Open call: Creativity Pioneers Fund 2025

The Creativity Pioneers Fund provides selected organisations with an unrestricted grant of €5000 to help cover general operational costs and any critical costs to successfully developing activities.

The micro-grant represents only a starting point for a more extensive and long-term collaboration towards a platform model that provides the Creativity Pioneers access to more financial opportunities, in-kind and know-how support, mentoring and learning opportunities, peer-to-peer exchange, and networking.

Who can apply?

Support is exclusively granted to legally registered, non-profit organisations that are actively operating, with no restrictions on geographic origin.

The organisers are looking for organisations that:

• Place creativity at the core of their mission and programming, demonstrating its pivotal role in driving social transformation within their target communities.
• Prioritise disadvantaged and/or marginalised communities, primarily focusing on youth aged 16 and 27 years.
• Possess an organisational bank account in the organisation’s name, as donations cannot be made to individual accounts due to regulatory constraints.

The funder will prioritise organisations that:

• Ask bold questions and effectively tackle significant social and environmental challenges.
• Operate with a hybrid, highly intersectional approach, recognising the interconnected nature of social and environmental issues.
• Focus on processes rather than just outputs, emphasising long-term systemic change.
• Have a global perspective, deeply rooted in their local context while maintaining global relevance and connectivity.
• Aim to inspire and equip a new generation of creative thinkers and change makers by fostering essential skills such as critical thinking, lifelong learning, and a transformative mindset.

The funder is not interested in:

• Art for art’s sake: organisations that focus solely on artistic expression or the promotion of creative industries without a clear social impact component.
• NGOs with conventional approaches.
• Amateur or improvised initiatives, that operate only occasionally, rely exclusively on sporadic volunteer efforts, or lack a defined approach to programming and impact.

Application guidelines

Please download the application guidelines to learn more about the complete list of eligibility criteria, discover the full application process and key date, and access the FAQ.

Interested applicants should apply here.

View the original call here.