Canada Council for the Arts: Indigenous Organizations Component
Deadline: 20-Sep-23
The Canada Council for the Arts is seeking applications for its Indigenous Organizations component of Creating, Knowing and Sharing funds First Nations, Inuit and Métis organizations that engage in contemporary, customary or traditional artistic and cultural activities.
These activities can include non-Indigenous artists and collaborations with non-Indigenous organizations. Grants support the exploration of innovative strategies for Indigenous creative and cultural expression, and related administrative activities.
Focus Areas
The Creating, Knowing and Sharing program supports activities in 3 broad areas:
Creating provides support for research, production and creation of new works of art.
Knowing provides support for the retention, maintenance, innovation and transmittal of cultural knowledge and creative practice. This includes contemporary and historical critical discourse, arts/cultural training and initiatives that seek to pass cultural knowledge to younger generations through artistic practice, and the renewal and maintenance of customary art practices.
Sharing provides support for the dissemination, exhibition, presentation and distribution of works of art by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, which enrich and engage communities in Canada and abroad.
Objectives
To support the creative capacity and professional development of First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals, groups and organizations
To facilitate the retention, renewal and transmission of cultural knowledge and creative practice
To support exploration, creation and production of customary, traditional and contemporary work by First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists
To support the presentation, exhibition, and sharing of works by First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists in Canada and internationally
To strengthen and support the presence of First Nations, Inuit and Métis arts and artists
Funding Information
Category A: Grant amount: up to 60% of total annual revenues, averaged over the last 3 years
Category B: Grant amount: up to 60% of total annual revenues, averaged over the last 3 years
Category C: Grant amount: up to $100 000 per year
Category D: Grant amount: up to $100 000 per year
Activities- What you can apply for?
You can apply for a contribution towards:
Ongoing costs to support your organization, including staffing
Expenses related to your artistic and/or cultural activities, including any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing and Sharing activities:
Creating – research; creation; production; critical discourse (including research or writing); residencies; collaborations
Knowing – mentorships; artistic training; community-based initiatives to engage young people through artistic practices; language preservation through artistic practices; intergenerational transmission of artistic knowledge; preservation of traditional knowledge through artistic practice; development of administrative, artistic, cultural or organizational capacity; research; collaborations
Sharing – local, regional, national or international exhibitions; implementation of dissemination strategy and organizational objectives; publishing activities; gathering events involving artistic practices; collaborations; marketing and publicity; presentations, festivals and showcase events; networking events involving artistic practices; outreach activities
You can’t apply for activities that receive funding from another Canada Council program or those on the general list of ineligible activities.
Eligibility Criteria
Your eligibility to apply to this component is determined by the validated profile created in the portal and a conversation you have had with a Program Officer.
To be eligible, your organization must:
Presently receive core (operating) support from this component.
If your organization is presently receiving core support from another component, you must contact your Program Officer to confirm your eligibility before you apply.
Or:
Be an Indigenous publisher, Indigenous arts service organization or other Indigenous not-for-profit organization and meet all the following criteria:
Completed at least 2 consecutive years of artistic or cultural activity
Have received 1 composite grant or Long Term grant or 2 Canada Council project grants in the last 5 years. This excludes grants from the following components and programs: Travel, Representation and
Promotion, Translation, Small-Scale Activities, Digital Strategy Fund, Leadership for Change: Grants for Organizational Development, Flying Squad, and Visiting Foreign Artists.
have a board of directors or an identified governance group with oversight and decision-making authority, made up of at least 60% First Nations, Inuit or Métis individuals
Some organizations may be unable to fulfill these eligibility criteria due to exceptional circumstances. The Creating, Knowing and Sharing Program Director may allow such organizations to apply, on a case-by-case basis. You must contact a Program Officer before applying.
Category A
For organizations that meet all of the following criteria:
Have a mandate and primary activities concerned with artistic practice
Have artistic and/or cultural activities that are national and international in scope
Have been in continuous operation for at least 10 years
Have a total annual operating budget greater than $500 000, averaged over the last 3 years.
Category B
For organizations that meet all of the following criteria:
Have a mandate and primary activities concerned with artistic practice
Have artistic and/or cultural activities that are regional and/or national and/or international in scope
Have been in continuous operation for at least 7 years
Have a total annual operating budget greater than $250 000, averaged over the last 3 years.
Category C
For organizations that meet all of the following criteria:
Have a mandate and primary activities concerned with artistic and/or cultural practice
Have been in continuous operation for at least 3 years
For non-arts-specific organizations that meet all of the following criteria:
Are multi-faceted cultural organizations with regular and formalized artistic programming
Have ongoing artistic programming for at least 3 years
Category D
For organizations that qualify as an Indigenous Arts Service Organization
For organizations that qualify as an Indigenous Publisher
For more information, visit https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/creating-knowing-sharing/indigenous-organizations