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Arts Impact Grants are responsive and flexible funding for arts and culture organizations and collectives. The intention of the program is to allow applicants to prioritize a specific project or group of related activities that will provide the most meaningful impact to their organization, artistic practice, or to their community.
Grant Categories: Applications will be assessed in one of the following three categories:
1. Foundational Impact – Capacity Building, Sustainability, and Transformation: Supports activities leading to organizational strength and stability. Examples may include but are not limited to:
- Creating or expanding leadership, and staff positions
- Board or staff training and development
- Strategic planning and policy development
- Emergency preparedness initiatives
- Sustainability practices or environmental initiatives
- Activities that may positively transform an organization’s operations
2. Community and Sector Impact – Connecting and Engaging: Supports connection with community. Examples may include but are not limited to:
- Audience and outreach including marketing initiatives and website development
- Youth engagement initiatives
- Inter-community networking and engagement
- Presentation, or exhibition of work in the applicant’s own community or in communities less than 80 km from the applicant’s home base** ** Circulation and touring activities over 80 km from the applicant’s home base are not eligible for this program. Funding for these activities may be available through the Arts Circulation and Touring Grant. See the Arts Circulation and Touring program guidelines for details.
- Sector development or shared-service projects delivered by coalitions or arts service organizations
3. Artistic and Cultural Impact – Creating and Producing: Supports the development, creation, or production of work or exhibitions that will make an impact on the organization, artistic practice, or community. Examples may include but are not limited to:
- Development, creation, or revision of work through:
- Research and development
- Commissions or residencies
- Workshopping or creative collaboration
- Creation of digital programming and/or the digitization of artistic and cultural works for the purposes of dissemination and greater access.
- Translation of literary, dramatic, other written artistic works, critical arts writing, or public programming materials originally created by B.C. artists, arts practitioners, and arts and culture organizations, for the purposes of publication, presentation, or greater access.
- Integration of environmentally sustainable materials, methods, or practices.
