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Welcome to the London Arts Council's CAIP Platform
Community Arts Investment Program
Encouraging public awareness and appreciation of the arts, increasing access to quality local arts programming, and enhancing London's desirability as a community
General Information
Administered by the London Arts Council and funded by the City of London, the Community Arts Investment Program has supported a range of artistic disciplines, including film and multimedia arts, literature, music, performing arts (such as dance and theatre), and visual arts. CAIP provides the following:
- Investment in professional artists and artist collectives who live within the city of London
- Investment in registered nonprofit arts organizations located within the city of London
With the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the spring of 2020, the London Arts Council entered a partnership with London Community Foundation to provide further, essential financial support to London’s non-profit arts organizations as they struggled to remain viable and maintain professional staff. This partnership with London Community Foundation continued through 2021, 2022, and 2023. Utilizing LAC’s Community Arts Investment Program jury process, the London Community Foundation has invested a total of $311,200.00 into London’s arts organizations over the past four years.
Process
1. Register
Click on the "Register" link and complete and submit the registration form.
2. Login
Login to the awards portal with your email and password.
3. Create
Create your online submission.
4. Save
During the Call for Submissions period, your submission can be saved as DRAFT until all the required information is completed. As each section is complete, you will see a 
appear in the category tab when the submission is saved. At any time, you can download and print your submission by clicking on the 
icon in the Submission Summary section.
5. Submit
On completion, save your Submission as FINAL. Download and print a copy of your submission for your records by clicking on the icon in the Submission Summary section in the right column. Note: If an update is required prior to the Call for Submissions period, you can make the update and resave as FINAL.
If you require assistance or additional information, please contact investment@londonarts.ca or info@londonarts.ca
CAIP Process
Step 1: Online submission process
We strongly encourage artists and/or arts organizations to meet with the London Arts Council prior to making a submission. Consultation meetings must be booked in advance.
Submissions must be received in whole by the submission deadline. Please ensure you are familiar with the program requirements, and technical aspects of the online submission form well in advance of the deadline.
Step 2: Assessmet process
Submissions are reviewed by independent, volunteer assessors that advise on priority funding areas, assess submissions, and make recommendations on the awarding of investments.
The CAIP Assessment Panel is comprised of approximately fifteen arts professionals, community members, and arts patrons from across London. We invite Expressions of Interest to be a CAIP assessor from all qualified parties; however, you cannot serve as an assessor in a year when you have submitted an investment request.
Step 3: Recognition, requirements and reporting process
If you receive an investment, you will be required to:
- acknowledge the London Arts Council and the City of London's support by including print/digital logos and verbal credit lines as described in our investment agreement and on our Logos & Acknowledgments page;
- any other requirements as outlined in our investment agreement;
- submit a final report, including a reconciled project budget.
Contact Us
London Arts Council267 Dundas Street
London, Ontario
Phone: 519 439 0013
Email: investment@londonarts.ca
