Healthy Agencies Toolkit

The AFA encourages arts organizations to balance good governance practices and fiscal responsibility while maintaining their artistic mandate.

The Healthy Agencies Toolkit is being developed as an ongoing initiative to help arts organizations maintain and increase their capacity in governance, financial accountability, and planning.

Common Financial Form

These started appearing in AFA applications for organizational clients in the 2006-07 year. This form is part of provincial and national initiatives to streamline and standardize the kind of financial information arts organizations must provide to funders.

Governance Statements

Here are the statements as they will appear in all AFA operating grant applications starting in September 2007

  • Sample_Governance_Forms.pdf

    • Self-Teaching Resources on Governance

    This is a detailed walkthrough of the governance statements and underlying considerations for all arts organizations

    Fair Notice Policy

    To assist in the support of fiscal responsibility, the Fair Notice policy outlines a system of assessment that benefits all arts organizations. This system includes planning for the future and meeting reporting requirements

  • Fair_Notice_Policy.pdf