Atlantic Canada Business Grants

Municipalities and band councils

Creative Community Impact Award

Amount:

$10,000.00

Type of Program:

Grants

Description:

The Creative Community Impact Award recognizes an organization or program that has made a positive impact on a community through arts and culture. It also provides a financial investment intended to enhance future arts and culture activities and to encourage further engagement. 

Comments on Funding:

The award carries a cash value of $10,000.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

June 15

Eligibility:

The award nominee:

  • must be a Nova Scotia-based non-profit arts and culture organization or an arts and culture program within a non-profit organization that has been operating for four years or more,
  • must be a municipality or a Nova Scotian Mi’kmaq Band Council,
  • must have proven a history of community engagement with arts and culture,
  • may only receive this award once.

Application Steps:

Applicants:

1

may nominate themselves,

2

deliver the application by email to artsnssubmissions@novascotia.ca. 

Documentation Needed: 

Applicants must include the following in all nominations:

  • a completed application form,
  • a brief overview of the organization, community or program (1-page max.),
  • a nominator’s statement, which answers the following questions: How does the organization/program engage community through arts and culture? (1-page max.), Describe and define the community (communities) that the organization/program serves? (1-page max.), How does the organization/program support positive social impact in their community? Please provide examples. (1-page max.)
  • two letters of support,
  • supporting documentation.

Other Things to Note:

The award is funded from the Nova Scotia Arts Endowment Fund.

Program Contact:

Creative Community Impact Award

​CCIA_AppForm_May6.pdf​​​