Check out the grant program deadlines for the month of January 2021 (click on program name to link directly to funder website for more details)
GENERAL / SERVICE / COMMUNITY (ALL DISCIPLINES) DEADLINES:
NEW: BCAC Project Assistance: Pivot Program (Deadline: Jan 4)
NEW: City of Vancouver Small Grants for Cultural Spaces (Deadlines: Spring (round one): Potential grantees meet with staff: Jan 6-Feb 28; Applications available: Jan 31; Deadline for draft application feedback: Feb19; Deadline for submissions: March 11)
Note Last Intake Date for This Program: CC DIGITAL STRATEGY FUND – Digital Literacy and Intelligence: Single-phase initiatives (Deadline for initiatives with requests up to $50,000; until Jan 7, 2021 NOTE: the DSF program will be ending in March 2021)
Note Last Intake Date for This Program: CC DIGITAL STRATEGY FUND – Public Access to the Arts and Citizen Engagement (Deadline for initiatives with requests up to $50,000; until Jan 7, 2021 NOTE: the DSF program will be ending in March 2021)
Note Last Intake Date for This Program: CC DIGITAL STRATEGY FUND – Transformation of Organizational Models (Deadline for initiatives with requests up to $50,000; until Jan 7, 2021 NOTE: the DSF program will be ending in March 2021)
Library & Archives Canada: Documentary Heritage Communities Program (Deadline: Jan 12)
Port Metro Vancouver: Community Investment Program (Deadline: Jan 14)
City of Vancouver: Video Screen Advertising Program (monthly deadlines: Jan 15)
City of Vancouver: Transit Shelter Advertising Program (monthly deadlines: Jan 15)
Program Suspended for 2021: BCAC Youth Engagement Program (normal deadline is Jan 15 annually)
Telus Community Grants (Thompson Okanagan Community Board) (2021 Deadlines: Jan 15, July 20, Sept 10)
Coast Capital - Community Investment Grants for Youth (Note: 2021 deadlines not yet posted; 2020 Round 1 intake opened Jan 20; closed Feb 23)
Vancouver Foundation: Systems Change Grants (Deadline for Stage 2 Applications (invite only): Jan 24)
Telus Community Grants (Victoria Board) (2021 Deadlines: Jan 26, Aug 6, Sept 22)
Telus Community Grants (Vancouver Board) (2021 Deadlines: Jan 29, April 2, July 30, Sept 17)
Updated Deadline: Canada Summer Jobs (Deadline: Jan 29 application deadline extended to Feb 3)
Updated: BCAC Expanded Arts & Culture Resilience Supplement (Note: Deadline extended to Jan 29, 2021, don't forget to apply!)
Canadian Heritage - Building Communities Through Arts & Heritage - Local Festivals (Deadlines: Jan 31 – for festivals starting between Sept 1 and Dec 31; Apr 30 – for festivals starting between Jan 1 and June 30; Sept 30 – for festivals starting between July 1 and Aug 31)
Canadian Heritage: (BCAH) Building Communities through Arts and Heritage (Legacy Fund: no fixed deadline, however, your project must be submitted at the latest by the date of the anniversary you want to commemorate)
Canadian Heritage: Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program – Events Component (No specific deadline, constant intake; note that notification can take up to 18 weeks from date of application)
Canadian Heritage: Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (no deadline, constant intake)
Work BC: Job Creation Partnerships (no deadline, constant intake)
CC ARTS ACROSS CANADA: Travel (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; **Note: funding from the Canada Council for projects that are dependent on international travel continues to be suspended)
CC ARTS ACROSS CANADA: Representation and Promotion (Deadline: Any time before your departure date; **Note: funding from the Canada Council for projects that are dependent on international travel continues to be suspended)
CC ARTS ABROAD: Travel (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; **Note: funding from the Canada Council for projects that are dependent on international travel continues to be suspended)
CC ARTS ABROAD: Representation and Promotion (Deadline: Any time before your departure date; **Note: funding from the Canada Council for projects that are dependent on international travel continues to be suspended)
