Deadline:
October 28, 2019.
Businesses and creatives seeking grant
support have one last opportunity to compete for a 2019 Business and Arts South
Africa (BASA) Supporting Grant.
BASA Supporting Grants are made possible
with the generous support from the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture and
the closing date for the last round of 2019 BASA Supporting Grants is October 28,
2019.
Founded in 1997, as a joint initiative
between the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), and the corporate sector,
Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) is a public-private partnership that
formed part of South Africa’s strategy to secure greater involvement in the
arts, and support from businesses in South Africa. The BASA Supporting Grants
programme is designed to assist in activating sponsorship for a cross-section
of arts projects in different regions of the country, by providing financial
support to a project that is in an already existing business and arts
relationship.
“The Supporting Grants platform has
supported a range of projects from well-known arts organisations partnering
with business,” says BASA Supporting Grants Officer, Sipho Mthiyane. "From
Total SA to Food Lover’s Market and Chubb insurance, as well as small companies
that have partnered with local businesses, such as Leciatainment Camp in
Limpopo, Masakhe Media in KZN, and Yoto Technology in the Western Cape, every
partnership emphasises that businesses from all spheres are starting to see the
value the arts can provide," he adds.
To date, BASA has disbursed/allocated
R38924738.06 to 1634 projects, which have leveraged over R515m in sponsorship
from the corporate sector – that equates to R19m of business support for every
R1m of Supporting Grant funds.
Says BASA Head of Marketing, Savannah
Feeke: "With support from the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, as
well as a growing number of both business and arts members, BASA has
effectively entrenched its position as an agency committed to bringing business
and the arts closer for mutual benefit."
Application forms are available for
download at http://www.basa.co.za/for-arts/supporting-grants/, and are
available in English, seSotho and Zulu.
The BASA Supporting Grants Scheme is
available to newcomer, emerging and established arts projects that already have
sponsors on board. To apply for a BASA Supporting Grants, applicants must
adhere to a specific process that has been designed to add value to an already
existing partnership between an arts organisation and business sponsors.
For more information visit www.basa.co.za
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