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Community Culture Development Fund continues support of local arts, culture and heritage groups

December 20, 2022 9:05 AM
(Red Deer, Alberta)

16 not-for-profit organizations in Red Deer have been granted a total of $346,825 in multi-year funding from The City of Red Deer’s Community Culture Development Fund – Culture Development Category.

The Community Culture Development Fund has provided financial support to not-for-profit organizations delivering arts, culture, and heritage initiatives in our community since 2000. Grant funds are intended to assist organizations, build their capacity to provide a service, manage a cultural facility, act as an umbrella organization for other cultural organizations, develop new cultural programs and services, and/or produce a community-based special event or festival.

The Culture Development Category provides long term support (up to three years) to service providers to offset operational costs required to deliver culture programs and services within the community. A maximum of $30,000 is available per application, and eligible organizations may submit multiple applications.

$573,875 was requested of the $400,000 in available funds for this funding cycle and approximately 60 per cent of requests were approved. $20,000 was assigned to the next intake of the Community Culture Development Fund - Culture Opportunities Category in 2023. The remaining funds of $33,175 have been allocated to the next intake of the Culture Development Category.

“The City is proud to support the variety of events and educational opportunities provided to Red Deerians by these important community organizations,” said Bobby-Jo Stannard, Community Development Superintendent. “From arts, music and children’s theatre to heritage, improv and annual festivals, the vibrancy of Red Deer’s arts scene is evident from this list of not-for-profit groups.”

The following organizations were each awarded three years of funding for the 2023-2025 funding cycle.

Organization  Amount
Approved
per year
Project description/support for:
Central Alberta Chamber Orchestra $10,000.00 Central Alberta Chamber Orchestra regular season concerts, educational and community outreach performances
African Caribbean Centre of Central Alberta $5,000.00 Annual Red Deer Afro-Caribbean Festival
Against the Wall Theatre Society $9,375.00 Improvisational theatre programming, education and performance
Association Canadienne Francophone de l'Alberta Regionale de Red Deer (French Canadian Association of Alberta, Red Deer Region) $5,000.00 A bilingual Celebration of Winter event
Central Alberta Film Festival Association $10,000.00 Growth and expanded engagement: annual Central Alberta Film Festival, educational workshops and film challenges
Friends of Sunnybrook Farm Society $30,000.00 Sunnybrook Farm Museum programs: preservation, education, entertainment and access to historic site
Norwegian Laft Hus Society $15,000.00 Expanding public cultural and educational programming
Prime Stock Theatre Co. Society $30,000.00 Bard on Bower outdoor summer Shakespeare festival
Red Deer Arts Council $30,000.00 Arts presentation programming
Red Deer Arts Council $30,000.00 Arts outreach programming
Red Deer Arts Council $15,000.00 Arts development programming
Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society $30,000.00 Canada Day celebrations
Red Deer Family Services $15,000.00 Central Alberta Children's Festival
Red Deer Festival of Performing Arts Society $25,000.00 Annual Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts
Red Deer Pottery Club $5,450.00 Year-round ceramic arts program opportunities for members and community outreach programs
Red Deer Summer CentreFest Society $30,000.00 CentreFest Street Performer Festival
Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Association $12,000.00 Symphony @ the Snell programming
Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Association $20,000.00 RDSO Community Concerts: Accessible performances in the community
Tree House Youth Theatre Society $20,000.00 Tree House Youth Theatre skill development programs and productions

For more information, contact:

Corporate Communications
The City of Red Deer

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