Deadline: 21-Sep-20
In response to the pressures faced by Ottawa’s culture community due to the pandemic, the 2020 Capacity Building Program will focus on COVID-19 recovery efforts to address immediate and emergent needs for local cultural organizations.
The COVID-19 Recovery Fund has been developed by the Cultural Funding Support Unit (CFSU) in collaboration with the Cultural Development and Initiatives Unit (CDI), and the local culture community.
Program Objectives
- To assist Ottawa’s local arts, heritage, festival, and fair organizations maintain organizational stability and capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic
- To fund successful applications to a maximum of $15,000
- To respond to immediate and emergent needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Funding Priorities
- Funding priorities will be determined by financial need, impact, and viability. Research on the financial losses and economic impact of the pandemic on the local arts, heritage, and culture sector will inform the priorities of this program.
CFSU will also look at prioritizing applications from the following equity-seeking communities:
- Algonquin Anishinabe Host Nation
- First Nations
- Inuit
- Métis
- Francophones
- 2SLGBTQIA
- Immigrants / Newcomers
- People living in poverty
- People of color
- People with visible and invisible disabilities
- Deaf People
- Rural residents
- Seniors / Older adults
- Women+
- Youth
Eligibility Criteria
- Local not-for-profit organizations, including professional collectives, with art, heritage, festival, or fair mandate, including organizations representing and/or celebrating First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities and equity-seeking communities that:
- Serve their local community
- Have a Board of Directors consisting of a minimum of 3 members, at least 50% of members must reside in the Ottawa Region
- Have their office/mailing address and the majority of their programming and event(s) within the limits of the city of Ottawa, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation or Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation
- Have the ability to receive payment in the organization’s name
Ineligibility Criteria
- Organizations unable to demonstrate financial need
- For-profit organizations
- Government agencies
- Organizations whose activities come under the jurisdiction of other levels or departments of government, including school boards, hospitals, universities, social services, military programs, business improvement associations.
- Political parties
Assessment Criteria
Peer assessors will use the following assessment criteria to evaluate requests for funding:
- Demonstrated need
- Clear alignment of the project with the program objectives
- Potential for the project to meet the applicant’s current needs
- Financial need
- Impact
- Project’s impact on the applicant’s operations
- Impact on the broader local cultural community the applicant represents
- Viability
- Strength of leadership, including staff, consultants, and specialists engaged in the project
- Applicant’s ability to implement the project
- Effective work plan
- Appropriate fiscal management and realistic budgeting.
For more information, visit https://ottawa.ca/en/arts-heritage-and-events/cultural-funding/capacity-building-program