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Business Foundations program | Creative BC

March 12, 2025

Value

$2,000 – $10,000 funding up to 100% of expenses.

Description

The Business Foundations program invests in growing businesses owned by people from systemically excluded groups in B.C.’s music ecosystem, to expand and develop networks, capacity, and infrastructure.

Eligible Applicants

This program supports entrepreneurs and small businesses owned by people from systemically excluded groups in B.C.’s music industry, who face barriers to participation and have been underrepresented and underserved by funding programs. This program supports the following groups:

  • Indigenous Peoples: First Nations (Status/Non-status), Métis, or Inuit
  • Black (or Afro-Canadian, including Black Caribbean, Black African and others from the African Diaspora)
  • People of Colour (this may include Arab, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Latin American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, West Asian, and people of mixed ancestry)
  • People living with one or more Disabilities (including those who live with chronic illness or are neurodivergent)
  • People who are Deaf/deaf or hard of hearing
  • 2SLGBTQIA+ people: Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, non-binary and gender diverse.

Eligible Expenses

This program funds business operations and development activities to help your business sustain and grow. Examples of eligible expenses include:

  • Salaries, benefits, and fees for business owners, staff, and contractors
  • Operational expenses, including rent, utilities, bookkeeping, subscriptions
  • Core business activities, including live event production costs, content creation, master rights
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Training, mentorship fees, consultant fees
  • Development of policies, procedures, business plans
  • Equipment purchases, technology, health and safely costs, renovations and accessibility improvements
  • Grant writing fees up to $300 for applicants with self-declared disabilities or English language barriers

Deadline Date

March 12, 2025, at 11:59 PM, PT

Contact

Contact Name: Navreet Dhaliwal | Coordinator, Music Programs

Phone Number: 236-455-0945

E-mail Address: ndhaliwal@creativebc.com

Website: https://creativebc.com/funding-programs/music-sound-recording-programs/business-foundations/

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