Arts Continuity Grant Cumulative Totals Closed: 29 May 2020

Find in this summary the overall statistics for the Arts Continuity Grant since it opened 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: 5 June 2020

345 grants totalling $8,590,869 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners, across the three funding pools (General, Māori and Pacific).

535 eligible applications have been received, with a total of $13,230,292 requested. The success rate is currently 64%. This is broken down as follows:

General Arts: 254 projects totalling $5,728,307 were supported. $9,917,800 was requested by 432 applicants.
Māori Arts: 61 projects totalling $2,004,820 were supported. $2,375,760 was requested by 71 applicants.
Pacific Arts: 30 projects totalling $857,742 were supported. $936,731 was requested by 32 applicants.

Also:

184 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
60 were to support building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
46 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
45 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
10 supported projects enabling New Zealand arts to gain international success.

Artforms have been supported as follows: