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affta.ab.ca
Offers annual operating grant funding for eligible non-profit arts organizations in Alberta that foster artistic engagement and community participation through regular and recurring programming.
Helps arts organizations in Alberta engage the community through regular programming. Provides funding for staffing, artist fees, and operational costs.
Annual operating funding for arts organizations that foster artistic engagement and community participation through regular and recurring programming. Supports a broad range of artistic activities (production, presentation, dissemination, artist support) and organizational staffing (administrative/programming). Funding is based on total eligible expenses up to a maximum of 12 percent.
Business Size: small, medium
Industries: all disciplines, dance, film & video arts, indigenous arts, literary arts, music, theatre, visual arts & new media, performing arts
Region: Alberta
Other Criteria: public programming and participation in arts (film/video, literary, visual, performing) as primary purpose and mandate, employ at least one full-time equivalent staff member(s) in administrative and/or programming capacity, legally registered and operating in Alberta for a minimum of two full fiscal years, in good standing under Societies Act of Alberta, Companies Act of Alberta Part 9 (Nonprofit companies), Special Act of the Alberta Legislature, Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (registered in Alberta under Part 21 of Business Corporations Act), Special Act of the Parliament of Canada, or Income Tax Act of Canada (operating as charity in Alberta), Alberta-based address, 50% or more of board members living in Alberta, demonstrate good governance principles, effective administration, and fiscal responsibility, operate as a stand-alone arts organization, at arms-length from municipalities, commercial enterprises, or organizations/institutions receiving annual operating funding from Government of Alberta sources or affiliates, first-time applicants must contact AFA at least three months before the deadline for a preliminary eligibility assessment, first-time applicants must provide approved financial statements demonstrating positive net assets immediately prior to application, foster artistic engagement and community participation through regular and recurring programming, eligible for only one AFA operating grant stream at any given time
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This program is available to small, medium businesses in all disciplines, dance, film & video arts industries located in Alberta.
This program offers funding up to $100,000 (minimum $7,000).
The application deadline is May 3, 2027.
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