Arts Continuity Grant Cumulative Totals Closing date: 29 May 2020

Find in this summary the overall statistics for the Arts Continuity Grant since it opened on 14 April 2020. Decisions are made weekly, with a batch of applications assessed and recommended each week.

An Arts Continuity Grant is offered to support a short-term arts project, or the stage of a project, that can be delivered within a changed and evolving environment as a result of COVID-19. Projects can include the creation and/or presentation of new work. Existing projects submitted to our suspended funds can be reframed and resubmitted. Applications were open from 14 April - 29 May. More about the Arts Continuity Grant

UPDATE: 10 July 2020

637 grants totalling $16,037,185 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners, across the three funding pools (General, Māori and Pacific).

1418 eligible applications have been received, with a total of $33,755,931 requested. The cumulative success rate is currently 45%.This is broken down as follows:

General Arts: 459 projects totalling $10,451,028 were supported. $24,558,478 was requested by 1112 applicants.
Māori Arts: 124 projects totalling $4,039,392 were supported. $7,109,550 was requested by 226 applicants.
Pacific Arts: 54 projects totalling $1,546,765 were supported. $2,157,903 was requested by 80 applicants.

Also:

361 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
96 were to support building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
86 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
77 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
17 supported projects enabling New Zealand arts to gain international success.

Artforms have been supported as follows: