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Community Culture Development Fund

City of Red Deer now accepting applications for annual arts and culture funding

Feb 17, 2026 | 12:01 PM

The City of Red Deer announced that eligible not-for-profit organizations can now apply for funding through the Community Culture Development Fund (CCDF) opportunities category.

The funding is meant to support organizations delivering new opportunities and projects related to arts and culture. Organizations can apply for up to $3,000 per project.

The city says updates have been made to the CCDF opportunities category to better support needs with the arts and culture community.

These include:

• An updated purpose that focuses on support for new opportunities and/or emerging projects related to arts and culture. These include items and/or projects that foster creativity, arts and culture and may not occur without CCDF Opportunities funding.
• The inclusion of arts and culture events makes this category well-suited for pilot initiatives and creative one-time events.
• Greater clarity around evaluation criteria, as well as eligible and ineligible expenses, to support fairness and transparency in funding decisions.

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Funding through the CCDF opportunities category may support:

• Capacity building, such as training opportunities that develop talent and leadership within the culture sector
• Specialized equipment required for the delivery of cultural activities, purchased on a one-time basis
• Arts and culture events, such as first-time or pilot projects, or events that demonstrate significant change from previous iterations
• Emergency project funding for projects experiencing unforeseen challenges that could threaten their feasibility, provided on a one-time basis

“Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no deadline, and funding decisions are typically made within four weeks of receiving a complete application. This funding stream remains open annually until available funds are fully allocated,” the city wrote in a media release.

More information, including application materials, is available at reddeer.ca/CCDF.