CC STRATEGIC FUNDS: Access Support (Deadline: You can submit an Access Support request with your associated application, and up to 90 days after receiving your associated application’s results)
CC STRATEGIC FUNDS: Market Access Strategy for Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC) Fund (Deadline: Any time before the start date of your project or activity
MEDIA / FILM / LITERARY / VISUAL ARTS DEADLINES:
Creative BC: Music Industry Initiatives Program (Deadline: apply anytime between July 15, 2020 and March 1, 2021)
Creative BC: Passport to Markets - Virtual Edition (Deadline: apply anytime)
Creative BC: Domestic Industry Initiatives (Deadline: apply anytime; at least 8 weeks before event)
Writers Trust of Canada: Woodcock Grant Fund (no deadline; constant intake)
MUSEUMS / HERITAGE DEADLINES:
Library & Archives Canada: Documentary Heritage Communities Program (Deadline: Jan 12)
Young Canada Works (YCW) Program: YCW in Heritage Organizations (Deadline: Jan 22)
MUSIC DEADLINES:
Creative BC: Passport to Markets - Virtual Edition (Deadline: apply anytime)
Creative BC: Domestic Industry Initiatives (Deadline: apply anytime; at least 8 weeks before event)
THEATRE DEADLINES:
CC ARTS ABROAD: Translation (Deadline: Any time before the start date of your project; applications received by: Jan 13, 2021 will receive results by end of Apr 2021)
CC ARTS ACROSS CANADA: Translation (Deadline: Any time before the start date of your project; applications received by: Jan 13, 2021 will receive results by end of Apr 2021)
INDIGENOUS / BIPOC ARTISTS / GROUPS DEADLINES:
First Peoples Cultural Council - Language Revitalization Planning Program (Deadline: Jan 25)
YVR Art Foundation - Emerging Artist Scholarship Program (Deadline: Jan 28)
YVR Art Foundation - Mid-Career Artist Scholarship Program (Deadline: Jan 28)
Creative BC: Passport to Markets - Virtual Edition (Deadline: apply anytime)
First Peoples Cultural Council: Arts Micro-Grants Program (Deadline: apply anytime; for projects ending March 31, 2021)
CREATING, KNOWING AND SHARING (Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples): Travel (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; **Note: funding from the Canada Council for projects that are dependent on international travel continues to be suspended)
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS /ADMINISTRATORS (ALL DISCIPLINES) DEADLINES:
Creative BC: Passport to Markets - Virtual Edition (Deadline: apply anytime)
Creative BC: Domestic Industry Initiatives (Deadline: apply anytime; at least 8 weeks before event)
Writers Trust of Canada: Woodcock Grant Fund (no deadline; constant intake)
SOCAN: Professional Development Assistance (Ongoing Deadline; Application must be submitted before the activity starts)
SOCAN Foundation: Travel Assistance (Deadline: any time before travel starts)
Unison Benevolent Fund (no deadline noted, constant intake)
Glad Day Bookshop: Emergency Survival Fund for LGBTQ2S artists, performers & tip-based workers (no deadline noted)
CC ARTS ACROSS CANADA: Travel (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; **Note: funding from the Canada Council for projects that are dependent on international travel continues to be suspended)
CC ARTS ABROAD: Travel (Deadlines: Any time before your departure date; **Note: funding from the Canada Council for projects that are dependent on international travel continues to be suspended)
CC ARTS ABROAD: Representation and Promotion (Deadline: Any time before your departure date; **Note: funding from the Canada Council for projects that are dependent on international travel continues to be suspended)
CC ARTS ACROSS CANADA: Representation and Promotion (Deadline: Any time before your departure date; **Note: funding from the Canada Council for projects that are dependent on international travel continues to be suspended)
CC STRATEGIC FUNDS: Access Support (Deadline: You can submit an Access Support request with your associated application, and up to 90 days after receiving your associated application’s results)
CC STRATEGIC FUNDS: Market Access Strategy for Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC) Fund (Deadline: Any time before the start date of your project or activity)