First Nations Arts Business Grants focus on strengthening business skills and capacity of First Nations artists, artsworkers and arts and cultural organisations.

Supports Queensland-based First Nations arts and cultural practitioners, organisations and businesses to access business development services that:

• strengthen cultural governance, business and strategic planning
• increase corporate and commercial capacity to grow new revenue and market opportunities
• enable professional upskilling and development for board and/or staff.

Objectives

Supports Queensland-based First Nations arts and cultural practitioners, organisations and businesses to access business development services that:

• strengthen cultural governance, business and strategic planning
• increase corporate and commercial capacity to grow new revenue and market opportunities
• enable professional upskilling and development for board and/or staff.

Funding

• One-off grant of up to $10,000 (excluding GST) are available to fund the purchase of the following eligible services:
  • strategic and business planning
  • governance planning and related training
  • data and digital platforms and related training
  • financial processes including e-commerce and related training
  • human resources advice including succession planning.

You must provide quotes to support the amount of funding requested.

You can provide quotes for multiple services, however if the quotes exceed a total of $10,000, you will only receive a maximum of $10,000 and will be responsible for the payment of any related expenses in the excess of the $10,000 grant funding.