Grants for Arts Organizations

The Winnipeg Arts Council provides funding to not-for-profit Winnipeg arts organizations through the following multidisciplinary grant programs:

PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM for Arts Organizations

This program is intended for new and developing arts organizations, established arts organizations that work on a project basis, and arts organizations undertaking a special, one-time initiative. It is designed to provide partial support to a broad range of activities and art forms, reflecting different cultural traditions and art practices. A Project Grant must be applied to a specific project—with potential for artistic merit and community impact—planned to take place within the 18 months following the notification date.
*This Program is not open to existing Operating Grant clients.

Maximum Grant
Up to $15,000

Deadlines
January 12, 2010 for projects beginning after April 12, 2010
*EXTENDED DEADLINE* July 15 , 2010 for projects beginning after October 1, 2010

Download
2010 Project Grant Program Complete Application Guidelines (.pdf )

Notes regarding templates and digital file formats
A complete application is comprised of a number of parts, as detailed in the Application Guidelines. Some items have templates to ensure that you provide all of the required information. In an effort to maximize computer system compatibility, these templates are available in several different digital file formats - depending on the nature of the information required - that can be completed on your computer and printed. Alternately they can be printed off and filled in by hand. You may also submit your own documents that follow the templates, with the exception of the Project Budget (section 4) which must be completed on the templates provided.

Downloadable Digital File Templates

Section 1.
Project Grant Template: REGISTRATION FORM (.doc  or .pdf  )

Section 4.
Project Grant Template: BUDGET (.xls )

Section 5.
Project Grant ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE, STRUCTURE AND STATISTICS Template (.doc  or .pdf  )

Section 10.
Project Grant Support Material Documentation List for audio/video/printed materials Template (.doc  or .pdf  )

Project Grant Support Material Documentation List for digital images Template (.doc  or .pdf  )

YOUTH ARTS INITIATIVE COLLABORATIVE GRANT PROGRAM for arts organizations working with community groups

This program is intended for arts organizations that wish to partner with community groups to undertake an innovative approach to the development of opportunities for youth involvement in the arts as creators and audience. It embraces cultural plurality and is open to a range of activities and art forms.

Projects should focus on young people who have not benefited from the proposed art experience in the past. For the purposes of this program, youth are described as those aged 12 to 21. Please note that this award is not intended to subsidize current programming, but rather to add a new component for additional youth participants.

Maximum Grant
Up to $15,000

Deadline
June 1, 2010

Download
2010 Youth Arts Initiative Collaborative Grant Program Complete Application Guidelines (.pdf )
 
Notes regarding templates and digital file formats
A complete application is comprised of a number of parts, as detailed in the Application Guidelines. Some items have templates to ensure that you provide all of the required information. In an effort to maximize computer system compatibility, these templates are available in several different digital file formats - depending on the nature of the information required - that can be completed on your computer and printed. Alternately they can be printed off and filled in by hand. You may also submit your own documents that follow the templates, with the exception of the Project Budget (section 4) which must be completed on the templates provided.

Downloadable Digital File Templates

Section 1.
Youth Arts Initiative Collaborative Grant Template: REGISTRATION FORM (.doc   or .pdf )

Section 4.
Youth Arts Initiative Collaborative Grant Template: BUDGET  ( .xls  )

Section 8.
Youth Arts Initiative Collaborative Grant Support Material Documentation List for audio/video/printed materials Template (.doc   or .pdf )

Youth Arts Initiative Collaborative Grant Support Material Documentation List for digital images Template (.doc   or .pdf  ) 

THE NEW CREATIONS FUND for Arts Organizations

The purpose of this program is to encourage and support creativity in Winnipeg by making funding available that enables the creation of significant and innovative new works of art in any discipline or combination of disciplines, the scope of which may not otherwise be possible. Projects supported by this program should have the potential to make significant contributions to the art forms they represent and to the enjoyment of the people of Winnipeg. A new two-part flexible award structure allows access to support in the earliest stages of a new work, and rewards excellence in the latter stages when the shape and direction of the new work can be ascertained.

Grants from the New Creations Fund will be appropriate to the scale of the project and support special costs incurred when developing and producing creative risk-taking works of scale and ambition by Winnipeg artists for Winnipeg audiences. It is the Winnipeg Arts Council’s intent to grant awards large enough to contribute substantially to the costs of a project, but not to cover the entire cost of a project (as a contribution from your organization demonstrates the applicant’s commitment to the new work). Given the scale of the awards, organizations may only receive two grants from the New Creations Fund in any 48 month period, and it is anticipated that very few grants will be made from the New Creations Fund in any year.

Maximum Grants
Commissioning and Development Grants of up to $50,000 (not to exceed 75% of eligible costs)
Production Grants of up to $200,000 (not to exceed 50% of eligible costs)

Deadlines
Next deadline TBD in 2011

Download
2009 New Creations Fund Grant Program Application Guidelines   ( .pdf  ) – for reference only

MULTI-YEAR OPERATING GRANT PROGRAM – 2012 and 2013 for Arts Organizations

The Operating Grant program is intended to provide ongoing partial support to established arts organizations that have a continuing presence in Winnipeg and a track record of high quality programming or services. It is designed to support a range of activities and art forms, reflecting different cultural traditions and art practices. Organizations receiving support are expected to contribute to the development of their art form, to participate in the development of local artists, to maintain a reasonable level of public support and to maintain strict management and financial controls.

Please note: Due to budgetary constraints, acceptance into this program for new applicants is limited. If you have never received a Winnipeg Arts Council Operating Grant, but meet all of the eligibility criteria and have successfully received funding from the Winnipeg Arts Council, please contact the Program Officer to set up a meeting to determine advisability of applying to this program. Applicants who do not qualify for operating funding may be eligible for support from the Winnipeg Arts Council’s Project Grant Program.

Deadline
Next deadline TBD for funding in 2012 and 2013

Download

2010 and 2011 Multi-Year Operating Grant Program Complete APPLICATION GUIDELINES ( .pdf  )  - for reference only