There have been further delays to the £55m Catalyst endowments scheme, with successful applicants not due to be announced until mid-summer.
Museums, galleries and other heritage organisations applying for the funding were originally told they would receive notification by 31 March, with the three-year funding scheme starting from 1 April.
As previously reported in Museums Journal, funding for the entire £100m Catalyst programme, which is aimed to help cultural organisations diversify their income streams, was delayed because of Cabinet Office restrictions on making public announcements ahead of local government and mayoral elections.
Arts Council England (ACE) has today named the 173 recipients to the £30m arts strand of the Catalyst. They include Kettle's Yard in Cambridge, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester.
But the two other Catalyst strands have been delayed.
Catalyst endowments, which is jointly run by ACE, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), will now not be announced until 20 June.
And Catalyst capacity building grants for arts and heritage organisations with little or no fundraising experience are now expected to be launched in the autumn.
A spokesman for the DCMS said the delay was a timetable issue, with 20 June the only date that suited all three funders.
During today's announcement of the arts funding, Jeremy Hunt, secretary of state for culture, said: "There's huge, unlocked potential for fundraising across the cultural sector.
"While some claim that there's no money to be raised outside big London organisations, I've seen for myself what professional, dedicated fundraising expertise can deliver in every corner of the country."
Museums, galleries and other heritage organisations applying for the funding were originally told they would receive notification by 31 March, with the three-year funding scheme starting from 1 April.
As previously reported in Museums Journal, funding for the entire £100m Catalyst programme, which is aimed to help cultural organisations diversify their income streams, was delayed because of Cabinet Office restrictions on making public announcements ahead of local government and mayoral elections.
Arts Council England (ACE) has today named the 173 recipients to the £30m arts strand of the Catalyst. They include Kettle's Yard in Cambridge, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester.
But the two other Catalyst strands have been delayed.
Catalyst endowments, which is jointly run by ACE, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), will now not be announced until 20 June.
And Catalyst capacity building grants for arts and heritage organisations with little or no fundraising experience are now expected to be launched in the autumn.
A spokesman for the DCMS said the delay was a timetable issue, with 20 June the only date that suited all three funders.
During today's announcement of the arts funding, Jeremy Hunt, secretary of state for culture, said: "There's huge, unlocked potential for fundraising across the cultural sector.
"While some claim that there's no money to be raised outside big London organisations, I've seen for myself what professional, dedicated fundraising expertise can deliver in every corner of the country."
