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This grant provides annual funding to eligible not-for-profit community organizations that self-create and self-produce performing art productions.
To be eligible for Community Performing Arts Organizations operating funding, you must:
Your organization must:
Organizations that are engaged primarily in competition-based activity are not eligible for AFA funding.
If this is your organization’s first application for AFA Community Performing Arts Organizations operating funding, you must contact the AFA at least three months before the deadline for a preliminary eligibility assessment.
As a first-time applicant, your organization must provide approved financial statements that demonstrate the organization has positive net assets for the two annual fiscal periods immediately prior to application.
This funding is designed to support your organization’s operations, which are specific to your organization’s mandate, strategic and/or business plan and activities as described in your application and/or reporting.
AFA operating funding typically supports expenses such as:
We only accept applications through the Grant Administration Tracking and Evaluation (GATE) online application system.
We must receive your online application through GATE no later than 11:59 pm Mountain Time on the deadline date, unless the deadline falls on a statutory holiday or a weekend when it will be extended until the next working day. Please give the system time to process your application so that the AFA receives notification of your submission before the deadline falls.
First-time applicants will require a GATE username and password. Contact us via email at least five business days prior to the application deadline with the following:
The GATE username and password will be sent to the email address provided.
For detailed step-by-step instructions, please download the GATE user guide for this funding opportunity.
Attachments must be developed prior to application, using either original documents specific to your organization or preformatted AFA templates, and uploaded to your online GATE submission.
You’ll be required to complete and upload the following attachments:
Funding awarded through this opportunity is calculated based on Community Derived Revenue (CDR). CDR is defined as an organization’s total annual revenue minus all federal, provincial and municipal government grants. Your organization’s CDR is then divided by the sum of the CDRs for all eligible Community Performing Arts Organizations, and then multiplied by this funding opportunity’s budget to determine your funding allocation.
Funding for Community Performing Arts Organizations is established by the AFA Board of Directors based on the annual AFA Budget allocated by the Government of Alberta. Department staff evaluate applications according to eligibility criteria and prepare recommendations to the board.
The AFA Board of Directors reviews all funding recommendations, and all decisions are final.
Grant recommendations are made to the AFA board of directors. Successful recipients will be notified upon board approval, generally between four to six months from the application deadline.
Your organization is only eligible to receive support from one AFA operating funding opportunity in any given year. Funding is intended for the activities planned for your organization’s next fiscal year based on information provided in your funding application.
Ineligible expenses for AFA operating funding include, but are not limited to:
The AFA or our authorized representative may examine your financial and other records to ensure funding was used for its intended purpose:
The AFA Fair Notice Policy applies to this funding opportunity:
Your organization must credit the AFA for financial support in any publicity prepared in relation to your organization’s activities, including electronic, print or visual material.
Download versions of the AFA logo and guidelines for usage.
You are required to complete and submit a satisfactory final report in GATE that demonstrates that funding awarded for the previous fiscal year was spent on the activities described in the application.
Your final report is due October 1.
We must receive your online report through GATE no later than 11:59 pm Mountain Time, unless the deadline falls on a statutory holiday or a weekend when it will be extended until 11:59 pm on the next working day. Please give the system time to process your application so we receive notification of your submission before the deadline falls.
Your organization’s final report must include:
Visit the Help and Resources section of our website to:
You may wish to download the following resources to include as attachments with your application or final report.
Should your organization wish to receive payment through direct deposit, please use the Direct Deposit form:
10708-105 Ave,
Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5H 0A1
780-427-9968
(toll-free within Alberta by first dialing 310-0000)