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Future Focus Program │Calgary Arts Development

October 17, 2025

Value

Exploration Phase – up to $15,000; Implementation Phase – up to $25,000.

Description

The Future Focus program provides funding to arts organizations who want to explore a key question or challenge facing their organization to enable a significant shift or transformation to develop ‘future focused’ directions for the operations that diverge from previous or current practice in response. 

Eligible Applicants

Your organization or group may be eligible to apply if:

  • Your organization is arts-focused or is an organization engaging the arts to fulfill its mission.
  • Your organization is operating in the Treaty 7 region (including Red Deer).
  • Your organization is a registered charity, registered non-profit, ad-hoc group, grassroots organization, or operating with a comparable alternative organizational structure.
  • Your organization does NOT have an active funding agreement from the Rozsa Foundation, CADA, or Calgary Foundation for the same project.

Eligible Expenses

There are two streams of the Future Focus Funding program and the amount of funding available is based on the phase of work to be undertaken.

  • Exploration Phase – up to $15,000
    • Identification of needs, initial development, project planning.
  • Implementation Phase – up to $25,000
    • Builds upon exploration phase or previously related work, implementing change within the organization.

Organizations may apply for more than one Exploration Phase prior to seeking Implementation Phase support.

Deadline Date

Intake One: February 28, 2025; Intake Two: June 6, 2025; Intake Three: October 17, 2025

Contact

Contact Name: Ayla Stephen│Funding Manager or Jennifer DeDominicis │Organizational Strategy Advisor

Phone Number: (403) 245-6063

E-mail Address: ayla@rozsafoundation.com │ jennifer@distillconsulting.ca

Website: https://calgaryartsdevelopment.com/grant-investment-programs/programs/all/future-focus-program/

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