Deadline: 28-Jul-25
The SaskCulture is accepting applications for its Community Cultural Engagement and Planning Grant.
The Community Cultural Engagement and Planning (CCEP) grant program aims to support research, community engagement, cultural planning, community investment and development, and collaboration and partnerships between various cultural organizations and community sectors that promote cultural vitality and economic sustainability.
Priorities
- Priority will be given to projects that:
- take place in the province’s northern and/or rural or otherwise underserved communities
- are led by equity-denied communities and cultural organizations (including ethnocultural, First Nation or Métis groups), or by organizations who demonstrate commitment to equity within their organizational structures with attention to diverse staff, Board, experience and programming
- are from applicants that have not received SaskCulture or Sask Lotteries operational funding totaling more than $30,000 in the last year
- Have a focus on implementing, or working towards implementing, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action or reconciliation efforts such as setting up and maintaining a Reconciliation Committee
- Support the research and learning of the history of the Indigenous Peoples of the area where the municipality or First Nation is situated (examples: engagement with Elders and Knowledge Keepers, researching traditional place names and sacred sites, etc.)
- Support research and learning about the Treaty relationship of the area
Streams
- CCEP has four streams:
- Research: information gathering, identification of cultural and community assets, mapping assets, assessment, analysis of data, evaluation, feasibility studies, surveys, publishing of research findings, etc.
- Engagement: community engagement and/or consultation initiatives related to culture in a community. Projects could include: public meetings, town hall meetings, facilitated discussions, focus groups, building community knowledge and capacity through presentations/guest speakers followed by discussions, etc.
- Development of a Culture Plan: a community culture plan will be the outcome of this stream. Applicants can include research and community engagement as part of this stream or the project could follow previously completed research and community engagement.
- Implementation: projects will be implementation initiatives resulting from a community culture plan or other plan that has a focus on culture in the community.
Funding Information
- Research
- Grant Request Amount: Up to a $5,000 grant
- Engagement
- Grant Request Amount: Up to a $5,000 grant
- Development of a Culture Plan
- Grant Request Amount: Up to a $20,000 grant
- Implementation
- Grant Request Amount: Up to a $5,000 grant
Eligible Expenses
- Eligible project expenses include:
- Wages, honorarium and contract agreements for consultants, facilitators, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, mentors, temporary staff, or contracts for specific work (such as conducting research). This does not replace wages for the core job responsibilities of existing staff;
- Honorarium for program participants who are directly contributing their knowledge and/or lived experience to community engagement projects;
- Travel expenses for program participants. This includes gas, rental of vehicles, bus transit, taxi or ride share and airfare. While the primary cultural activities must take place in Saskatchewan, travel outside of the province is eligible if it is to bring resource peoples in locally to conduct work that cannot otherwise be conducted by someone in Saskatchewan; Material expenses related to the cultural activity, including gifts related to First Nations cultural protocols;
- Facility costs would only be considered eligible in situations where additional space is required for the project to move ahead. The existing space/facility of an applicant organization is not eligible and would be considered as an in-kind contribution – i.e. rent, utilities and office overhead;
- A recommended maximum of 20% of the total grant award can support food expenses that are a part of the cultural experience that is being offered for participants. A strong rationale would need to be provided to exceed this amount;
- A recommended maximum of 10% of the total grant request can be used for advertising and promotion cost for the project. A strong rationale would need to be provided to exceed this amount.
Ineligible Expenses
- The following items are ineligible for CCEP funds:
- Capital expenses such as construction, renovations or repairs or purchase of major equipment such as computers, video camcorders, power tools, etc.;
- Cash prizes, gifts, or the purchase of alcohol;
- Generally, food costs are ineligible. See above Eligible Expenses for exceptions.
- Activity that exclusively promotes definable religious or political viewpoints;
- Allowances, wages or personal expenses for program registrants and participants;
- Salaries and expenses of existing staff of the applicant organization;
- Office and administration fees including utilities, rent and/or rental of an applicant organization’s own facilities;
- In-kind contributions (such as volunteer hours, donations for food, goods, services, equipment, waiving rental fee, etc.) do not replace eligible expenses and should not be included in the budget.
Eligibility Criteria
- The following items are ineligible for CCEP funds:
- Capital expenses such as construction, renovations or repairs or purchase of major equipment such as computers, video camcorders, power tools, etc.;
- Cash prizes, gifts, or the purchase of alcohol;
- Generally, food costs are ineligible. See above Eligible Expenses for exceptions.
- Activity that exclusively promotes definable religious or political viewpoints;
- Allowances, wages or personal expenses for program registrants and participants;
- Salaries and expenses of existing staff of the applicant organization;
- Office and administration fees including utilities, rent and/or rental of an applicant organization’s own facilities; and
- In-kind contributions (such as volunteer hours, donations for food, goods, services, equipment, waiving rental fee, etc.) do not replace eligible expenses and should not be included in the budget.
- Registered Non-Profit organizations in Saskatchewan, working in partnership with at least one urban or rural municipality or First Nation or Tribal Council, Métis Local or Métis Region in Saskatchewan. These organizations must:
- have a primarily cultural mandate in Arts, Heritage, Multiculturalism or Cultural Industries as defined by SaskCulture’s Cultural Policy, or otherwise demonstrate significant engagement in cultural activity;
- be in existence as a registered non-profit for at least one full fiscal year prior to the deadline date;
- be in good standing with Information Services Corporation (ISC);
- Submit only one proposal per CCEP deadline;
- have no outstanding grant follow-ups due to SaskCulture; and
- provide a signed copy of the organization’s annual financial statement that was most recently submitted to the ISC to show evidence of good standing as a non-profit organization in Saskatchewan.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Ineligible Applicants include:
- Organizations or departments that are part of a federal or provincial operation and/or Crown Corporation
- Organizations that receive funding directed by the Government of Saskatchewan
- Districts for Sport, Culture and Recreation
- Eligible Cultural Organizations (ECOs) and other organizations that receive operational funding directly from the Culture Section of Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund • Schools and Post-Secondary Institutions
- Libraries
- Non-profit professional organizations and associations that do not have an integral ethnocultural, multicultural, First Nation or Métis focus
- Businesses
- Unincorporated groups
- Individuals
For more information, visit SaskCulture.