Deadline: 13-Oct-23
The City of Mississauga is seeking applications for the Arts and Culture Grant Program to support activities that reflect the City’s many cultural traditions and practices.
The City is committed to the long-term growth and sustainability of culture and the quality of life of its resident.
Purpose
- The Arts and Culture Grant Program provides funding for not-for-profit cultural organizations to:
- Develop exemplary arts and culture programs and services;
- Advance participation, knowledge, understanding and appreciation of arts, culture, and heritage for the residents of Mississauga.
Categories
- Organizations applying for funding must align with one of the categories below:
- Performing Arts Organizations
- Producing and presenting programming, activities and services to Mississauga residents primarily in the disciplines of dance, theatre and music; or
- Contributing to public participation and community involvement in performing arts and arts education.
- Visual Arts Organizations
- Preserving, interpreting, and presenting works of art and holding art collections in trust; or
- Creating a context in which artists and their works are viewed in relationship to visual arts, culture and the community at large.
- Arts and Culture Service Organizations
- Membership-based organizations providing services and programming in support of advancing individual or organizational development capacity and promoting an awareness of the arts in Mississauga; or
- Contributing to community participation, arts education and public involvement in the arts in Mississauga.
- Heritage Organizations
- Principle focus: Celebrating Mississauga’s heritage, history and increasing public appreciation and awareness of historical events, people and places through creative and innovative collaboration between historians, archivists, artists and the Mississauga community.
- Performing Arts Organizations
Funding Information
- Organizations receiving Grants of less than $20,000
- The total funding amount is awarded in one payment upon Council approval. Although the City aims to distribute funding in a timely manner, please note that the City cannot guarantee the delivery of funds by a specific date.
- Organizations receiving Grants of $20,000 or more
- Seventy-five percent (75%) of the total grant is awarded following Council’s final approval.
- Twenty-five percent (25%) is withheld until the organization has provided the most recent year-end audited and/or updated financial statements, depending on the organization’s fiscal year-end.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to receive funding through the City of Mississauga’s Arts & Culture Grant program you must meet all of the criteria outlined in one of the following levels of funding.
- New & Emerging Organizations
- Operating on a not-for-profit basis and governed by volunteers;
- Operating with a specific mandate to provide and support arts, culture or heritage activities;
- Operating year-round;
- Based and active in Mississauga; and
- Providing programs and services that are open to the public and publicized citywide.
- Established Organizations
- Operating as a not-for-profit for a minimum of four years;
- Received funding through the Arts & Culture grant program in the past four years;
- Legally incorporated as a not-for-profit/charity art, culture or heritage organization;
- Operating with a specific mandate to provide and support arts, culture or heritage activities;
- Operating year-round;
- Based and active in Mississauga; and
- Providing programs and services that are open to the public and publicized citywide.
- Multi-Year Funded Organizations (Three Year Funding, by invitation only)
- Legally incorporated as a not-for-profit art, culture or heritage organization;
- Based and active in Mississauga;
- Operating year-round;
- Operating as a professional arts/heritage organization with professional staff/artists who are paid industry-standard rates;
- Total revenue of $400,000 or more a year;
- Identified by the Recreation & Culture Division as providing programs/services the City would otherwise have to provide;
- Provide programs/services that align with the Recreation & Culture Division’s strategic priorities as outlined in the Cultural Policy and Culture Master Plan;
- Received funding from the City of Mississauga for more than five years;
- Are in good standing with the City of Mississauga; and
- Receive a score on their application of at least 4 out of 5 from the Peer Assessment Committee.
- New & Emerging Organizations
Ineligibility Criteria
- Grants are not available for:
- Government agencies;
- For-profit organizations;
- Business Improvement Areas (BIAs);
- Organizations aligned with any political party or to support programs or services thereof;
- Individuals/individual artists;
- Collectives;
- Educational institutions;
- Commercial ventures;
- Donations to charitable causes;
- Bursaries or granting programs;
- Fundraising projects and initiatives;
- Deficit reduction funding;
- Major capital expenditures (such as the purchase of land, buildings, building renovations, machinery and vehicles);
- Projects where participation is conditional upon partaking in the religious activities of the organization;
- Travel and accommodation;
- Attendance at, or fees associated with conventions, conferences, workshops or seminars.
For more information, visit City of Mississauga.
