Presenter/Producer

Purpose: To provide operating and project support to not-for-profit, professional presenting and/or producing music organizations in Ontario to assist them to produce and present art and arts services to the public and to sustain a healthy arts community.

• Operating Grants commit funding to the operating expenses of professional music presenters and music festivals that meet the assessment criteria for ongoing support.
• Project Grants offer assistance toward the costs of specific music programming by eligible music organizations or music collectives, not receiving operating support. Project funding is not committed from year to year.

Operating Grant Eligibility: To be eligible for operating support from this program, presenting and/or producing music organizations must:

• be an Ontario not-for-profit corporation (with the exception of book and magazine publishers)

OR

• be a federal not-for-profit corporation (with the exception of book and magazine publishers) with the head office in Ontario
• be led by professional personnel
• have completed a minimum of two years of sustained, regular, ongoing programming in its community as of the date of the application; if an organization doesn’t meet this requirement, it may wish to apply for project funding
• have a range of revenue sources such as private and government
• have proof of sound financial management
• submit verification of financial results of the last completed fiscal year with its application

Project Grant Eligibility: For eligibility requirements for project support, presenting and/or producing music organizations or music collectives should download the Presenter/Producer Projects guidelines near the bottom of this page.

NOTE: New applicants to the program must contact an officer well in advance of the deadline and prior to submitting an application.

Deadlines:

April 2, 2012

Music Series Presenters (operating)
Music collectives, music series presenters and/or music festivals (project)

November 1, 2012

Music Festivals (operating)
Music collectives, music series presenters and/or music festivals (project)

Program Guidelines

The following guidelines and application are for information only. Before making an application, please ensure you have the 2012 guidelines and application, which can be obtained by contacting the OAC (see below). Guidelines and application forms are available on the web at least three months before the deadline.

For Operating Applicants
(Music series presenters and music festivals):

• Operating Grant Guidelines  (print version)

For Project Applicants 
(Music collectives, music series presenters and/or music festivals):

• Program Guidelines  (print version)
• Application  (print version)

Final Report

The following final report form is to be completed by the Projects Grant recipients in this program.

•  (form-fillable Word)  (print version)
• Budget  (form-fillable Excel)  (print version)

For more information, please contact Michael Murray, Popular and World Music Officer, 416-969-7439, 1-800-387-0058 extension 7439, mmurray@arts.on.ca, David Parsons, Classical Music Officer, 416-969-7452, toll free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7452, dparsons@arts.on.ca or Lizzy Braoudakis, Program Assistant, 416-969-7412, toll-free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7412, lbraoudakis@arts.on.ca.      

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