Project Funding that advances self-expression, capacity building, visibility and celebration
Project funding is available to both individuals and organizations.
Before starting an application, here are a few things you need to know:
Individual applicants must:
- identify with an Indigenous or equity-seeking community
- be 18 years or older
- be a resident of the city of Ottawa, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation or Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation or be Anishinabe Algonquin and live within 150 km radius of Ottawa
- be a professional artist, cultural arts worker, community connector, or be an elder or cultural keeper recognized by their peers
As an organization you must:
- be not-for-profit
- mandated in either the arts and/or represent/celebrate an Indigenous or equity-seeking community
- have your office/mailing address within the limits of the city of Ottawa, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation or Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation
- have a minimum of 3 members living in the city of Ottawa, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation or Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, that either sits on the Board of Directors or makes up the Collective
- have at least 50% of your Board of Directors committee, or of your Collective, that reside within the Ottawa region
- receive payment in the name of your collective if not an incorporated entity
- and if a collective, must be professional artists, cultural arts workers, community connectors, elders or cultural keepers recognized by their peers
What can affect your eligibility to this program?
- If you, or your organization has an overdue final report to this program
- If you submit more than one funding application to this program
- If you are an active member of the Equity and Inclusion committee
- If you, or a board/collective member are a City of Ottawa employee or an elected representative
- If your organization already receives operating funding through any program administered by the CFSU
- If your organization has an accumulated surplus greater than 100% of its total revenue which exceeds $3,000 (excluding capital assets)
- If your organization has an accumulated deficit greater than 50% of its total revenue which exceeds $3,000 (excluding capital assets)
The following organizations are not eligible to apply:
- crown corporations and government agencies
- political parties
- organizations whose activities come under the jurisdiction of other levels or departments of government (school boards, hospitals, universities, military programs, business improvement associations, etc.)
Examples of projects that meet the aim of this program
This program is meant to be flexible and fund different types of activities that relate to the arts. If you have questions about eligibility you can contact Marie-Christine Feraud, the Cultural Funding Officer for this program.
We cannot list all eligible projects, but here are some examples:
Creation projects:
- Traditional crafts, dance, storytelling, music, or any type of artistic practices that are part of your cultural heritage
- Contemporary and interdisciplinary arts practices that speak to diverse perspectives
- Purchases of materials necessary to create or produce work
Arts education/training/mentorship projects:
- Arts workshop to teach youth about artistic practices linked to their cultural heritage
- Professional training for artists working with new technologies
- Mentorship by an elder to share traditional arts practices/crafts
Arts Events/Special celebrations:
- Artistic programming within cultural heritage celebrations or gatherings
- Community art projects or community showcases
- Performances, exhibitions, film screenings and book readings
Services:
- Mentorship for emerging artists to assist in their professional development
- Support for disability artists to create and/or perform works
- Networking event
Projects that will not be accepted to this program
You cannot apply with a project that:
- promotes hate
- appropriates another culture
- has already been funded through another CFSU program
- raises funds or creates initiatives to benefit a third party
- involves the manufacture and distribution of a product in multiple copies
- is completed on or before the application deadline date
- makes participation conditional to taking part in religious activities
- is part of an academic course of study
- is a capital expense (i.e., purchase of land, facilities, etc.)