LabforCulture - Funding

Arts Investment Forum - Arts Funding Compendium

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:36:12 GMT

An online resource maintained by the Arts Investment Forum, it provides access to current research and opinion on issues concerning arts funding around the world.

Fund for Central and East European Book Projects

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:14:15 GMT

CEEBP's aim is to enhance the free flow of thought and information across borders, by supporting quality publishing in Central and Eastern Europe.

Kultur och Näringsliv

Mon, 30 May 2011 13:30:10 GMT

Arts and Business Sweden operates as a dynamic meeting point for sharing and networking. Of interest are workshops, skills development seminars and publications. Corporate responsibility and company values, including how they affect staff, are part of the central concern.

Alliance Française

Fri, 20 May 2011 07:55:35 GMT

Alliance Française is the most important organisation working to teach and promote French language and culture in France and abroad. In addition to courses, the branches of AF around the world also host and organise French and/or local artistic events.

AUAmusic.com

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:57:20 GMT

A social record label in Spain, it offers an alternative to the traditional music industry and uses social networks to link artists with their supporters and generate investments.

Through the platform, supporters can discover new artists and invest in the artists they believe in, in return for a percentage of the profit. These micro-investments help musicians to collect the necessary funding for tours, promotional activities, recordings etc.

Funded By Me

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:55:06 GMT

A tool for crowdfunding, launched in March 2011, it offers a way for creative people to present their projects, build networks around their ideas and start raising funds.

mySherpas Crowdsponsoring

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:56:24 GMT

A German online platform for crowdsponsoring of creative, innovative or social projects and ideas. It welcomes projects from different areas, such as film, design, art, technology, environment, literature, social entrepreneurship, etc.

Arab Fund for Arts and Culture

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:14:39 GMT

A private independent Arab initiative that funds individuals and organisations in the fields of cinema, performing arts, literature, music and visual arts. The aim is to facilitate cultural exchange and support artistic creativity and freedom of cultural expression across the Arab region.

Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:10:39 GMT

The foundation was set up in 1975 in memory of Alexander Onassis, the son of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who died in an airplane crash in 1973. Culture, education, the environment, health and social achievement are the main priorities of the foundation, which focuses on Greece and Greek civilisation.

Generali Foundation

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:10:14 GMT

A non-profit art association supported by the Generali Group insurance corporation in Austria, the foundation’s purpose is to support contemporary visual art.

The Henry Moore Foundation

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:16:23 GMT

The foundation’s goal is "to advance the education of the public by the promotion of their appreciation of the fine arts and in particular the works of Henry Moore".

Network for Good

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:27:39 GMT

A US-based non-profit organisation that provides free online fundraising services and marketing resources to other non-profits. Services include online donation processing and email outreach and online surveys, as well as free weekly online fundraising webinars.

CEC ArtsLink

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:11:39 GMT

An international arts service organisation which offers opportunities to artists and cultural managers for cross-cultural cooperation between the US and 32 countries in Central Europe, Russia and Eurasia. It provides funding through ArtsLink residencies, independent project support and specialised ArtsLink programmes of cultural exchange. CEC ArtsLink is of interest not only to artists and cultural managers, but also curators, arts organisations and community-based institutions.

YEAH! Young EARopean Award

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:11:20 GMT

A new European competition to award stage productions for children and young people, as well as for generation-spanning target groups. Imaginative and innovative productions are invited to apply, as well as new stage formats that will arouse the audience's enthusiasm for classical music.

Ulule

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:29:52 GMT

An online funding platform that offers financial support to creative, social and humanitarian projects.

Bókmenntasjóður

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:50:02 GMT

A fund that aims to strengthen the position of Icelandic literature and publishing, it offers grants for translation to and from Icelandic, as well as travel grants to Icelandic authors, foreign publishers, theatres, literature festivals, etc. to support the promotion of their work abroad.

Roberto Cimetta Fund

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:27:02 GMT

In collaboration with the European Cultural Foundation, the Roberto Cimetta Fund has set up a programme for awarding individual travel grants. The aim is to promote artistic exchange and the mobility of professionals in the field of contemporary performing arts and visual arts within the Mediterranean area (Euromed).

Iberescena

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:13:21 GMT

A public fund that aims to create an integrated space for performing arts within the participating Ibero-American countries.

Balkan Incentive Fund for Culture

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:02:53 GMT

Launched in 2006, this fund is a joint initiative of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), Hivos and the Open Society Institute that supports cross-border cultural projects of NGOs from the Western Balkan region. It promotes the creation of artistic works, media projects or cultural policy development, as well as the capacity building of cultural organisations or international collaboration of arts managers.

Alexander Rave-Stiftung

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:14:44 GMT

A foundation that promotes further education and research in the fields of science, the arts and culture.