Deadline: 29-Sep-22
The Toronto Arts Council (TAC) is inviting applications for the Open Door grant program to support ideas with the potential to create transformative change for arts organizations and collectives and/or the arts sector.
Open Door projects demonstrate innovation and support experimentation and risk-taking. The program supports projects that invest in community partnerships, collaborative leadership, and the sharing of knowledge.
Funding Information
Grant will provide up to a maximum of $5,000 towards accessibility costs for artists incurred during the project.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants are encouraged to speak to the Strategic Programs Manager before submitting an application.
- Applicants must be located in the City of Toronto. A post office box cannot be used to meet the residency requirement.
- To apply to Open Door applicants must be either an incorporated non-profit arts organization or an artist collective operating on a not-for-profit basis.
- Applicants must have a viable administrative and financial plan for the proposed activities.
- Organizations that have received an Open Door grant in the past two years must contact the program manager to discuss their eligibility.
- TAC recognizes that due to systemic barriers within the broader arts community (e.g. limited mainstream presentation opportunities for artists from equity-seeking communities) that some flexibility may be required in interpreting eligibility criteria to take into account equivalent professional experience and contexts. Potential applicants from equity-seeking communities are encouraged to discuss their eligibility with the grant program manager in advance of submitting an application.
- Applicants with active Arts Discipline or Strategic Funding grants may also be eligible to apply to this program
Ineligible
This program does not fund:
- Individuals
- Activities included in TAC operating grants
- Activities included in TAC project grants
- Projects previously funded through Open Door
- Print or online publishing.
- Schools, tuition-funded training programs, curriculum-based programs, or research projects.
- Organizations receiving operating funding directly from the City of Toronto’s Economic Development and Culture Division or from another City of Toronto Division.
For more information visit TAC.
For more information, visit https://torontoartscouncil.org/grant-programs/tac-grants/open-door