Vancouver City Council |
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
Date: December 18, 2002
Author/Local: A. Niwinski/604-871-6007
RTS No. 3143CC File No. 2051
Council: January 14, 2003
TO:
Vancouver City Council
FROM:
Director, Office of Cultural Affairs
SUBJECT:
2003 Advance Installments: Cultural Operating Grants
RECOMMENDATION
THAT Council approve advance installments for Cultural Operating grants in the amount of $451,200 to the 47 organizations listed in Table 1, source of funds to be the 2003 Cultural Grants Budget.
GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS
The General Manager of Community Services RECOMMENDS approval of the foregoing.
COUNCIL POLICY
City Council approved the provision of advance installments for Cultural Operating grants to applicants that meet specific criteria on December 14, 1989. As amended by Council on February 5, 1998, the three basic criteria for receipt of an advance Installment are:
· The applicant has received a Cultural Operating grant for at least three consecutive years.
· The applicant's Operating grant in the previous year was over $7,500.
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An initial review of an organization's current application indicates no critical concerns about the applicant's finances, organizational sustainability or overall performance in the past year.On February 1, 1996, City Council established the basis for calculating advance installments for Cultural grants as 40% of an applicant's Operating grant in the previous year.
Approval of grant recommendations requires eight affirmative votes.
PURPOSE
This report recommends that advance installments on Cultural Operating grants be provided as in past years, and that payments representing 40% of each of the 47 eligible applicants' 2002 grant be made. A total of $451,200 in advance installments is recommended.
BACKGROUND
Advance installments for the Cultural Operating grants category were introduced in 1990 to alleviate the cash flow problems that many arts organizations experience at the beginning of the calendar year, when they are in mid-season, but when government and foundation grant budgets have not yet been approved. Before that, only the five major exhibiting institutions funded by the City received advances on their annual grants. Recommendations for advance installments on Cultural Operating grants are usually presented to Council in January, following a preliminary review of grant applications received in early December.
DISCUSSION
In 2002 the City provided Operating grants amounting to $1,268,500 to 77 organizations. This year, 79 Operating grant requests totalling $1,671,500 have been received. Following a review of these applications in the context of advance Installment criteria described earlier, 47 Operating grant applicants are recommended for advances totalling $451,200, as listed in Table 1.
Table 1 - 2003 Advance Installments
Organization
'02 Grant
'03 Advance
Alliance for Arts & Culture Soc.
$40,000
$16,000
Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Soc.
$87,000
$34,800
Artspeak Gallery Soc.
$12,000
$4,800
Axis Theatre Soc.
$13,500
$5,400
Ballet BC
$82,000
$32,800
Bard on the Beach Theatre Soc.
$10,000
$4,000
Canadian Music Centre - BC
$11,000
$4,400
Carousel Theatre Soc.
$21,000
$8,400
Chamber Music Festival (Van. Recital Soc.)
$11,500
$4,600
Children's Arts Umbrella
$15,000
$6,000
Children's Festival (C.I.A.Y.A.)
$116,500
$46,600
Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Soc.
$15,000
$6,000
Coastal Jazz and Blues Soc.
$10,000
$4,000
Contemporary Art Gallery Soc.
$40,000
$16,000
DanceArts Vancouver Soc.
$17,000
$6,800
Dancing on the Edge Festival Society
$8,500
$3,400
Early Music Vancouver Music
$16,000
$6,400
EDAM Performing Arts Soc.
$11,000
$4,400
Firehall Theatre Soc.
$39,000
$15,600
Green Thumb Players Soc.
$31,000
$12,400
Grunt Gallery - Visible Arts Soc.
$10,000
$4,000
Headlines Theatre (Theatre for Living Soc.)
$10,000
$4,000
Holy Body Tattoo Soc.
$10,000
$4,000
Kokoro Dance Theatre Soc.
$11,500
$4,600
Lola MacLaughlin Dance Soc.
$9,000
$3,600
Modern Baroque Opera
$9,000
$3,600
Or Gallery Soc.
$9,000
$3,600
Pacific Cinémathèque Pacifique
$21,500
$8,600
Pink Ink Theatre Productions Assn.
$9,000
$3,600
Playwrights Theatre Centre
$15,000
$6,000
Public Dreams Soc.
$12,500
$5,000
Rumble Productions
$9,500
$3,800
Satellite Video Exchange Soc.
$16,000
$6,400
Theatre la Seizieme
$8,000
$3,200
Touchstone Theatre Soc.
$20,000
$8,000
Van. Cantata Soc.
$13,000
$5,200
Van. Co-operative Radio
$9,000
$3,600
Van. Dance Centre Soc.
$22,000
$8,800
Van. East Cultural Centre
$71,000
$28,400
Van. Folk Music Festival Soc.
$55,000
$22,000
Van. Fringe Festival Soc.
$31,500
$12,600
Van. Intl. Film Festival Soc.
$17,500
$7,000
Van. Intl. Writers Festival Soc.
$20,000
$8,000
Van. New Music Soc.
$24,000
$9,600
Van. Opera Assn.
$16,000
$6,400
Van. Symphony Soc.
$43,000
$17,200
Western Front Soc.
$19,000
$7,600
Totals
$1,128,000
$451,200
CONCLUSION
The advance installments recommended in this report represent 35% of the Cultural Operating grants budget at last year's level.
As in previous years, following Council's decision, applicants will be notified in writing that approval of an advance payment does not represent a commitment for any additional funds, which will depend on further staff evaluation, on the Cultural grants budget level established by Council for 2003, and on Council's final approval.
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