March 2025 Grant Deadlines

Check out the grant program deadlines for the month of March 2025 (click on program name to link directly to funder website for more details)

GENERAL / SERVICE / COMMUNITY (ALL DISCIPLINES) DEADLINES:

1. BC Gaming Community Gaming Grants (Arts & Culture sector: application period between Feb 1 and Apr 30)
2. CRS – Co-Op Community Spaces Program (Deadline: opens Feb 1 and closes Mar 3)
3. City of Vancouver: Communities and Artists Shifting Culture (CASC) Cultural Projects Grant Program (Deadline: Mar 5)
4. CCA Arts Across Canada: Circulation and Touring (Deadline: Mar 5)
5. CCA Arts Abroad: Circulation and Touring (Deadline: Mar 5)
6. CCA Arts Abroad: Residencies (Deadline: Mar 5)
7. City of Vancouver Cultural Spaces Grant Program (Affordable Spaces Grants, Cultural Infrastructure Grants (CIG), Small Grants for Cultural Spaces) (2025 Deadlines: Statement of Intent to apply: opens Jan 7, closes Feb 12; full application deadline is Mar 5)
8. City of Vancouver: Transit Shelter Advertising Program (monthly deadlines: Mar 7) 
9. City of Vancouver: Video Screen Advertising Program (monthly deadlines: Mar 7)
10. Victoria Foundation: Vital Grant Stream Program (Deadline: Mar 11)
11. Hamber Foundation (Deadlines: Mar 15 & Sept 15)
12. City of Vancouver: Cultural Learning and Sharing Grant Program (Deadline: Mar 19)
13. CCA EXPLORE & CREATE: Research & Creation (Deadline: apply any time before the start date of your project /part of your project for which you are seeking funding, until Mar 19, 2025)
14. CCA EXPLORE & CREATE: Concept to Realization – Project Grants (Deadline: apply any time before the start date of your project /part of your project for which you are seeking funding; until Mar 19, 2025)
15. CCA ARTS ACROSS CANADA: Foreign Artists Tour Program (Deadline: apply any time before the start date of your project / activity; until Mar 26, 2025)
16. CCA ARTS ABROAD: Co-Productions (Deadline: apply any time before the start date of your project / activity; until Mar 26, 2025)
17. CCA Supporting Artistic Practice: Sector Innovation and Development (Deadline: Mar 26)
18. CLICK Foundation Grants (Deadlines: Mar 31 & Oct 31)
19. City of Vancouver Cultural Spaces Grant Program (Critical Assistance Grants) (Deadline: any time in calendar year until all funds expended)
20. Creative BC: International Industry Initiatives Program (Deadline: apply anytime)
21. Canadian Heritage: Arts Presentation Canada – Development Component (Deadline: ongoing; speak with Heritage staff for dates)
22. CCA STRATEGIC FUNDS AND INITIATIVES: Access Support (Deadline: You can submit an Access Support request with your associated application, until Apr 9, 2025)
23. CCA ARTS ACROSS CANADA: Travel (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; until Apr 9, 2025)
24. CCA ARTS ACROSS CANADA: Representation and Promotion (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; until Apr 9, 2025)
25. CCA ARTS ABROAD: Travel (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; until Apr 9, 2025)
26. CCA ARTS ABROAD: Representation and Promotion (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; until Apr 9, 2025)
27. CCA STRATEGIC FUNDS: Market Access Strategy for Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC) Fund (Deadline: Any time before the start date of your project or activity until Apr 9, 2025)
28. Canada’s Trade Accelerator Program (Deadline: constant intake, apply online any time)
29. Canadian Heritage: (BCAH) Building Communities through Arts and Heritage (Legacy Fund: no fixed deadline, however, your project must be submitted at the latest by the date of the anniversary you want to commemorate)
30. Canadian Heritage: Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program – Events Component (No specific deadline, constant intake; note that notification can take up to 18 weeks from date of application)
31. Canadian Heritage: Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (no deadline, constant intake)
32. Work BC: Job Creation Partnerships (no deadline, constant intake)

MEDIA / FILM / LITERARY / VISUAL ARTS DEADLINES:

1. Indigenous Screen Office: Story Fund: Travel Funding (Deadline: Rolling deadline application process. Accepting applications until funding is depleted, or until Mar 1, 2025, whichever comes first)
2. Creative BC: Reel Focus BC – Equity and Emerging Development Program (Deadline: Mar 5)
3. Creative BC: Reel Focus BC – Production Program (Deadline: Mar 20)
4. Creative BC: Reel Focus BC – Documentary + Factual Development Fund (Deadline: Mar 13)
5. CCA Supporting Artistic Practice: Literary Publishing Projects (Deadline: Mar 26)
6. Canadian Heritage: Museums Assistance Program – Canada-France Agreement (Deadline: Mar 31)
7. Creative BC: Project Development Fund (Deadline: Applications are open until funds are exhausted)
8. Writers Trust of Canada: Woodcock Grant Fund (no deadline; constant intake)

MUSIC DEADLINES:

