The minimum pledged income or sponsorship of applicant arts groups is $1 million, of which not less than $250,000 has to come from non-government sponsorship and/or private donation. Springboard Grants are matching grants that support arts groups in their overall development, elevating them to a higher level of professional operation. The ACDFS will disburse an annual provision of approximately $30 million in the form of Springboard Grants and Project Grants. ACAD hopes that the scheme will help cultivate a supportive culture for arts in the community and foster a tripartite partnership between the Government, arts groups and the private sector to promote arts and cultural development in Hong Kong.Īssessment criteria for applications include artistic/professional merit, creativity and originality, impact on the arts sector and the community, technical feasibility and financial viability of the proposed initiatives and activities, as well as the experience and execution capability of the applicant and participating arts practitioners. The ACDFS provides funding support for innovative and impactful proposals that contribute to the capacity development objectives of arts practitioners, arts groups, art forms and/or the arts sector, programme/content development, audience building and arts education, including large-scale and cross-year arts and cultural initiatives and covering various art forms such as performing arts, visual and media arts, arts education, arts administration, community arts and multi-disciplinary arts. The Advisory Committee on Arts Development (ACAD) today (November 6) launched the seventh-round funding exercise under the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme (ACDFS). The following is issued on behalf of the Advisory Committee on Arts Development:

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