Visual and Media Arts Multi-Year Operating Grant Program

Deadline: 8-Mar-21

The Toronto Arts Council is seeking applications for the Visual and Media Arts Multi-Year 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 endeavor and a range of activity 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 Multi-Year 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. In 2021, this program is open to Arts Service Organizations that meet the eligibility requirements.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for Multi-Year Operating funding, an applicant must:

be non-profit
be located in the City of Toronto and have a significant portion of its activities occurring within the City
have been in operation for at least four years
have received Annual Operating funding through TAC’s Visual/Media Arts program for at least the two past years
have a demonstrated record of regular, ongoing programming
have professional artistic leadership
have a viable administrative structure
be governed by a Board of Directors or other body responsible for the organization
have stable artistic, organizational and board leadership with plans in place for any transition
have sound financial management and balanced budgets over time
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);
receive significant support on an annual basis from other levels of government and/or the public and/or the private sector