Here’s a link to the announcement of funds granted to arts organizations after an adjudication process under the auspices of the County Foundation in which JC participated.
https://www.countylive.ca/local-arts-organizations-share-60k-in-grants/
“I have not been involved in a such process before, whereby grants are awarded by assessing the relative strengths and merits of proposals against criteria which governed the selection.
I was very pleased to have the opportunity to meet with other adjudicators and consider many worthy projects which exceeded in amounts requested the funding available from the inaugural year for the Arts Fund. Given that Prince Edward County has one of the highest concentration of writers, artists and artisans in all of Ontario, every investment the municipality makes in the cultural sector generates not only more creativity but also brings economic and other benefits to the region,” JC noted.