Grant Investment Programs

Original Peoples Investment Program

June 1, 2023: Full guidelines published June 1, 2023: Applications open October 4, 2023: Application deadline (no applications accepted after 4:30pm MT) October – November 2023: Evaluation of grants Late November 2023: Notification of results Early December 2023: Funds distributed Download…Read more

Operating Grant New Client Intake Program

This document has been updated as of January 30, 2023 Download the Program Terms of Reference as a PDF The purpose of this document is to outline the roles and responsibilities of the volunteer assessment…Read more

Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collectives

UPDATED: MAY 25, 2023 March 1, 2023: Full guidelines published March 14, 2023: Applications open May 10, 2023: Application deadline (no applications accepted after 4:30pm MT) Late May – Early September 2023: Evaluation of grants Mid-September 2023: Notification…Read more

Artist Development Microgrant

This document has been updated as of May 25, 2023 Download the Updated Terms of Reference as a PDF The purpose of this document is to outline the roles and responsibilities of the volunteer assessment…Read more

Operating Grant Program

This document has been updated as of January 27, 2023. Download the Program Terms of Reference as a PDF The purpose of this document is to outline the roles and responsibilities of the volunteer assessment…Read more

Grant Investment Program Policies

Amended policies have been updated as of March 1, 2024. Calgary Arts Development intends its granting process to be open, fair, and transparent. Calgary Arts Development stewards public dollars for the public good on behalf…Read more

Original Peoples Investment Program

This document has been updated as of August 2022. Download the Terms of Reference as a PDF The purpose of this document is to outline the roles and responsibilities of the volunteer assessment committee for…Read more

Project Grant Program – Organizations

This document has been updated as of July 11, 2022. Download the Terms of Reference as a PDF The purpose of this document is to outline the roles and responsibilities of the volunteer assessment committee…Read more

Organization Recovery Fund

This document has been updated as of May 2022 Download the Terms of Reference as a PDF The purpose of this document is to outline the roles and responsibilities of the volunteer assessment committee for…Read more

Our Commitment to Equity

Our commitment to Indigenous reconciliation, racial equity, disability justice, and gender and sexual diversity.

We acknowledge that the land we gather on, Mohkinsstsis, is the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi — the Blackfoot people — comprising the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as Treaty 7 signatories, the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Îyârhe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations. Today this land is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government Districts 5 and 6 as well as many First Nations and Inuit from across Turtle Island.

We acknowledge that there has been art, music, dance, storytelling and ceremony on this land since time immemorial and it is in the spirit of this land and its people that we do our work.

Please see our full Commitment to Equity, including the sections on our aspirations, accountability, current initiatives and EDIA history.