Meet the Arts & Culture Funders

Join us at the Brampton Arts Organization office for a panel discussion and break-out rooms focused on writing budgets and articulating your project idea for grants application with municipal, provincial and federal arts and culture funders.

This is a great opportunity to meet the people behind the grants and discuss your activity or project ideas with them.

Learn about the funders' funding priorities as well as grant processes, and get your questions answered and build relationships with these funders.

This event is suitable for both individual creatives as well as registered charities, community groups, arts, culture & heritage organizations, community-led charities and not-for-profits working in the arts and culture sector in Brampton.

Donate - Your donation helps us support Brampton artists and expand free programming like this.

Accessibility: If you are a Brampton resident who needs assistance or support to participate, such as an ASL interpreter, please get in touch with us at [email protected] as soon as possible (minimum of five days in advance) so that we can make the necessary accommodations.

Transportation: We can provide all-ages Brampton Transit Tickets to Brampton residents free of charge to those who need them for all BAO in-person events. If you would like to pick up a ticket for yourself and others attending with you, please email [email protected] prior to the event and we will have them available for you onsite. Tickets work for both Brampton Transit and Züm buses.

Noora Sagarwala is the Program Manager of Arts Across Canada and Abroad at the Canada Council for the Arts, where she manages granting programs that support the mobility, visibility, and impact of Canadian artists and arts organizations. With over two decades of experience in the cultural sector, she brings a deep understanding of public arts funding, policy development, stakeholder engagement, and strategic program design.

Prior to joining the Council, Noora held roles at the Ontario Arts Council, Emancipation Arts/FreeUp!, MANIFESTO, the Young Centre for the Performing Arts/Soulpepper Theatre Company, and the Canada Dance Festival. Her work has consistently focused on supporting artists, advancing equity, and strengthening systems that serve the arts community.

Noora holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business with a focus on arts and media management. She is passionate about public service, inclusive leadership, and building funding programs that are transparent, responsive, and forward-looking.

Marcus Tamm is Director, Communications, at FACTOR - the Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings. A 30-year Canadian music industry veteran, he began the career journey at Toronto's Harris Institute for the Arts, went on to be an artist management office coordinator before embarking for a couple of years on the road as tour manager. Next were two 10-year tenures at Universal Music Canada - divided by a side-trip to book publishing - primarily in publicity/corporate communications before arriving at the non-profit sector, where he takes great pride in being part of funding for the Canadian-owned music industry.

Adom Acheampong has extensive arts and culture sector experience, dedicating her career to supporting the growth and sustainability of artists and arts organizations. Currently, she is the Multi and Inter-Arts and Community-Engaged Arts Officer at the Ontario Arts Council.

Most recently, Adom was the Artistic and Professional Development Manager at Nia Centre for the Arts, Canada’s first multidisciplinary Black arts centre, where she spearheaded the development and presentation of multidisciplinary artistic programming. With emergency funds from the Government of Ontario, Adom developed and managed the PIVOT: Black Artist Resource Fund, a program that supported over 100 Black artists across Ontario in adapting their practices in response to the pandemic.

Previously, Adom worked at East End Arts, one of the City of Toronto’s six Local Arts Service Organizations, where she expanded their programming to better respond to the needs of their community members. Adom has also held a number of volunteer roles, including serving as the Co-Chair of the Ontario Nonprofit Network’s Decent Work Advisory Committee, and sitting on the ArtReach Resource Development Committee.

Amir Majid began his career as a fundraiser working with non-profits and charities both locally and nationally including the United Way, and Habitat for Humanity, raising more than $3,000,000 for these organizations and learning the nuances of working in the charitable and non-profit sector, building charitable programs, and measuring their success. Building from his experience as a fundraiser he began to play roles as a funder, first as a grants and fundraising professional with the Halton District School Board and then in Corporate Social Responsibility with Aviva Canada. After this, Amir managed grant programs with Community Foundation of Mississauga overseeing a total grant portfolio of over $1,000,000 annually. Now, Amir is responsible for Non-Profit and Charitable grants with the City of Brampton making grants that total over $1,750,000. Along with grant making work, in Brampton, Amir is also responsible for providing valuable capacity building training to the Non-Profit sector.

Info: Networking

Info: Room A - Writing budgets for grant applications OR
Room B - Articulating your project idea for grant applications

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