Community Performing Arts Organizations Operating Funding | Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA)

To be eligible for Community Performing Arts Organizations operating funding, you must:

• Be engaged in creating and producing in the performing arts as your organization’s principal mandate.

Your organization must:

• Be a not-for-profit organization
• Be registered and in good standing under the appropriate legislation (eg. Alberta Corporate Registry) and have been in operation in Alberta for at least two years
• Have at least 50% of the organization’s board members living in Alberta
• Demonstrate the ability to balance good governance practices and fiscal responsibility, while maintaining their artistic mandate
• Operate at arms-length from organizations and institutions receiving annual operating funds from the Government of Alberta, their affiliates, and/or commercial enterprises

Note: For  First-time applicants:

• You must contact the AFA at least three months before the deadline for a preliminary eligibility assessment.
• 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.