Capacity Building

• Objective
• Funding
• Application Guidelines
• Application Forms
• Application Checklist
• Examples

The current funding cycle of the Canadian Arts and Heritage Sustainability Program will expire on March 31, 2010. The last deadline to apply to the Capacity Building Component for the current funding cycle is October 15, 2008 for projects starting in the spring of 2009. Projects submitted to the Department must be entirely completed by March 31, 2010.

The Department of Canadian Heritage seeks to make Canada a more cohesive and creative country. The four pillars that support our mission – a competitive and diverse cultural sector; sustainable cultural and civic life of communities; participation in Canada's cultural and civic life; and projecting Canadian culture abroad – help give shape to policies, programs and services offered to Canadians. The Canadian Arts and Heritage Sustainability Program is one of the instruments which allows the federal government to play a significant role in enabling Canadians to express and share their diverse cultural experiences with one another and the world and to live in an inclusive society built on inter-cultural understanding and citizen participation.

Objective

The Capacity Building Component supports arts and heritage organizations in their efforts to strengthen their organizational, administrative, and financial circumstances. It provides financial assistance to a wide range of projects aimed at improving how an organization functions by addressing key areas, such as:

• Governance structure
• Management practices
• Financial self-sufficiency
• Development of new or diversified audiences

Funding

The Department of Canadian Heritage under the Capacity Building Component of the Canadian Arts & Heritage Sustainability Program disburses through grants and contributions. This component recognizes as funding priorities organizations that are: Aboriginal, culturally diverse, operate in a context of an official language minority, rural or remotely situated or focusing on youth.

Application Guidelines

NOTE: Priority will be given to projects in the areas of audience/market development, improving financial autonomy and developing better management practices.

• Arts and Heritage Guidelines
  (HTML Version) (PDF Version, 139 kb)

• Glossary
  (HTML Version) (PDF Version, 26 kb)

Application Forms

• A-1 Arts Funding Application Form
  (MS Word, 149 kb) (PDF Version, 298 kb)

• A-2 Heritage Funding Application Form
  (MS Word, 146 kb) (PDF Version, 90.3 kb)

Application Checklist

• C-1 Arts Organizations Checklist
  (MS Word, 92 kb) (PDF Version, 85.8 kb)

• C-2 Heritage Organizations Checklist
  (MS Word, 92 kb) (PDF Version, 86 kb)

Examples

• D-1 Example of a Completed Revenue Form
  (PDF Version, 226 kb)

• D-2 Example of a Completed Expense Form
  (PDF Version, 38.1 kb)

• D-3 Example of a Completed Cash Flow Form
  (PDF Version, 414 kb)

Contact us at (819) 997-3955 or by email at pcap-cahsp@pch.gc.ca if you cannot access these documents and would like to obtain alternate formats.

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