Get Grants-in-Aid funding

The City of Cape Town makes Grants-in-Aid available to organisations to fund projects that benefit the community and assist the City in realising its goals and objectives as set out by the Integrated Development Plan (IDP).

Grants-in-Aid 2027/28 and 2028/29

The City’s Community, Arts and Culture Development Department is calling on organisations to submit proposals to implement arts, culture, and heritage projects and programmes across Cape Town for the 2027/2028 and 2028/2029 financial years.

The City’s financial years run from 1 July 2027 – 30 June 2028 and 1 July 2028 – 30 June 2029.

Please note:

Funding is available for two financial years.
If you are applying for both financial years, you must submit a separate application for each financial year.
Funding is awarded for one financial year at a time.
Receiving funding in one financial year does not guarantee funding
in the next.
All applications will be assessed against the Grants-in-Aid Policy and must conform to the Municipal Financial
Management Act, Act 56 of 2003.
Organisations must have the ability to deliver on the outcomes stated in this call.
Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Programmes will only be considered if they fit into one or more of the following categories:

Temporary public art
Visual and performing art
Heritage awareness and storytelling
Therapeutic arts interventions
Music

View the advert (English | Afrikaans | isiXhosa) for detailed information.

The closing date for applications is 17:00 on 31 October 2026.

Remember

Only qualifying Grants-in-Aid applications will be considered for Grants-in-Aid funding.
Other Grant-in-Aid applications should be directed to the applicable funding department.
Subcouncil Grants-in-Aid funding requests must be submitted via your local subcouncil office.

Submission requirements

All organisations should take note of the Grants-in-Aid Policy.

Make sure your organisation meets the qualifying criteria and that you provide all the required documentation when applying:

Qualifying criteria

Qualifying applicants should ensure that they:

Are registered on National Treasury’s Central Supplier Database (MAAA0524789 https://secure.csd.gov.za/ )
Are registered on the City’s Supply Chain Management Database as a supplier

Both registration numbers are required on the Grants-in-Aid application form.

Supporting documents

Qualifying applicants should ensure that they:

Provide certified copies of IDs for all committee members/responsible officials
Provide a valid registration certificate (e.g. PBO/NPO certificate)
Provide a valid tax clearance certificate
Provide proof of bank account details
Provide a copy of the latest paid-up municipal account. If in arrears, a repayment arrangement must be made in order to be eligible for grant-in-aid funding. If a lease agreement is in place, the paid-up municipal account must be provided, as well as the lease agreement.
Provide an affidavit (if the organisation does not have a municipal account)
Provide a copy of the organisation’s constitution/articles of incorporation
Provide details of the date of the establishment of the organisation and organisation type (NPO/Section 21 company)
Provide a copy of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) minutes (not older than 18 months), which should reflect the decision to apply for the City’s funding. If the AGM minutes does not reflect such decision, the minutes of the meeting where this decision was taken or a letter signed by all members of the board indicating agreement thereto needs to accompany the application.
Provide an income and expenditure statement for the organisation's previous financial year as tabled at its annual general meeting (AGM), signed by the chairperson or another authorised member of the organisation together with a copy of the minutes of the relevant AGM (if the funding request is under R50 000)
Provide independently reviewed financial statements (if the funding request is between R50 001 and R100 000)
Provide audited financial statements (if the funding request is more than R100 000)
Submit a zero-rated tax invoice with the amount applied for and the City’s VAT number (4500193497), if registered as a VAT vendor

You will also need to provide the following information in order to complete the application forms:

A detailed business plan explaining the funding proposal applied for
A detailed description of the project, including breakdown of project costs, and start and end dates
Details of other funding received from the City for the current financial year, and previous funding received by the City
Information on how the allocation of a grant-in-aid will promote job creation and the estimated number of job opportunities it will create

If your application is successful, expenditure on the approved project will start within two months after the Grants-in-Aid funds are deposited into your organisation’s bank account, as provided for in clause 8.8 of the MOA.

How to apply

Ensure that you submit a completed application form along with all required supporting documentation. Failure to produce all relevant documentation will result in disqualification of the application.

Download and complete the application forms:

Completed applications, together with all supporting documentation must be emailed to artsandculture.gia@capetown.gov.za, or delivered by hand to the address below:

Arts and Culture Development Branch
13th Floor, City of Cape Town Civic Centre
12 Herzog Boulevard
Cape Town

The closing date for applications is 17:00 on 31 October 2026. No late or incomplete applications will be considered.

electronic submissions

Applications submitted via email must be in PDF format. The maximum size for each document is 2 MB.

Contact us

For more information about the funding:

Telephone:
021 444 0381 / 021 417 4104

Email:
artsandculture.gia@capetown.gov.za / nareze.andreas@capetown.gov.za / rhyno.jansen@capetown.gov.za

For assistance registering on the City’s Supply Chain Management Database, contact:

Graham Heynes

Telephone:
021 400 9244

Email:
graham.heynes@capetown.gov.za

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