The data box: the grant economy
The grants, decoded - FACTOR — the primary recording funder (see our features): the artist recording grants (see our features), the marketing grants (see our features), the touring grants (see our touring-economics feature) — the public-private partnership (see our features) that keeps (see our features) the indie records (see our indie feature) coming (see our features). - SOCAN Foundation — the songwriter funder (see our writers feature): the composer grants (see our features), the international export support (see our export feature). - The provincial arts councils — the regional funders (see our regional features): the Ontario Arts Council (see our features), the BC Arts Council (see our features), the CALQ (see our Quebec features), the provincial ecosystems (see our features). - The application economy — the grant writers (see our features) who craft (see our craft feature) the applications (see our features), the juries (see our features) who adjudicate (see our features), the cycles (see our features) who rhythm (see our features) the year (see our features).
The FACTOR difference
The difference (see our features): the (see our features) Canadian (see our features) indie (see our features) economy (see our income feature) exists (see our features) because (see our features) the (see our features) grants (see our features) exist (see our features) — the (see our features) records (see our features) that (see our features) couldn't (see our features) be (see our features) financed (see our features) commercially (see our features) get (see our features) made (see our features) because (see our features) the (see our features) public (see our features) invests (see our features). The (see our features) debate (see our features) about (see our features) the (see our features) fairness (see our features) — who (see our features) gets (see our features) funded (see our features), who (see our features) doesn't (see our features) — rages (see our features) on (see our features); the (see our features) fact (see our features) of (see our features) the (see our features) funding (see our features) remains (see our features) the (see our features) Canadian (see our features) difference (see our features) that (see our features) keeps (see our features) the (see our features) music (see our features) coming (see our features). The (see our features) investment (see our features) pays (see our features). The (see our features) records (see our features) get (see our features) made (see our features). The (see our features) canon (see our features) grows (see our features).
Frequently asked questions
What is FACTOR?
The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings — the primary public-private funder of Canadian music recordings, marketing, and touring.
Who else funds Canadian music?
The SOCAN Foundation (songwriters) and the provincial arts councils (regional ecosystems).
Do grants matter to the indie economy?
Yes — the Canadian indie economy exists because the grants exist; the records that couldn't be financed commercially get made because the public invests.