Impact of funding

Explore a visual overview of how the AFA distributes funding to support Alberta's arts community.

AFA expenditures 2024-25
$30,523,000
AFA expenditures breakdown (millions)
AFA
Grant programs
$ 26.9M
Art Collection
$ 2.6M
Admin, research, communication
$ 1.0M
Funding awarded per recipient type
AFA
656 grants to organizations
$ 20.4M
446 grants to individuals
$ 5.2M

Funding awarded by region

Northwest 33 GRANTS $0.5M Northeast 10 GRANTS $0.2M North Central 40 GRANTS $0.4M Southern 71 GRANTS $1.0M Central 79 GRANTS $1.2M Edmonton 399 GRANTS $10.5M Calgary 469 GRANTS $11.8M
Funding awarded by program
Program name
$ amount ( grants awarded / eligible applications)
Professional Performing Arts Organizations
$8,048,940.00 46 / 47
Community Support Organizations
$2,600,000.00 146 / 146
Community Performing Arts Organizations
$1,985,000.00 183 / 183
Arts Presenting
$1,800,000.00 158 / 158
Major Arts Presenters
$1,630,000.00 12 / 12
Public Art Galleries
$1,547,000.00 15 / 15
Music Individual Project Grants
$1,387,530.00 140 / 397
Provincial Arts Service Organizations
$1,195,000.00 9 / 9
Film and Video Individual Project Grants
$973,768.00 71 / 266
Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Grants
$880,404.00 82 / 316
Literary Individual Project Grants
$828,761.00 64 / 253
Summer Schools
$642,401.00 9 / 11
Artists and Education
$594,781.00 66 / 114
Theatre Individual Project Grants
$407,637.00 31 / 106
Dance Individual Project Grants
$355,246.00 31 / 127
Indigenous Arts Individual Project Grants
$353,256.00 25 / 85
Organization Activation Projects
$291,057.00 11 / 14
Projects Development
$50,000.00 1 / 1
Arts Awards
$14,000.00 2 / 11

Interested in exploring our data?

More details are available on open.alberta.ca

Want to know more about arts funding and impact in Alberta? Check out our arts research stories.

Should you find any inconsistencies in the data listed above as compared to the AFA's Annual Report, the report should be taken as correct.

Contact
Erin Fraser, Arts Services Consultant - Research and Information
T: 780-415-0249
E: erin.e.fraser@gov.ab.ca