit and are unable to source funds elsewhere.  An application for this program can be received at any time and an answer given as to its success or otherwise within 48 hours.  The Quick Response Grant Scheme operates during the months of February to November each year.

Important notes: It is very rare for RAF to provide the full amount of the project. Also check your eligibilty closely from the application and guidelines. Regional is determined by the Australian Government's definition, which can be, confusingly, slightly different to the Queensland Government's.

Read more about Regional Arts Fund

Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF)
www.arts.qld.gov.au/funding/radf.html

Now, don't get this one confused with RAF (above), RADF is a fund allocated to your local council by the State Government via Arts Queensland.

Your local council bids for an annual allocation of funding for your region and then distribtutes it through a locally run RADF grants program. Local artists and cultural workers can apply to RADF through the local councils RADF Liaison Officer. You can ask your local council or Local Arts Council who this is in your community.

RADF supports individual professional artists, emerging professional artists, artsworkers, cultural workers or project
coordinators to develop cultural activities and skills in the local area. It will not support amateur artists and community arts competitions such as Eisteddfods. It will not support the event hiring artists for entertainment (such as a band).

Find out more about RADF by visiting your local council website or Arts Queensland

Events Queensland Regional Development Program

Queensland Events Regional Development Program (QERDP) is an investment program designed to extend the flow of economic and social benefits of events to regional Queensland. The focus is specifically on events located outside the Brisbane metropolitan area. (Brisbane City Council provides assistance to art/cultural events through the Major Festivals and Cultural Projects Fund). Events supported range from music, fishing and food festivals, to camel races, kite surfing and cultural celebrations, and can be existing or new events. Grant rounds are conducted twice a year, typically in February and August and relevant application forms can be downloaded from the Queensland Events website.

Events which are successful under this program best meet the following key objectives:

• To increase local economic activity and development  
• To enhance the profile and appeal of the destination in which they are held
• To enhance the visitor experience   
• To demonstrate future growth and sustainability
   

Multicultural Affairs Queensland - Multicultural Assistance Program (MAP)
www.multicultural.qld.gov.au/be-involved/grants/multicultural-assistance-program or Freecall 1800 053 739

MAP encourages community organisations to undertake projects that promote understanding and acceptance of multiculturalism in Queensland and provides funding to non-profit incorporated community organisations, local councils and tertiary institutions for:

• multicultural festivals and events that promote an acceptance of cultural diversity across the whole community
• multicultural projects which foster access and participation for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.