FBF programmes are endorsed by the SA Department of Arts and Culture and have received numerous awards, including:

• 1998 BASA Award for Best Long Term Development Project
• 1999 BASA Award for Increasing Access to the Arts.
• 2002 Arts and Culture Trust Award for Best Practice Project
• 2003 Arts and Culture Trust Award for Best Project
• 2004 Kimberlite Organisation of the Year Award
• 2007 Musina Municipality Arts Project of the Year Award
• 2007 Gold Partner Award – Fredskorpset – Norway
• 2009 BASA Chairman’s Premier Award
• 2013 BASA International Sponsorship Award
• 2013 National Lotteries Board Compliance with Grant Funding Award
• 2013 National Lotteries Board Corporate Governance Award
• 2015 BASA Champion of the Arts Award – Herman Mashaba, former FBF Chairperson