Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Grant
Key Details
- Amount
- No maximum grant amount but anticipated most grants will be $45,000 to $300,000
- Estimated deadline
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5 Dec 2026
Based on 2025 closing date. - Complexity
- Moderate (standard application)
- Region
- National
- Type
- Grant
- Funder Type
- Federal Government
Contact
- Name: Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support
- Email: ivais@arts.gov.au
- Phone: 1800 006 992
About This Grant
Funding will be provided to organisations for activities that best contribute to delivery of the following Program outcomes: a professional, viable and ethical Indigenous visual arts industry that features strong participation and provides economic opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; the continued production, exhibition, critique, purchase and collection of Indigenous visual art.
Eligibility
Organisations must be one of the following entity types: a registered Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation; a company incorporated in Australia; an incorporated association; a not-for-profit organisation; a publicly funded research organisation; an Australian local government body; a state, territory or local government body. Grant activities are expected to be based in Australia.
Legal requirements: Tax Concession Charity (TCC), Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR1), Public Benevolent Institution, Social enterprise, Registered Training Organisation (RTO), Academic institution, Aboriginal Community-Controlled, Nonprofit legal entity (inc. assn, company, coop. or trust), School, Local government, Government body, For-profit, ACNC Registered Charity
Exclusions
Individual or sole trader; unincorporated association; overseas resident/organisation; organisation that is at risk of insolvency. Activities that involve working primarily with children (under 18 year old); major construction/capital works, landscape design or architectural work; activities primarily focussed on community development or cultural maintenance, or art restoration; retrospective costs or activities; primary responsibility of other Commonwealth, state or territory government programs.
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