(Right: Ashraf
Johaardien)
Next
deadline: January 28, 2020 (Outcome
March 3, 2020) – See the rest of the deadlines below
BASA continues to synergise business and
arts relationships with its 2020 Supporting Grant cycle.
Business And Arts South Africa NPC (BASA)
champions business investment within the arts, cultural and heritage sector. To
this end, the BASA Supporting Grants programme is calling for applications
throughout 2020.
Says CEO, Ashraf Johaardien, "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. In line with that, the purpose of the Supporting Grants Programme is to
amplify and augment the impact of partnerships between arts and business
partners."
Funded by a generous allocation from the
Department of Sports, Arts and Culture (DAC), the Supporting Grants Programme
assists in activating sponsorship for a cross-section of arts projects in
different regions of the country, by providing vital financial support to a
project that is in an already existing business and arts relationship.
Since inception, BASA has disbursed an
astounding R40 million to more than 1,600 projects, which have leveraged over
R515 million in sponsorship from the business sector – that equates to R19
million of business support for every R1 million of Supporting Grant funds
during the 2018/2019 financial year.
"To apply for a BASA Supporting Grant,
applicants have to adhere to a rigorous process that has been designed to add
value to an already existing partnership between an arts organisation and
business sponsors," explains BASA Grants Officer, Sipho Mthiyane.
"Both the arts applicant and the
sponsor must submit a joint application on the prescribed forms and clearly
demonstrate how the partnership benefits both the sponsor and the recipient.
New, emerging and established arts projects that already have sponsors on board
are eligible, and forms are available for download from the BASA website."
Interested applicants must take note of the
following key dates, when they can apply for BASA’s 2020 Supporting Grants:
Closing date / Outcome available
January 28, 2020 / March 3, 2020
May 18, 2020 / June 30, 2020
July 20, 2020 / August 25, 2020
October 19, 2020 / November 24, 2020
Supporting Grant guidelines and application
forms are available for download from
https://www.basa.co.za/home-page/growth/supporting-grants-2/.
Enquiries may be directed to Sipho Mthiyane
at sipho@basa.co.za.
BASA Supporting Grants are made possible
through the generous support of DAC.
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