Sault Ste Marie city council will be getting a funding request this evening… all in grants. $75,000 in grants to the 21 organizations as recommended by the city’s cultural advisory board. An additional $28,900 is expected to be allocated to a newly developed festivals and events funding stream, subject to council approval in weeks to come.
The grant list includes:
- 180 Projects – $3,000
- African Caribbean Canadian Association of Northern Ontario – $2,000
- Algoma Art Society – $2,000
- Algoma Arts Festival Association – $2,000
- Algoma Conservatory of Music – $3,500
- Algoma Festival Choir – $5,000
- Algoma Weaver’s Guild – $2,000
- Arts Council of Sault Ste. Marie and District – $15,000
- Batchewana First Nation – $4,500
- Congregation Beth Jacob – $2,000
- In Your Eyes Projects – $1,000
- Living History Algoma (Algoma 1812) – $3,000
- Over the Rainbow Children’s Entertainment – $3,500
- Sault Symphony Association – $2,000
- Sault Theatre Workshop – $2,500
- Shadows of the Mind Film Festival – $4,000
- The Art Speaks Project – $5,000
- The Sault Blues Society – $2,000
- The Sault Community Theatre Centre – $4,300
- Theatre Ontario Festival 2020 – $2,000
- Thinking Rock Community Arts – $4,700