Open Call | Arts Centres Partnership Funding 2026 from The Arts Council
Arts Centre Funding invests in and supports the infrastructure of arts centres required to sustain and develop the arts in Ireland.
It focuses on year-round production and dissemination of arts activities, events and services of the highest quality throughout the country.
Applicant type: Organisation
Maximum award: No maximum
Opening date: Tuesday 1 July 2025
Closing date: Thursday 11 September 2025
Closing time: 17:30
Telephone: 01 618 0200
Email: artscentres@artscouncil.ie
Who is eligible for the Arts Centre Funding Programme?
The Arts Centre Funding Programme is open only to building-based, professionally managed, multidisciplinary arts organisations that are open to the public all year round.
To be eligible for application, your organisation must:
Be formally constituted as either a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG), a Designated Activity Company (DAC), a Company Limited by Shares (LTD) or a statutory body.
Apply in its own name, and not in the name of another company or individual.
Who is not eligible for the Arts Centre Funding Programme?
– If this is the first time your organisation has applied for Arts Centre Funding, you must contact the Arts Centres team before applying. Applications received from first-time applicants that have not agreed their eligibility to apply, in writing, with the Arts Centres team will be considered ineligible.
– Organisations that have already applied for funding through Arts Grant Funding 2025 or the Festival Investment Scheme 2025, unless permitted to do so by the Arts Council. Organisations must discuss this with the relevant arts team in advance.
– Members of the Council of National Cultural Institutions (CNCI) directly funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
– Organisations that fail to meet the eligibility criteria will not be assessed and will not receive Arts Centre Funding.