Board Roles and Nomination

Board Roles & Responsibilities

Board members act as ambassadors for Toronto Arts Council, reaching out into the community on its behalf, creating the interest and excitement that brings ideas and partnerships, and developing an environment that supports adequate public investment in the arts.

Board members are expected to be passionate advocates for the vitality, importance and needs of Toronto’s arts community, and to understand the mission, values and major activities of the organization, and champion its cause to the wider community.

The Board of Directors of Toronto Arts Council is responsible for the overall direction of TAC. This includes:

• general and long-term policy development;
• establishment of funding priorities;
• determination of levels of annual budget requests (Grants and Operations) to City of Toronto;
• working towards the achievement of this budget;
• approval of operations budget
• approval of grants budget program allocation
• financial oversight – review of quarterly financial statements, approval of audit.
• approval of committee and jury grant recommendations.

Both collectively and individually, the Directors must represent TAC in the community and at all times promote its interests and well being in a professional manner.

Directors must be knowledgeable and experienced in the arts, either in a professional or volunteer capacity, and have a demonstrated understanding of the Toronto experience.

Directors should have no real or perceived bias respecting any special interest group; rather they should have in mind the best interests of the entire arts community as an overriding concern.

Directors are expected to maintain an active interest in the affairs of TAC and to become familiar with its programs, resources, clients and staff and to make a significant commitment of time to their areas of responsibility on TAC.

Directors are expected to attend meetings of the Board regularly and to attend meetings of committees of which they are members. They are also expected to become familiar with community interests within the realm of TAC's mandate.

Toronto Arts Council carries Non-Profit Corporation Professional Indemnity Insurance covering wrongful acts committed by directors, officers, committee members and staff in the course of their duties for Toronto Arts Council. Wrongful acts include misleading or incorrect statements, omissions, and neglect or breach of duty in the discharge of duties.