Deadline: 30-Sep-24
The Community Arts Program (CAP) is offering grants to community-based not-for-profit arts organizations and community-based arts groups.
This program supports the costs of community-based arts activities including: arts workshops, presentations, productions, new creations, adjudicator fees, artist fees, and travel costs. This program is open to all artistic disciplines served by ArtsNL (dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual arts, writing).
Funding Information
- $100,000 is available to be awarded annually. The maximum grant request is $5,000, and the minimum grant to be awarded is $1,000, or the total amount requested by the applicant if less than $1,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Community-based arts group:
- A group of individual artists who work in one or more of the artistic disciplines supported by ArtsNL:
- that has the creation and/or presentation of works of art as a primary activity,
- that is composed of at least two individuals,
- that operates in a not-for-profit capacity,
- that operates as a community-based organization (i.e. run by volunteers and typically does not pay a professional administrator or artistic director)
- that has internal oversight of the group’s finances and can produce an annual financial statement.
- A group of individual artists who work in one or more of the artistic disciplines supported by ArtsNL:
- Community-based not-for-profit arts organization:
- A formal organization operating in one or more of the artistic disciplines supported by ArtsNL
- that has the creation and/or presentation of works of art as a primary activity,
- that is registered, or operates as a non-profit arts entity,
- that has a board of directors overseeing the operations of the organization,
- that operates as a community-based organization (i.e. run by volunteers and typically does not pay a professional administrator or artistic director)
- that has internal or external oversight of the organization’s finances and produces an annual financial statement.
- A formal organization operating in one or more of the artistic disciplines supported by ArtsNL
- Residency, age, and activity requirements:
- Community-based arts groups and not-for-profit arts organizations:
- Must have been active in Newfoundland and Labrador for a minimum of one year at the time of submitting an application.
- Must have actively engaged in community-based arts activities within the last year.
- Must have at least half its members (for groups) or board members (for organizations) residing in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Must have at least half its members (for groups) or board members (for organizations) who are at least 18 years of age or have post-secondary standing.
- Community-based arts groups and not-for-profit arts organizations:
For more information, visit ArtsNL.
