If you are an artist or an arts organization, finding adequate funding for your latest project can cause a lot of worry and lost sleep. You may be worried if any funding options exist in the first place. If they do exist, how much mountainous paperwork will you have to submit. If that sounds like you, then you will be pleased to know that there are options for funding your artistic project if you are an artist or run an arts organization in Canada or Alberta. We will explore some of the options in this article.
Funding organizations can be broken into three categories :
Federal arts funding organizations
Provincial and municipal arts funding organizations
Private sector arts funding organizations
Federal Arts Funding Organizations
Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts was an organization formed in 1957 by the Government of Canada. Its main purposes were to fund, foster and promote the enjoyment of art in Canada. Each year, the organization receives around 16 000 grant requests. Grants issued total around the $152 million mark each year. The Council offers grants for a variety of arts initiatives ranging from music and dance programs to museum and indigenous art promotions. You will have to check the website for the latest funding initiative.
Canadian Heritage Fund
[https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage.html]
The Department of Canadian Heritage is a government department that supports initiatives that promote Canadian identity and values, cultural development and heritage. If your project ties in with this theme, you can get funding for your music recording, film production or whatever it is that you are working on.
Canadian Heritage gives out roughly $1.2 billion in grants annually. The application forms will need to be submitted before their specific deadlines. A confirmation notice is sent within two weeks of submitting the application. A decision on the funding of your project can take anywhere from thirteen to thirty weeks.
Canada Media Fund
The Canada Media Fund is a public-private partnership that was created to fund original Canadian content and support the Canadian media industry. The fund’s origin is rooted with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Communications (CRTC). The CRTC requires Canadian media businesses to contribute 5% of their revenues to the Canada Media Fund.
