We co-design the overall schemes, run the open call for projects, the due diligence and selection process, administer all grants, and evaluate all projects for respective corporate responsibility annual reports.

In 2020 we launched the Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It has disbursed close to €1 million since its first grant recipients were announced in early 2021. In Round 3 of the Begin Together Arts Fund the criteria were updated to focus on projects that enhanced the wellbeing of their local communities.

In 2021 we launched the ESB Brighter Future Arts Fund, a €250,000 Fund aimed at supporting new work that engaged with climate change and a vision for a positive, net-zero future. A total of five works were funded across Ireland, in Dublin, Carlow, Waterford, Limerick, and Derry.

Across 2015-2017, we initiated the Docklands Arts Fund in partnership with the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and Dublin City Council and raised over €300k in unrestricted grants from local businesses for commissions, placemaking, and community development arts initiatives in the Docklands areas.

There are currently no funding rounds open through our arts funds. If you are an arts member ensure you are signed up to our newsletter or have consulted our Members’ Portal for all upcoming funding opportunities.