In 2009, Business to Arts launched a capacity-building programme called New Stream, which was initially supported with a €400k investment from Bank of America Merrill Lynch to develop fundraising skills in Irish arts organisations.

In 2023, Business to Arts will launch our new era of arts innovation and income generation programmes to support the longer-term sustainability of the arts sector in Ireland.

The Arts Fundraising Tool Kit programme is designed to equip you with strategies, tools, and tactics that can be used immediately within your arts organisation to build fundraising expertise. Participants receive a detailed print tool kit, along with a suite of video content, to guide them through the course content and exercises.

This programme is suitable for anyone who is:

• responsible for growing audiences and diversifying revenue streams
• looking to develop or refresh their knowledge of arts fundraising through a short practical training programme
• working in an arts organisation that has recently committed to long-term sustainability based on business-minded planning

If you are interested in the programme, you can sign up here.

The Fundraising Fellowship offers two regional or national cultural organisations match-funded salary support towards a new fundraising role from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media.

The Fellows, along with representatives from their organisation, take part in this two year immersive structured programme to enhance their proposal-writing and pitching skills, develop fundraising and communication strategies, and leverage the expertise of their boards to broaden network.

Current Fellows from Graffiti Theatre in Cork and Sing Ireland in Limerick will graduate in 2024.

Applications open for our next cohort of Fellowship organisations are now open. Click here for more information