Arts and Cultural Grants Program

Maroondah City Council's Arts and Cultural Grants Program supports a diverse and culturally rich Maroondah through community driven projects, initiatives and events that increase arts profile and participation. These initiatives may focus on a wide variety of art forms.

The Arts and Cultural Grants Program:

  • increases community participation in arts and cultural activities
  • enhances and celebrates local identity through high quality projects with artists and community
  • to build and strengthen local networks within the Maroondah community and to encourage partnerships and collaboration, including with community, business, Council, traders, schools, other organisations, etc.

  • strengthens the identity and profile of the arts in Maroondah through effective arts programming and marketing.

Apply

Applications for Community Grants open in March 2025. Criteria and guidelines will be available in early 2025. 

Timeframes 

Important dates

9am, Monday 3 March

Community Grants Funding Program opens online

Sunday 13 April

Closing date for all applications - no late applications will be accepted

May/June

Assessment process

Late June

Notification of outcomes

Wednesday 30 July

Grants Recognition Event - Karralyka

April 2026

Final submission of 2025 Grant Acquittal/Evaluation report

Child Safety

Maroondah City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation where all children and young people are valued and protected from harm and abuse. We have zero tolerance for child abuse.

As part of our commitment to child safety and the Victorian Child Safe Standards, Council has child safety requirements in place to help ensure the safety of children and young people under 18 years of age when providing grant funding to other organisations, groups or individuals. 

For more information about Council’s child safety requirements for grant recipients please see the Information Sheet below or contact Council’s Child Safety and Inclusion Advisor on 1300 88 22 or 03 9298 4598 or email marisa.grosso@maroondah.vic.gov.au.

Community Grants and child safety(PDF, 205KB)

Further information

For further information on the Arts and Cultural Grants Program please contact Council’s Community Cultural Development Officer on 0438 721 374 or email mattie.young@maroondah.vic.gov.au.

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