Alberta Media Fund — Cultural Industry Organizations Grant

• Completed application form and signed Applicant Agreement
• Annual corporate registry documents showing the organization’s legal name, shareholder/director breakdown and standing
• Most recent annual financial statements, based on the prior year’s grant amount
• Resumes for the organization’s principals

Who is eligible?

• Book publishers
• Magazine publishers
• Sound recording organizations
• Film production organizations
• New companies in their first year of operation and established companies and organizations eligible for the Cultural Industry Support Organizations Operating Grant Stream

Who is not eligible

• Post-secondary institutions
• Self-published projects or projects where publication of the media is by the author/creator
• Corporate/agency newsletters
• Corporate video productions
• Projects where the applicant organization or its affiliates have received, or would qualify to receive, funding from other grant programs through the Alberta Media Fund or Alberta Foundation for the Arts

Eligible expenses

• Transportation and accommodation
• Royalties or licenses
• Editing fees
• Administration and contract fees
• Promotion and publicity

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Costs incurred prior to the date of application
• Costs where the applicant organization or its affiliates have received, or qualify to receive, funding from other grant programs through the Alberta Media Fund or Alberta Foundation for the Arts for the same costs

Eligible geographic areas

• Alberta

• Applications are evaluated on organizational and fiscal responsibility
• Applications are evaluated on organizational enhancement
• Applications are evaluated on cultural mandate

• New applicants must set up an online profile by completing a GATE Front Office Registration form and emailing it to registrationamf@gov.ab.ca.
• Previous applicants must log in to the Online Grant Application System (GATE) to begin the application.
• Applicants must submit a complete application package through GATE before the grant deadline.
• Applications and support materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on the deadline date.

• Department staff assess applications according to the eligibility criteria and convene an expert panel.
• The expert panel evaluates applications in three evenly weighted categories: Organizational and Fiscal Responsibility, Organizational Enhancement, and Cultural Mandate.
• Grant recommendations are made to the Minister based on eligibility review and evaluation scoring, within the program budget.
• Successful, unsuccessful, and ineligible applicants are notified of the status of their application by email.
• Grant recipients must submit a report upon completion of the project, due 60 days after completion.

• The program is closed and no longer accepting applications.
• Previously eligible projects may be considered under other Cultural Industries Grants or the Alberta Made Screen Industries Program.