Deadline: 30-Sep-21
The City of Surrey has announced the applications for Cultural Grants Program to support a wide range of arts and cultural activity in Surrey, including artistic practices (music, dance, theatre, literary, visual, media, inter-disciplinary, community-based and Indigenous arts) and cultural celebrations and events that reflect Surrey’s diverse heritage and community.
The vision of the Cultural Grants Program (the “Program”) is to support and enhance Surrey’s arts and cultural sector through:
- Building organizational capability and sustainability in each of existing and new local cultural organizations;
- Investing in community-based cultural activities that promote awareness, access, participation and appreciation of arts and heritage; and
- Encouraging collaborative opportunities and partnerships.
Categories
- Cultural Celebrations Grants: Under this category, grants will be provided to eligible groups to support the organizations’ initiative to provide audiences with an original artistic experience as part of a larger event.
- Project Grants: Under this category, grants will be provided to encourage partnerships and collaborations that result in cultural programs and initiatives.
- Operating Grants: Operating grants aim to support and sustain the work of mature, registered not-for-profit arts and cultural organizations that deliver consistent, meaningful, and original local programming, demonstrate sustainable administrative practices and organizational structures, and play a leadership role in enriching and enlivening Surrey’s cultural landscape.
Funding Information
- Cultural Celebrations Grants:
- Registered not-for-profit organizations are eligible to apply for up to $3,000 not to exceed 50% of eligible costs.
- Non-registered not-for-profit organizations are eligible to apply for up to $2,500 not to exceed 50% of eligible costs.
- Project Grants:
- Up to fifty percent (50%) of the project budget on a matching basis.
- Matching funds can be a combination of cash and in-kind contributions, with in-kind volunteer hours limited to thirty percent (30%) of the overall project budget.
- Organizations can apply for up to $10,000 annually for upcoming projects. Grant funding from multiple years cannot be combined to produce a single project.
- Operating Grants:
- Under this category, Surrey resident organizations can be eligible for up to a maximum of $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible under this category, the applicant must be:
- A not-for-profit organization (registered or non-registered) or individuals partnering with a not-for-profit organization (registered or non-registered).
- Based in the City of Surrey. Non-resident organizations may be considered for projects that occur within the City of Surrey’s municipal boundaries and directly benefit Surrey residents, with priority given to projects that employ and utilize a majority of Surrey-based artists for the project, where there is no comparable organization based in Surrey, and where the project does not duplicate another that can be provided by another organization already offered in Surrey.
- Proposing a project that has a duration of no more than 16 months.
- Having matching funds and/or in-kind contributions equivalent to the amount of the grant that is being requested.
- Eligibility for returning applicants will be based on the applicant submitting all outstanding final reports from previous years, to the City’s satisfaction, prior to applying for the current or upcoming year’s Program. Failure to do so prior to the application deadline will render the applicant’s application as ineligible. Permissible exceptions will be for those organizations that have Fall/Winter events which occur after the grant submission deadline, and that will require time upon the completion of the event(s) to submit final reports in a timely manner to be mutually agreed upon by the applicant and the City.
Ineligible
The following will not be funded through the Program:
- Educational institutions.
- Student projects.
- Individuals.
- Religious, political, and business groups.
- For-profit organizations.
- Activities prior to the date of receipt of the grant application by the City.
- Fundraisers and banquets.
- Travel.
- Deficit reduction.
- Capital projects (equipment, new buildings, facility upgrades).
- Ongoing core operations.
- Projects that, in the opinion of the City, may be contrary to the public interest to approve for financial assistance.
- Activities that principally take place outside the City of Surrey.
- Bursaries, scholarships, or contests.
For more information, visit https://www.surrey.ca/arts-culture/cultural-grants