Grant Funding
Funding Rounds
Focus with Passion allocates funds to a number of different areas:
- Musicians, Composers
- Dancers, Actors, Authors
- Artists, Painters, Sculptors
- Film and Video Producers
- Digital content & Multimedia Production
A nominated sum is allocated to each Funding Round. Once the Round closes the Assessment Process determines where these funds will be allocated.
Grants of between $3,000 and $7,000 are available to Applicants who meet our Funding Criteria.
Focus with Passion's Funding may be spent on resources, equipment, or materials that will support the development of the individual's work. These Funds may also be spent on courses, classes, specialist training and other activities that will broaden and enhance an artist's expressive abilities.
Project Timeframes of between 3 and 6 months are preferred, although longer may be considered.
Although an Application may meet our Grant Allocation criteria, the Funding Round may have been oversubscribed, resulting in individuals missing out on that particular Funding Round.
They can reapply when the next Funding Round opens as their revised Application will be reassessed.
Grant Assessment Criteria
There are three key criteria that influence the Grant Assessment process.
Develop a clear, concise message as it relates to these three points.
1. Objective
Your Objective needs to be clear so we can provide you with the specific support you seek.
Explain clearly what your Objective entails and how you want to reach it.
This may include recording a video. Map out the steps; write a Vision Statement; create an interactive piece; describe a process; create a mock-up model.
2. Outcome
Understanding your Outcome will ensure we provide you with the best support for this stage of your creative journey. Explain what your Outcome will look like, feel like and what form it will take.
How will you determine when you are on-track /off-track, and when your Outcome is reached?
Upon Grant Approval, your Mentor will work with you to define each stage of this process.
These stages will form the Funding Release Milestones, determining when each portion of your Grant Funding is paid.
3. Acquittal
Focus with Passion has reporting obligations. Being a not-for-profit charity (providing grants to the cultural development sector), we are required to report where our Grant Funding is spent; who it is given to and how our Recipients have used these Grants.
Once your Creative Project concludes, you are required to prepare an Acquittal Report, detailing what you achieved and how you spent the Grant Funds. Your Mentor will assist you prepare this Report.