Operating Grant Program: 2023 Results
The Operating Grant Program provides stable, predictable funding to non-profit arts organizations in Calgary / Mohkinsstsis. Operating Grants are committed on a multi-year cycle, and may be directed to any area of an organization’s overall budget. The Operating Grant in 2023 was confirmed on a two-year cycle for 2023 and 2024.
The program was open to non-profit arts organizations that received operating grants through the Operating Grant Program in the 2020 — 2022 funding cycle. In 2023 organizations in the Operating Grant Program received their ‘base grant’ (the amount confirmed through their previous 2020 — 2022 investment agreement) and were also eligible for a percentage-based increase to their annual operating grant for 2023 and 2024. The total sum of the base grant and the increase is considered the new operating grant amount for both the 2023 and 2024 grant years.
160 organizations received $7,668,127 through the Operating Grant Program in 2023. For information about how this program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the Operating Grant Program.
NOTE: The below list does not include new organizations who were onboarded into the operating grant through the Operating Grant New Client Intake Program.
| Organization | Grant Amount |
| Adult Recreational Choir Society of Calgary | $30,000 |
| Alberta Ballet | $431,420 |
| Alberta Craft Council | $55,888 |
| Alberta Media Art Alliance Society | $22,400 |
| Alberta Playwrights’ Network | $18,908 |
| Alberta Printmakers Society | $30,000 |
| Alberta Theatre Projects | $364,500 |
| Alexandra Writers Centre Society | $30,000 |
| Alliance Francaise | $44,016 |
| Amici String Program Association | $25,800 |
| Antyx Community Arts Society | $45,584 |
| Beltline Neighbourhoods Association | $30,000 |
| Book Publishers Association of Alberta | $32,816 |
| Brazilian Community Association of Alberta | $6,000 |
| Calgary Allied Arts Foundation | $10,000 |
| Calgary Animated Objects | $55,776 |
| Calgary Bach Society | $4,200 |
| Calgary Blues Music Association | $48,384 |
| Calgary Boys’ Choir | $16,800 |
| Calgary Centre for Global Community | Humainologie | $30,000 |
| Calgary Children’s Choir Association | $4,320 |
| Calgary Chinese Orchestra | $4,200 |
| Calgary Cinematheque | $28,000 |
| Calgary Concert Band Society | $6,254 |
| The Calgary Fiddlers Association | $30,000 |
| Calgary Foothills Barbershop Chorus Society | $11,092 |
| Calgary Girls Choir | $36,400 |
| Calgary International Film Festival Society | $105,490 |
| Calgary International Fringe Festival Society | $39,200 |
| Calgary Men’s Chorus Society | $7,080 |
| Calgary Multicultural Choir Society | $4,200 |
| Calgary Opera Association | $345,878 |
| Calgary Performing Arts Festival Society | $20,000 |
| Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra | $462,054 |
| Calgary Pro Musica Society | $30,000 |
| Calgary Protospace Ltd | $25,000 |
| Calgary Reggae Festival Society | $21,819 |
| Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players | $10,000 |
| Calgary Round-up Band | $10,000 |
| Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers | $42,000 |
| Calgary Underground Film Festival Society | $42,560 |
| Calgary Young People’s Theatre Society | $30,000 |
| Calgary Youth Orchestra Society | $24,000 |
| Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry Society (CAMP) | $15,000 |
| Canadian Music Centre–Prairie Region | $30,000 |
| Cantare Children’s Choir Society | $30,688 |
| Casa Mexico Foundation | $20,000 |
| Chromatic Theatre | $30,000 |
| CJSW Radio – The University of Calgary Student Radio Society | $58,630 |
| Classical Guitar Society of Calgary | $8,260 |
| Cloud’s ‘n Water Visual Production Society, The New Gallery | $48,608 |
| Contemporary Calgary | $70,000 |
| Corps Bara Dance Guild of Calgary | $10,000 |
| Dancer’s Studio West Society | $34,832 |
| Decidedly Jazz Danceworks | $209,844 |
| Design Talks (d.talks) | $30,000 |
| Early Music Voices Concert Society | $11,716 |
| East Side Dance Festival Society | $20,000 |
| Elephant Artist Relief Society | $10,000 |
| EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society | $45,584 |
| EnChor Choral Society | $2,400 |
| Evergreen Theatre Society | $45,136 |
| Exposure: Calgary Banff Photography Festival | $30,128 |
| Femme Wave Arts Society | $33,600 |
| Fire Exit Theatre Society | $4,800 |
| Fish Creek Concert and Cultural Society | $3,990 |
