A four-year Memorandum of Understanding outlines a potential model for collaboration between Arts Council England and local author…

Fundraising income is catching up with public funding as a source of income for Arts Council England’s (ACE) National Portfo…

The autumn statement, which protected money to the arts but delivered a blow to local authorities, has drawn mixed responses.

£9m a year in revenue funding has been allocated to the Factory Manchester from 2018-19, the government announced yeste…

Arts funding will be protected from cuts as Chancellor George Osborne declares culture one of the “best investments we can m…

Institutional favouritism lies at the heart of Arts Council England’s funding framework, and ACE does itself no favours by t…

Arts Council England NPOs could face a minimum £2,000 a year bill to take part in an ACE-sponsored quality assessment progra…

New research investigating the connections between subsidised and commercial theatre finds a symbiotic relationship with public fu…

With support from the Government’s British Business Bank, the Edge Creative Enterprise Fund has been launched to address the…

The two organisations that had their offers of national portfolio status withdrawn will be funded until 2018 under special monitor…

Two-thirds of England’s National Portfolio Organisations achieved growth in revenues from trading and philanthropy between 2…

Relationships between Arts Council England and the organisations it funds have stabilised, but many are still concerned by a lack…

Just £26m will be available to support fundraising in the arts over the next three years, down from £70m in 2012-15.&n…

Giving support to organisations applying for social investment funding or bidding for public service contracts can boost their cha…

Smarter funding decisions and help for the arts sector to evidence its impact are needed to boost philanthropy, according to a pap…

David Stevenson deplores the way that a subjective decision to grant public money to a commercial company is being dressed up as t…

Match funding has received some bad press recently, but Carl Watt has seen it work wonders at encouraging business sponsorship of…

Local arts projects working in areas of England with low levels of cultural participation will be looking to partnership funding t…

The Scottish arts sector is being consulted on a new ‘Creative Industries Strategy’ that will determine priorities for…

More partnership working is key for the future of local authority arts funding in Edinburgh, but delays and a budget deficit are h…

There are all sorts of financial interventions claiming to help organisations build resilience. But which can actually work for ar…

Paul Martin reveals how London’s boroughs are protecting arts and culture against rising rents and funding cuts.

Want society to reap the health benefits of arts engagement? Stop directing so much funding to major organisations – th…