Funding Applicable to Collectives

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Career Development
The program is designed to recognize and encourage arts professionals who have demonstrated exceptional artistic talent and potential, and who are pursuing a career in the arts. The program is divided in three components:
1. assistance to present work by invitation in established arts events
2. assistance for participation in residency opportunities of four (4) weeks and less. The artists in residence are to contribute to the promotion and understanding of the arts by means of the artists’ contact with the clientele of the establishments
3. professional development scholarships for studies
http://www.artsnb.ca/en/prog_careerdev.php


Strategic Initiatives Fund (SIF)
The Strategic Initiatives Fund (SIF) program provides funding to assist in covering some of the cost of projects/activities/initiatives that uses innovative approaches in order to strengthen the economic/strategic contribution of the cultural and artistic sector in New Brunswick.
http://www.gnb.ca/0131/art_fis-e.asp


Socan Festival Grants
DEADLINES: MARCH 1, 2010
(for festivals held July 1–December 31, 2010)
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
(for festivals held January 1–June 30, 2011) Music festivals that feature the music of Canadian music creators and performers are considered for support. Applicants are encouraged to include workshops for songwriters and composers in their festivals. Concert music festivals may apply under Event and Project Grants.
http://www.socanfoundation.ca/pdfs/SOCA ... 2010En.pdf


Integrated Arts Program for Artists
DEADLINE: 1 May
* Increase knowledge, promote and support diversity, plurality and (or) hybridity of practice as demonstrated in the body of work of an individual artist or within an organization’s programming.
* Support both contemporary and traditional work, and (or) the integration of contemporary and traditional work.
* Support artistic excellence in works, processes, professional development and research methodology, while taking into account the local, regional and (or) cultural context.
* Support relationships and collaboration among artists of different disciplinary and cultural backgrounds.
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/inte ... 854927.htm

Artists and Community Collaboration Program in the Visual Arts
DEADLINE: 15 April
This program awards project assistance grants to Canadian, non-profit organizations and collectives with a primary mandate in the contemporary visual arts. Grants provide a contribution toward projects that bring together professional artists and the broader community for the purpose of giving the visual arts a stronger presence in everyday life.
Artists and community collaboration is an arts process that actively involves the work of professional artists and non-arts community members in creative and collaborative relationships.
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/visu ... 591456.htm

The Collective Initiatives Program
DEADLINES: May 29th, July 31st, Oct. 30th, Dec. 15th, 2009, Jan. 29th, 2010
Offers funding to:
1. a) aid in educational and professional information sessions or seminars.
2. b) aid for regional and national initiatives that promote various sectors of the Canadian music industry simultaniously.
http://www.factor.ca/ProgramDetails.aspx?ID=9

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Project Grants for Organizations in the Visual Arts
DEADLINES: 15 April or 15 September
Project grants are available to Canadian non-profit organizations and collectives with a mandate in the contemporary visual arts and fine craft. Grants provide a contribution towards projects that advance knowledge and promote public enjoyment of the visual arts.
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/visu ... 312500.htm

Support to National Visual Arts Service Organizations
DEADLINE: 1 April 2011
This program assists non-profit, Canadian service organizations whose primary focus is to develop and contribute to the vitality of the professional visual arts community. These service organizations, groups or associations provide assistance to their members which are directly involved in the creation, production and dissemination of Canadian visual arts.
This support is intended for national visual arts organizations that provide information, resources, advice and advocacy to the professional visual arts milieu.
The objectives of this program are:
* to support non-profit organizations performing a vital service to professional visual artists and visual arts organizations;
* to contribute to national networks of visual artists and visual arts organizations;
* to increase the services available to the visual arts community, such as professional development, communication, advocacy and general services.
These grants contribute towards general operating costs and will be awarded for three years.
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/visu ... 281250.htm

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Operational Grant for Provincial Community Arts Organizations
DEADLINE: April 15th
Receive an operational grant of up to $25,000 for your provincial community arts organization to increase production, manage finances responsibly and develop economic initiatives that lead to self-sufficiency.
* provincial community arts organizations operating in New Brunswick that encourage, promote, present, plan or develop arts- or craft-related activities throughout the province
* umbrella organizations for local community arts organizations
* organizations that hold at least one event per year that is open to the general public or its membership at large
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/summary/2240/
FORM: http://www.pxw1.snb.ca/snb7001/e/1000/C ... -0003E.pdf

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New Ones!

Canadian Heritage Grants For:
Local Festivals
http://www.pch.gc.ca/eng/1267800479703/1276800169608
Community Anniversaries
http://www.pch.gc.ca/eng/1267800910983/1276800169608
Legacy Fund
http://www.pch.gc.ca/eng/1267801461621/1276800169608