Impact-Funding 2025

Communication on the jury process will probably be delayed until March 2025 due to the ongoing budget negotiations. We kindly ask all applicants for their patience.

Eligible persons / Target group

Applicants must have their main residence in Berlin and provide proof of this.

Purpose of Funding

The aim of the programme is to support diversity in the Berlin cultural industry, especially in the free art scene. The IMPACT-funding therefore addresses artists and groups of all artistic disciplines whose artistic perspectives are currently not sufficiently presented to the public. The visibility of those perspectives shall be strengthened and their development enabled. As a matter of principle, funding for CD productions and printing subsidies is excluded. Also excluded are pure workshop formats, internal club anniversaries, benefit events, festivals and celebrations of any kind (e.g. Christmas parties, award ceremonies, etc.) as well as profit-oriented, commercially feasible projects.

Amount of Funding

A total amount of 500,000 Euros is available for the programme in 2025. This amount is subject to actual budget availability for 2025.

Call for applications

Impact funding was first announced at the beginning of 2020 for projects in 2020. Thereafter, starting in the summer of 2020, calls for proposals will be issued for the following year, usually in July/August of each year.
The call for project funding in 2025 will begin at the end of August, and the call deadline is Sep. 26, 2024.

Application procedure

Please refer to the current version of the programme flyer for detailed information on submitting an application.
Please Note: The model finance plan has to be used. The form can be downloaded on our website („model finance plan“).

• Information sheet Impact project funding (as part of Diversity Funds) 2025

  PDF-Document (956.5 kB) - As of: Juli 2024

• Projekt und Beteiligte (German)

  DOCX-Document (37.4 kB) - As of: Juli 2024

• Model Finance Plan (German)

  XLSX-Document (23.0 kB) - As of: Juli 2024

• Empfehlungen zur Honoraruntergrenzen, Ausstellungshonorare und Lesehonorare (German)

  PDF-Document (92.5 kB) - As of: Januar 2023

• Barrierefreiheit (German)

  PDF-Document (176.6 kB) - As of: 14. September 2020

Please submit your application – together with all relevant documentation – online.

Submit an application online