Operating Grant Program

Operating Grant Program

The Operating Grant Program invests annually in non-profit organizations with year-round, arts-driven operations, prioritizing organizations that demonstrate high artistic impact, public impact, and organizational resiliency. Organizations may allocate these funds to any areas of their overall budgets.

The table below outlines those that applied to the 2018 Operating Grant Program, the stream into which they applied, and the amount of operational funding they received in 2018.

Organization 2018/2019 Grant Stream Applied To
Alberta Craft Council $8,740
Arts Services
Alberta Media Arts Alliance $6,000
Alberta Playwrights’ Network $11,000
Alberta Printmakers $17,500
Book Publishers Association of Alberta $4,050
Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers $37,500
Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry (CAMP) $3,000
Canadian Music Centre, Prairie Region $15,500
CJSW 90.9 FM $37,500
Elephant Artist Relief (EAR) $4,000
Pumphouse Theatres $39,130
Quickdraw Animation Society $42,500
Stage Left Productions $8,550
Theatre Alberta $12,400
West Village Theatre $7,000
Writers Guild of Alberta $6,000
Alberta Dance Theatre for Young People $3,200
Community All
Alexandra Writers’ Centre $5,000
Alliance Francaise $10,000
Antyx Community Arts $18,000
Artpoint Gallery & Studios Society $4,500
Brazilian Community Association of Alberta $5,000
Calgary Protospace $3,600
Calgary Young People’s Theatre $9,000
Curiously Canadian Improv Guild $3,420
Fire Exit Theatre $4,000
Footprints Dance Project $2,300
Front Row Centre Players $7,600
Gli Azzurri – Calgary Italian Dancers $1,200
Indefinite Arts Centre $20,000
Jeunesse Classique Ballet $5,700
Leighton Foundation and Art Centre $16,500
Loose Moose Theatre $12,700
Marda Loop Justice Film Festival $3,000
MoMo Multi Ability Movement Arts Society of Calgary $6,000
Morpheus Theatre Society $9,500
Silver Stars Musical Revue $2,000
Single Onion $3,800
Southern Alberta Woodworkers $1,250
Storybook Theatre $28,000
Studio C, Prospect Human Services $8,900
Suzirya Ukrainian Dance Theatre $2,000
The League of Extraordinary Albertans $2,800
Three Left Feet Movement Creations $4,500
Tryzub Ukrainian Dance $3,000
Adult Recreational Choir $6,000
Community Music
Amici String Program Association $5,000
Calgary Bach Festival $3,500
Calgary Boys’ Choir $3,000
Calgary Children’s Choir $3,600
Calgary Chinese Orchestra $2,500
Calgary Concert Band $2,250
Calgary Fiddlers $6,500
Calgary Foothills Barbershop Chorus $3,600
Calgary Girls Choir $14,000
Calgary Korean Canadian Choir $2,500
Calgary Men’s Chorus Society $6,000
Calgary Multicultural Choir $3,500
Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players $4,200
Calgary Round-up Band $4,500
Calgary Youth Orchestra $12,000
Cantare Children’s Choir $5,500
EnChor Choral $2,000
The Festival Chorus $7,500
Foothills Bluegrass Music $2,750
Harmony Guzheng Ensemble $2,500
Kantorei Choral $6,000
Mount Royal Choral Association $6,500
Music Calgary $6,750
Calgary Civic Symphony $11,000
Revv52 $7,000
Rocky Mountain Concert Band $1,200
Savridi Singers Association $2,000
Spiritus Chamber Choir $5,000
Westwinds Music Society $5,000
Youth Singers of Calgary $19,500
Calgary Blues Music Association $43,200
Festivals
GlobalFest $33,300
Calgary International Children’s Festival $110,000
Calgary International Film Festival $74,000
Calgary International Fringe Festival $35,000
Calgary Performing Arts Festival $10,000
Calgary Reggae Festival $18,810
Caribbean Community Council of Calgary $5,000
Exposure: Alberta’s Photography Festival $25,000
FairyTales $26,000
Hispanic Arts Society $18,000
International Festival of Animated Objects $4,100
Sled Island Music Festival $66,000
When Words Collide $3,000
Acoustic Music Society of Calgary $3,000
Professional Performing All
Calgary Animated Objects $48,000
Calgary Pro Musica $15,000
Classical Guitar Society of Calgary $6,000
Corps Bara Dance Guild of Calgary $2,950
Cowtown Opera Company $5,200
Dancers’ Studio West $27,250
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks $95,000
Early Music Voices $5,800
Fish Creek Concert and Cultural Society $3,325
Foothills Brass $5,000
Instrumental Society of Calgary $3,000
International Festival of Song and Chamber Music $7,410
JazzYYC $7,000
Kensington Sinfonia $7,300
La Caravan Dance Theatre $3,000
Land’s End Chamber Music Society $9,000
Luminous Voices $10,000
New Works Calgary $7,000
ProArts $4,500
Soulocentric Performing Arts $4,600
Springboard Dance Collective $29,000
Honens International Piano Competition $65,000
W&M Dance Projects of Calgary Association (Eko Dance Projects) $7,000
Downstage Performance $15,000
Professional Performing Theatre
Forte Musical Theatre Guild $6,300
Ghost River Theatre $16,500
Green Fools Theatre $13,000
Handsome Alice Theatre $10,000
Inside Out Integrated Theatre Project $12,300
Lunchbox Theatre $65,000
Old Trout Puppet Workshop $35,000
Quest Theatre $33,800
Shakespeare Company Theatre $4,800
Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre $4,500
Theatre Encounter $2,000
Trickster Theatre $11,500
Verb Theatre $5,000
Vertigo Theatre $102,000
W.P. Puppet Theatre $5,400
Calgary Allied Arts Foundation $2,000
Professional Presenting
Calgary Cinematheque $13,000
Calgary Underground Film Festival $30,500
The New Gallery $38,500
Contemporary Calgary $18,000
EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society $38,000
FreeFall Literary Society of Calgary $7,000
Illingworth Kerr Gallery ACAD $8,550
Mountain Standard Time Performative Arts Festival $17,250
TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary $45,000
Stride Art Gallery $38,000
Untitled Art Society $17,500
WordFest $70,000

Past Results
Operating Grant Program 2016
Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials

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