Grant recipients

If your application is successful, you will receive an email that may include:

• a letter from the Director of Arts Tasmania
• a grant agreement or deed for you to sign

Receiving a grant does not commit Arts Tasmania to providing you with future funding or support.

If you would like to discuss your grant, please contact Arts Tasmania on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au.

Next steps

You will need to return the signed grant agreement or deed and an invoice or tax invoice to Arts Tasmania within 21 days of receipt.

If you won’t be able to return the paperwork within 21 days please contact Arts Tasmania as soon as possible as the offer of grant may lapse without further notice.

For information on how to set out an invoice or tax invoice please visit the Business Tasmania website.

Please note - payment of grant funds can take between 14-21 days from the time that the invoice is received.

Conditions precedent and special conditions

Agreements and deeds can include conditions precedent or special conditions.

Arts Tasmania cannot pay out grant funds or provide support until all conditions precedent in your agreement or deed are met.

You can provide information relating to conditions precedent or special conditions to Arts Tasmania when you return the signed paperwork.

You must agree to any special conditions that are included in the agreement or deed.

Acknowledgement

The Tasmanian State Government logo should be included on all material about your funded activity, next to the words “Supported by”.

For more information, and to download the Tasmanian Government logo, please visit: www.arts.tas.gov.au/logos

Making changes to your activity

Things can happen unexpectedly that mean that you might need to make changes to your activity or change how you use your grant funds.

You must always contact Arts Tasmania to discuss any changes before they occur and cannot make changes until you have received written approval from Arts Tasmania.

Acquitting your grant

Every artist or organisation that receives funding from Arts Tasmania must complete an acquittal report within three months of the supported activity ending.

If your acquittal report shows significant unapproved changes, it may not be accepted by Arts Tasmania. In such cases you may be required to return grant funds.

If you have an overdue or incomplete acquittal you will not be able to receive further funding or support from Arts Tasmania.

You can log in to SmartyGrants and complete your acquittal here:

• https://artstasmania.smartygrants.com.au
• https://stategrowthtas.smartygrants.com.au

If you applied prior to 2018 and did not use SmartyGrants, please contact Arts Tasmania on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au to discuss your acquittal.