Deadline: 13-Oct-23
Applications are now open for the Culture Projects Grant Program to support arts and culture initiatives that highlight the City of Mississauga’s 50th anniversary.
The program’s theme for 2024 is “Celebrate 50.” The theme was designed to:
- Help arts and culture groups celebrate and recognize the origins, transformations and potential of the City’s rich and diverse communities through their unique cultural practices.
- Encourage projects that share underrepresented stories and histories related to Mississauga.
The program will provide project-based grants for arts and culture groups and collectives to:
- Celebrate the past, present and future of the City with the communities
- Recognize City’s rich heritage
- Promote creative and innovative collaborations that highlight the City’s neighbourhoods and artistic communities
- Inspire cultural practitioners to create a wide variety of artistic experiences using various mediums and channels to celebrate the City’s cultural diversity
The City encourages arts and culture organizations to animate different areas of Mississauga and provide safe environments for people to experience art. Examples of this include intimate events, temporary public art, exhibitions, performances or other activations.
Funding Information
- Culture Projects Grants funding support place-making initiatives using non-traditional spaces and platforms. These projects must take place between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. Projects must have clearly defined objectives and a corresponding budget. Organizations can apply for up to 50% of their total project budget or $5,000, whichever is less.
- Applicants can only receive Culture Projects Grants funding for a maximum of two consecutive years or based on demand.
- Applicants can only apply for one Culture Projects Grant per year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Operating on a not-for-profit basis and governed by volunteers or a collective with a legal identity
- Business Improvement Areas (BIAs)
- Projects celebrating Mississauga’s 50th Anniversary
- Project must be open and accessible to all Mississauga residents
- Projects must be arts, culture or heritage focused
- Projects must take place in Mississauga
Ineligibility Criteria
- Government agencies
- For-profit organizations
- Organizations aligned with any political party or to support programs or services thereof
- Projects receiving support by other City grants or initiatives
- Individuals/individual artists
- Educational institutions including student association/unions
- 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
- Banquets, trophies or awards presentations
- Competitions and travel to competitions
- Project proposals, beginning before the start of the calendar year
- Expenses accruing prior to the current granting cycle
- Organizations or activities that the City deems may promote discrimination, contempt or hatred for any individual or entity
For more information, visit City of Mississauga.