Deadline: 26-Oct-22
The City of Vancouver is seeking applications for its Communities and Artists Shifting Culture (CASC) Grant to support a wide range of short-term, one-time, or limited series arts, cultural, and creative projects delivered by registered non-profit organizations, societies, charities, registered co-ops, and local First Nation Band Councils that advance the goals of the culture plan.
Program Goals
- This program aims to leverage the collective community efforts of Vancouver’s arts and culture sector to:
- Centre the voices of underrepresented, marginalized, and racialized artists, cultural practitioners, and organizations to research, develop, create and present their work.
- Provide meaningful opportunities where artists and cultural workers have the freedom, agency, and safe spaces to share their stories.
- Support co-creative projects between communities and artists or cultural workers that build and strengthen connections across and between diverse communities.
- Expand public access to culturally relevant and diverse work, programs and services to broaden understanding of Vancouver’s cultural history and creative stories.
- Amplify cultural life throughout Vancouver neighbourhoods, communities and public spaces.
- Create a more equitable, collaborative, vibrant and sustainable arts and culture sector.
Funding Information
- Grant amounts range from $2,500 – $20,000.
Eligible Projects & Activities
- CASC grants support projects:
- In any artistic discipline (e.g., Indigenous arts and culture, community-engaged arts, dance, literary, media, music, theatre, visual arts, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, cultural heritage)
- In any phase of a project, from research and development through to presentation
- In all forms (e.g., exhibitions, performances, publications, presentations, video, film, media, radio, audio recordings, virtual, online-based creative initiatives, or communityengaged art or cultural projects led by professional artists, cultural workers, Elders, knowledge-keepers)
Eligibility Criteria
- To apply to this program, the applicant must:
- Be a non-profit society, a community service co-op legally registered and in good standing with BC Registries and Services, a First Nations Band Council on whose unceded traditional homelands Vancouver sits, or a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
- NOTE: Groups and individuals from equity-deserving communities that are not incorporated as registered non-profits, co-ops, or charities may submit an application via a sponsor organization that is a registered non-profit society, co-op, charity or First Nations Band council. The sponsor organization must have a mandate to serve thesame equity-deserving community(ies) as the group or individual.
- First-time applicants must provide documentation of non-profit, registered or charitable status, e.g., Certificate of Incorporation
- NOTE: Organizations that are currently receiving City of Vancouver Cultural Operating funding (COFA, COFI, Cultural Equity or Cultural Indigenous Grants) are not eligible to apply unless they are a sponsor organization of an individual artist or non-registered collective and fulfill the mandate criteria noted . The project must be outside of the activities supported through the sponsor organization’s core operating grant.
- Have an active presence in and deliver programs and services within Vancouver, or if led by either the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, held in their traditional homelands.
- Be working with artists and creative collaborators and have leadership with the relevant lived experience, permission, knowledge, skills, and expertise to lead and contribute to the work.
- Aim to compensate artists, cultural practitioners, and project contributors at standard industry rates.
- Provide respectful and safe working conditions for artists, staff, volunteers and contractors.
- Have accessibility and inclusion policies and practices in place.
- Have a mix of revenue sources (earned, private and public) for the project.
- Provide financial statements signed by the Board for the most recently completed fiscal year, including a Balance Sheet and Income/Expense Statement.
- Have a Governance model that is supportive of the mission, a healthy and inclusive work place, and the staff and people served.
- Comply with all applicable laws, governing acts, regulations, bylaws and guidelines, including obtaining any necessary licenses, permits or approvals required for the project.
- Have completed all previous projects funded through Cultural Services OR
- Can provide an interim report if the previous project is not complete by the application deadline. If funding for a new project is approved, release of funds will be conditional upon receipt of an interim report.
For more information, visit https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/cultural-grants-program.aspx