Encouraging philanthropic giving to the arts
Response to parliamentary question on plans to encourage philanthropic giving to minority arts groups.
11 November 2024
PQ 6827. Ms Usha Chandradas: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth whether the Ministry has any specific plans to encourage philanthropic giving to minority arts groups.
- The Government takes a broad-based approach to encouraging
philanthropic giving to the arts. Our initiatives benefit, but do not focus
solely on minority arts groups.
- To encourage philanthropic giving, the Cultural Matching Fund
(CMF) provides dollar-for-dollar matching grants for private cash
donations to registered charities and Institutions of a Public Character
(IPCs) in the arts and heritage sectors. Beneficiaries of the CMF include
arts groups such as the Indian dance group Apsaras Arts and the Malay
theatre group Teater Ekamatra.
- To support smaller arts groups, the National Arts Council (NAC)
administers the Sustain the Arts (stART) Fund. This Fund supports
operational needs, capacity building, and community impact
programmes for eligible arts groups with Total Operating Expenditure
below $1 million. It is funded by donations from the private sector and
may be matched through CMF. Through the stART Fund, NAC has
channelled donations to programmes such as Tamil theatre production
Vilangkuppannai by theatre organisation Agam Ltd, and ORANG
(working title) by Malay dance group P7:1SMA.
- In addition, the Government has provided significant support for
minority arts groups to develop their craft and reach wider audiences.
This was detailed in an earlier reply to PQ 6073.
Last updated on 12 November 2024