Operating Grant Program
The Operating Grant Program provides stable, predictable funding to arts organizations in Calgary. Operating Grant funds may be allocated to any area of an arts organization’s budget and are confirmed on a yearly basis upon the receipt of an interim report until the end of 2022.
In 2020, organizations had the opportunity to apply for an increase to their yearly grant, which was determined through a hybrid formula and peer assessment process.
For information about how this program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the Operating Grant Program for 2020 to 2022.
| Organization | Total Annual Operating Grant Amount for 2020 – 2022 |
| Acoustic Music Society of Calgary | $7,500 |
| Adult Recreational Choir Society of Calgary | $18,200 |
| Alberta Ballet | $407,000 |
| Alberta Craft Council | $49,900 |
| Alberta Dance Theatre for Young People | $10,500 |
| Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society | $11,200 |
| Alberta Playwrights’ Network | $16,300 |
| Alberta Printmakers | $17,500 |
| Alberta Theatre Projects | $364,500 |
| Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society | $19,200 |
| Alliance Française | $39,300 |
| Amici String Program | $12,900 |
| Antyx Community Arts | $40,700 |
| Artpoint Gallery & Studios | $4,500 |
| Beltline Neighbourhoods Association | $16,400 |
| Book Publishers Association of Alberta | $29,300 |
| Brazilian Community Association of Alberta | $5,000 |
| Calgary Allied Arts Foundation | $3,200 |
| Calgary Animated Objects Society | $49,800 |
| Calgary Bach Festival | $3,500 |
| Calgary Blues Music Association | $43,200 |
| Calgary Boys’ Choir | $8,400 |
| Calgary Children’s Choir | $3,600 |
| Calgary Chinese Orchestra | $3,500 |
| Calgary Cinematheque | $14,000 |
| Calgary Civic Symphony | $11,000 |
| Calgary Concert Band | $5,300 |
| Calgary Fiddlers | $24,700 |
| Calgary Folk Music Festival | $146,700 |
| Calgary Foothills Barbershop Chorus | $9,400 |
| Calgary Girls Choir | $32,500 |
| Calgary International Film Festival | $95,900 |
| Calgary International Fringe Festival | $35,000 |
| Calgary Jazz Orchestra | $15,000 |
| Calgary Men’s Chorus | $6,000 |
| Calgary Multicultural Choir | $3,500 |
| Calgary Opera | $326,300 |
| Calgary Performing Arts Festival Society | $10,000 |
| Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra | $435,900 |
| Calgary Pro Musica | $23,700 |
| Calgary Protospace | $12,500 |
| Calgary Reggae Festival | $18,810 |
| Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players | $4,200 |
| Calgary Round-Up Band | $4,500 |
| Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers | $37,500 |
| Calgary Underground Film Festival | $38,000 |
| Calgary Young People’s Theatre | $20,300 |
| Calgary Youth Orchestra | $12,000 |
| Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry | $7,500 |
| Canadian Music Centre, Prairie Region | $20,600 |
| Cantare Children’s Choir | $27,400 |
| Caribbean Community Council of Calgary | $11,400 |
| Casa Mexico | $10,000 |
| Chromatic Theatre | $15,000 |
| CJSW 90.9 FM | $53,300 |
| Classical Guitar Society of Calgary | $7,000 |
| Contemporary Calgary | $132,500 |
| Corps Bara Dance Guild of Calgary | $2,950 |
| Cowtown Opera (2020 Grant Only) | $5,200 |
| Dancers’ Studio West | $31,100 |
| Decidedly Jazz Danceworks | $194,300 |
| Design Talks Institute | $17,000 |
| Downstage | $17,500 |
| Early Music Voices | $10,100 |
| East Side Dance Festival | $10,000 |
| Elephant Artist Relief | $5,000 |
| EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society | $40,700 |
| EnChor Choral | $2,000 |
| Evergreen Theatre & Community Spaces | $40,300 |
| Exposure Photography Festival | $26,900 |
| Femme Wave | $30,000 |
| Fire Exit Theatre | $4,000 |
