Deadline: 05-Aug-2025
The Toronto Arts Council is offering Music Projects Grant for organizations and collectives to support music projects involving production, presentation, dissemination and/or other activities.
What does this program support?
- The Music Projects program provides funding to professional, non-profit music organizations and collectives to pursue one-time or time-limited music projects involving production, presentation, dissemination and/or other activities that contribute to the development of music in Toronto.
- The City of Toronto supports this program through a funding allocation approved annually by Toronto City Council.
- The Music Program is strongly committed to the development and performance of works by Canadian artists.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant available in this program is $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for this funding, an applicant must:
- Applicants must be incorporated non-profit organizations or unincorporated collectives operating on a not-for-profit basis.
- A collective is defined as two or more artists, curators or programmers working together under a group name, either on a single project or on an ongoing basis.
- For collectives of two artists, both must be City of Toronto residents. For collectives of more than two artists, the majority of members must be City of Toronto residents
- Organizations and collectives must be located in the City of Toronto. A Post Office Box address cannot be used to meet this requirement. Organizations with a regional Toronto office must have operated in the City of Toronto for at least one year prior to the deadline.
- The activity for which the funding is requested must occur within the City of Toronto.
- Artists must be professional. A professional artist is someone who has developed their skills through training and/or practice; is recognized as such by artists working in the same artistic tradition; actively practices their art; seeks payment for their work; and has a history of public presentation.
- Community Music-based organizations/collectives must be led by professional artistic leadership.
Ineligibility Criteria
- This program does not fund:
- Projects that have been started or completed prior to the announcement of results. Toronto Arts Council does not fund retroactively
- Organizations/collectives that receive Toronto Arts Council operating support
- Ongoing operating costs, such as permanent staff salaries and general administration of an organization. This program is not intended to support an organization or collective’s ongoing activities. For information about Annual Operating funding, please contact TAC’s Music Program Manager
- Educational and religious institutions, unless there is a clear demarcation at both the program and budget level between their regular activities and their arts activities
- Schools that are part of Ontario’s public or private education system
- Costs related to equipment purchase, capital projects (such as building purchase or renovation), fundraising activities, deficit reduction, publishing and archiving projects, awards and award ceremonies, projects conceived for the creation of a film or for competitive purposes, art therapy.
For more information, visit Toronto Arts Council.
