Toronto Arts Council has a variety of grants due August 1st, 2024. Learn more about each grant below and click on the links to see the program guidelines and apply!
Creative Communities Projects - This program provides funding to Toronto based professional artists, artist collectives and non-profit organizations to pursue one-time or time-limited arts projects that enable public participation and engagement in arts and culture. Creative Communities projects create a powerful sense of inclusion, understanding and the possibility of self-expression among participants. Projects can involve one or more art practices, such as music, dance, theatre, visual arts, and storytelling, but the collaborative involvement of professional artists with community members is required.
Learn more and read the full program guidelines here!
Music Projects - This 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 maximum grant available in this program is $15,000. The TAC Music Projects program will fund up to 50% of the project budget. The budget must indicate a range of revenue sources, which may include donated goods and services. Expenses can include: artist fees, production and technical fees, marketing and outreach costs, administrative costs, etc. Click here to read the program guidelines!
Dance Projects - This program provides funding to professional dance artists, organizations and collectives for the creation, production and presentation of dance works, and other projects that support the development of professional dance in Toronto. The program recognizes a diversity of dance practice. You may apply in one of four categories: Creation, Production and Presentation, Dance Series and Festivals, or Dance Field Development. Read the full program guidelines here!
Literary Projects - This program provides funding to professional, non- profit, Toronto literary organizations and collectives to pursue one-time or time-limited literary projects involving production, presentation and other activities that contribute to the development of the literary arts in Toronto. These grants contribute to the costs associated with a literary project, including artistic fees, production and technical costs, marketing and publicity costs, event documentation expenses, administrative costs, etc. Click here to learn more!
Visual/ Media Arts Presentation - This program provides funding to professional, non-profit Toronto visual arts/media arts organizations, collectives, curators or programmers to pursue one-time or time-limited projects involving the exhibition or distribution of contemporary visual or media arts and/or other activities that contribute to the development of the visual arts/media arts in Toronto (for example residencies, artists workshops). You may apply for the following types of projects: Exhibition, Screening Series, Lecture Series, and Residency/ Workshop Series. See the full program guidelines here!
Theatre Projects - This program provides funding to professional, non-profit theatre organizations and collectives for the creation, production and presentation of theatre works and other projects that support the development of professional theatre in Toronto.
You may apply in one of four categories: Full Production, Production in a Festival, Workshop, Special Initiatives. For all categories, project expenses could include: artists fees, production and technical fees, marketing and outreach costs, administrative costs, childcare costs, etc. The payment of artist fees is a requirement in this program.
Click here to learn more and read the program guidelines!
Looking for more grants? Check out ArtReach's Grant Deadline Calendar here!