The Braid Fund sees the health of the art, culture and cultural heritage sector and its contributions to wider communities as a weaving of elements: our disciplines, our practitioners, and our audiences. Intertwining these strands leads to improved relationships, new work, increased audiences and greater influence. The fund, a collaboration between Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) and the British Council offers grants to innovative practitioners of art and culture projects in East Africa.
APPLY NOWThe Braid Fund sees the health of the art, culture and cultural heritage sector and its contributions to wider society as a weaving of elements: our disciplines, our practitioners, and our communities. Intertwining these strands leads to improved relationships, new work, increased connection and greater influence. The fund offers grants to innovative practitioners of art and culture projects in East Africa. This is a collaboration between the Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) and the Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth (#CultureGrows) program by the British Council.
Looking back at Braid Fund Season One, we review our progress toward the Braid Goal and our expected outcomes.
The goal of this fund is to increase the value assigned to art and culture by supporting innovations of cultural and arts practices and/or spaces to widen and deepen connections among practitioners and the wider community. We hope to realise the following outcomes:
Braid Fund offers grants for projects which demonstrate an innovation around any or all of the three outcome areas:
The grants are in three categories as below:
To support creative projects involving collaborations between different generations of artists or cultural practitioners and/or between different art/culture disciplines.
Amount Range
Up to 750K KSH (~5,000 USD)
Grant Time Limits
6-8 Months
Examples
To support creative projects that are close to finishing but need a little more funding to complete the work.
Amount Range
Up to 750K KSH (~5,000 USD)
Grant Time Limits
6-8 Months
Examples
To support Braid partners with the next chapter of their projects (this is only available to previous Braid grantees)
Amount Range
Up to 750K KSH (~5,000 USD)
Grant Time Limits
6-8 Months
Examples
Grant applications should emphasize the sharing and development of art and culture with others, including but not limited to:
We are a diverse community of cultural practitioners with different languages, beliefs, genders, practices, educational levels, living arrangements, and more. The Braid Fund is committed to equitable and inclusive distribution and use of grants to reach all levels of our arts and culture communities.
Philanthropy can be a difficult sector for our communities to navigate for support. Together, we will find ways through this dynamic by being brave with our time and our resources and finding solutions with emergent thinking and experimentation with an eye on the overall systems and communities we aim to impact.
We will approach creating and administering this fund from a trust-based lens. Together with the communities we aim to support, we will develop systems of mutual trust, open communication and an interest in evolving this work through relationships and listening.
We are a diverse and powerful community and we will work to grow the connections and relationships within the community (and across practice, age, borders, etc) to ensure that our art and cultural practices, audiences and opportunities grow.
The health of our arts and culture sector, our practices, our sites, our art, our bodies, minds, families and communities are intrinsically linked to our ability to practice our fundamental freedom of expression, to preserve and protect our arts and culture and to connect with our audiences.
All of us will take seriously the responsibility of this grant in an open, transparent manner and will work to be accountable to all our partners, donors and the communities impacted with this fund. We will invest in the processes, connections and resources to help each other be accountable. We will work together to ensure that the grants we award will reach far and wide and with the impact we all seek.
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Get StartedBraid Fund offers grants for projects which demonstrate an innovation around any or all of the three outcome areas:
The grants are in three categories as below:
Click on the link to apply to the Braid Arts and Culture Fund
APPLY NOWor apply via email
Download Braid Fund Call for Applications
For any questions on the Fund, kindly write an email to braidfund@ticahealth.org with the subject reading "Inquiry: Braid Arts & Culture Fund".