Toronto Arts Council 

Welcome to the temporary landing page of Toronto Arts Council. 

In March 2025, Toronto Arts Council's website stopped functioning. While we're actively working to solve the issue, we've launched this page to share key information, including grant guidelines, contact information and a link to apply. Note that although our website is down, we are still working hard to serve your needs, and our grant programs remain open for applications. 

If you are seeking information that is not on this page, please contact a staff member and we'll be happy to help. 

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Apply for a grant - visit TAC Grants Online

Artists, collectives and organizations may visit TAC Grants Online to apply for a grant. 

Create a profile or sign in to your existing profile to browse guidelines and open, draft and send your application for TAC funding. Users may log in and out of TAC Grants Online as many times as needed before pressing 'Submit.'

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Grants, deadlines & grant program guidelines

The following Toronto Arts Council grants are available in 2025. 
Applications must be submitted through TAC Grants Online. 

Community Music Making
Supports annual programming of non-profit community choirs, opera, orchestras and ensembles.
Open to: organizations and collectives
Deadline to apply: April 7, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
Contact: Christy DiFelice, Program Manager, Music | 416-392-6802 x 202 | christy[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Newcomer & Refugee Arts Engagement
Supports projects that engage newcomers and refugees through the arts.
open to: organizations and collectives
Deadline to apply: April 22, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Liza Mattimore, Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives | 416-392-6802 x 231 | liza[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Newcomer & Regugee Artist Mentorship
Supports newcomer and refugee artists to develop their artistic practice.
open to: individuals
Deadline to apply: April 22, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Liza Mattimore, Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives | 416-392-6802 x 231 | liza[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Animating Toronto Parks
Supports free arts programming in selected Toronto parks.
open to: organizations, collectives and individuals
Deadline to apply: June 3, 2025*
*for projects taking place in 2026.
Guidelines [PDF]
Park descriptions [PDF]
​Contact: Lena Golubtsova, Program Manager, Strategic Initaitves | 416-392-6802 x 219 | lena[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Playwrights Program
Supports the creation of theatrical plays.
Open to: individuals
Deadline to apply: June 16, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Rudrapriya Rathore, Program Manager, Literary Arts &  Music Operating | 416-392-6802 x 236 | rudrapriya[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Writers Program
Supports the creation of new literary works in written and oral forms across diverse genres.
Open to: individuals
Deadline to apply: June 16, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Rudrapriya Rathore, Program Manager, Literary Arts &  Music Operating | 416-392-6802 x 236 | rudrapriya[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Animating Historic Sites
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
Deadline to apply: July 8, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
Site descriptions [PDF]
​Contact: Lena Golubtsova, Program Manager, Strategic Initaitves | 416-392-6802 x 219 | lena[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Creative Community Projects
Supports projects that engage communities through the arts.
Open to: organizations, collectives and individuals
Deadline to apply: August 5, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Kevin Reigh, Senior Manager, Arts Discipline Programs | 416-392-6802 x 227 | kevin[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Dance Projects
Supports professional development, creation, production and presentation of dance.
Open to: organizations, collectives and individuals
Deadline to apply: August 5, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Tafiya Itiaba-Bayah, Program Manager, Dance | 416-392-6802 x 224 | tafiya[at]torontoarts[dot]org

Literary Projects
Supports literary projects including spoken word events, reading series, festivals, conferences and more.
Open to: organizations and collectives
Deadline to apply: August 5, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Rudrapriya Rathore, Program Manager, Literary Arts &  Music Operating | 416-392-6802 x 236 | rudrapriya[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Theatre Projects
Supports the creation, production and presentation of theatre works.
Open to: organizations and collectives
Deadline to apply: August 5, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Sarah Miller-Garvin, Interim Program Manager, Theatre | 416-392-6802 x 205 | sarahmg[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Music Projects
Supports music projects involving production, presentation, dissemination and/or other activities.
Open to: organizations and collectives
Deadline to apply: August 5, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Christy DiFelice, Program Manager, Music | 416-392-6802 x 202 | christy[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Visual/Media Arts: Presentation
Supports projects involving the exhibition or distribution of contemporary visual or media arts.
Open to: organizations and collectives
Deadline to apply: August 5, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Peter Kingstone,  Program Manager, Visual & Media Arts | 416-392-6802 x 208 | peter[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Digital Solutions Incubator
Supports the integration and use of digital technology to address organizational challenges.
Open to: organizations and collectives
Deadline to apply: August 14, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: ​Liza Mattimore, Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives | 416-392-6802 x 231 | liza[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Music Creation & Audio Recording
Supports artists working in any genre in the creation, writing and production of their original music.
Open to: organizations and collectives
Deadline to apply: September 2, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Christy DiFelice, Program Manager, Music | 416-392-6802 x 202 | christy[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Artists in the Library
Supports free community-engaged arts programming in selected library branches.
Open to: organizations, collectives and individuals
Deadline to apply: September 30, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Lena Golubtsova, Program Manager, Strategic Initaitves | 416-392-6802 x 219 | lena[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Black Arts Projects
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
Deadline to apply: Rolling deadline. Applications are accepted at any time throughout the year until October 1, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Kevin Reigh, Senior Manager, Arts Discipline Programs | 416-392-6802 x 227 | kevin[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Visual Artists: Creation
Supports the creation and production of new work or works-in-progress for a variety of visual arts mediums.
Open to: individuals
Deadline to apply: Rolling deadline. Applications are accepted at any time throughout the year until October 1, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Peter Kingstone,  Program Manager, Visual & Media Arts | 416-392-6802 x 208 | peter[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Media Artists: Creation
Supports the creation/production of new or in-progress works covering costs of subsistence/materials or production and/or post-production support
Open to: individuals
Deadline to apply: October 15, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Peter Kingstone,  Program Manager, Visual & Media Arts | 416-392-6802 x 208 | peter[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Indigenous Arts Projects
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
Deadline to apply: Rolling deadline. Applications are accepted at any time throughout the year until October 15, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: Rupal Shah, Director, Policy & Programs | 416-392-6802 x 211 | rupal[at]torontoarts[dot]org

