Community Investment Program

The Community Investment Program provides funding to arts and festival organizations in the City of Edmonton from the municipal tax base. The EAC is guided by Bylaw 14157 and City Policy C211F on Community Investment Grants. All grants are allocated based on recommendations from peer juries who provide their valuable expertise on a volunteer basis.

• CIP Arts Operating Grant
• CIP Festival Operating Grant
• CIP Festival SEED Grant
• CIP Celebrations Grant
• CIP Arts & Museum Building Operating Grant
• CIP Arts & Festivals Project Grant
• CIP Organization Support Grant
• CIP Emergency Fund

Check out each of these grant pages, or contact the Edmonton Arts Council for more information about each.

Lee Fund for the Arts

The Lee Fund for the Arts will invest in Edmonton's community by providing funding for community arts projects which are described as collaborations between professional artists and a distinct community (as defined by factors including but not limited to ethnicity, living conditions, geographic location, age, beliefs, traditions, social or economic strata).

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TransAlta Festival City Grant Program

As a long-standing member of the Edmonton community, TransAlta has committed to a three-year investment, with possibility for renewal after that period, to the Edmonton Festival community through the TransAlta Festival City Grant Program. This grant program is a joint program of TransAlta and the Edmonton Arts Council.  Funding for the TransAlta Festival City Grant program is intended to be complementary to existing support by TransAlta and the Edmonton Arts Council to festivals in the Greater Edmonton region.  These grants are intended to build stability and nationally recognized excellence throughout the region’s festivals and/or to build mutually beneficial connections between festivals in Northern Alberta.

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