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Publishing Organizations: Operating Program in Canada

Deadline: 15-Jun-23

The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has announced the Publishing Organizations: Operating Program to support Ontario-based, Canadian-owned magazine publishers that publish works of literary, artistic or cultural importance for the general public.

Subject Areas
  • Eligible books are works of literary, artistic, or cultural importance in the genres of fiction; poetry; drama; literary and arts criticism; autobiography, biography, memoir and essays; comics and graphic novels; works for children and young adults; and creative and literary works of history, politics, social issues, science, travel, etc.
Category
  • Magazine publishers: Organizations that publish magazines in print or digital format as their primary activity. Some publishers may publish books as a secondary activity
Funding Information
  • Requests over $50,000 from not-for-profit organizations: audited financial statements
  • Requests over $25,000: review engagement (or, if available, audited financial statements)
  • Requests $25,000 and under, unaudited financial statement (or, if available, review engagement or audited financial statement)
Eligibility Information
  • Organizations must:
    • Be Canadian-owned and —controlled with its head office (at least 50 per cent of employees and editorial, management and financial control) in Ontario
    • Have been operating as an Ontario-based publisher for at least two years (excepting affiliated companies
    • Have at least $75,000 in total revenues for the last fiscal year, and in projected revenues for the current and requested years (for applicants not currently receiving funding from this program)
    • Have completed at least two years of sustained, regular, ongoing programming in its community as of the application date (for publishers, publication is considered programming)
    • Have book and/or magazine publishing as their primary activity
    • Be free to make their own editorial decisions and sign contracts in their own name
    • Conduct the majority of their publishing activity in English. (Funding for Ontario-based, French-language publishers is available through OAC’s édition francophone — fonctionnement program.)
    • Be governed by a board of directors or an advisory body solely responsible for the publisher (exception: sole proprietorships and private companies)
    • Have a range of revenue sources such as private and government
    • Have proof of sound financial management.
    • All financial statements must be verified or prepared by an independent auditor or chartered or certified accountant.
    • They will reduce your grant request to an eligible level if you do not provide the type of financial statement required.
    • Organizations that publish both books and magazines apply in the category responsible for the largest share of revenue related to eligible publishing activity. The distinct eligibility criteria for book and magazine publishers will be applied on that basis.
  • Magazine publishers must:
    • Publish (print or online) at least two issues a year, or post original online content at least 40 times a year
    • Have an identified readership and an appropriate distribution method to reach it
    • Pay writers and artists established fees, issue contributor contracts prior to publication, and have fully met your contractual commitments to your contributors
    • Be dedicated to the publication of original fiction and poetry and/or critical commentary on the arts, culture and society
    • Have and follow a clear policy with respect to the use of contributors’ writing and intellectual property
  • Magazines that primarily reach their audience through print:
    • Must either have a paid circulation (single copies, subscriptions, back issues) of at least 50 per cent of the copies printed or derive at least 25 per cent of revenues from advertising sales and have at least 60 per cent of the magazine devoted to editorial content
    • Magazines that primarily reach their audience through a website or other digital media:
    • Must show clear evidence of a dedicated readership via distribution reports, reader surveys, etc.
  • Important:
    • If your publisher is within a multi-purpose institution (i.e., university, museum, municipality), you must clearly demonstrate your independence by being able to fulfill all OAC eligibility requirements separately and distinctly from the multi-purpose institution.
    • This includes a fully segregated and itemized financial statement specifically for the revenues and expenses of the publisher.
    • Publishers within a multi-purpose institution must be governed by a board of directors or an advisory body solely responsible for the publisher.
    • must either receive significant traffic to their online magazine (at least 2,000 unique hits per month), or demonstrate a dedicated readership (via sales reports from digital retailers, regular visitors who provide their email addresses for updates, RSS subscribers, crowdfunding donors, social media conversion analytics, etc.)
    • Magazines linked with associations:
      • May only report on copies sold or readership of non-members as circulation
    • Free circulation print magazines:
      • Must show clear evidence of a dedicated readership via distribution reports, reader surveys, etc.
Ineligible Applicants
  • Municipalities, colleges and/or universities
  • Publishers that do not pay their authors/contributors, or that require authors or contributors to contribute to publication costs
  • Imprints or divisions of companies that apply to this program or Publishing Organizations Projects. Publishers may have a parent company, but must demonstrate independence
  • Magazines written or run by students, or publishers whose publications are primarily prepared by students within the context of academic courses or training sessions
  • Any magazine in an ineligible class
Ineligible Magazines
  • This program will not fund:
    • Lifestyle magazines: unless they are also significantly devoted to the publication of original fiction and poetry and/or critical commentary on the arts, culture and society
    • Magazines devoted primarily to reportage, political advocacy, the promotion of commercial enterprises, religion or spirituality
    • Business and trade magazines (except in the field of Canadian arts and literature)
    • Scholarly magazines and journals
    • Alternative weeklies/monthlies (normally in a tabloid or online format)
    • Self-help magazines
    • Newsletters, bulletins or house organs that publish material directed primarily to their membership or are not financially or editorially independent

For more information, visit OAC.