Deadline: 6-Sep-22
The Calgary Arts Development is seeking applications for its Project Grant Program – Organizations to provide one-time project funding to registered non-profit arts organizations and current operating grant clients in Calgary (known as Mohkínsstsisi in Blackfoot).
Priority Areas
- The Project Grant Program seeks to support projects that align with any of the following priority areas:
- Projects that reflect and contribute to the vibrancy and vitality of Calgary’s arts sector and create opportunities for Calgarians to access artistic experiences.
- Projects that create opportunities to attract, restore, and retain jobs for artists and arts professionals.
- Projects that support organizational development, including projects related to the reopening, recovery, and resiliency of the arts sector, or strengthen the organization’s ability to connect with their community.
- Arts-centered projects that encourage everyday creativity, including cross-sector collaboration, creative economy, and neighbourhood-level community initiatives.
Funding Information
- Organizations may apply for up to $25,000.
- Total funding available for this program is $500,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- This program is open to registered non-profit arts organizations in Calgary, both those who do and those who do not currently receive operating grants from us.
- Organizations must demonstrate that the arts are at the core of their mandate. Individual applications from registered for-profit corporations or businesses, post-secondary institutions and artistic projects by non-arts organizations will not be eligible for this funding.
- Applications for projects which are not led by arts organizations but which collaborate with and/or primarily support artists or arts organizations may be eligible as outlined in the Collaborations with Artists section.
- This program cannot support individual artists or non-registered artist collectives.
- Collaborations with Artists:
- They will consider applications from organizations who do not meet the definition of a non-profit arts organization as long as they can demonstrate, and at the discretion of Calgary Arts Development staff:
- Artists are core collaborators or participants in the planning, development, and implementation of the project.
- The project and budget provides financial and non-financial support to artists.
- The applicant has a demonstrated history of working with artists and/or the arts sector.
- Applicants not registered as a non-profit society, company, or charity must be collaborating with an organization with non-profit status who can receive and manage the grant funds.
- An applicant may only apply to this program for one project or one distinct phase of a project.
- They will only accept one application per organization, and one application per project.
- You may not receive funding from more than one Calgary Arts Development program for the same project or phase of a project.
- You may not apply to this program if you have final reports past their due date for prior grants.
- You may not have more than four open grants with Calgary Arts Development, including grants for which a deadline extension has been approved (multi-year Operating Grants do not count towards this). A request for an exception to this eligibility requirement may be submitted in writing and in discussion with the program specialist.
For more information, visit https://calgaryartsdevelopment.com/programs/project-grant-program-organizations/