Final Components of Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations Announced Français
Minister Guilbeault announces details of the final components of Phase 2 of the COVID–19 Emergency Support Fund for the cultural industry
GATINEAU, QC, July 7, 2020 /CNW/ - Canadian culture is rich and diverse. The cultural industry, a major economic driver, is facing challenges like many others because of the COVID–19 pandemic. That is why Canadian Heritage quickly set up the Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations.
Minister Guilbeault today announced the final details regarding Phase 2 of the disbursement of the $500-million fund, announced earlier this year. This final component helps address some of the gaps that have been identified by the industry across Canada since the fund was first implemented. Thus, the second phase provides support to other organizations, some of which do not normally receive funding from Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, Telefilm Canada or the Canada Media Fund. The goal is still to help maintain jobs and support business continuity for organizations whose viability has been affected.
This final component of Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations will be distributed through grants and contributions as follows:
- $45 million through the Canada Periodical Fund to assist free magazines and weekly newspapers, including those that serve official-language minority or ethnocultural communities;
- $25 million distributed through partners to assist independent news and community radio broadcasters;
- $20 million to Musicaction and FACTOR to help presenters in the live music sector;
- $2.5 million to support producers of content in a language other than English or French through the Canada Media Fund; and
- $52.1 million to various arts and culture organizations that do not normally receive funding from Canadian Heritage programs and/or did not receive funding during Phase 1. This amount will be provided as follows:
- $8.2 million for the arts sector;
- $27.8 million for the audiovisual and digital media sector;
- $5 million for the music industry;
- $10 million for the publishing sector; and
- $1 million for arts and culture organizations that serve official-language communities.
Like Phase 1, this second phase is open to a variety of organizations and equity-seeking groups such as Indigenous, official-language minority, LGBTQ2 and racialized communities. More details are available in the backgrounder.
Simplified funding application processes have been put in place to support organizations in need as quickly and efficiently as possible. Applicants seeking emergency assistance from the Canada Periodical Fund will be able to submit their requests as of July 7. Application details for the other Phase 2 funding opportunities will be available shortly on the dedicated COVID-19 emergency funding section of the Canadian Heritage website.
The first component of Phase 2 was announced on June 18. It included $53 million in support to organizations with heritage collections through the emergency component of the Museums Assistance Program. Details on the application process for small community museums will be available very soon.
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"Our government continues to support cultural, heritage, and sport organizations through the final phase of our COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund. In working with the industry's feedback, this final phase provides greater access to support for organizations that may not normally receive funding, and organizations that represent a broader diversity of communities. Most importantly, this fund will help to maintain jobs and support business continuity for organizations that have been so greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic."
—The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage
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Minister Guilbeault announces details of the final components of Phase 2 of the COVID‑19 Emergency Support Fund for the cultural industry
GATINEAU – July 7, 2020
On May 8, 2020, the Minister of Canadian Heritage announced the details of a new COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations. The $500-million Emergency Support Fund provides additional temporary relief to support cultural, heritage and sport organizations and help them plan for the future.
The Fund will help maintain jobs and support business continuity for organizations whose viability has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund is intended to provide financial support to organizations in these sectors that complements the government's existing COVID-19 support measures for wages and fixed costs for organizations.
A two-phased approach was taken in order to accelerate the distribution of funds.
Phase 1
Phase 1 included support to existing recipients of a number of arts, culture and sport programs. A streamlined process was used to minimize the application burden.
The Fund was administered by Canadian Heritage and divided among select departmental programs and Portfolio agencies, as well as key delivery organizations:
- Up to $326.8 million to be distributed by Canadian Heritage:
- $198.3 million to the beneficiaries of arts and culture funding via existing programs, as well as other organizations with demonstrated needs;
- $72 million to the sport sector;
- $3.5 million for COVID-related projects under the Digital Citizen Initiative.
- $55 million to be distributed by the Canada Council for the Arts to help organizations that support artists;
- $115.8 million to support the Canadian audiovisual sector, to be distributed by the Canada Media Fund ($88.8 million) and Telefilm Canada ($27 million).
As of June 29, almost 75 percent of the funds have already been allocated to eligible organizations.
Phase 2
The first component of Phase 2 was announced on June 18. It included $53 million in support to organizations with heritage collections through the emergency component of the Museums Assistance Program. Details on the application process for small community museums will be available very soon.
Today, the details of the final components of Phase 2 were announced. It primarily includes funding for arts and culture organizations that do not currently receive funding from Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, Telefilm Canada, the Canada Media Fund, Musicaction or FACTOR, and/or did not receive funding in Phase 1.
As in Phase 1, the second component of Phase 2 emergency support will be provided through grants and contributions. The distribution of funding is as follows:
- $45 million for special measures in support of journalism under the Canada Periodical Fund to assist free magazines and weekly newspapers, including those that serve official-language minority or ethnocultural communities.
