Impact of funding

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

AFA expenditures 2023-24
$25,869,000
AFA expenditures breakdown (millions)
AFA
Grant programs
$ 23.1M
Art Collection
$ 2.1M
Admin, research, communication
$ 0.6M
Funding awarded per recipient type
AFA
625 grants to organizations
$ 19.4M
257 grants to individuals
$ 2.7M

Funding awarded by region

Northwest 25 GRANTS $0.4M Northeast 6 GRANTS $0.09M North Central 29 GRANTS $0.2M Southern 73 GRANTS $0.9M Central 76 GRANTS $1.0M Edmonton 310 GRANTS $9.3M Calgary 362 GRANTS $10.2M
Funding awarded by program
Program name
$ amount ( grants awarded / eligible applications)
Professional Performing Arts Organizations
$8,070,000.00 47 / 47
Community Support Organizations
$2,522,080.00 142 / 143
Community Performing Arts Organizations
$1,725,000.00 172 / 172
Public Art Galleries
$1,655,000.00 17 / 17
Major Arts Presenters
$1,630,000.00 12 / 12
Arts Presenting
$1,500,000.00 153 / 153
Provincial Arts Service Organizations
$1,180,000.00 8 / 8
Music Individual Project Grants
$720,766.00 88 / 389
Film and Video Individual Project Grants
$580,699.00 43 / 275
Artists and Education
$496,843.00 58 / 123
Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Grants
$465,494.00 44 / 250
Literary Individual Project Grants
$414,901.00 38 / 229
Summer Schools
$336,482.00 6 / 8
Organization Activation Projects
$196,961.00 9 / 37
Dance Individual Project Grants
$187,635.00 17 / 106
Theatre Individual Project Grants
$171,936.00 13 / 95
Indigenous Arts Individual Project Grants
$160,865.00 12 / 66
Projects Development
$50,000.00 1 / 1
Arts Awards
$14,000.00 2 / 8

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