At the heart of the British Columbia* arts community is the creative work of organizations like yours.

SmartGrant has so much to offer, no matter your discipline or what kind of “organization” you are – whether a non-profit, charity, unincorporated group or collective, a for-profit business, sole proprietorship, educational institution, government agency, or an Indigenous organization or First Nation government. 

With current funding realities, you need every advantage you can get – SmartGrant is your personal consultant to find new funding options…or perhaps rediscover familiar grant programs that you didn’t know could work for your project. SmartGrant’s detailed search interface offers over 175+ possible ‘funding focus’ options, organized under 12 categories.

The platform’s hundreds of grant records are presented in a standardized and easy to understand format – allowing you to review funding programs without the need to jump around to dozens of funders websites.

And our free, built-in Grant Planner tool makes it easy to develop your application strategy and keep track of your preferred grants – with the ability to create customized fields to keep track of your project details, funder notes, reporting deadlines, and so much more. 

With our automated alerts system, you’ll be notified of newly announced programs, deadlines and guidelines that can meet your needs.

Note: SmartGrant’s database is structured to search grants applicable to either Organizations or Individuals (based on your profile). You are welcome to sign up as both an Organization or an Individual - however, this requires separate registration using different emails to create each account. 

*At the current time, SmartGrant has been created to serve British Columbia-based artists and arts organizations - although the database includes grant programs that are available to applicants from across Canada. 
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