Deadline: 25-Apr-25
The Aboriginal Arts and Culture Leadership Grant (AACL) supports First Nations and/or Métis-led eligible cultural activities that provide significant opportunities for cultural impact for First Nations and/or Métis peoples in Saskatchewan.
Purpose
- The purpose of the Aboriginal Arts and Culture Leadership Grant (AACL) is to take constructive action on addressing the ongoing legacies of colonialism that have had destructive impacts on First Nations and/or Métis peoples’ cultures.
- AACL aims to support First Nations and/or Métis-led eligible cultural activities that provide significant opportunities for cultural impact for First Nations and/or Métis peoples in Saskatchewan.
- AACL supports projects that build leadership skills, and revitalize and sustain First Nations and/or Métis peoples’ worldviews, knowledge systems, cultural practices, languages, oral histories, laws, protocols, and relationships to the land through the:
- transmission of cultural skills and knowledge to First Nations and/or Métis youth; and
- participation in intergenerational cultural activity.
Funding Information
- The maximum amount that can be requested for any activity is $30,000.
- A variety of project sizes and community needs are supported by the funding program. For projects requesting between $15,000 and $30,000 there must be a significant opportunity for meaningful impact. Applicants must show:
- the depth of experience and/or learning for participants and/or audience; and
- how well the project provides opportunities for leadership development; and
- significant commitment to the project through other self-generated income, in-kind support of staff and volunteers, and evidence of community support, etc.; and
- how the project addresses barriers to participation; and
- how the project will be evaluated; and
- past successes and challenges for returning SaskCulture-funded projects; and
- the potential for long-term impact.
Priority Projects
- Priority will be given to projects that:
- take place in the province’s northern and/or rural or otherwise underserved communities.
- are from First Nations and/or Métis communities and organizations new to the AACL grant program.
- have not received an AACL grant in the previous year.
- are from applicants that have not received SaskCulture or Sask Lotteries operational funding totaling more than $30,000 in the last year.
Who can apply?
- Registered Non-Profit organizations in Saskatchewan. These organizations must:
- have a primarily cultural mandate in Arts, Heritage, Multiculturalism or Cultural Industries as defined by SaskCulture’s Cultural Policy, or otherwise demonstrate significant engagement in cultural activity;
- be in existence as a registered non-profit for at least one full fiscal year;
- be in good standing with Information Services Corporation (ISC);
- have no outstanding grant follow-ups due to SaskCulture; and,
- provide a signed copy of the organization’s annual financial statement that was most recently submitted to the ISC to show evidence of good standing as a non-profit organization in Saskatchewan
- Be a First Nation, Tribal Council, Métis Local, or Municipality. The applicant must:
- be in good standing with the Sask Lotteries Community Grant Program; and
- have no outstanding grant follow-ups due to SaskCulture.
Who cannot apply?
- Ineligible Applicants include:
- Organizations or departments that are part of a federal or provincial operation and/or Crown Corporation
- Organizations that receive funding directed by the Government of Saskatchewan
- Districts for Sport, Culture and Recreation
- Eligible Cultural Organizations (ECOs) and other organizations that receive operational funding directly from the Culture Section of Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund
- Schools and Post-Secondary Institutions
- Libraries
- Non-profit professional organizations and associations that do not have an integral First Nations or Métis focus
- Unincorporated groups
- Individuals
For more information, visit SaskCulture.
