Support Services to the Dance Milieu: Multi-Year and Annual Funding
NEW THIS YEAR: CADAC Financial Reporting
UNDER REVIEW
Deadline
15 November 2010 (for Annual Funding)
Program Description
The Support Services to the Dance Milieu: Multi-Year and Annual program provides multi-year and annual funding to Canadian dance organizations, associations and professionals that are dedicated to developing professional dance in Canada by providing services and related opportunities.
To apply for project funding, please consult the program’s guidelines and application form located on the Canada Council website at www.canadacouncil.ca/dance.
Multi-year and Annual grants are available to Canadian dance organizations and associations that do any of the following:
- offer a range of services to a regional community of artists, collectives and (or) companies; for example, consulting, dance space, administrative services, opportunities for professional development
- provide management to no fewer than three individuals, collectives and (or) companies
- carry out sustained activities in dance archiving and (or) discourse related to professional Canadian dance
- provide a sustained program of choreographic exploration and development
- undertake national advocacy and communication (in both official languages) for the dance community.
If you represent a national arts service organization, please read the important notice attached to these guidelines.
Applicants seeking assistance to develop their non-artistic skills (such as governance, management mentorship, needs assessment, strategy or plan development) are encouraged to consult the Dance Flying Squad program.
Applicants seeking support for artist representation or agent activities should contact the Audience and Market Development Office.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
All applicants must:
- be registered or incorporated organizations in Canada
- have an appropriate administrative infrastructure, according to the scope and scale of the organization’s activities, and
- provide an up-to-date organization profile (Part B of the application form).
This Canada Council for the Arts program is accessible to Aboriginal arts organizations and arts organizations of diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.
Multi-year applicants must have received annual support from this program for one year.
Annual applicants must also:
- have been in operation for at least five years
- have secured financial support from other funding bodies
- have made a significant contribution to the professional dance milieu through their activities and services, and
- have received a minimum of two project grants from this program.
Grant Amount
Grants (multi-year and annual) provide a minimum contribution of $10,000.
Funds are limited, and grants are awarded in a competitive context according to the criteria listed in these guidelines.
Retroactive funding is not available. In other words, funding is not available for activities that are carried out before the competition deadline.
CADAC Financial Reporting
NEW THIS YEAR: CADAC
The Canada Council for the Arts is collecting financial information through a new national online database called CADAC (Canadian Arts Data/Données sur les arts au Canada). This system will enable arts organizations applying for operating funding from public funders who are members of CADAC to submit their financial information in the same format.
The following are member partners: the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Vancouver, the New Brunswick Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport, the Manitoba Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the Toronto Arts Council.
Application Form
Further Information
Ellen Busby
Dance Section Officer
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8
Telephone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 5506
TTY: 1-866-585-5559
Fax: 613-566-4409
July 2009