Theme Camp Grant

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We saw some fantastic theme camps at our recent event and want to encourage and support you as you prepare your offerings for the next gathering. Whether you are a previous event or a new theme camp, we welcome you to apply for our Theme Camp Grant to build out your space and contributions to the event.

This year we have a budget of $15,000 to distribute to theme camps. Theme Camps can receive a grant of between $500 to $750, depending on how many theme camps apply for the grant. Please be mindful in your request to help ensure we can support as many camps as possible.

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Timeline and Deadlines

Date Task
January 6th, 2025 Applications open
February 17th, 2025 Applications due at 11:59 pm
March 10th, 2025 Grant recipients awarded
June 30th, 2025 All receipts must be submitted to SideBurn

Additional Information

Theme Camps must have registered their Theme Camp in order to apply for a Theme Camp Grant. Only camps who have registered their theme camp application form by February 19th (deadline for directed tickets) may apply.

Theme Camps can only submit one Theme Camp Grant application per camp.

Your application will be anonymously reviewed in detail by our Grants Committee. Your project will be scored on a series of questions based on the guiding prerequisites above and compared to all other applicants.

After being selected, you will receive 50% of your grant. You will receive the remaining 50% upon completion of the project, submission of receipts, and having a clean Leave No Trace (LNT) score.

Receipts are required. All receipts must be submitted to SideBurn by June 30. Camps that fail to provide receipts by this date will forfeit the remaining balance of their grant.

Theme camps may use this grant to assist with the costs of the following:
  • Communal and public-facing infrastructure: Tents, seating, generators, lighting, decorations.
  • Rentals: Truck/equipment rentals necessary for the success of interactive elements
  • Consumables: Food, fuel, non-alcoholic drinks

What is Not covered?

  • Firewood
  • Intoxicants (ex: alcohol)
Questions? For more information on applying for an art grant, visit our FAQs page.

Application Form

Photo credit: Header image by Derek Samaha, used with permission.
Land Acknowledgement
We gather for SideBurn on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabe, the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, the Huron-Wendat, the Mississaugas, and other Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work and build community on this land.