- $25 million distributed through partners to help independent broadcasters that invest in news and community broadcasts.
- $20 million to help presenters in the live music industry (artist managers, booking agents, concert promoters, for-profit festivals and venues, etc.) through the Canada Music Fund.
- $2.5 million to support producers of content in a language other than English or French through the Canada Media Fund.
- $52.1 million to various arts and culture organizations that do not usually receive funding from Canadian Heritage programs and/or did not receive funding in Phase 1. This amount will be provided as follows:
- $8.2 million for the arts sector;
- $27.8 million for the audiovisual and digital media sector;
- $5 million for the music industry;
- $10 million for the publishing sector; and
- $1 million for arts and culture organizations that serve official-language communities.
The $52.1 million investment in various cultural organizations that are not current recipients of Canadian Heritage programs and/or did not receive funding through Phase 1 will be distributed as follows:
Arts |
Professional not-for-profit arts festivals and performing arts series presenters (not currently funded but eligible applicants to the Canada Arts Presentation Fund) |
$390,033 |
Professional arts training organizations (not currently funded but eligible applicants to the Canada Arts Training Fund) |
$45,000 |
|
Professional not-for-profit Canadian arts groups and organizations that represent Indigenous and other equity-seeking communities (via Canada Council for the Arts) |
$7,800,000 |
|
Audiovisual |
Audiovisual training and development partners (to be funded through Telefilm Canada) |
$1,000,000 |
Independent groups producing access programming for community television (via a partner organization) |
$1,000,000 |
|
Audiovisual producers making Canadian content that did not receive funding in Phase 1 (via the Canada Media Fund and Telefilm Canada) |
$12,000,000 |
|
Interactive digital media companies (via the Canada Media Fund) |
$10,000,000 |
|
Indigenous radio and television broadcasters (current recipients of the Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting Program) |
$1,741,341 |
|
Movie theatres that show Canadian films (via Telefilm Canada) |
$1,755,000 |
|
TV5 (current recipient) |
$345,000 |
|
Music |
Recording studios and other music organizations, such as Canadian-owned record labels, music video producers and music publishers that are not recipients of the Canada Music Fund (via FACTOR and Musicaction) |
$5,000,000 |
Publishing |
Canadian independent publishers who are also operating as book distributors (current recipients of the Canada Book Fund) and other Canadian book distribution entities (previously ineligible recipients, to be funded through the Canada Book Fund) |
$10,000,000 |
Official Languages |
Official-language minority community organizations with a primary mandate in the arts and culture sectors (current recipients of the Community Life component of the Development of Official-Language Communities Program that are not current or eligible recipients of other Canadian Heritage programs issuing emergency funding) |
$1,060,000 |
Simplified funding application processes have been put in place to support organizations in need as quickly and efficiently as possible. As of July 7, it will be possible to submit applications for assistance under the Canada Periodical Fund. Application details for the other Phase 2 funding opportunities will be available shortly on the dedicated COVID-19 emergency funding section of the Canadian Heritage website.
Phase 2 – Key Principles
The key principles guiding the design of Phase 2 are that:
- The culture and heritage sectors should be treated similarly to other sectors of the economy (i.e., funds should be complementary to broader measures already announced by the Government, the approach to allocations should be consistent with the approaches taken for those measures, and multiple funding sources should not be used to cover the same costs);
- The funds should flow as quickly as possible;
- The process should be streamlined wherever possible and not burdensome for applicants; and
- Funding should be disbursed to address gaps that remain after Phase 1, which include: a) program coverage of the cultural "value chain" (such as some previously ineligible sub-sectors and disciplines); b) diversity and the unique needs of equity-seeking groups (such as Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2 communities, racialized communities and official-language minority communities); and c) regional distribution of funding.
Other Actions to Support the Cultural, Heritage and Sport Sectors
The Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations builds on a number of recently announced actions by the Government of Canada to support these sectors and their workers:
- Funding to help Canadians become more resilient to COVID-19 pandemic disinformation.
- Waiving of regulatory charges for broadcasters by the CRTC, providing more than $30 million of immediate financial relief for the broadcasting industry.
- Accelerated processing of the Canada Book Fund and Canada Periodical Fund 2020–2021 annual contributions.
- A new Independent Advisory Board on Eligibility for Journalism Tax Measures, and draft legislative proposals that would make adjustments to these tax measures for greater clarity and alignment with their initial objectives.
- Canada Council for the Arts' support to more than 1,100 core funded organizations with approximately $60 million in advance funding.
- Emergency funding to Canada's six national museums and the National Battlefields Commission through an investment of $25.7 million.
Q&A: Phase 2 – COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
Associated Links
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update
Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan
Information for Canadian Heritage grants and contributions recipients related to COVID-19
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