The grants landscape can be confusing, obtuse, and daunting for even seasoned arts administrators and grant writers – particularly now. Each year, the landscape seems to shift: which funding opportunities support standalone projects? Which ones sustain ongoing operations? When do applications open and close? Who, exactly, can apply – and when, and how? Even before the work of crafting a narrative and building a supporting budget can begin, you need to decide what opportunities are worth your time – and why.
Enter SmartGrant: a welcoming, intuitive, and easy-to-use platform that takes away much of this guesswork, and maximizes the time you can spend on the best-possible matches for your funding needs. The platform can customize searches and results to target specific kinds of funding, right down to artistic discipline, geographic region, eligible applicant, and due date. You can capture and diarize notes for later, and build out your own personalized grant calendar that automatically updates as new information becomes available.
SmartGrant was conceived and designed by someone with deep working knowledge of the Canadian grants landscape and its pain points, and it shows. No one knows the grants landscape like Mary Ann. In my own 15+ years of Canadian professional performing arts grants experience as an applicant, assessor, and program-focused staffer, this platform stands out as truly unique.
