The Supporting Act Foundation
The Supporting Act Foundation offers a variety of programs designed to help emerging artists and community-centered initiatives.
Creative bursary
Created in honor of Jetske van der Wouden, a creative engineer and former WeTransfer employee who sadly passed away in 2021, the Creative Bursary helps students from marginalized backgrounds get ready for graduation and pursue career opportunities spanning technology and the arts.
It is aimed at students in the final year of any kind of undergraduate course who are shaping a practice at the intersection of arts and technology, who self-identify as coming from underrepresented groups, and who are experiencing any form of financial hardship.
The open call for the Creative Bursary 2022 program has now closed. Our first ten grantees are listed below, each of whom is receiving €10,000 to cover living and educational costs.
2022 Grantees:
Malab Alneel
Ezra Berrnico
Roggi Black
Alcide Breaux
Seonah Chae
Daniela Commey
Shandrick de Cuba
Feven Eyob
Anna Shaida Shoul
Joe Tatton
We are very grateful to our jury—Diana Alcausin, Alan Warburton, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Rachel Uwa, Filippo Cuttica, and Mónica Rikić—for their much-appreciated help.
You can download our full announcement about the Creative Bursary 2022 here.
Impact grant
The Impact Grant is designed to help empower underfunded grassroots organizations seeking social, intersectional, or environmental justice—particularly for people from marginalized communities—enabling these organizations to expand their reach.
It is aimed at organizations registered as non-profits in the last five years that are artist-led or using arts for change. They will be running projects with place-based or transnational community-driven approaches, and many will be giving support to emerging artists from underrepresented groups.
The open call for the Impact Grant 2022 has now closed. Our first six grantees are listed below, each of which is receiving €50,000, split over a two-year period, to help cover operational costs.
We are very grateful to our jury, Marie Fol, Tatiana Bazzichelli, and Anis Barnat, for their dedication throughout.
You can download our full announcement about the Impact Grant 2022, including an insight into each of the grantees, here.
Community grant
With the Community Grant, we’re hoping to tackle some of the social and economic challenges that many artists from underrepresented communities face in Europe and beyond, enabling the creation of circles of support that are genuine and sustainable, and can have widespread impact.
It is aimed at individuals, collectives, or organizations that, in the last two years, have established artist-led initiatives building communities for emerging artists, but lack the financial sustainability or resources needed to continue running their project.
The open call for the Community Grant 2022 has now closed. Our first ten grantees are listed below, each of which is receiving €20,000 to cover project-related costs.
2022 Grantees
We are very grateful to our jury, Amos Eretusi, Bani Brusadin, and Shirin Mirachor, for their invaluable help.
You can download our full announcement about the Community Grant 2022, including an insight into each of the grantees, here.
