The Cultural Economic Development Program (CEDP) – Arts Component

Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Grants

Description:

The Cultural Economic Development Program (CEDP) provides financial support to professional arts organizations for events or projects that stimulate sustainable economic development of the province's cultural resources.
The objectives of the program are to: improve economic opportunities for professional artists, encourage sustainable economic arts activities, contribute to the stability of sector based organizations, increase capacity for market access and expansion of cultural products, develop a diversity of cultural products, support growth of the cultural tourism industry.

Comments on Funding:

Minimum funding is $2,000.
Applicants:

1
must contribute at least 10% towards eligible costs.
2
are eligible to receive only one CEDP grant per fiscal year.
3
are expected to seek support from other levels of government, as well as private and corporate sources, to complement CEDP funding.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

March 2, 2020 for major cultural festivals and events
April 17, 2020 for sector based organizations
Rolling deadline for smaller festivals, performance series and one-off project

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

be professional arts organizations that organize major cultural festivals and marquee events, smaller festivals and performance series, and one-off projects related to marketing, touring and professional development,
be sector based organizations that implementing their mandate and for projects that have an industry-wide benefit,
be working in one of the eligible sectors: visual arts, Theatre, dance, literary arts, music (supports just major music festivals), film and TV (supports film sector organizations and film festivals).

Professional arts organizations must:

have an established track record in their discipline no less than four years,
demonstrate relevant managerial, professional, financial and technical capacity and a potential for long-term viability,
demonstrate their primary focus is on presenting or promoting cultural activities or products by professional artists and cultural industry workers,
demonstrate a viable work or business plan,
pay artist fees established by relevant artists associations representing the interests of professional artists,
be incorporated in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador for at least one year prior to application and be in good standing.

Sector base organizations must:

be member based
have an active Board of Directors,
maintain professional administrative staff,
offer on-going industry wide benefits to their membership in the form of workshops, information, training or other sector relevant activities,
have a degree of economic development as part of their mandate,
pay artist fees established by relevant artists associations representing the interests of professional artists,
be incorporated in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador for at least one year prior to application.

Application Steps:

should submit the completed applications a minimum of 6 (six) weeks in advance of the project start date,

must submit a completed Advance Payment Request Form and the signed Acceptance Letter of Financing to receive an advance of 90% of the approved funding,

must submit the Final Report to receive the remaining 10% of the CEDP contribution after its approval.

Documentation Needed:

Applicant must:

an annual strategy and work plan with clearly defined and measurable outcomes for increasing the economic impact for the cultural industries and for the provincial economy,
information about the size and significance of the event, professional development opportunities, potential audience and/or networking opportunities, and overall project costs,
a balanced budget,
their most recent financial statements

Other Things to Note:

Applications for smaller festivals, performance series and one-off project will be accepted on an on-going basis and assessed on a first-come, first-serve basis until available funds are exhausted.

All projects must be completed and a final report submitted within ten weeks of completion of the project, or by March 31, 2021, whichever comes first.

Program Contact:

The Cultural Economic Development Program - Arts Component

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