Appendix 6 - International Music Council

The Arts and Culture Trust is a private sector initiative which aims to provide muchneeded
financial support for the development, promotion and celebration of South
African arts and culture. While maintaining strong links with its private sector
founders, the Trust is run by an independent Board of Trustees drawn from the arts
and culture community and it is administered by an independent agency. The Trust is
a sustainable funding initiative as it is not dependent on annual donations from any
party but rather functions and pursues its aims based on ad hoc fund-raising activities.
Aims:
The primary aim of the Trust is to increase the amount of funding available for arts and
culture through means such as corporate donations, fundraising events, internal
donations, capital investment and income-generating affinity products, and to distribute
these funds in support of innovative, sustainable projects which contribute to South
African arts and culture. ACT also organises forums, conferences and campaigns around
strategic issues. The annual ACT Award recognises the important contributions of
players like arts and culture administrators and journalists.
Funding support:
ACT provides funding for all forms of arts and culture including literature, music,
visual art, theatre, dance, film, festivals, community art, arts management, arts
education, museums and heritage. It also supports training, the creative process and
the development of sustainable infrastructure.
ACT provides bursary funds to formal and non-formal educational institutions
specializing in arts and culture, and these in turn distribute such funds to individual
students at their institutions. ACT does not consider individual bursary applications.
Allocation of funds:
The Board of Trustees meets twice per year – in May and November – to consider
applications for funding.
Contact : Nonikiwe Ndebele
Tel : (021) 424-7513
Fax: (021) 424-7517
Postnet Suite 145, Private Bag X335, Cape Town, 8001.
Business and Arts South Africa (BASA)
South African Music Industry Directory 2000 notes that BASA was established in 1997
as a joint initiative between government and the business sector, to secure the future
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