Open Door
Supports ambitious, timely projects that demonstrate innovation, risktaking, partnership and/or the sharing of knowledge or leadership.
Open to: organizations and collectives
Deadline to apply: November 26, 2025
Guidelines [PDF]
​Contact: ​Liza Mattimore, Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives | 416-392-6802 x 231 | liza[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Reporting on your grant

If your application was submitted through TAC Grants Online, then your report must also be submitted through TAC Grants Online and is accessed via your Action Items tab.

Project Grants
Grant recipients are required to file an artistic and financial report at the end of the project. The due date for the final report will be included in the grant notification letter.

If you need to request an extension on your project report, please contact you Grant Program Manager or one of our grant support staff:
 
Yazmin Camacho Vela, Grants Administrative Assistant
416-392-6802 x 222
yazmin[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org
 
Joyce To, Grants & Engagement Assistant
416-392-6802 x 234
joyce[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Final reports are submitted through TAC Grants Online. If you applied before 2015, please contact Yazmin Camacho Vela (yazmin[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org) for a copy of the appropriate form, specifying whether the grant was to an individual artist or to an organization/collective. 

Operating Grants
Organizations that received a Multi-Year Operating Grant from Toronto Arts Council are required to submit a Mid-Cycle Report in the second and third year of the funding cycle. Release of grants in years two and three is contingent upon receipt of the Mid-Cycle Report.

Mid-Cycle Report Forms are made available through Toronto Arts Council’s online grants management system in December for multi-year reporting cycles in the following year.

Organizations can enter data online in CADAC at any time.

Contact your Program Manager to learn about deadlines for Mid-Cycle Reports (Year 2 & 3) and Multi-Year Operating Grants (Year 1).
 

Strategic Initiatives Funding Grant Reports
Please download the appropriate Report Form:

Artists in the Library Final Report 
Animating Historic Sites (Exploration Grants) Final Report
Animating Historic Sites (Programming Grants) Final Report
Open Door Final Report

Contact Us

LEADERSHIP

Kelly Langgard, Director & CEO
416-392-6802 x 203 
kelly[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Dane Bland, Director, Development & Engagement
416-392-6802 x 239 
dane[at]torontoarts[dot]org

Rupal Shah, Director, Policy & Programs
416-392-6802 x 211 
rupal[at]torontoarts[dot]org

Andrew Suri, Director, Planning & Operations 
416-392-6802 x 213
andrew[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

ADMINISTRATION

Sarah Mangialardo, Senior Coordinator, Executive
416-392-6802 x 226
sarahm[at]torontoarts[dot]org

Michelle Parson, Manager, Office & Reception
416-392-6802 x 200
michelle[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org
 

GRANTS DEPARTMENT

Yazmin Camacho Vela, Administrator, Grants Process
416-392-6802 x 222
yazmin[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Gursimran Datla, Administrator, Technical Support
416-392-6802 x 216
gursimran[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Christy DiFelice, Program Manager, Music
416-392-6802 x 202
christy[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Timaj Garad, Senior Manager, Outreach & Access
416-392-6802 x 209
timaj[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Lena Golubtsova, Program Manager, Strategic Initaitves
416-392-6802 x 219
lena[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Tafiya Itiaba-Bayah, Program Manager, Dance
416-392-6802 x 224
tafiya[at]torontoarts[dot]org

Peter Kingstone, Program Manager, Visual & Media Arts
416-392-6802 x 208
peter[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Caitlin Loney, Administrator, Grants Support 
416-392-6802 x 230
caitlin[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Elahe Marjovi, Program Manager, Theatre & Large Institutions - on leave
416-392-6802 x 220
elahe[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Liza Mattimore, Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives
416-392-6802 x 231
liza[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Sarah Miller-Garvin, Interim Program Manager, Theatre
416-392-6802 x 205
sarahmg[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Kevin Reigh, Senior Manager, Arts Discipline Programs
416-392-6802 x 227
kevin[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Rudrapriya Rathore, Program Manager, Literary Arts &  Music Operating 
416-392-6802 x 236
rudrapriya[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Nawal Salim, Interim Administrator, Grants Support  
416-392-6802 x 220
nawal[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Joyce To, Administrator, Grants & Outreach
416-392-6802 x 234
joyce[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

RESEARCH

Kadija de Paula, Senior Manager, Impact & Evaluation
kadija[at]torontoarts[dot]org

François Lebas, Manager, Data Analytics
416-392-6802 x 207
francois[at]torontoarts[dot]org

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Sarah Gladki, Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications 
416-392-6802 x 217
sarah[at]torontoarts[dot]org

Selina McCallum, Coordinator, Communications 
416-392-6802 x 238
selina[at]torontoarts[dot]org

Clau Souza, Coordinator, Marketing 
clau[at]torontoarts[dot]org

FINANCES

Armen Karapetyan, Senior Manager, Finance & Facilities
416-392-6802 x 210
armen[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

Abhishek Rao, Bookkeeper
abhishek[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org