Yes. Your application will remain in draft form until you hit submit. You can return to your draft application at any time.

This varies with each discipline. It is advised that you check your program application guidelines for recommended file sizes. Note: large files could be shared by providing a link to a file sharing service, however for privacy reasons Google Drive links are not accepted.

When uploading files, make sure your files are in the right format. For example, CVs must be uploaded in PDF format.

For most programs, you have two years to complete your project. The start date may begin as soon as three months after the application deadline, and can end within two years after that. The dates of each granting period can be found on the Deadlines page.

Different guidelines apply to each funding program. Presentation or dissemination projects require that the work must be shown in Toronto. Creation grants and grants to individuals allow for the work produced to be shown anywhere.

Yes. You may apply for a project grant if your project involves hosting workshops.

You can apply for multiple grants, but there are limitations, explained below.

TAC has two distinct funding envelopes:

1.    Arts Discipline funding (e.g. discipline-specific project grants and operating grants) and
2.    Strategic funding (e.g. Artists in the Library, Open Door, etc.)

For a list of what programs fall into each funding envelope, see “Discipline-based programs” and “Strategic funding programs”.

Applicants are eligible to receive only one grant from each funding envelope per calendar year. For example, you may not apply to a strategic funding program if you have another strategic funding program grant application pending OR if you have a Final Report pending. With a few exceptions (TAC Leaders Lab, Newcomer & Refugee Artist Mentorship, TAC-CS Digital Solutions Incubator, Black Arts and Indigenous Arts), applicants can receive only one grant from each envelope per year. See the program guidelines for details.

If you have an application that is “active” in TAC Grants Online (for example, your application is in “Draft,” “Submitted,” or “Committee/Panel Review”), then you cannot open another application in the same funding envelope (e.g. Arts Discipline funding). You can, however, open another application in the other funding envelope (e.g. Strategic funding).

Applicants are not eligible to apply if they have an outstanding Final Report in any other program within the same funding envelope they are applying for.

No. Applicants can receive ONLY ONE grant per project per year.

No. Applicants can receive ONLY ONE strategic funding program grant per year.

Yes. However, you may not have more than two outstanding Final Reports – one from each funding envelope – at any one time. Note: you can’t request funding for one project through different programs.

It depends on the program: please refer to the guidelines for each program.

No. An individual that applies to a TAC grant can also be a part of an organization or ad-hoc group that applies to a TAC grant. 

Yes. Arts grants are considered self-employment income and all individual grant recipients will receive a T4A for the grant amount at the end of the year.

Grant payments also count as employment income for CERB applications. You can control the timing of your grant payment to best suit your CERB eligibility by delaying submission of your Notification Letter Requirements. For questions or more information, please call your grant program manager.

Yes.  Projects involving Deaf artists, artists with disabilities or artists living with mental illness may apply for an additional TAC grant by completing the Accessibility Expenses section of the application and including the requisite information in their budget. TAC Accessibility grants are available in applications to TAC Arts Discipline and Strategic project programs, including programs for individual artists.

Yes, you may be eligible for Application Accessibility Support to apply. Please visit our Application Accessibility Support page, or contact your Grant Program Manager for more information

No. TAC no longer requires that you send us hard copies of your application. Everything is submitted and reviewed electronically via TAC Grants Online.

Yes. TAC’s online grants application server TAC Grants Online will send you a confirmation email once you have submitted your application. The email will be sent to the email address you used when registering for TAC Grants Online.

Applicants will be notified when the results are ready via email approximately three months after the closing date. Applicants will be required to log into TAC Grants Online to view their results. Results are not released over the telephone.

No. TAC does not own any part of the work it funds through its grants programs.

The Program Manager for your discipline is available to discuss your application. Keep in mind that grant review panel deliberations are confidential and comments made during the proceedings will not be released. However, the Program Manager can explain the process and let you know if your grant was complete and clear. Note: for the following grant programs to individual artists – Writers, Playwrights, Music Creation & Audio Recording, Visual Artists and Media Artists – we cannot provide feedback due to the high volume applications.