Applicants must either be:
a society registered in BC from a self-identified community
or
an individual or group from a self-identified community who is not a society but who is leading a project and has found a society willing to act as a Sponsor Society.
Self-identified communities include but are not limited to:
- Indigenous
- Racialized persons or people of colour
- Deaf
- LGBTQ2
- Those living with challenges related to a physical disability
- Those living with challenges related to a mental illness
- Other (tell us using the self-identification form)
Sponsor Societies may include:
- Non-arts mandated societies
- Arts-mandated societies, including those meeting the eligibility for Operating Grants *NEW* and Project Grants; such organizations may apply concurrently as a Sponsor Society to both programs
Sponsor Societies may not include:
- Organizations in arrears with any local authority, are bankrupt, seeking creditor protection, are insolvent, or under court supervision of any kind