An organization must be registered as a non-profit society with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. The applicant must be a resident of Nova Scotia who has qualities and skills vital to the project and who has support recommendations from resident members of the artist community. The project must be of benefit to Nova Scotia and to a particular Nova Scotia region and include Nova Scotians as its prime participants. Individuals applying under this policy must provide their Social Insurance Number. Grant recipients are obliged to declare the grant as income and will be issued a T4-A tax slip by the Department for the purposes of filing their annual income tax return to Revenue Canada.
Funding is subject to available fiscal resources.
Applicants are eligible to apply for one grant in any April 1 - March 31 fiscal period. Applicants are advised that grant recipients may be subject to Provincial audit.