Prerequisites
- You are a professional individual artist or group in the independent scene.
- You are a natural or legal person.
They can ensure proper management and are able to guarantee and prove that the funds are used for their intended purpose.
Documents required
In addition to the necessary general information (name and address of the applicant), the application must contain in particular the following information:
- a realistic financing plan that takes into account all expenses and income related to the purpose of the grant; this also includes any own and third-party funds that may be used (e.g. sponsorship funds)
- Project description (short version and long version)
- Schedule and event date(s) and location(s)
- Venue certificate (not mandatory)
- Short CVs of the main project participants
Please note
- The funding volume per project is approximately 50,000 to 100,000 euros.
- The scope and amount of the grant depends on the recommendation of the expert jury. In principle, efforts to find private and/or public sources of funding are required.
- At the same time, the overall financing of the project to be funded must be guaranteed, i.e. the financing of the expenses not covered by the grant through third-party funds.
- The requested grant for project funding should have a minimum amount of 50,000 euros.
- Institutional or long-term funding is excluded.
- Funding for ongoing and consecutive projects and events (serial funding) is not possible unless the selection jury allows this in justified individual cases. Projects that take place in the premises of political parties, party-affiliated foundations and/or trade unions, as well as churches, will not be funded for reasons of state neutrality.
- Excluded are projects that are commercially viable and those that can be realized within the framework of the regular work of Hamburg's cultural institutions using their resources.
- The financing of purchases (for libraries, museums and archives), the restoration of works of art, the production of books and publications, catalogues, periodicals or publishing productions (printing cost subsidies), the digitization and archiving of works of art and collections, the establishment and maintenance of websites, the purchase and maintenance of buildings, of film or documentaries and post-production of films as well as investments are generally not the task of the Elbkulturfonds.
Deadlines
The Ministry for Culture and Media awards the funding once a calendar year. Applications can be submitted online each year from May 1st to June 1st (midnight).
The grant is valid for the funding period from 1 January to 31 December of the following year.
