The Foundation’s key objective is to foster innovative artistic and cultural expression, and to encourage greater engagement with the diversity, complexity and richness of the cultural sector. They believe that artistic and cultural endeavours are essential to both individual identity and to an enlightened and tolerant society. They will therefore continue to support art and culture in all its forms. They embrace the ability of the arts to cross disciplinary boundaries and be responsive and relevant to community, providing important cultural, social and political access points for both its practitioners and its audiences.

The approach to funding is deliberately flexible, and reviewed regularly, to enable them to be adaptive. The approach is to identify a very small number of organisations with which they work to develop programs that will promote innovative creative practices. They will also continue to support existing project partners, for many of whom they provide multi-year support.

Legal requirements: Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR1)

Currently only accepting applications for their cultural program, for which there is a two stage grant process. Details at: https://nelsonmeersfoundation.org.au/our-story/#engage-with-us