arts Grants for toronto-based organizations, collectives and individuals The list below includes all the grants we offer, in alphabetical order. Grants in blue are still available to apply to; deadlines have passed for grants in grey. Browse the list below or use the search and filter option to discover grants that are right for you.
Animating Historic Sites Project funding Supports artistic projects involving site-specific research, development, creation, production, presentation, and programming that responds to or interprets selected sites or museums. Open to organizations, collectives and individuals. More
Animating Toronto Parks Project funding Supports free arts programming in selected Toronto parks. Open to organizations, collectives and individuals More
Artists in the Library Project funding Supports free community-engaged arts programming in selected library branches. Open to organizations, collectives and individuals. More
Black Arts Annual Operating Operating funding Supports the development, continuation, and flourishing of Black arts organizations. More
Black Arts Projects Project funding Supports the creation, development, and presentation of arts projects by Black artists working across all artistic disciplines. Also supports artistic development through mentorship. Open to organizations, collectives and individuals. More
Community Music Making Operating funding Supports annual programming of non-profit community choirs, opera, orchestras and ensembles. Open to organizations and collectives. More
Creative Communities Annual Operating Operating funding Supports work that enables public participation in arts and culture. Open to organizations. More
Creative Communities Multi-Year Operating Operating funding Supports work that enables public participation in arts and culture. Open to organizations. More
Creative Communities Projects Project funding Supports projects that engage communities through the arts. Open to organizations, collectives and individuals. More
CREATIVE ENQUIRY LAB Project funding Encourages arts organizations and collectives to consider the creative possibilities unlocked using an exploratory design process alongside students in the Creative School’s Design Solutions Super Course at TMU. More
Dance Annual Operating Operating funding Supports the creation, production, presentation and preservation of dance, and other activities that contribute to the development of dance, dance artists, and dance audiences in Toronto. Open to organizations. More
Dance Multi-Year Operating Operating funding Supports the creation, production, presentation and preservation of dance, and other activities that contribute to the development of dance, dance artists, and dance audiences in Toronto. Open to organizations. More
Dance Projects Project funding Supports professional development, creation, production and presentation of dance. Open to organizations, collectives and individuals. More
Indigenous Arts Projects Project funding Supports the creation, development and presentation of arts projects by Indigenous artists working across all artistic disciplines. Also supports Indigenous arts sector development projects. Open to organizations, collectives and individuals. More
Literary Annual Operating Operating funding Supports the presentation, dissemination and/or other activities that contribute to the development of the literary arts, literary artists and literary audiences in Toronto. Open to organizations. More
Literary Projects Project funding Supports literary projects including spoken word events, reading series, festivals, conferences and more. Open to organizations and collectives. More
Media Artists Program: Creation Project funding Provides support to media artists who have a professional independent art practice for the creation/production of new work or the completion of works in progress. More
Music Annual Operating Operating funding Supports the creation, production and presentation of music, and other activities that contribute to the development of music, music artists, and music audiences in Toronto. Open to organizations. More
Music Creation and audio Recording Project funding Supports artists working in any genre in the creation, writing and production of their original music. Open to individuals. More
Music Multi-Year Operating Operating funding Supports the creation, production and presentation of music, and other activities that contribute to the development of music, music artists, and music audiences in Toronto. Open to organizations. More
Music Projects Project funding Supports music projects involving production, presentation, dissemination and/or other activities. Open to organizations and collectives. More
Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship Project funding Supports newcomer and refugee artists to develop their artistic practice. Open to individuals. More
Newcomer and Refugee Arts Engagement Project funding Supports projects that engage newcomers and refugees through the arts. Open to organizations and collectives. More
Open Door Project funding Supports ambitious, timely projects that demonstrate innovation, risk taking, partnership and/or the sharing of knowledge or leadership. Open to organizations and collectives. More
Playwrights program Project funding Supports the creation of theatrical plays. Open to individuals. More
Theatre Annual Operating Operating funding Supports the creation, production and presentation of theatre, and other activities that contribute to the development of theatre, theatre artists, and theatre audiences in Toronto. Open to organizations. More
Theatre Multi-Year Operating Operating funding Supports the creation, production and presentation of theatre, and other activities that contribute to the development of theatre, theatre artists, and theatre audiences in Toronto. Open to organizations. More
Theatre Projects Project funding Supports the creation, production and presentation of theatre works. Open to organizations and collectives. More
Visual Artists program: Creation Project funding Supports the creation and production of new work or works-in-progress for a variety of visual arts mediums. Open to individuals. More
Visual/Media Arts Annual Operating Operating funding Supports the exhibition, distribution and production of visual and media artworks and other activities that contribute to the development of visual and media arts, artists and audiences in Toronto. Open to organizations More
Visual/Media Arts Multi-Year Operating Operating funding Supports the exhibition, distribution and production of contemporary visual and media artworks and other activities that contribute to the development of visual and media arts, artists and audiences in Toronto. Open to organizations. More
Visual/Media Arts Projects: Presentation Operating funding Supports projects involving the exhibition or distribution of contemporary visual or media arts. Open to organizations and collectives. More
Writers program Project funding Supports the creation of new literary works in written and oral forms across diverse genres. Open to individuals. More