Call for applications: Cultural creator fund in the US

The initiative is in partnership with Creative Capital and Skoll Foundation, and the value of the fund is $500 000. Effective immediately, funds will be awarded on an ongoing basis to creators with active projects.

Eligibility

The fund is targeted at projects by black, indigenous, Asian and Latinx creators on the crowdfunding platform. Creators across the following Kickstarter categories can apply:

• Music and publishing
• Dance
• Journalism
• Art
• Photography
• Comics and illustration
• Design and technology
• Games
• Film & Video
• Food
• Craft

Rules and guidelines

• Projects must create something to share with others.
• Projects and backer statistics must be honest and clearly presented.
• Projects cannot fundraise for charity.
• Projects cannot offer equity.
• Projects cannot involve prohibited items.

All projects launched on Kickstarter following their rules are eligible. Interested creators can nominate themselves for specific Forward Funds via this form. Organisations can apply to participate in Forward Funds here.

Kickstarter supports thousands of new creative ideas every year and provides an opportunity for the public to counter larger structural inequities in how capital is distributed.

“The mission of this Creative Capital and Skoll Creator Fund is to increase the number of funded Kickstarter projects launched by Asian, Black, Indigenous, and Latinx creators through removing early financial hurdles,” a statement reads. “These funds will help bring more of their creative projects to life in the world, creating a more diverse and equitable artistic ecosystem overall.

To select fund recipients, Creative Capital, Kickstarter, and Skoll Foundation will work closely together to continually review active projects by Asian, Black, Indigenous, and Latinx creators on the platform. The final selections will ultimately be made by Creative Capital and Skoll Foundation.

As part of the partnership, Kickstarter’s category experts will offer strategic guidance throughout each of the selected projects’ runs and Creative Capital will offer its extensive artist career development programming to the creators after they have successfully funded their project.

For more information, visit Creative Capital’s website.