| Folk Festival Society of Calgary | $158,436 |
| Foothills Bluegrass Music Society | $3,300 |
| Foothills Brass Society | $16,200 |
| Footprints Dance Project Society of Alberta | $26,400 |
| Forte Musical Theatre Guild | $23,400 |
| FreeFall Literary Society of Calgary | $16,000 |
| Ghost River Theatre Society | $31,024 |
| Glenbow Alberta Institute | $369,940 |
| Gli Azzurri-Calgary Italian Folk Dancers | $13,950 |
| GlobalFest Society | $37,296 |
| Green Fools Theatre | $30,352 |
| Handsome Alice Theatre | $24,800 |
| Harmony Guzheng Ensemble Association | $6,962 |
| Hispanic Arts Society | $37,408 |
| Alberta University of the Arts, Illingworth Kerr Gallery | $24,400 |
| Instrumental Society of Calgary | $10,400 |
| International Festival of Animated Objects Society | $30,000 |
| International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society | $12,064 |
| Jazz Is Society of Alberta | $30,464 |
| Jeunesse Classique Ballet Company | $30,000 |
| Kantorei Choral Society | $16,000 |
| Kensington Sinfonia Society | $14,600 |
| Land’s End Chamber Music Society | $22,000 |
| Loose Moose Theatre | $27,608 |
| Lougheed House Conservation Society | $57,310 |
| Luminous Voices Music Society | $30,000 |
| Lunchbox Theatre | $71,500 |
| Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society | $33,600 |
| Marda Loop Justice Film Festival Society | $10,000 |
| Morpheus Theatre Society | $20,532 |
| Mount Royal Choral Association of Calgary | $13,000 |
| Mountain Standard Time Performative Arts Festival | $30,000 |
| Music Calgary | $13,500 |
| National accessArts Centre | $85,140 |
| National Music Centre | $271,360 |
| New Works Calgary | $20,600 |
| One Big Jam | $17,400 |
| One Voice Chorus Society | $11,800 |
| One Yellow Rabbit Theatre Association | $98,010 |
| Orchestra Society of Calgary (Calgary Civic Symphony) | $12,760 |
| ProArts Society | $11,832 |
| Pumphouse Theatres Society | $48,384 |
| Calgary Queer Arts Society (FairyTales) | $34,944 |
| Quest Theatre Society | $56,870 |
| Quickdraw Animation Society | $58,520 |
| Revv52 (formerly Calgary Choral) | $35,280 |
| Rocky Mountain Concert Band Society | $7,670 |
| Sarb Akal Music Society of Calgary | $33,600 |
| Savridi Singers Association | $2,400 |
| Second Story Art Society (Truck Gallery) | $56,000 |
| Silver Stars Musical Revue Society | $6,372 |
| Single Onion | $10,000 |
| Sled Island Arts Fellowship | $101,970 |
| Soulocentric Performing Arts Society o/a Bach Tots | $8,260 |
| Southern Alberta Woodworkers Society | $1,500 |
| Spiritus Chamber Choir | $11,446 |
| Springboard Dance Collective Calgary Society | $36,736 |
| Stage Left Productions Theatre Association | $30,000 |
| Storybook Theatre Society | $55,330 |
| Stride Art Gallery Association | $48,608 |
| Studio C, Prospect Human Services Society | $30,000 |
| Suzirya Ukrainian Dance Theatre Association | $25,200 |
| Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre Society | $28,000 |
| The Acoustic Music Society of Calgary | $15,000 |
| Association of the Inside Out Integrated Theatre Project | $30,000 |
| The Bows (formerly Untitled Art Society) | $30,000 |
| The Grand | $84,700 |
| The Calgary Jazz Orchestra Society | $17,400 |
| Caribbean Community Council | $13,224 |
| Downstage Performance Society | $30,000 |
| The Esther Honens International Piano Competition | $93,060 |
| The Festival Chorus | $21,600 |
| The League of Extraordinary Albertans | $13,688 |
| Leighton Foundation and Art Centre | $43,680 |
| Old Trout Puppet Workshop | $55,888 |
| The Shakespeare Company Theatre In The Round Guild | $30,000 |
| The Society of Alberta Dance Theatre for Young People | $12,180 |
| Theatre Alberta Society | $69,300 |
| Theatre Calgary | $435,236 |
| Theatre Encounter Performance Society | $10,000 |
| Three Left Feet Movement Creations | $20,400 |
| Trickster Theatre Society | $61,930 |
| Tryzub Ukrainian Dance Ensemble | $30,240 |
| Verb Theatre Society | $18,200 |
| Vertigo Theatre Society | $134,568 |
| W.P. Puppet Theatre Society | $30,000 |
| W&M Dance Projects of Calgary Association | $19,400 |
| West Village Theatre Society | $12,064 |
| Westwinds Music Society | $30,000 |
| Wild Mint Arts | $30,000 |
| Woezo Africa Music & Dance Theatre Inc. | $30,000 |
| WordFest | $100,540 |
| Writers Guild of Alberta | $43,456 |
| Youth Singers of Calgary | $75,680 |
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