Grants to Organizations and Groups

Overview of the Grants to Organizations and Groups program:

Grants to Organization and Groups is a funding program by the Arts Nova Scotia which aims provide support to Non-profit professional arts organizations registered in Nova Scotia or to non-profit organizations registered in Nova Scotia employing professional artists for a project. This program helps Nova Scotian professional arts organizations create and present artistic work as well as strengthen their artistic and administrative capacity.

Benefits of the Grants to Organizations and Groups program:

• This funding program is divided into the following categories:
• Create and Present
• Supports your organizations creation, development, production and/or presentation project
• May be either a special one-time project or a series or recurring activity
• For large, multi-faceted projects, it may be advisable to focus the application on a specific component
• $20,000 max per deadline
• Commission
• Provides an artist fee, and materials if necessary, to commission a professional artist outside of your organization to create a new work
• For publishers: commission fees are creation fees and cannot be used as an advance against royalties. You are not required to publish work created through this stream, though you may choose to do so.
• $7,500 max per deadline
• Professional Development
• Provides funding to help strengthen to artistic or administrative capacity of your organization or artistic community at large
• $7,500 max per deadline

Eligibility criteria of the Grants to Organizations and Groups program:

• Qualification includes:
  • Non-profit professional arts organizations registered in Nova Scotia
  • Non-profit organizations registered in Nova Scotia employing professional artists for a project
  • University Art Galleries
  • A group of three or more professional artists (majority living in Nova Scotia) who are creating a new work together
• (Note: one group member will need to accept the funds and will receive a T4A slip)
• Nova Scotia-based publishers commissioning professional artists through the commissioning category