Giving Day to the Arts Micro Grants

Creative Australia is introducing a new national Giving Day to the Arts, taking place on Thursday 23 October 2025.

This program is designed to support and enable a collective action by artists and arts organisations to fundraise on one national day – increasing the visibility of arts philanthropy and encouraging greater generosity in support of the arts.

Through creating a nation-wide groundswell, the introduction of the Giving Day to the Arts aims to elevate the public value of the arts in the consciousness of everyday Australians and increase donor engagement in support of Australian creativity.

The initiative will provide micro-grants to artists and small to medium art organisations (of less than $5 million operating budget) to support the creation of digital content for fundraising campaigns across a 12-hour public campaign.

In addition to the micro-grants, the program also offers a series of free online fundraising workshops and coaching sessions, accessible to artists and arts organisations of any size, to support the engagement and capability of artists and arts organisations to attract private investment. These workshops are specifically designed to develop knowledge and confidence and maximise fundraising success in delivery of a giving day.

Who can apply

Applicants to the micro-grant opportunity must meet the following criteria:

• be a practicing Australian artist or a small to medium-sized arts organisation, active in fundraising for an arts and cultural project, cause or activity, with an annual operating budget under $5 million
• be a legally constituted entity (with an ABN)
• be 18 years or older
• be based in Australia and are carrying out the majority of their arts activity or practice within Australia
• work within one or more of the following artforms: First Nations Arts, Music, Visual Arts, Literature, Dance, Theatre, Emerging and Experimental Arts (EEA), Community Arts and Cultural Development (CACD), and Multi-Arts
• demonstrate capacity to deliver a fundraising campaign
• demonstrate fundraising capability, including a minimum delivery of one fundraising campaign in the last 3 years (01 July 2022/ 30 June 2023 – 01 July 2024/ 30 June 2025)
• active social media accounts (minimum activity of at least 12 months).