History of the Awards

For this year's 2017 Holiday Board Draw, the Rozsa Foundation board drew from over fifty entries from arts organizations across Alberta! Hearty congratulations to this year's winners, the Marda Loop Justice Film Society! Receiving a prize of $500 that may be donated to a charitable organization of their choice! We wish a warm and restful season to staff and volunteers across the Alberta arts sector. Thank you for all the work you do! #boards

Partnering with the Haskayne School of Business, the Alberta School of Business, and the Alberta Board Development Program, Next Step is designed to match your organization with a recent business school graduate. These graduates have studied arts marketing and completed a specially designed non-profit governance course in preparation for service as a member of a non-profit board. According to the Canadian Board Diversity Council, diversity in Board composition provides a weal

Every month, the Rozsa Foundation sends out a letter to the Boards of arts organizations requesting updated information. Who's new? Who's soldiering on? Who's registered as a charity? The Foundation collects the information as normal course of business in working with organizations in the arts sector. It is kept strictly confidential and used to facilitate participation in our granting or capacity building programs. From time to time, we also extend invitations to local or Fo

Throughout each year we ask arts organizations to send us their board updates, and last year we decided to throw some festive fun into the mix! Every organization that sends us their updates is added to a year-end Christmas board draw, with a prize of $500 (to be donated to a charity of the board chair's choice, including their own organization), as well as a board development package courtesy of Board Leadership Calgary. 2016's winner was Brian Dean, board chair of ProArts S

Courtney Rocca is Junior Production Accountant, Crescent Point EnergyBoard of Directors Vice President, Forte Musical Theatre Guild. Participating in the Rozsa Foundation’s Next Step program and being appointed to the Board of Directors for Forte Musical Theatre Guild (Forte) has been an invaluable experience. Participation as a member of the Board has brought many exciting and challenging experiences. Although daunting at times, each experience has been rewarding in a diffe

Staff of the Rozsa Foundation spent a delightful Saturday (Feb 6) at the U of A, participating with Alberta School of Business students and recent grads in our first Edmonton edition of the Next Step program. The Next Step program prepares and places Gen Y Alberta School of Business students and alumni on local arts boards and board committees, furthering the Foundation’s goals to bolster arts boards and organizational resiliency, and to strengthen leadership in arts manageme