Deadline: 26-Sep-2025
The Rozsa Foundation, in collaboration with Calgary Arts Development and the Calgary Foundation, has launched the Investigation Phase of its Future Focus program to support arts organizations facing change.
This initial funding stage is designed to give organizations time, space, and resources to explore significant challenges or new directions—whether that means identifying fresh opportunities, addressing organizational crossroads, or imagining structural changes.
Organizations operating within the Treaty 7 region, including Red Deer, that are arts-focused or use arts as a core part of their mission are eligible to apply. Eligible entities include registered charities, nonprofits, grassroots groups, or informal organizations with comparable structures. Having an active Future Focus project or outstanding reporting disqualifies an applicant, as does duplicating funding through each funder for the same work.
Grants under the Investigation Phase are small but purpose-driven—up to CAD$5,000—and support things like planning, consulting experts, gathering information, or designing an exploration process. The application process is intentionally streamlined to reduce barriers, encouraging more organizations to begin change-based work without heavy administrative burdens.
Applications are accepted monthly; deadlines fall on the final Friday of each month starting in May 2025 through November 2025. Decisions are typically made within six weeks after each deadline. Applicants may only have one Investigation Phase project active at a time and may apply only once per monthly deadline.
Although modest in size, this grant phase is intended to seed deeper transformation. By giving organizations support to investigate key questions and challenges, the Future Focus Investigation Phase sets the groundwork for later phases of implementation, helping arts groups clarify direction, strengthen strategy, and build capacity for longer-term change.
For more information, visit Rozsa Foundation.