Barrie Arts & Culture Investment Program helps to strengthen Barrie's arts and culture community through strategic investments in the work of not-for-profit creative organizations by:

• Strengthening the relevance, responsiveness, effectiveness and resilience of Barrie's arts and culture sector,
• Supporting capacity building by arts organizations,
• Developing Barrie's identity as an arts friendly city, and
• Enhancing Barrie's social, economic, and cultural prosperity by supporting Council's Strategic Priorities

Eligible Arts and Culture Organizations:

• Performing Arts Organizations (includes theatre, dance, and music)
• Visual Arts Organizations
• Arts Service Organizations
• Literary Arts Organizations
• New Media Organizations
• Heritage Organizations

Funding Categories

Operational Streams

• Open to registered not-for-profit organizations with budgets of $75,000 or more
• Open to registered not-for-profit organizations with budgets of less than $75,000

Projects & Capacity building Streams:

• Open to both established and emerging not-for-profit professional or semi-professional arts and culture organizations that have been in operation for at least one year
• Project and Capacity Building Grants are for up to $5,000 and support new initiatives and special projects as well as to support arts organizations in their growth