Arts organizations play a key role in bringing the arts to Canadians. They are contributing to the vitality of our communities and artistic practices – all while managing rapid changes due to demographics, technology and the economic downturn.
That’s why the Canada Council is taking a more strategic approach to organizational development – one that helps arts organizations to build resilience and the capacity to face change and adapt creatively. This approach includes a new grant program, Leadership for Change: Grants for Organizational Development, and a number of related initiatives. Leadership for Change has been developed from the review of Flying Squad program.
Leadership for Change program (includes 2 components)
- Grants to collective or sectoral initiatives: for research or consultations that propose collaborative approaches and shared-learning activities (maximum amount: $20,000)
- Grants to organizations: for individual consultations with specialists. (maximum amount: $10,000)
Next deadline: December 15, 2013
Program Guidelines
Related initiatives
- A section on the Council website that directs arts organizations to online resources and to other organizations offering workshops and tools for organizational development. In development.
- Ongoing discussions with the arts sector and non-profit sector to pool existing management resources through research and partnerships with other organizations.
