Business and Arts South Africa NPC
(BASA) has announced that its Supporting Grants programme will be extended to
allow support for South African creatives infected or affected by the COVID-19
pandemic.
To this end, a funding campaign has
been launched at gogetfunding.com/bizartza/, to enable BASA to also consider
applications from individual artists for once-off, short-term financial aid for
COVID-19-related medical care and/or prescription medicines. The aid can also
be used to offset the loss of income due to the cancellation of confirmed
engagements, as a result of the nationwide lockdown or other emergency measures.
Charmaine Soobramoney, Chairman of the
BASA Board says, “COVID-19 has forced the world to unite and fight against this
invisible enemy. The challenge and the fight are real as the virus impacts,
lives, livelihoods, the economy, and highlights the inequalities that need to
be addressed. The BASA Board of Directors acknowledges the continued challenges
artists are subjected to. We celebrate their resilience and appreciate the role
that they play in provoking thought and uplifting the energies of the consumers
of the arts.”
BASA champions business investment
within the arts, cultural and heritage sector, and to date the BASA Supporting
Grants programme has disbursed more than R40 million to over 1 600 projects,
which in turn have leveraged over R515 million in sponsorship from the business
sector – that equates to R19 million in business support, for every R1 million
of Supporting Grants funds during the 2018/2019 financial year.
To apply for an Artists Relief Grant,
applicants submit a proposal letter via e-mail, together with specified
supporting documentation. Successful applicants are then invited to complete
the application online with a final outcome expected within two weeks. Further
details and eligibility criteria are available from https://www.basa.co.za/home-page/growth/supporting-grants-2/artist-relief-grant/.
For enquiries about Artist Relief Grants please e-mail grants.basa@icloud.com.
To apply for a Supporting Grant,
applicants have to adhere to a process, which has been designed to add value to
an already existing partnership between an arts organisation and business
sponsors. Both the arts applicant and the sponsor must submit a joint
application on the prescribed forms and clearly demonstrate how the partnership
benefits both the sponsor and the recipient. New, emerging and established arts
projects that already have sponsors on board are eligible, and forms are
available for download from
For enquiries about Supporting Grants please e-mail sipho@basa.co.za.
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