| Fish Creek Concert and Cultural Society | $3,325 |
| Foothills Bluegrass Music Society | $2,750 |
| Foothills Brass | $10,200 |
| Footprints Dance Project | $13,200 |
| Forte Musical Theatre | $11,700 |
| FreeFall Magazine | $8,000 |
| Front Row Centre Players | $18,600 |
| Ghost River Theatre Society | $27,700 |
| Glenbow Museum | $349,000 |
| Gli Azzurri – Calgary Italian Folk Dancers | $9,300 |
| GlobalFest | $33,300 |
| Green Fools Theatre | $27,100 |
| Handsome Alice Theatre | $12,400 |
| Harmony Guzheng Ensemble | $5,900 |
| Hispanic Arts Society | $33,400 |
| Honens | $84,600 |
| Humainologie | $24,000 |
| Iiniistsi Treaty Society | $20,000 |
| Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta University of the Arts | $12,200 |
| Indefinite Arts Centre | $63,300 |
| Indigenous Resiliency in Music | $30,000 |
| Inside Out Theatre | $22,200 |
| Instrumental Society of Calgary | $5,200 |
| International Festival of Animated Objects | $17,200 |
| International Festival of Song and Chamber Music | $10,400 |
| JazzYYC | $27,200 |
| Jeunesse Classique Ballet | $17,000 |
| Kantorei Choral | $8,000 |
| Kensington Sinfonia | $7,300 |
| La Caravan Dance Theatre (2020 Grant Only) | $3,000 |
| Land’s End Ensemble | $11,000 |
| Leighton Art Centre | $39,000 |
| Loft 112 | $20,000 |
| Loose Moose Theatre | $23,800 |
| Lougheed House | $52,100 |
| Luminous Voice | $20,000 |
| Lunchbox Theatre | $65,000 |
| Making Treaty 7 | $30,000 |
| Marda Loop Justice Film Festival | $4,000 |
| MoMo Multi Ability Movement Arts (2020 Grant Only) | $14,100 |
| Morpheus Theatre | $17,700 |
| Mount Royal Choral | $6,500 |
| Mountain Standard Time Performative Arts Festival | $20,200 |
| Music Calgary | $6,750 |
| National accessArts Centre | $74,400 |
| National Music Centre | $256,000 |
| New Works Calgary | $10,300 |
| Old Trout Puppet Workshop | $49,900 |
| One Big Jam | $15,000 |
| One Voice Chorus | $10,000 |
| One Yellow Rabbit | $89,100 |
| ProArts Society | $10,200 |
| Pumphouse Theatres | $43,200 |
| Queer Arts Society | $31,200 |
| Quest Theatre | $51,700 |
| Quickdraw Animation Society | $53,200 |
| Revv52 | $31,500 |
| Rocky Mountain Concert Band | $6,500 |
| Sarb Akal Music Society of Calgary | $30,000 |
| Savridi Singers | $2,000 |
| Silver Stars Musical Revue | $5,400 |
| Single Onion | $3,800 |
| Sled Island Music Festival | $92,700 |
| Soulocentric Performing Arts | $7,000 |
| Southern Alberta Woodworkers | $1,250 |
| Spiritus Chamber Choir | $9,700 |
| Springboard Performance | $32,800 |
| Stage Left Productions Theatre | $17,300 |
| Storybook Theatre | $50,300 |
| Stride Art Gallery | $43,400 |
| Studio C, Prospect Human Services | $20,900 |
| Suzirya Ukrainian Dance Theatre | $12,600 |
| Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre | $14,000 |
| The Bows | $24,200 |
| The GRAND | $77,000 |
| The Festival Chorus | $10,800 |
| The League of Extraordinary Albertans | $11,800 |
| The New Gallery | $43,400 |
| The Shakespeare Company | $22,500 |
| Theatre Alberta Society | $63,000 |
| Theatre Calgary | $410,600 |
| Theatre Encounter | $2,000 |
| Three Left Feet Movement Creations | $10,200 |
| Trickster Theatre | $56,300 |
| TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary | $50,000 |
| Tryzub Ukrainian Dance | $27,000 |
| Verb Theatre | $9,100 |
| Vertigo Theatre | $124,600 |
| W&M Dance Projects | $9,700 |
| West Village Theatre | $10,400 |
| Westwinds Music Society | $18,900 |
| When Words Collide | $3,000 |
| Wild Mint Arts | $15,000 |
| Woezo Africa Music and Dance | $15,000 |
| WordFest | $91,400 |
| WP Puppet Theatre | $18,700 |
| Writers Guild of Alberta | $38,800 |
| Youth Singers of Calgary | $68,800 |
Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials
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