Cultural sector grant reviews released

Yesterday was an important day for many cultural organizations anxiously awaiting the outcome of the grant reviews. Check out all the reviews that were published here.

Council for Culture

The Council for Culture has handed its advice on the subsidy applications for the Basic Cultural Infrastructure (BIS) 2025-2028 to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. With Prinsjesdag, on September 17, the final subsidy decisions for the BIS 2025-2028 will be announced and the institutions and the Lower House will be informed. Read the full advisory report here.

fund Performing arts

The fund Performing Arts announced the decisions on the 361 applications for multi-year grants for the period 2025-2028. A total of 52 festivals and 127 companies, makers (collectives) and ensembles will receive awards. This is an annual total of 7.3 and 40.2 million euros, respectively. Read the full report here.

Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie

The Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie awards institutional grants to 12 leading cultural institutions over the next four years. These institutions contribute to the quality, development and professionalization of the creative industry. With this support, they can continue to renew themselves and the field and develop high-quality programs. Read the full message here.

Mondrian fund

Art venues wishing to receive a multi-year contribution for the period 2025-2028 from Programs for Art Stages could submit their application to the Mondriaan fund in early 2024. The multi-year Programmes for Art Stages scheme has three categories - Start, Basic and Broad - which together provide a varied range of contemporary visual art in the Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. Read the full recommendation here.

Dutch Film Fund

The Film Fund has selected seven film festivals for multi-year funding. These festivals have a strong signature of their own and offer an appealing and idiosyncratic range of films to complement cinemas and film theaters. In total, the Film Fund invests 630,000 euros per year for a period of four years. Read here which festivals are involved.

Netherlands Foundation for Literature

The Dutch Foundation for Literature has decided positively on the applications of seventeen organizations for a four-year grant period from 2025-2028. Both literary and literary-educational organizations together receive more than €10 million. Read the full decision here.

fund for cultural participation

With an amount of 30.5 million euros, the fund for Cultural Participation supports 47 institutions throughout the Kingdom from 2025. With this, the fund contributes to a broad base in amateur art and cultural participation. Read the policy plan here.

No grant received

More than forty companies will not receive a multi-year subsidy from fund Performing Arts and/or the basic cultural infrastructure (BIS) starting in 2025. This means that a good number of organizations are in danger of disappearing. NAPK has launched an action to collectively protest these decisions. Do you want to take action? Speak out on the personal page of your favorite organization via the NAPK website. The NAPK will ensure that all statements of support are presented collectively in The Hague.

Applying for grants yourself? Here is an overview of all grant deadlines for the next six months.