Welcome to the City of Gold Coast Council's online grant application service, powered by SmartyGrants.

Complete this form to submit your Arts Development Fund Arts Projects - Small Grants Application.

You may begin anywhere in this application form. Please ensure you save as you go.

It is also recommended that you contact the City of Gold Coast’s Grants Officer to discuss your project before starting your application.

Enquires can be directed to: E: cultural@goldcoast.qld.gov.au  

IMPORTANT: Please read information below to assist you in completing your application online.

Before you start your application

Read the Arts Development Fund Guidelines

Read the Arts Development Fund FAQs & Important Information

Read the City of Gold Coast Culture Strategy 2023

Read the Council Plan 2022-27

Read the Gold Coast 2032.

The Arts Development Fund

The purpose of the Arts Development Fund is to support the Gold Coast’s creative community by fostering professional pathways, skills development outcomes and to provide community benefit that contributes to the city’s vibrant lifestyle.

The City provides grants to financially support operations and projects that deliver measurable outcomes aligned to the City Vision. Funding supports a diverse local arts sector, grows community engagement and satisfaction with the arts and builds local employment in the sector.

Arts Projects – Small Grants

Funding up to $5,000 available.

This program is a rolling grant stream that receives applications throughout the year (or until funds are fully expended) to support individuals, organisations and collectives seeking smaller levels of funding for arts and culture-based activity.

The intention is to encourage creative risk taking and experimentation. Applicants should consider the assessment criteria of capacity, merit, reach and benefit.

Non-Gold Coast applicants must deliver projects that deliver outcomes on the Gold Coast and benefit the Gold Coast community.

Submission requirements

You must:

- meet the eligibility requirements set out in the Guidelines

- have an ABN

- have acquitted previous City of Gold Coast Council grants

- not be a City of Gold Coast Council employee

- complete the application form in full

- submit all required support materials at the time of application.

Note: Your project must start minimum of 8 weeks after you submit your application.

The Arts Projects – Small Grants stream is a competitive grants program supporting artists, cultural workers, arts groups, companies, and organisations. Applications are peer-assessed by an external independent Arts Development Fund Committee. Outcomes will be determined within 8 weeks of being received.

SMARTYGRANTS INFORMATION:

NAVIGATING (MOVING THROUGH) THE APPLICATION FORM

If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

On every screen (page of the form) you will find a Form Navigation contents box, this links directly to every page of the application. Click the link to jump directly to the page you want.

You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the application.

SAVING YOUR DRAFT APPLICATION

If you wish to leave a partially completed application, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in and click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen, you will find a list of any applications you have started or submitted. You can reopen your draft application and start where you left off.

You can also download any application, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the application form.

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

You will find a Review and Submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your application before you can submit it.

Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.

Once you have submitted your application, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.

When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.

If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email, then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted.

Hint: also check the email hasn't landed in your spam or junk email folder.

ATTACHMENTS AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTS

You may need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.

You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.

COMPLETING AN APPLICATION IN A GROUP/TEAM

A number of people can work on an application using the same log in details as long as only one person is working at a time. Ensure you save as you go.

SPELL CHECK

Most internet browsers (including Firefox v2.0 and above; Safari; and Google Chrome) have spell checking facilities built in – you can switch this function on or off by adjusting your browser settings.

YOUR APPLICATION IS NOT SAVED UNTIL YOU CLICK ON THE SAVE BUTTON. MAKE SURE YOU SAVE YOUR WORK REGULARLY. 

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