Deadline: 1-Mar-21
Applications are open for TAC’s Visual and Media Arts Annual Operating Grant Program.
Toronto Arts Council provides funding support to 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 endeavors and a range of activities that makes the City of Toronto one of the leading cultural centers 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.
Objectives
- The Visual and Media Arts Program provides Annual Operating support to professional, non-profit, visual, and media arts organizations engaged in the exhibition and distribution of contemporary visual and media artworks, support of the production of visual and media artworks, and other activities that contribute to the development of visual and media arts, artists and audiences in Toronto.
- The City of Toronto supports this program through a funding allocation approved annually by Toronto City Council. Visual and Media arts groups supported through this program include artist-run and public galleries, distribution organizations, arts service organizations, production cooperatives, festivals, exhibition groups, and artists’ or curatorial collectives.
Funding Information
- TAC does not fund 100% of an applicant’s budget.
- Applicants may receive less than the full amount requested.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for Annual Operating funding, an applicant must:
- Be non-profit;
- Be a professional1 Visual Arts or Media Arts organization that pays appropriate professional fees to artists;
- Be located in the City of Toronto and have a significant portion of its activities occurring within the City;
- Have a history of sustained visual or media arts 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 a viable administrative structure;
- 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;
- Be governed by a Board of Directors or other body responsible for the organization.
For more information, visit https://torontoartscouncil.org/grant-programs/tac-grants/visual-and-media-arts/annual-operating