City of Vancouver Accepting Applications for Critical Assistance Grants

The following information is excerpted from a call for submissions issued by the City of Vancouver.

If your arts and cultural space is facing a critical situation as a result of a facility emergency or urgent life-safety issue, you could be eligible for a grant to help pay for costs associated with emergency repairs or safety upgrades.

The Critical Assistance Program is a grant stream of the Cultural Infrastructure Grant Program that can provide up to $25,000 towards repairs or upgrade costs in your non-profit cultural space.

The City's goal is to ensure access to safe, legal, and fully functioning cultural spaces in Vancouver. Funding will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis, until the annual $100,000 budget is spent

Eligibility

Organizational eligibility
To be eligible for assistance, you must meet all of the following criteria:

• You are a Vancouver-based non-profit society, co-operative, or charitable organization, with an active volunteer board of directors, having a clear arts and culture mandate, and have been operating for a minimum of one year
• Your organization has sufficient financial and human resources to successfully complete the project
• You own your space or have a minimum 10-year lease from the date of application

Project eligibility
Your organization may apply for this grant for:

• Urgent, unforeseen facility situations resulting from the loss or failure of existing infrastructure or an urgent life safety requirement
• Projects critical enough that it cannot wait until the next CIG intake; funds are required now
• Potential major systems or structural failure, if the situation is not addressed immediately

Examples of eligible projects:

• Water damage
• Fire damage
• Results of vandalism
• Post-disaster emergency cleaning
• Purchase of infrastructure or systems caused by failure, damage, or loss
• Urgent life safety issues

Contact and More Information

Debra Bodner
Cultural Planner
604 873 7211
debra.bodner@vancouver.ca

For more information and to apply today, click here.