artsVest™ is Business for the Arts‘ signature matching incentive and sponsorship training program, designed to spark new business sponsorship of arts and culture and to build capacity in Canada’s cultural sector. artsVest provides small to mid-sized arts and culture organizations with the expertise and tools needed to develop sponsorship opportunities with local business, through in-depth sponsorship training, matching incentive funds and community networking events.

Since the inception of the program in Ontario in 2002, 502 businesses have partnered with 180 cultural organizations through artsVest – 282 of these businesses were first-time sponsors of the arts.  The national expansion of the artsVest program in 2011 saw the number of partnerships triple in provinces and cities across the country, thanks to the combined investments of Canadian Heritage, provincial and municipal partners totalling $3.5 million, including membership support from our business members and in-kind support from our partner arts councils in each province and city.

artsVest currently operates in Ontario, Calgary, Saskatchewan and Winnipeg and is poised to expand into additional provinces and cities.

For details on the artsVest program, please visit www.artsVest.com or click the button at the right.