{"id":4438,"date":"2018-11-30T04:25:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/?p=4438"},"modified":"2022-02-12T04:26:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T04:26:24","slug":"first-spark-a-new-initiative-from-canadian-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/first-spark-a-new-initiative-from-canadian-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"First Spark \u2013 A New Initiative from Canadian Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4438\" class=\"elementor elementor-4438\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-350ab09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"350ab09\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca02990\" data-id=\"ca02990\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-470ffd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"470ffd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4154 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Government_of_Canada-300x64.png\" alt=\"Canadian Flag\" width=\"300\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Government_of_Canada-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Government_of_Canada-18x4.png 18w, https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Government_of_Canada.png 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"plain_grey\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Arts organizations should be encouraged by a small, but easily accessible funding program launched in November by Canadian Heritage.<br \/><br \/><span class=\"blue\"><strong>The First Spark Initiative<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"plain_grey\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/funding\/cultural-investment-fund\/strategic-initiatives\/first-spark-initiative.html\">The First Spark Initiative<\/a>\u00a0is intended to support arts organizations to focus on innovation in solving common business challenges. An organization can apply for a $5,000 grant to organize a collaborative problem-solving activity which seeks to address the challenge. It offers a way for an organization to get together and use creative approaches to problem solving via partnerships and knowledge sharing. The Ministry hopes that the partnerships\/collaborations will develop innovative business solutions facing cultural organizations. As examples of what the program will fund, arts organizations face challenges in dealing with:<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"plain_grey\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u2022 Data management<br \/>\u2022 Digital transformation<br \/>\u2022 Governance issues<br \/>\u2022 Marketing and audience development<br \/>\u2022 Revenue diversification and fundraising<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"plain_grey\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Where organizations partner to work together, creative solutions may be identified.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"plain_grey\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span class=\"blue\"><strong>Application Process<\/strong><\/span><br \/>La\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/funding\/cultural-investment-fund\/strategic-initiatives\/first-spark-initiative\/forms.html\">application<\/a>\u00a0process is not complicated, and the program guidelines speak to funding decisions for the $5,000 grant to be made within six weeks of receiving an application. The initiative is time limited and will run from November 15, 2018 to November 15, 2019. Organizations may submit multiple applications, provided they are for distinctly different projects. This is not a \u2018large\u2019 funding initiative, but one that can engage your teams, involve young and developing arts leaders, and lead to collective generation of solutions that are common to arts organizations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arts organizations should be encouraged by a small, but easily accessible funding program launched in November by Canadian Heritage. The First Spark Initiative The First Spark Initiative\u00a0is intended to support arts organizations to focus on innovation in solving common business challenges. 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