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Check out SOME of the available (BC & Canada) arts funding and grants programs available for BC arts groups & artists, for the month of August 2025
SmartGrant searches for grants based on your unique user profile & location, from a database of over 8272+ grant programs offered by over 333 distinct funders. You can search for projects/activities based on funder name, discipline, deadline date, and/or 12 distinct funding focus categories (with up to 175 sub-categories!).
Artistic Creation:
| Aug 13: Creative BC: Reel Focus BC – Slate Development Program Aug 13: Indigenous Screen Office: Story Fund – Marketing, Promotion, and Distribution Aug 14: FACTOR: Juried Sound Recording – Album (Sound Recording; Marketing; Tour Support; Video) …there are another 4 grants for arts groups (Organizations) or 8 grants for artists or cultural workers (Individual) in this category with deadlines from Aug 1-31 |
Presentation:
| Aug 14: FACTOR: Juried Sound Recording – Album (Sound Recording; Marketing; Tour Support; Video) Aug 15: Heritage BC: Heritage Legacy Fund Aug 22: City of Kelowna: Community Art Program …there are another 12 grants for arts groups (Organizations) or 7 grants for artists or cultural workers (Individual) in this category with deadlines from Aug 1-31 |
Heritage or Cultural Conservation & Revitalization:
| Aug 15: Heritage BC: Heritage Legacy Fund …there are another 7 grants for arts groups (Organizations) in this category with deadlines from Aug 1-31 |
Digital & Technology:
| Aug 14: FACTOR: Juried Sound Recording – Album (Sound Recording; Marketing; Tour Support; Video) Aug 15: Heritage BC: Heritage Legacy Fund …there are another 4 grants for arts groups (Organizations) or 2 grants for artists or cultural workers (Individual) in this category with deadlines from Aug 1-31 |
Professional Development & Training:
| Aug 15: Heritage BC: Heritage Legacy Fund …there is another grant for arts groups (Organizations) or 5 grants for artists or cultural workers (Individual) in this category with deadlines from Aug 1-31 |
(Individual & Organizational) Development & Capacity Building:
| Aug 1: City of Vancouver: Transit Shelter Advertising Program (for campaigns starting in Nov 2025) Aug 1: City of Vancouver: Vancouver Live! Video Screen Advertising Program (for campaigns starting in Nov 2025) Aug 13: Creative BC: Reel Focus BC – Slate Development Program Aug 14: FACTOR: Juried Sound Recording – Album (Sound Recording; Marketing; Tour Support; Video) Aug 15: Heritage BC: Heritage Legacy Fund …there are another 4 grants for arts groups (Organizations) or 3 grants for artists or cultural workers (Individual) in this category with deadlines from Aug 1-31 |
Sector Development & Capacity Building:
| Aug 15: Heritage BC: Heritage Legacy Fund …there are another 3 grants for arts groups (Organizations) or 1 grant for artists or cultural workers (Individual) in this category with deadlines from Aug 1-31 |
Employment Support:
Operating Support:
| Aug 15: SOCAN: Core Funding Assistance …there are another ? grants for arts groups (Organizations) in this category with deadlines from Aug 1-31 |
Equity-deserving / Equity-serving:
| Aug 15: Heritage BC: Heritage Legacy Fund …there are another ? grants for arts groups (Organizations) or 1 grant for artists or cultural workers (Individual) in this category with deadlines from Aug 1-31 |
Capital Projects:
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