VISUAL/MEDIA ARTS ANNUAL OPERATING grants for organizations

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The Visual and Media Arts Program provides Annual 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 provides the funding for this program through its Community Partnership and Investment Program.

Visual and Media arts groups supported through this program include: artist-run and public galleries, distribution organizations, arts service organizations, production cooperatives, festivals, exhibition groups and artists’ or curatorial collectives.

General Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for Annual Operating funding, an applicant must:

be non-profit;
be a professional Visual Arts or Media Arts organization that pays appropriate professional fees to artists;
be located in the City of Toronto and have a significant portion of its activities occurring within the City;
have a history of sustained visual or media arts activity over the two years prior to this application;
have received a minimum of two project grants through TAC’s Visual and Media Arts Projects program (grants awarded through the Appeal process are not counted);
have a viable administrative structure;
have sound financial management;
submit verification of financial results of the last completed fiscal year:
- for requests over $15,000, audited financial statements are required;
- for requests of $15,000 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 $15,000 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);
demonstrate a range of revenue sources on an annual basis, including earned, government and private sector revenues;
be governed by a Board of Directors or other body responsible for the organization.

Organizations must conduct their Visual and Media arts activities on an annual, ongoing basis either throughout the year or on a seasonal basis. A single project does not constitute annual or seasonal activity. Organizations, whose level of activity varies from season to season, in keeping with their mandate, must describe their multi-year creation and production cycle. Annual and biennial festivals that have completed a minimum of two editions are also eligible.