Deadline: 01-Feb-2025
The Sustaining Program for Professional Arts Organizations (SPPAO) is available to professional not-for-profit arts organizations that develop and grow the arts of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Grants support administration, operating, and production/presentation costs. This program is open to all artistic disciplines served by ArtsNL dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual arts, and writing.
Funding Information
- $1,700,000 is awarded annually.
- The minimum grant is $20,000
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to submit an application to the SPPAO, a professional not-for-profit arts organization must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Mandate and Organizational Structure:
- Have the development, production, and promotion of the professional arts as its primary mandate.
- Be based in Newfoundland and Labrador and be registered as a not-for-profit organization in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Have a formal organizational structure, including an active board of directors.
- Have at least half its board members residing in Newfoundland and Labrador for a minimum of 12 months at the time of submitting an application.
- Employ a professional artistic director, CEO, executive director, general manager, or equivalent who has a leadership role in the organization’s programming, operations, and financial management.
- Operations and Programming:
- Have completed two consecutive years of significant professional arts operations in keeping with the mandate of the organization.
- Use a process to decide artistic programming that includes an artistic assessment, such as an artistic director and/or a programming committee made up of at least 50% professional artists.
- Have a strong record of providing employment locally as part of the organization’s operations.
- Have at least half the professional artists hired be at least 18 years of age or have post-secondary standing.
- Mandate and Organizational Structure:
For more information, visit ArtsNL.