Arts organizations

OVERVIEW

​Arts organizations across Canada are increasingly reliant on digital tools, including online ticketing, donor databases, collaboration platforms, and other systems essential to daily operations. However, this digital shift also exposes them to growing cybersecurity risks.

As a charitable organization, you have specific funding needs. We support charities in the Edmonton area across many sectors, including:

We are now accepting applications for events occurring between April 1, 2026 and March 31, 2027. Applications will be assessed on a first-come/first-served basis, pending program eligibility and budget approval.

If you have received a CEF Grant, please ensure your required Final Report Form is completed and submitted.

CULTURAL EVENTS FUND

Our diverse and distinct culture richly and strongly defines our province.

What is this prize?

The York Wilson Endowment Award enables art museums and non-profit public art galleries to purchase original works by living, contemporary Canadian painters and sculptors.

The Indigenous Arts and Culture Partnerships Fund supports partnerships and collaborations that create new opportunities and visibility for Indigenous-led arts and culture. The fund aims to spark new relationships between Indigenous artists, arts and culture leaders and professionals, and potential partners at both the grassroots and institutional levels.

4 grants are presented to individual professional artists / arts professionals, ad hoc groups, collectives,  organizations and businesses dedicated to developing the arts in the following areas:

• Community Arts
• Performing Arts – Music
• Performing Arts – Theatre
• Visual Arts

Value: $3,000 each

FUNDING PROGRAMS

If you have an idea that focuses on arts and culture, this program could help support it. Grants from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA)—funded by Columbia Basin Trust and managed by the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council—are available for all art disciplines, for both individuals and arts and culture organizations. 

Individuals and organizations must be based in the Columbia Basin region: see the map here.

Grants that broaden access, improve community spaces to achieve a Priority Outcome

Activities funded include:

• Buying and installing equipment
• Doing renovations, installations and repairs
• Building structures or spaces
• Making better use of technological resources

TERM LENGTH

Maximum 12 months

AMOUNT AWARDED (PER YEAR)

Minimum: $10,000

Maximum: $200,000

Grow grants support the delivery of evidence-based community projects 

OTF funds local community projects that are evidence-based and drive at achieving greater impact in their community. The Grow Investment Stream focuses on three types of projects, which enable us to see positive change in our communities:

Seed grants support projects that are designed to help you learn

Amount: From $10,000 to $100,000

Term: 6 or 12 months

Seed grants are all about trying something new or untested, where the outcomes are unknown. 

All projects need to be focused on seeding new ideas or approaches that will drive at achieving greater impact in their community. The Seed Investment Stream focuses on four types of projects, which enable us to see positive change in our communities.