Finding Funding for your Capital Project

Up-to-date learning and information to help your projects move forward

Funds for facilities improvements and capital projects are scarce and often difficult to access. ArtsBuild is committed to providing up-to-date learning and information resources around traditional and innovative ways to fund and finance projects to improve existing facilities and build new ones.

Find Funding for your capital projects:

• Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

ArtsBuild Ontario has been working hard to better understand how Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF) money can be utilized and accessed by our small to mid-sized organizations. There have been some changes to the Cultural Spaces fund this year, including significant increases to the budget – so now is the time to apply!

To better understand these changes to the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, ArtsBuild Ontario hosted a webinar with Valerie Hopper, Manager of the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund Ontario Region and arts organizations registered on Bricks & Mortar. Topics covered included the changes to the CCSF, eligibility, the applications process and more.

Now we want to share this information with you! Click here to access a recording of our webinar with Valerie from Canada Cultural Spaces, and/or here to view the transcript of the webinar and Q&A period.

Grants

• Endowment Incentives – Canada Cultural Investment Fund
• Capital Grant, Ontario Trillium Foundation
• New Building Canada Fund
• Enabling Accessibility Fund

Financing

• Infrastructure Ontario Fund (for arts training institutions)
• Community Forward Fund 
• Better Buildings Partnership (Toronto)

Municipal Funds

• City of Thunder Bay Community Partnership Funding (Thunder Bay) 
• Hamilton Heritage Property Grant Program (Hamilton)
• Hamilton Heritage Conservation Grant Program (Hamilton)
• Incite Foundation for the Arts (Hamilton)
• Culture Build Investment Program (Toronto)

Fundraising Tools

• Fund What You Can – Toronto Fringe Festival
• This Place Matters – National Trust Canada

Tools to research grants

• Imagine Canada’s Grant Connect tool
• The Funding Portal – national listings, includes government funding
• Ajah.ca tools 

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Find more useful insights on funding sources and partnership best practices in ArtsBuild’s Resource Library.