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The 2025 Annual Grants round have been announced
The grants recommendations for 2025 were approved by Council at the meeting on 26 November.
View the full list of 2025 Annual Grant recipients [ PDF, 437.65 KB] .
View our 2025 Annual Grant Guidelines [ PDF, 785.83 KB] .
The 2026 Annual Grants for projects taking place in 2026 will open in June 2025.
Yarra Arts Fellowship
The Yarra Arts Fellowship for 2025 was awarded to artist Jacqui Stockdale.
View the Yarra Arts Fellowship Guidelines [ PDF, 189.67 KB] .
The application period for the 2024 Annual Grants has ended. We received 230 applications and Council approved 123 grants on 14 November 2023.
View the list of the successful 2024 Annual Grants [ PDF, 626 KB] and review the Annual Grant guidelines [ PDF, 757.1 KB] for more information.
Round 2 Arts and Culture 2024 Annual Grants, targeting grant outcomes for July to December 2024, opened in November 2023 and are also now closed.
For details, see the Round 2 Arts and Culture Annual Grant Guidelines [ PDF, 346.19 KB] .
We announced the 2023 grants during the Council Meeting on 15 November 2022. With over 170 applications submitted, we approved 108 grants, representing a 62% success rate. In total, we allocated $968,370 to support various projects.
View the list of successful applications [ PDF, 628.49 KB] .
At the Council Meeting on 23 November 2021, we announced the 2022 grants. The program received 220 applications, an increase of 22 from the previous year. Applicants requested more than $1.8 million for projects with a combined value of $9.5 million. Out of all submissions, 159 were recommended for funding, receiving a total of $1,003,280. This means 72% of the applications were successful.
View the list of successful applications [ PDF, 776.8 KB] .
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Got questions? We're here to help
Discover how we run our grants program, from application to assessment, by checking out our Grants Administration Guide [ PDF, 1.71 MB] .
If you have any questions about the annual grants, feel free to ask us online or give us a call on 9205 5555.