Impact Grant
Giving nonprofit organizations the stability and headspace needed to grow and keep helping emerging artists
The Impact Grant is designed to help arts-focused nonprofit organizations that provide non-financial support to emerging artists from underrepresented groups.
We support organizations whose approach is aligned with our own desired impact: improving living conditions for artists, enabling them to dedicate more time to developing their practices, increasing the visibility of their work, and boosting their self-confidence.
What we offer
Ten unrestricted grants of €50,000 each, awarded over a two-year period. There are no restrictions on how organizations choose to spend the grant, though the funds are intended to help cover core costs such as salaries or any other costs considered critical to successfully developing the organization’s work.
Beyond funding, all grantees join our Grantee Network, with access to online events and workshops, peer exchange, and promotion across our communications channels.
Why it is important
Unrestricted, infrastructural support for arts nonprofits is essential because it builds the conditions that allow artists and organizations to actually survive and grow, rather than simply deliver pre-defined outputs. Yet this kind of support remains rare, as most funding still comes with restrictions that shift energy away from creative and community work and toward reporting, compliance, and short-term targets. By investing in trust-based, flexible funding, we help strengthen the wider ecosystem—reducing precarity, increasing time and stability, and enabling organizations to focus on long-term impact rather than immediate survival.
Open call
Our next open call starts 1 September 2026. Please sign up to our newsletter to stay updated.
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible for this open call organizations must:
- Provide non-financial support to emerging artists from underrepresented groups or those facing systemic barriers to opportunities in the creative and cultural industries
- Be registered as a nonprofit organization in Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain or the United Kingdom. Note: organizations registered as a nonprofit entity in other countries can also apply if they can provide a letter of intent from a fiscal host that is registered as a nonprofit in one of the countries mentioned above
- Be in the emerging stage of development. Operating as a nonprofit no longer than 7 years ago and no shorter than 2 years ago
- Have a total annual expenditure between €50,000- €500,000 (or the equivalent in local currency) in the current fiscal year
