Referat K.6

The Bavarian Cultural Fund was established in 1996 by the Bavarian State Government to financially support cultural projects in all regions of the Free State. It implements the constitutional mandate to keep Bavaria alive as a cultural state. Each year, well over one hundred innovative project ideas in the fields of professional and amateur arts, cultural and adult education, as well as church educational work, receive grants. The decisive factor for funding allocation is the substantive quality and the contribution of each project to cultural diversity and decentralization in Bavaria.

The Bavarian Cultural Fund pursues the mission of strengthening cultural life in all regions of Bavaria through targeted support of innovative projects. It stands for the principles of regional diversity, decentralization, and subsidiarity, promotes outstanding ideas regardless of political proportionality, and contributes to ensuring that the cultural state of Bavaria retains its distinctive profile.

Cultural projects throughout Bavaria in all artistic disciplines are supported – from established professional institutions to the independent art and amateur scenes. Cultural education institutions, adult education, and church-based educational work may also submit applications. The fund is aimed at initiatives and individuals who enrich Bavaria’s cultural landscape in a decentralized manner through creative concepts and provide innovative impulses in both rural and urban regions.