Culture and Events Grants 2021 - Fund Recommendations to Support Community Vibrancy and Resilience 1/3

It was moved and seconded that Council: 1. approve 2021 Cultural Grant funding (Operating, Project and Downtown Event) recommendations of $478,166 as follows; and 2.direct Staff to administer a special rapid response program for 2021 (Resilience Grant), with the remaining funds of $28,559, to support resilience in Nanaimo’s arts and culture sector. 2021 Culture & Heritage Operating Grants Applicant Name: A Cappella Plus Choral Society Recommend: $5,300 Applicant Name: CineCentral Filmmakers Society Recommend: $12,000 Applicant Name: Crimson Coast Dance Society ** Recommend: $24,137 Applicant Name: Friends of Nanaimo Jazz Society Recommend: $4,000 Applicant Name: Island Bel Canto Singers Recommend: $1,500 Applicant Name: Island Consort Society Recommend: $830 Applicant Name: L’association des francophones de Nanaimo Recommend: $21,500 Applicant Name: Malaspina Choral Society Recommend: $3,000 Applicant Name: Mid Island Metis Nation Recommend: $11,689 Applicant Name: Nanaimo (BC) Chapter of the SPEBSQSA Recommend: $2,400 Applicant Name: Nanaimo Arts Council Recommend: $11,000 Applicant Name: Nanaimo Chamber Orchestra Recommend: $1,965 Applicant Name: Nanaimo Concert Band Recommend: $5,000 Applicant Name: Nanaimo Conservatory of Music ** Recommend: $19,143 Applicant Name: Nanaimo International Jazz Festival Association Recommend: $24,000 Applicant Name: Opera Nanaimo Recommend: $4,000 Applicant Name: Pacific Coast Stage Company Recommend: $8,000 Applicant Name: Nanaimo Festival Heritage Theatre Society (TheatreOne) ** Recommend: $44,165 Applicant Name: Vancouver Island Symphony ** Recommend: $92,849 Applicant Name: Western Edge Theatre ** Recommend: $14,410 Applicant Name: Wordstorm Society of the Arts Recommend: $3,500 ** Recommended for continued three-year funding (2019 / 2020 / 2021)