Current Grant Opportunity View - GO8022

Funding will be provided to organisations for activities that best contribute to delivery of the following Program outcomes:

1. a professional, viable and ethical Indigenous visual arts industry that features strong participation by, and provides economic opportunities for, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
2. the continued production, exhibition, critique, purchase and collection of Indigenous visual art.

To be eligible for a Closed Non-Competitive IVAIS grant, your organisation must, at a minimum be:

• an existing multi-year funded organisation with at least 2 prior consecutive IVAIS funding agreements that include core operational funding, or
• an organisation invited to deliver program-specific activities

and

• hold a grant agreement where funding is due to end in 2025-26 financial year

and

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• be registered for the Goods and Services Tax, if required by the Australian Taxation Office
• have an account with an Australian financial institution

and

• be one of more of the following entity types: an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
• an entity established through specific Commonwealth or State or Territory legislation
• a company incorporated in Australia
• a company limited by guarantee
• an incorporated association
• a publicly funded research organisation
• state, territory or local government body

and

• have no overdue acquittals or serious breaches relating to Australian Government funding. A serious breach is one that has resulted in, or warrants, the termination of a grant agreement.

Activities commencing after 1 July 2026.

This is a non-application based process. Eligible organisations do not need to submit an application, however are required to submit supporting information as outlined in the grant guidelines.