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Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth

Cultural Matching Fund (CMF)

Dollar-for-dollar matching grants from MCCY for private cash donations to registered arts and heritage charities/IPCs, administered by NAC as Secretariat.

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Recorded status: No longer accepting applications; kept for history/adjacency — The CMF 2026 application window closed on 31 May 2026 at 23:59 SGT; the official page does not announce the next cycle.

Also administered with National Arts Council.

Who qualifies

  • Organisation types: Registered charity or Institution of a Public Character.
  • Must be registered in Singapore.
  • Only Charities and IPCs classified by the Commissioner of Charities as primarily engaged in the arts and heritage sector are eligible; CMF Secretariat may consider other exceptional charities/IPCs case-by-case.
  • Sponsorship, grants and earned income, and donations already matched by other government grants that allocate funds based on raised income, are not eligible for CMF matching.
  • Matching grants cannot be used for entertainment expenses, related-party salaries, staff bonuses/welfare, internal charges, legal expenses, debt/loan repayment, or government fines and taxes.
  • Only non-GST-registered organisations may use CMF matching grants for the GST component of an approved use.
  • Matching grants cannot fund activities that advocate objectionable lifestyles, denigrate people by race or religion, create multicultural or multireligious conflict, undermine government authority or Singapore's security or stability, or are adverse to the culture sector or Singapore.

What it funds

  • Community, arts, heritage, sports, social-good projects

Maximum support: up to 100%.

Dollar-for-dollar (1:1) matching of qualifying private cash donations to eligible arts and heritage charities/IPCs.

No single headline cap; tiered rules apply: first S$300,000 matched per application window may be used for stated charity objects/overheads, amounts above are prioritised by culture sector priorities. Fundraising-event use is capped at S$50,000 per event and 30% of total funds raised.

Payment: Not stated on official pages.

How to apply

Submit the CMF application via the OurSG Grants Portal during the annual application window; enquiries to cmf@nac.gov.sg.

  1. Complete the CMF Main Application Form and Annex A/B/C, and review the updated Annex D Terms and Conditions.
  2. Submit via the OurSG Grants Portal before the closing date (31 May 2026, 23:59 SGT for CMF 2026).
  3. For matching amounts above S$300,000, discuss proposed uses with the relevant agency (MCCY/NAC/NHB) before submitting.

Before applying

  • Donations must be private cash donations to the eligible charity/IPC; sponsorships and earned income do not qualify.

Documents

  • CMF Main Application Form — CMF 2026 Main Application Form, linked from the official page.
  • Application Form Annex A/B/C — New components for CMF 2026 per the official page.
  • Supporting documents — The official page requires all supporting documents but does not enumerate them in renderable vault text.

Claiming support

For the fundraising-event portion of a matching grant, applicants must submit an income and expenditure report for each fundraiser; CMF disburses only after that report is submitted.

Contact: cmf@nac.gov.sg

Application window: CMF 2026 application window: 1 April to 31 May 2026, 23:59 SGT. Next cycle not yet announced on the official page.

Opens: 2026-04-01

Closes: 2026-05-31

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