1. Creative BC: Amplify BC – Business Foundations (Deadline: Mar 12)
2. Creative BC: Amplify BC – Demo Recording (Deadline: Mar 12)
3. FACTOR: Songwriter Support for Music Publishers (Deadline: Ongoing; applications must be submitted at least one calendar day before travel departure)
4. FACTOR : Sponsorship Program (Deadline: constant intake; applications must be submitted at least three months prior to the start date of the event)
5. FACTOR: Songwriter Development Program (Deadline: Ongoing; applications must be submitted at least one calendar day before travel departure)
6. Creative BC: Domestic Industry Initiatives (Deadline: apply anytime; at least 8 weeks before event)

INDIGENOUS / BIPOC ARTISTS & GROUPS DEADLINES:

1. Canadian Heritage: Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program – Organizational Capacity Building component (2025 Deadline TBA; 2024 deadline was Feb 22)
2. Indigenous Screen Office: Story Fund: Travel Funding (Deadline: Rolling deadline application process. Accepting applications until funding is depleted, or until Mar 1, 2025, whichever comes first)
3. YVR Art Foundation – Emerging Artist Scholarship Program (Deadline: Mar 14)
4. YVR Art Foundation – Mid-Career Artist Scholarship Program (Deadline: Mar 14)
5. CCA Creating, Knowing and Sharing: Short-Term Projects (Deadline: Mar 26)
6. CCA CREATING, KNOWING AND SHARING (Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples): Travel (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; until Mar 26, 2025)
7. CCA CREATING, KNOWING AND SHARING (Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples): Small-Scale Activities (Deadline: apply any time before the start date of your project / activity until Mar 26, 2025)
8. YVR Foundation: Bill McLennan Masterpiece Study Program Microgrants (Deadline: ongoing; apply any time)
9. YVR Art Foundation: Aspiring Artist Awards (Deadline: ongoing/constant intake)

INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS / ADMINISTRATORS (ALL DISCIPLINES) DEADLINES:

1. Vancouver Foundation Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grants (Deadline: open Nov 8, 2024; closes Mar 2025 or when funds run out)
2. Creative BC: Reel Focus BC – Production Program (Deadline: Mar 5)
3. Creative BC: Reel Focus BC – Equity and Emerging Development Program (Deadline: Mar 5)
4. Creative BC: Amplify BC – Demo Recording (Deadline: Mar 12)
5. YVR Art Foundation – Emerging Artist Scholarship Program (Deadline: Mar 14)
6. YVR Art Foundation – Mid-Career Artist Scholarship Program (Deadline: Mar 14)
7. CCA EXPLORE & CREATE: Research & Creation (Deadline: apply any time before the start date of your project /part of your project for which you are seeking funding, until Mar 19, 2025)
8. CCA EXPLORE & CREATE: Concept to Realization – Project Grants ((Deadline: apply any time before the start date of your project /part of your project for which you are seeking funding; until Mar 19, 2025)
9. YVR Foundation: Bill McLennan Masterpiece Study Program Microgrants (Deadline: ongoing; apply any time)
10. YVR Art Foundation: Aspiring Artist Awards (Deadline: ongoing/constant intake)
11. CCA SUPPORTING ARTISTIC PRACTICE: Professional Development for Arts Professionals (Deadline: apply any time before the start date of your project or activity, until Apr 9, 2025)
12. CCA EXPLORE & CREATE: Professional Development for Artists  (Deadline: apply any time before the start date of your activity; until Apr 9, 2025)
13. CCA ARTS ACROSS CANADA: Travel (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; until Apr 9, 2025)
14. CCA ARTS ABROAD: Travel (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; until Apr 9, 2025)
15. CCA STRATEGIC FUNDS AND INITIATIVES: Access Support (Deadline: You can submit an Access Support request with your associated application, until Apr 9, 2025)
16. CCA STRATEGIC FUNDS: Market Access Strategy for Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC) Fund (Deadline: Any time before the start date of your project or activity until Apr 9, 2025)
17. The AFC: Emergency Financial Aid (Deadline: ongoing/constant intake)
18. Unison Industry Assistance Fund (no deadline noted, constant intake)
19. Music BC: JUMPSTART: music career consultation & coaching service (no deadline, service on demand)
20. Creative BC: Passport to Markets Fund (Deadline: apply any time; Applications must be submitted at least 3 weeks prior to the commencement of the market)
21. SOCAN: Professional Development Assistance Program (Deadline: ongoing; Application must be submitted before the activity starts)
22. FACTOR: Songwriter Development Program (Deadline: Ongoing; applications must be submitted at least one calendar day before travel departure)
23. Creative BC: Passport to Markets – Virtual Edition (Deadline: apply anytime)
24. Writers Trust of Canada: Woodcock Grant Fund (no deadline; constant intake)
25. SOCAN Foundation: Travel Assistance (deadline: any time before travel starts)
26. Unison Emergency Financial Support Program (no deadline noted, constant intake)
27. Glad Day Bookshop: Emergency Survival Fund for LGBTQ2S artists, performers & tip-based workers (no deadline noted)