Funding

Recent stories about funding


People gathered in front of the entrance to a theatre.
arts funding

Why Workshop West's experiment allowing audiences to name their price is a smashing success

Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre will keep offering pay-what-you-will ticketing during its next all-Canadian season of theatre because its pilot run was such a smash, growing its audience by nearly 75%.

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Uproot Food Collective co-founder and CEO Chris Lerohl poses to the right of a food-manufacturing tool.
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Uproot Food Collective to extend FrontFundr campaign

An Edmonton-based frozen food innovator is extending its equity-crowdfunding campaign to give supporters more time to help fund its expansion.

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Myrna Bittner of RWI Synthetics stands beside a podium, flanked by two federal ministers
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PrairiesCan invests $17M to support innovation in Edmonton

Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) is investing more than $17 million to support 11 companies and three service providers in Edmonton's innovation community.

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Twenty local artists receive $15,000 each from Edmonton Artists' Trust Fund

The Edmonton Arts Council (EAC) celebrated the achievements of 20 local artists with its announcement of the recipients of the 2021 Edmonton Artists' Trust Fund awards.

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EPCOR announces $1M top up to Heart + Soul Fund
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EPCOR announces $1M top up to Heart + Soul Fund

After distributing $1.25 million to 47 arts, culture, and charitable organizations in 2020, EPCOR announced this week that it will bump up its COVID-inspired fund by an additional $1 million as a direct response to community need. 

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