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***Note | The majority of the linked grant’s are over, but they’re bound to offer them again eventually. So keep an eye out for these organizations, rather then specific grants.

Click here for available grants:

Federal: (Mix of for-and-non-profit organizations)

• Department of Canadian Heritage:
  • Annual budget $3.89 billion (2020)
  • Canada Music Fund:
    • Individual Initiatives:
      • *Technically through FACTOR
    • Collective Initiatives
      • *Technically through FACTOR
  • Building Communities through Arts and Heritage
    • Local Festivals, Community Anniversaries, Legacy Fund.

• Canada Council of the Arts: (Mix of for-and-non-profit organizations)
  • Annual budget $500 million (2022)
  • MASSIVE VARIETY: (Most popular)
    • Explore and Create:
      • Concept to Realization:
      • Professional Development for Artists:
    • Engage and Sustain:
      • Artistic Catalysts:
      • Artistic Institutions:

• FACTOR (Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent On Recordings)
  • Annual (funding) budget $40.2 million (2022)
  • Musician & Music Business Focused:
    • Artist Development:
    • Collective Initiatives:
    • Company Envelope: Mid-Tier (Also offer entry level, and “Top-Tier” Support
    • Live Performance:

• SOCAN Foundation:
  • Annual Revenues of $310 million (2021)
  • Musician & Music Business Focused:
    • Travel Assistance:
    • Professional Development Assistance:
    • Work Commissioning Assistance:

Provincial: BC (Mix of for-and-non-profit organizations)

• BC Arts Council:(Link to Music Grants)
  • Mix of individual and organization funding:
  • Professional Development:
  • Arts Impact Grant:
    • Currently only two major music grants.
• Music BC:
  • Focused on musicians, and operators:
  • ARC Accelerator:
  • Jumpstart Series:
  • Travel Grants:
  • Export Opportunities:

• Creative BC:(Link to Music Grants)
  • Offer a wide range of grants for several different artistic disciplines:
  • Music Industry Initiatives
  • Music Company:
  • Record in BC:

• FPCC: The First Peoples’ Cultural Council:
  • Offers a range of grants specifically for those of Indigenous descent.
    • Currently closed.
  • Arts Strengthening Program:
  • Arts Infrastructure Program:
  • Music Program:

• BC Touring Council:
  • Block Booking:
  • Into the Act:
  • Community Presenters Assistance Program:

Municipal: (non-profit organizations)

• *The majority of funds are made available to non-profits specifically.

• City of Vancouver:
  • Artists in Communities program:
  • Artist Studio Award program:
  • Grants for emerging artists: Creative Spark Vancouver
  • Cultural Learning and Sharing Grant Program:

• Vancouver Foundation: (Different from the city of Vancouver?)
  • LEVEL BIPOC Grants:
  • Thriving Indigenous Systems Fund (TISF):
  • Community Prosperity Fund:
  • Lighthouse Organizations Fund:

• City of Burnaby:
  • Community Grants:
  • Festivals Burnaby:

• City of North Vancouver:
  • Operating Assistance:
  • Programming & Project Assistance Grants:

• City of Richmond:
  • Richmond Arts Awards
  • For Artists Living or Working Primarily in Richmond
  • Arts & Culture Grant Program
    • MUST EMAIL FOR GRANT DETAILS (horrible system…)

• City of Surrey:
  • Community grants:
  • Our City:

Now do you see why I went insane…

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