Deadline: 30-Nov-20
The City of Kelowna is welcoming for the Project Grant Program 2021 to support community organizations that provide a festival, event or project that feature arts, culture and/or heritage for the benefit of Kelowna residents. Eligible organizations are not required to be from the arts, culture or heritage sector.
This program aims to provide assistance to projects offered by non-profit organizations which are publicly accessible, prominently feature arts, culture or heritage and are aligned with the 2020-2025 Cultural Plan.
Goals
Goals of the 2020-2025 Cultural Plan include:
- Increase contribution of resources;
- Understand their impact;
- Optimize existing spaces;
- Commit to developing new facilities;
- Learn from their past;
- Boost vitality at the street level;
- Support a viable creative sector;
- Share their story;
- Broaden the reach;
- Convene and connect.
Organization profile
Organizations participating in this program are Kelowna-based, established, non-profit organizations which have:
- been incorporated and are actively providing the majority of their public programs and services in Kelowna for at least one (1) year prior to the application deadline;
- an inclusive, diverse and welcoming approach in their operations and activities;
- sound governance and are fiscally responsible, with diverse sources of revenue and good recordkeeping practices; and
- a vision and a feasible plan and budget for the creation and delivery of a festival, event or project which has an arts, culture or heritage focus, has artistic or cultural leadership, and will be accessible and beneficial to Kelowna residents. Organizations need not be from the arts, culture or heritage sector but must, through their application, demonstrate that their festival, event or project has an arts, culture or heritage focus.
Eligible activities
- Festival – an organized event which occurs over more than one day, incorporates an intensive level of planned activity into those days, and demonstrates established or potential audience support from a broad range of the community. Must have an arts, culture or heritage focus;
- Event – an organized performance, gathering, activity or cluster of activities which occurs on a single day. Must have an arts, culture or heritage focus;
- Innovative activity – a special project which may be one-time, with clear start and end date(s) and identified outcomes. Examples include new or unique collaborations, feasibility studies, publications, artist residencies, workshops or conferences, or other time-bound projects which have discrete budgets, plans, and sources of support. Must have an arts, culture or heritage focus;
- Production and presentation – the production or presentation of any work in any artistic discipline;
- Truth and reconciliation – honour the importance and share the history and culture of Indigenous people, establish a framework for including the voices of Indigenous artists and cultural leaders in the creative sector, support and celebrate Indigenous arts and culture, mobilize the creative sector to take intentional action on truth and reconciliation. Projects will only be considered where Indigenous organizations, artists and/or cultural leaders are appropriately represented throughout the project;
- Heritage – includes events, materials, communications and/or services which interpret and convey the human and natural history of Kelowna and/or foster preservation, stewardship, and public interpretation and appreciation of heritage knowledge, assets, collections and sites;
- Multiculturalism – includes public education, programs, events or services focused on building awareness, appreciation and celebration of language, traditions and artforms.
Eligibility Criteria
To participate in this program, the organization must:
- be a registered non-profit society or a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and be registered for at least one (1) year at the time of the application deadline;
- be physically located, have an active presence and have the majority of its programs and services delivered within the city of Kelowna for at least one (1) year at the time of the application deadline;
- either solely, or in partnership with others, propose a project which is consistent with the vision, principles, goals and strategies of the 2020-2025 Cultural Plan;
- be committed to carrying out its project for the benefit of Kelowna residents without exclusion of anyone by reason of religion, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, language, disability or income;
- have an independent Board of Directors composed of volunteers and representative of its mission and audience. Directors must:
- Meet the minimum statutory requirements imposed by the relevant incorporation statute (i.e. BC Societies Act); and
- not be remunerated for their services as Director (except for reimbursement of reasonable expenses) nor hold concurrent staff positions.
- have fulfilled all reporting requirements for any previous grants from the City of Kelowna; and
- have other revenue sources for the project.
Cultural facility operators or recipients of General or Professional Operating Grants from the City of Kelowna are eligible to apply but must clearly demonstrate that their proposed project is outside the scope of their annual programs and services which are already supported by the City.
For more information, visit https://www.kelowna.ca/our-community/arts-culture-heritage/cultural-grants