Major Arts Presenters Operating Funding │Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA)

To be eligible for Major Arts Presenters operating funding, you must:

• have artistic presentation as your organization’s principal mandate, as stated in its incorporation documents
• engage in on-going development, implementation and promotion of arts presenting programming as its core primary activity in an annual program of presentation of professional artists open to the public
• employ at least one full-time equivalent administrative and/or artistic staff member who is responsible for planning and producing artistic performances and events

Your organization must:

• be a not-for-profit organization
• be registered  and in good standing under the appropriate legislation and have been in operation in Alberta for at least three years
• have at least 50% of the organization’s board members living in Alberta
• contract with artists and pay professional artists fees at an industry standard (such as a union or nationally recognized rate) for their art where applicable to at least 75% of the artists involved in the organization’s presentation program for all performances
• demonstrate the ability to operate using good governance principals, effective administration practices and a commitment to fiscal responsibility while maintaining its mandate
• operate as a stand-alone arts organization at arms-length from municipalities, commercial enterprise, or organizations and institutions receiving annual operating funds from Government of Alberta or its affiliates
• comply with all Canadian Arts Database (CADAC) financial and statistical data requirements
• have a board-approved cash reserve policy