Deadline: 08-Jan-2024
The Canada Council for the Arts is seeking applications for the Digital Generator Grant Program, a short-term initiative to support Canadian arts groups, collectives, and organizations to build their digital capacity and transform their business model and operations.
A digital approach can transform the way you operate and offers the opportunity to:
- deepen your relationship with your public and engage new audiences and markets
- collect and analyse data to gain insights into your public and understand your impact
- improve specific areas of business with digital technology to lower costs and increase efficiency
- generate new revenue streams
- collaborate and connect with others
- build new partnerships and networks to improve digital capacity
- transform your business model for long-term sustainability.
Funding Information
- Stream 1: Up to $40 000
- Stream 2:
- Up to $50 000 for projects that benefit a single group or organization
- Up to $100 000 for collaborative projects that benefit multiple groups or organizations
Eligible Activities
- Stream 1
- Hire external resources such as a consultant, expert or training provider to:
- measure the digital readiness of your group or organization (for example, digital maturity assessment)
- identify digital gaps and possibilities for your group or organization (for example, digital needs assessment, digital security assessment, technical audit)
- create a plan for leveraging digital opportunities for your group or organization (for example, digital strategic plan, discoverability plan, business model redesign)
- create a plan for increasing the digital public accessibility of your group or organization and work (for example, accessibility audit, plan for WCAG compliance)
- increase the digital skills of your staff (e.g. workshops, training)
- conduct research or undertake planning for the creation and governance of shared digital resources (for example, consultation, business model design, governance plan).
- Stream 2
- You can receive funding to implement recommendations resulting from a digital assessment, audit or plan designed to transform your operations and increase your digital capacity. Eligible activities include implementing tools, solutions and strategies related to transforming your operations and/or business model. These include, but are not limited to, projects aimed at improving:
- online discoverability, digital marketing and user analytics
- data analytics and business intelligence
- digital collaboration and team productivity
- information management, including cloud computing
- the capacity for digital creation and production
- e-commerce and digital distribution solutions
- digital accessibility and standards compliance
- cyber security
- the ability to implement new business models.
- You can receive funding to implement recommendations resulting from a digital assessment, audit or plan designed to transform your operations and increase your digital capacity. Eligible activities include implementing tools, solutions and strategies related to transforming your operations and/or business model. These include, but are not limited to, projects aimed at improving:
Eligibility Criteria
Types of potential applicants to this initiative include:
- artistic groups and collectives
- artistic organizations
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis groups, collectives and organizations
For more information, visit https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/strategic-funds/strategic-innovation-fund/innovation-grants/digital-generator