If you receive a grant from Creative Victoria, you’ll need to complete an acquittal report at the conclusion of your funded activity. This is an online process which evaluates the project and reports back on how the funds were spent.
The acquittal process and requirements differ between our programs and at different funding levels.
Read our FAQs below and find your funding program below for more information on the acquittal process.
What do I need to provide?
In general, an acquittal form asks 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 creative outcomes
- a financial reconciliation, showing your actual finances compared with the budget you submitted to Creative Victoria
- supporting documentation, including reviews, photos, recordings, manuscripts etc.
- feedback on the Creative Victoria program.
Your acquittal will be due after the conclusion of your funded activity. If you would like to start preparing for this milestone in advance, use the Acquittal guidance document that sets out your acquittal requirements on the program web page. When you receive the link to your acquittal form, you’ll be able to simply copy and paste the information from the guidance document into the online form.
Note: Grants of $50,000 or more may require an independent certified practicing accountant/financial auditor's opinion or certification of grant expenditure as part of the acquittal process. Please see your funding agreement for details on the financial information required.
Why am I required to acquit?
The information you provide in your acquittal report will:
- account for your use of public funds, demonstrating that the funding was used for the purpose for which it was intended and in accordance with your Funding Agreement
- assist Creative Victoria in assessing how successful funding programs are in meeting the needs of the creative sector and the Victorian community
- provide you with the opportunity to make suggestions regarding improvements to the funding program.
Once Creative Victoria has received and accepted your acquittal report, you’ll have completed all your obligations under the Funding Agreement.
If you don’t acquit your grant satisfactorily you won’t be eligible to apply for further Creative Victoria funding and action may be taken to recover the grant.
How do I complete my acquittal?
An acquittal is the final milestone in your grant agreement and the due date will be set out in your Funding Agreement.
If you want to get started early, you can use the table below to access the online acquittal guide relevant to your grant.
You will be emailed information about the acquittal process and timeline before the due date. You must submit your acquittal within a specified period following the conclusion of your funded activity.
This email will contain a unique link to your acquittal form and will be emailed to you 30 days before the due date, on the due date, and 14 days after the due date of your acquittal.
If you received a grant after 1 July 2021 your acquittal will be completed via the Department Grants Portal.
All acquittal guides are in Word format.
Contact your Creative Victoria Program Officer if you have trouble downloading your acquittal guide or require an alternate format, or if your program doesn't appear in the list.
Please note: If you received a Creative Victoria grant prior to 30 June 2021, your acquittal will be submitted via the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. You will receive an email reminder to log in to the portal. Once in the portal you will see an acquittal area to complete.
Can I change my acquittal deadline?
If your project timeline changes or you can’t meet the deadline for another reason, reach out to your Creative Victoria contact to discuss a new deadline.
Note: If you don’t acquit your grant satisfactorily (incomplete or overdue) you won’t be eligible to apply for further Creative Victoria funding and action may be taken to recover the grant.
What happens if I don't meet the deadline?
If you don’t acquit your grant satisfactorily (if it is incomplete or becomes overdue) you won’t be eligible to apply for further Creative Victoria funding and action may be taken to recover the grant.
If you need to request a change to a due date please contact us.
Programs and Categories - Acquittal
Contact your Creative Victoria Contact Officer if you have trouble downloading your template, require an alternate format or your program doesn't appear in the list.
| Program Name | Days to acquit |
Creative State Commissions | |
Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal and include a financial reconciliation and evaluation report. | See funding agreement |
Creative Activation Fund | |
Submit your acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Victoria Acquittal Guide | 90 |
Creators Fund (pre-2021) | |
Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the Creative Victoria Online Acquittal guidance document | 30 |
Creators Fund (2021 onwards) | |
Submit your acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Victoria Acquittal Guide | 30 |
Creative Projects Fund | |
Submit your Creative Projects Fund acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Victoria Acquittal Guide | 30 |
Education Partnerships and Creative Learning Partnerships (pre-2021) | |
Submit your Artists in Schools acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal | 60 |
Creative Learning Partnerships (2022 onwards) | |
Submit your Creative Learning Partnerships acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 60 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Learning Partnerships Acquittal Guide | 60 |
Creative Neighbourhood Infrastructure Support Program | |
Submit your Creative Neighbourhood Infrastructure Support Program acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Victoria Acquittal Guide | 30 |
Creative Ventures Program | |
Submit your Creative Ventures Program acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Victoria Acquittal Guide | 30 |
Innovation in Marketing Fund and Building Audiences Fund (pre-2021) | |
Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the Creative Victoria Online Acquittal guidance document | 30 |
Building Audiences Fund (2022 onwards) | |
For Submit your Building Audiences acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Victoria Acquittal Guide | |
Music Works (pre-2021) | |
Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the Creative Victoria Online Acquittal guidance document | 30 |
Music Works (2021 onwards) | |
Submit your Music Works acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Music Works Acquittal Guide | 30 |
Pax Rising | |
Submit your PAX Rising acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before, 0 days and 14 days after your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Victoria Acquittal Guide | See funding agreement |
Regional Development | |
Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the Creative Victoria Online Acquittal guidance document | See funding agreement |
Small Regional Presenters | |
Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the Creative Victoria Online Acquittal guidance document | 30 |
Social Impact | |
Check your funding agreement for exact requirements. Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the Creative Victoria Online Acquittal guidance document | See your funding agreement |
Strategic Initiatives (pre-July 2021) | |
Check your funding agreement for exact requirements. Acquittal can be completed using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the download the Creative Victoria Online Acquittal guidance document | See your funding agreement |
Strategic Initiatives (July 2021 onwards) | |
Submit your Strategic Initiative acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Victoria Acquittal Guide | See your funding agreement |
Strategic Investment Fund | |
Check your funding agreement for exact requirements. Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the Stage 3 - Creative Victoria Online Acquittal guidance document | 30 |
Sustaining Creative Workers Initiative | |
Check your funding agreement for exact requirements. Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information please download: Sustaining Creative Workers Online Acquittal guidance document Sustaining Creative Workers Online Acquittal guidance document - Accessible Version | 30 |
Touring Victoria (pre-2021) | |
Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the Creative Victoria Online Acquittal guidance document | 60 |
Touring Victoria (2021 onwards) | |
Submit your Touring Victoria acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Victoria Acquittal Guide | 60 |
VicArts Grants | |
Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the Creative Victoria Online Acquittal guidance document | 30 |
Victorian Live Music Venues (pre-2021) | |
Check your funding agreement for exact requirements. Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the Live Music Venues Program Acquittal Guide | See your funding agreement |
Victorian Live Music Venues (2021 onwards) | |
Submit your Touring Victoria acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Victoria Acquittal Guide | See your funding agreement |
Victorian Music Industry Recovery Program | |
Submit your acquittal online using the Creative Victoria Grants Portal. For more information download the Creative Victoria Online Acquittal guidance document | See your funding agreement |
Victorian Live Music Restart program – Festivals and Events | |
Submit your Festivals and Events acquittal online using the Department Grants Portal. A unique link will be emailed to you 30 days before your acquittal is due. For more information please see the Creative Victoria Acquittal Guide | See your funding agreement |