Visual and Media Arts Annual Operating Grant Program

Deadline: 1-Mar-21

Toronto Arts Council has launched Visual and Media Arts 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.

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.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for Annual Operating funding, an applicant must:

be non-profit;
be a professional 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.