This capacity-building program provides up to $20,000 to non-profit arts and cultural organizations to access or deliver learning opportunities that will build and strengthen skills, knowledge, relationships, and experience. The goal is to strengthen organizational, sectoral, or individual arts and leadership practices.
Some of our recently-funded activities
- A land-based Indigenous placenames and local languages toolkit and an economic redress process and cultural consultation exchange with a local First Nation
- A Black-led music industry symposium which focuses on strategies to combat systemic discrimination and racism in Canada's live music business
- A mentorship program for emerging Latin/e/x film programmers
- Two supportive succession processes for founders of equity-mandated organizations that pave the way for new leaders from equity-denied communities
- A mentorship for emerging BIPOC and Hard of Hearing artists and curators and an engagement process for arts organizations to deepen engagement and inclusion with Deaf/deaf & Hard of Hearing communities
Who can apply
- Artists and cultural leaders who identify as:
- xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), urban Indigenous
- Black or of African descent
- People of Colour
- Deaf/deaf, Hard of Hearing
- Living with a disability/disabled people
- LGBTQ2+ and gender diverse
- Arts and culture organizations’ leaders, artists and staff that wish to build their pathways to becoming more equitable
- Individual artists and cultural leaders may apply through a sponsor non-profit arts and cultural organization
How to apply
Review the 2025 information guide PDF file (209 KB)
Contact a cultural planner to discuss your eligibility, access the online application form, and, benefit from valuable advice:
Joyce Rosario
Cultural Planner
joyce.rosario@vancouver.ca
Marnie Rice
Cultural Planner
marnie.rice@vancouver.ca