Deadline: 1-Feb-23
The Toronto Arts Council (TAC) is seeking applications for its Dance Annual Operating Grant Program to support outstanding artists and arts organizations that contribute to the cultural life of the City of Toronto.
TAC is committed to artistic excellence, innovation, and accessibility, and supports a wide spectrum of artistic endeavour and a range of activity that makes the City of Toronto one of the leading cultural centres in Canada. Through its support, TAC cultivates a richer engagement between artists and audiences and reflects the City of Toronto through the diversity of artists, arts communities and audiences that it serves.
What does this program support?
The Dance Program provides Annual Operating support to professional non-profit dance organizations (both incorporated and unincorporated) engaged in the creation, production, presentation and preservation of dance, and other activities that contribute to the development of dance, dance artists, and dance audiences in Toronto. Funding through this program supports both operations and programming. The City of Toronto supports this program through a funding allocation approved annually by Toronto City Council.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for Annual Operating funding, an applicant must:
- be non-profit;
- be a professional1 dance organization;
- be located in the City of Toronto and have a significant portion of its activities occurring within the City;
- have a history of sustained dance activity over the two years prior to this application;
- have received a minimum of two project grants through TAC’s Arts Discipline or Strategic programs;
- have professional artistic leadership;
- have a viable administrative structure;
- be governed by a Board of Directors or other body responsible for the organization;
- have sound financial management;
- submit verification of financial results of the last completed fiscal year:
- for requests over $30,000, audited financial statements are required;
- for requests of $30,000 or less, if annual operating revenues are $100,000 or more, a review engagement is required, (or, if available, audited financial statements);
- for requests of $30,000 or less, if annual operating revenues are under $100,000, unaudited financial statements that include a balance sheet and a statement of income and expenses is required, (or, if available, audited financial statements or a review engagement);
- demonstrate a range of revenue sources on an annual basis, including earned, government and private sector revenues.
For more information, visit TAC.