Grant Opportunities for Arts Organizations and Individual Artists in Canada

Deadline: 01-Sep-21

The Calgary Arts Development Foundation has launched Project Grant Program that is intended to provide one-time project funding to registered non-profit arts organizations and current operating grant clients. Organizations must demonstrate that the arts are at the core of their mandate.

Streams

Applications to this program will be assessed by arms-length peer committees in two streams. General recommendations for stream selection are:

Create & Develop
- This project is internally focused and strengthens operating, governance, or administrative practices. Work in this area will allow organizations to strengthen their overall operations for meaningful connections to their communities in the future, or;
- This project is about the creation and development of artistic work that will not be shared with a general public at this time. It may eventually be shared publicly, but it is not part of the project timeline and goals for this grant application.
Program & Present
- This project will result in something that will be shared with an audience or the general public as part of the project timeline and goals for this grant application, or;
- This project is externally focused, and is about creating and sharing work in the organization’s mandated discipline with the public, or involves the creation and production of work all the way to presenting it to an audience.

Funding Information

The total pool of funding will be $800,000.

Accommodation & Accessibility

They will work one-on-one with applicants who experience barriers to access to develop accommodations that suit their abilities and situations. Some examples of accommodations are:

Translation of written materials into other languages.
Transcription of verbal meetings or audio and video recordings into a written document.
Verbal video or audio applications. If you would prefer to answer the application questions verbally you can submit an audio or video recording of yourself or their staff can help record your responses using an online platform, such as Zoom.
Language interpretation for phone or video meetings (Note: This will depend on the availability of external service agencies).
Grant writing assistance if you need help.

You may be eligible for application assistance to pay someone to help you prepare and submit an application if you need it or for any of the reasons listed below:

An applicant who is Deaf, hard of hearing, has a disability or is living with a mental illness.
An applicant facing language, geographic or cultural barriers.

Eligibility Criteria

This program is open to registered non-profit arts organizations and current operating grant clients in Calgary. Organizations must demonstrate that the arts are at the core of their mandate. Registered forprofit organizations and artistic projects by non-arts organizations will not be eligible for this funding.
They welcome applications from organizations working in all artistic disciplines and their various cultural forms, including but not limited to: circus arts, craft arts, community and social practice, curation, dance, Deaf/deaf arts, digital arts, disability arts, film, Indigenous arts, literature, media arts, multidisciplinary practice, music and sound, performance, theatre, and visual arts.
Artists under the age of 18 may apply if they can demonstrate the below:
- They have permission from their legal guardian.
- They are working in their artistic discipline in a serious, intentional, and ongoing way.
- They are able to speak about their artistic practice in their own voice.
- They are able to accept and manage the grant funds personally.
- Funds from this program may go towards almost any expense that are directly related to your project and its goals.