Prins Claus Fonds

Activities

The Fund started implementing the new strategy in 2021 with the Award Programmes. Prince Claus Seed Awards For the third consecutive year, 100 Seed Awards of € 5,000 were given to emerging cultural practitioners to boost their societally engaged cultural practice. By recognising emerging talents with a Prince Claus Seed Award, we aim to boost their careers and practices and provide room for them to develop new perspectives on societal challenges within their practice through experimentation. Prince Claus Mentorship Awards 36 practitioners from various disciplines were recognised with a Prince Claus Mentorship Award through three thematic Mentorship Award programmes, engaging with societal challenges and focused on learning & experimentation. Award Recipients in each programme were selected together with the collaborating partner organisation, on the basis of the input of our external advisors, through an Open Call for proposals published via the websites of both parties. Prince Claus Impact Awards The Prince Claus Impact Awards are presented biennially to six change-makers whose work addresses societal challenges in innovative and powerful ways. The award aims to provide a significant boost to the careers of recipients, who serve as role models transforming their contexts through culture. Exchanges Exchanges, as part of Programmes, aims to invest in meaningful connections (peer to peer/ to the Dutch and international cultural field/to specific audiences) for Award recipients and the larger network of the Prince Claus Fund. Activities range from one-time connections to longer term collaborations. Fertile Ground Through Fertile Ground we invest in meaningful connections that on the one hand benefit individual practitioners and boost their career development and on the other hand strengthen the larger cultural infrastructure in the Global South to create a resilient, interconnected and solidary artistic global ecosystem. To do this we commission cultural organisations from our existing network to host Seed Awardees in their programming. Core activities Fundraising and Communications For its fundraising, the Fund focuses on entering sustainable relationships with, in addition to the Ministry, the impact of the Prince Claus Fund in 2023 was significantly influenced by the collective contributions of Individual Donors, Foundations, and (In-Kind) Sponsorships. Each of these pillars played a crucial role in ensuring the fund's accomplishments and positive outcomes throughout the year. For its communications the Fund has developed and is in the implementing phase of a communication strategy that incorporates the institutional and all programmatic activities of the Fund.

Expenditures

Programme expenditure 2023 - Programmes - 3,747,944 - Special Projects - 583,309 - Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning - 195,781 - Communications -197,815 - Sponsored expenditure - 41,046 - Cultural Emergency Response - 0 - Next Generation - 0 - Amplifying Creative Voices - 0 Release -81,981 Total programme expenditure - 4,683,914 Costs of generating funds - 284,598 Management and administration - 208,610 Total expenditure - 5,177,122

Renumeration policy

A remuneration policy for management is in place which means that the level of management and other remuneration components were determined. This policy is updated periodically by the board. In determining this policy and setting the remuneration, the Fund follows the Regulation on the remuneration of directors of charitable organisations (see www.goededoelennederland.nl). The regulation provides a maximum standard for the annual income based on weighing criteria. The weighing of the situation at the Fund was done by the board. This led to a so called BSD score of 375 points with a maximum annual income of € 120,741 for 2023. The relevant annual income of the management board remained within the applicable maximum.

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