Big Give/ Arts For Impact / Deadline 17 December

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Arts charities are in need of urgent support. Arts and culture play a crucial role in communities, from improving mental health to enhancing social skills. This campaign is dedicated to supporting arts and culture charities across the UK, ensuring they can continue to make a profound societal impact.

Charity Eligibility Criteria

  • UK-registered charity with a Charity Commission, OSCR or NI Charity Commission number, or tax-exempt status.
  • Have an annual income of at least £25,000 (as per last filed accounts with the Charity Commission, OSCR, NI Charity Commission, or Companies House if registered as exempt).
  • Charities where work is focused in the UK.
  • Charities seeking to raise:
    • At least £1000 and up to £7,500 in public donations through the 1:1 model (to be doubled by match funds provided by Big Give’s Champion partners).
    • Up to £30,000 in public donations through the pledge model (to be doubled by match funds provided by Big Give’s Champion partners and the charity’s own pledge funders).
    • Charities are limited to apply for Champion funds, which are a maximum of 10% of their annual income.
  • Charities that have arts and culture as their core mission and are looking for funds to support transformational impact for the people engaging with the charity.
    • By “core mission”, we mean that the arts and culture is mentioned in the organisation’s charitable objects. This may include (but is not limited to) theatres, dance troupes, choirs, orchestras, arts centres, literary charities, galleries, museums, arts festivals and arts-based community groups.
    • “Transformational social impact” may include (but is not limited to) improved health and wellbeing, improved education, improved mental health, social cohesion and welfare.
    • Charities will be asked to demonstrate the social impact of their work in the application and to set out how they would propose to use any funds allocated to them from the FPAC/Big Give match fund. Applicants should include a description of the social outcomes their work aims to achieve, the legacy of their work and the breadth of their work, together with a description of how they assess the impact of these activities.
  • Funds may be applied for in relation to specific projects or core costs. In the latter case, the impact and legacy of the charity’s work as a whole should be included. Capital projects will not be funded. 
  • Applications will be scored with reference to their impact, legacy and the financial sustainability of the organisation. All scoring is confidential. Projects that do not demonstrate social impact as set out above will not be considered.

Find out more and apply

Visit: Arts For Impact – The Big Give

Deadline: Applications close 17 December.