Festival Place Cultural Arts Foundation Grants

The Festival Place Cultural Arts Foundation (FPCAF) seeks to recognize and assist deserving Strathcona County students participating in all avenues of the performing arts.

Overview of Grant Process

  1. The FPCAF sponsors these grants.
  2. Grants will be available to solo and group applicants.
  3. Grants are valued at $500.00 each.
  4. The FPCAF Grants Committee will select the candidates for award based on their application.
  5. Applicants should explain their reason for applying and should speak to the following criteria:
    • Enhance an appreciation for the fine arts in the community
    • Show a dedication and a love of performing
    • Show a financial need
    • Application to include: name, address, age, type of art you are involved with in applying for the grant, school, teacher or school program
  6. The Application Form MUST be scanned and e-mailed to the FPCAF:  contact@fpcaf.ca
  7. Winners will be notified by telephone or e-mail.
  8. Winners will be expected to notify FPCAF where they expended the grant money.
  9. Grant payments will be sent via e-transfer.

Eligibility

  1. Applicant’s primary address must be in the County of Strathcona.
  2. Application age limited to twenty (20) years as of December 31, 2024.
  3. Consideration will be given to teachers or County of Strathcona organizations in promoting the performing arts for our youth. If a teacher or a coordinator applies on behalf of a group of young people involved in the arts, the age limit will apply only to the young people in the group.
  4. Applicants must wait one year after receiving a grant before reapplying.

The completed application form can be submitted to:

Festival Place Cultural Arts Foundation: contact@fpcaf.ca

Download the Grant Application Form

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION:

12:00 NOON on the last of April each year. 

Successful applicants will be notified by telephone or e-mail no later than the last day of May of each year. 

After reading the information on this page, if you have any questions about the application process you can email us using the following form: