New Applicants
From Calgary Arts Development
This program provides unrestricted operating funding to non-profit professional arts organizations in Calgary, and is intended to build the capacity of professional arts organizations that have not received municipal operating funding in advance of the next competitive multi-year application process.
- Amount
- $100,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists; Organizations
- Where you must live
- Calgary
- Art forms
- Theatre
- Application fee
- Not stated
- Kind
- Grant
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What is offered
Money to you
- I’ll be really transparent to say that organizations who request, you know, $100,000 in their first year with no articulation of why, with the hopes that you get a portion of it, will not be successful in this program.
People
- If you’re successful, you’ll receive more information about how to submit that report when you sign your funding agreement.
Also mentioned
- This program provides unrestricted operating funding to non-profit professional arts organizations in Calgary for the 2026 funding year.
- And you’re going to get so tired of me saying this.
- For the organizations that we fund, this section is about leveraging the funds you receive from the city through CADA into strong planning, good resource management and thoughtful operations.
- I shared how we’re making the funding decision before, I spoke about how to make your funding request in order to give you some sense of expectation for what you might receive that could help you come up with a funding request and approach...
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 26, 2026.
Eligibility
All applicants must be screened by program staff through the Letter of Intent process before applying. If you have questions about the program itself, eligibility or getting support or feedback on your application, please contact either the program specialists, the Community Investment Specialists, Perpetual Atife and Areum Kim.
What to send
So, new applicants or organizations who did not receive an operating grant from us in 2025 will need to submit a Letter of Intent for this program by October 1st.
Not yet checked against the funder's page.
Source: https://calgaryartsdevelopment.com/grant-investment-programs/programs/all/new-applicants-professional-arts-organizations-operating-grant-program/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 26, 2026.
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