Funds

The Dutch art- and culture world knows various subsidisers and funds owned by local- and national government and private institutes. The differences between them are big.

AFK (Amsterdam arts fund)

AFK (Amsterdam arts fund)
The AFK supports the experiment as well as proven quality, established and relative new organisations, professional art and amateur art - all over the city. There are long-term and incidental subsidies for all disciplines in the cultural sector, for cultural organisations and artists.

Blockbuster fund

Blockbuster fund
The Blockbuster Fund was established to stimulate cultural entrepreneurship and enable the realisation of events with “blockbuster potential”. With a loan or guarantee, in combination with guaranteed ticket purchase, the fund supports special cultural initiatives aimed at a large and broad audience.

CLICKNL

CLICKNL
CLICKNL is the knowledge and innovation platform of the creative industry. Subsidies are available for (product) innovations and research in the creative sector. On the website you will find an extensive overview of calls (specific and deadline-bound subsidy schemes) and other schemes (long-term or recurring subsidy schemes).

Cultuurloket DigitALL

Cultuurloket DigitALL
A fund for cultural institutions that want to strengthen their public offer or contact with the public through the use of digital technology.

Cultuur+Ondernemen

Cultuur+Ondernemen
Cultuur+Ondernemen provides different types of loans from a minimum of € 5,000 to a maximum of € 500,000. They also offer support and sometimes favorable conditions. Count on a interest rate between 2% and 5%.

Fonds21

Fonds21
Fonds 21 is an enterprising and committed fund that wants to make a positive contribution to today's society by supporting projects. They support professional, high-quality projects that reach a broad and/or new audience.

Cultuurfonds

Cultuurfonds
The fund supports projects in the fields of visual art, historic preservation, history & literature, music, nature, theater, dance, film and neighborhood culture. The Cultuurfonds also presents several prizes, distinctions, grants and stipends every year. To honor volunteers, to encourage talent or for an oeuvre. They also have scholarships and stipends for up-and-coming and proven talent.

VSBFund

VSBFund
The VSBfund supports social and cultural initiatives. They also make international scholarships available for socially involved students.

North Holland subsidies
The province North Holland has different kind of subsidy programmes. Monumental care is often an important part of that.

Creative Industries Fund NL
The fund for architecture, design and digital culture, as well as every imaginable crossover. The interdisciplinary interplay between the cultural, social and economic domains are thereby important. The fund supports exceptional and innovative projects and activities of designers, makers and cultural institutions in the creative industries.

Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen Stichting
Manages the archives of Van Eesteren-Fluck and Von Lohuizen, as well as trying, in the spirit of these designers, to stimulate architecture, particularly planning and urban design, by subsidising research, designs and publications by architects and organisations.