Deadline: 13-Mar-25
Applications are now open for the Grow Forward Program to provide funding to arts organizations for capacity-building, planning, mentorships, sectoral initiatives, and the process of investigating, identifying, planning and executing significant and strategic adaptations in their operations.
Organizations can access funds to engage external expertise and develop strategies to guide them in navigating the questions, challenges and opportunities they face.
- This work may include projects such as the following examples:
- Developing mentorships for arts leaders internally or between organizations.
- Making shifts to business models and organizational structures.
- Forming strategic partnerships with other organizations, including resource sharing.
- Sectoral initiatives that benefit multiple arts organizations in the Capital Region.
- Cross-sectoral initiatives that create collaborations between arts and other sectors or industries.
- Planning for leadership succession from founding and longstanding leaders.
- Addressing organizational life cycle questions, including potential mergers and closures.
Funding Information
- Grant amount: up to $5,000
Ineligible Activities
- Development, Delivery, or Touring of artistic programming
- Fundraising activities, contests and competitions
- Scholarships
- Mentorships for individual artists
- Capital expenditures
- Elimination or reduction of accumulated deficits
- Expenses for events or activities that have already taken place
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organizations must:
- be a not-for-profit society registered in British Columbia.
- have arts as their primary mandate and purpose.
- have an active Board of Directors.
- be based in one of the jurisdictions that contributes to the Arts & Culture Support Service, as indicated by the organization’s registered, physical address on its BC not-forprofit registration document.
- conduct all the activities involved in the proposed initiative in jurisdictions that contribute to the Arts & Culture Support Service.
- not have received a CRD Arts Operating Grant in the previous year.
- offer a potential impact within the Capital Region.
Evaluation Criteria
- Consideration will be given to activities that result in:
- facilitation of knowledge-sharing between arts leaders in the Capital Region.
- creation of new collaborations and partnerships.
- development of organizational capacity within the funded organization.
- skill development in staff.
- creation of new sectoral or cross-sectoral initiatives.
- organizational transformation that advances arts development of the sector.
For more information, visit Capital Regional District.