• 2026 Round 1: Applications will be accepted from January 12 to February 6, 2026.
• 2026 Round 2: Applications will be accepted from June 22 to July 17, 2026.

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Mission

The City of Windsor’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Fund (ACHF) invests in the soul of our City by providing financial assistance to locally-developed arts, culture and heritage projects that provide exciting, surprising and meaningful opportunities to strengthen our creative community. This funding initiative supports the City of Windsor’s priority to build a strong and stable creative community that contributes to a prosperous creative economy and to making Windsor an amazing place to live.

Program Objectives

• Promote innovation and support new, dynamic efforts in the creative community;
• Develop unique cultural resources to enhance the health and vitality of our communities and the quality of life for our people;
• Encourage participants in the creative community to stay and continue to create and work in the City of Windsor;
• Make arts, culture and heritage central to the lives of all our people;
• Increase public awareness and access to the arts, culture and heritage sectors;
• Celebrate diversity by recognizing our rich creative community; and
• Value creativity by promoting and supporting arts, culture and heritage.

Key Priorities

• Increase Windsor’s attractiveness, affordability, and quality of life;
• Support the development of new audiences;
• Increase the supply of skilled cultural workers;
• Nurture creativity and imagination through arts, culture and heritage projects;
• Encourage the inclusion of diverse cultural groups; and
• Increase public access to the creative community.