Core funding and the reinvestment of new funds: a second and last round
Commitments, strategy and investing the new funds
With our strategic plan, we made several commitments in pursuit of our vision for the future. Given the funds available under the progressive doubling of the Canada Council’s budget, we identified a number of strategic reinvestment targets to be achieved by 2021.
One of these targets is a 55% increase in the total core-grant budget awarded to more than 1,150 arts, literary or support organizations. To achieve this by 2021, we planned a historic reinvestment in two rounds: a first round of grants awarded in 2017-18, and a second round to be awarded from 2018-19 to 2019-20.
Core grants for arts organizations: the second and last round in awarding new funds
The first round
With the launch of the New Funding Model in 2017-18, we committed most of the new funds earmarked for core grants to organizations (which represents 2/3 of the 55% increase).
The second and last round
The second and last round for the distribution of the new funds (on average 1/3 of the 55% increase) will be spread over two fiscal years: 2018-19 and 2019-20. These two time periods factor in the two grant cycles for organizations (two- or three-year) set specifically by the Council to launch the New Funding Model. The table below summarizes the relevant grant programs and components:
Second round of funding: 2018-19
| Programs and Components | Deadlines and Grant Cycles |
|---|---|
| Explore and Create Artist-Driven Organizations |
24 October 2018 Four-year grants |
| Engage and Sustain Artistic Institutions |
17 October 2018 Four-year grants |
| Creating, Knowing and Sharing: the Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples Indigenous Organizations |
21 September 2018 Two-year grants |
| Supporting Artistic Practice Literary Publishers |
26 September 2018 Two-year grants |
Second round of funding: 2019-20
| Programs and Components | Deadlines and Grant Cycles |
|---|---|
| Engage and Sustain Artistic Catalysts |
Fall 2019: deadline TBA Four-year grants |
| Supporting Artistic Practice Support Organizations National Arts Service Organizations (NASOs) |
Fall 2019: deadline TBA Four-year grants |
| Arts Across Canada Arts Festivals and Presenters |
Fall 2019: deadline TBA Four-year grants |
The total allocation of new core grants for organizations in the second round of funding will vary from one program component to the next due to the two different grant cycles of two or three years. To better understand the table at the end of this message, it is necessary to know that:
- Arts organizations on three-year cycles are receiving their first-round grants over three fiscal years: 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. Second-round grants cover the period beginning in 2020-21.
- Arts organizations on two-year cycles received their first-round grants spread over two fiscal years: 2017-18 and 2018-19. Second-round grants cover the period beginning in 2019-20.
- Important note: For the second round of funding during this historic reinvestment (which ends in 2020), we will take into consideration the increases awarded in the first round.
- The second round of reinvestment marks both the end of the transitional period of the Canada Council’s new funds and the first year of the full doubling of its budget.
Similarly, the Council’s strategic budgets for equity in the arts were mostly awarded to equity-seeking organizations during the first round.
The same high standards and the same assessment process
There is no change in our decision-making process for this historic distribution of Canada Council grant funds, and the major commitments of our strategic plan will remain the same. Peer-assessment based on specific criteria for each granting program remains at the heart of our decision-making process.
As underscored repeatedly in our communications with arts organizations, it is of utmost importance that our peer assessment committees receive the most accurate description of your activities and the most persuasive arguments concerning how these relate to the assessment criteria for the program to which you are applying.
For any questions about the preparation of your grant application for the upcoming competitions, please contact the Council. We look forward to working with you as we Shape a New Future.
| Core Component | % of New Funds Awarded* | % of New Funds Remaining* |
|---|---|---|
| All Core Components | 67% awarded to date | 33% remaining |
| Artist Driven Organizations | 62% awarded up to 2018-19 | 38% remaining |
| Artistic Catalysts | 78% awarded up to 2019-20 | 22% remaining |
| Artistic Institutions | 57% awarded up to 2018-19 | 43% remaining |
| Indigenous Organizations | 55% awarded up to 2018-19 | 45% remaining |
| Literary Publishers | 51% awarded up to 2018-19 | 49% remaining |
| Support Organizations | 68% awarded up to 2019-20 | 32% remaining |
| NASOs | 74% awarded up to 2019-20 | 26% remaining |
| Arts Festivals and Presenters | 95% awarded up to 2019-20 | 5% remaining |