At the juncture of funding, policy, and technology: how promising is match-funding of arts and culture through crowdfunding platforms?

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Table 1. Match-funding types.

	Match-funding	Models
		In first	Bridge	Top-up
Is?	Collaborative funding mechanism	Match contribution first	Match contribution provided during the campaign	Match contribution at the end
Why?	Increasing project budgets; Increasing participation	Signaling function; Reducing uncertainty; Leveraging potential	Boosting	Following public choice
Reflection of?		Transparency of public funding; Certification		Participatory resource allocation

Table 2. List of respondents.

Number	Position	Organization type	Public/Private	Location	Date of interview	Typical quote	Contribution	Model	Values (in €) 2019
1	Subsidy coordinator	Fund	Public	Province	29/04/2020	There is a sort of staircase. So, you can start with crowdfunding, which is the most accessible.	Always 30%.	Top up after 70% is reached with a minimum of 20 donations	Not applicable yet
2	Director	Fund	Public	Municipality	15/05/2020	You can also see that if there are a lot of subsidies available, that predominates. As soon as it stops, alternatives are sought.	Max.40%	Bridging	Min: 1760 Max: 4000 Mean: 3140
3	Senior cultural policy advisor	Government Authority	Public	Municipality	19/05/2020	We entered this partnership with voordekunst because we want to have a palette of forms of financing.	Max. 25%	Bridging	Min: 145 Max: 3500 Mean: 1435
4	Staff member	Fund	Public	Municipality	22/05/2020	The flexibility and the speed are, I think, the added value of it.	-Max. 25% -Max. € 5000	Bridging, timing is unspecified	Min: 250 Max: 2500 Mean: 895
5	Policy and project employee	Fund	Public	Municipality	02/06/2020	It is not a structural source of income and I think that we, at least as a municipality, have a very big responsibility in terms of structural income.	Not applicable
6	Director	Fund	Public	Municipality	10/06/2020	I think that match-funding fits the profile of a private fund much better than that of a public fund.	Always 25%	Bridging, when 40% is attained	Min: 250 Max: 2375 Mean: 983
7	Project and program leader	Government Authority	Public	Province	11/06/2020	In the change towards more cultural entrepreneurship and greater democratization of the arts sector, we have been looking for instruments to support this.	Always 30%	Top up after 70% is reached with a minimum of 20 donations	Min: 420 Max: 6000 Mean: 2010
8	Secretary	Fund	Private	Province	22/06/2020	We are reaching a target group that we would otherwise not reach.	Max. € 750	Bridging	Min: 150 Max: 750 Mean: 613
9	Director	Crowdfunding platform	Private	Municipality	13/02/2020 06/11/2020	The sector is just not ready to start running campaigns like this, replacing subsidies.			n.a.