Acquittals
If you receive a grant from Arts Victoria, at the conclusion of your funded activity you will need to complete an acquittal report - including financial reconciliation - that evaluates the project and accounts for how the funds have been spent.
Download acquittal report templates or read on for some further information about acquittals.
What you need to provide
In general, acquittal reports ask you to provide:
- a description of your project and how it met your objectives
- an evaluation of the impact of your project, including things like attendance figures, community impact and artistic outcomes
- a financial reconciliation, showing your actual finances compared with the budget you submitted to Arts Victoria
- supporting documentation, including reviews, photos, recordings, dvds, manuscripts etc
- feedback on the Arts Victoria program.
Why you are required to acquit
The information you provide in your acquittal report will:
- account for your use of public funds, demonstrating that the funding has been used for the purpose for which it was provided and in accordance with your Funding Agreement
- assist Arts Victoria in assessing how successful funding programs are in meeting the needs of the arts sector and the Victorian community
- provide you with the opportunity to make suggestions regarding improvements to the funding program.
Once Arts Victoria has received and accepted your acquittal report, you will have completed all of your obligations under the Funding Agreement.
If you do not satisfactorily acquit your grant you will not be eligible to apply for further Arts Victoria funding and action may be taken to recover the grant.
Download acquittal report templates
Use the table below to download the acquittal report template for your funding program. You will need to submit the acquittal report within the timeframe specified in the 'Days to acquit' column.
All forms are in Word format. Contact your Arts Victoria Contact Officer if you have trouble downloading your template, require an alternate format or your program doesn't appear in the list.