Opera

Program for: Organizations

Purpose: To provide operating support to not-for-profit, professional opera companies in Ontario to assist them to produce and present art and arts services to the public and to sustain a healthy arts community; as well as to provide project support for productions and new work development workshops in the opera/music theatre medium by Ontario music and theatre organizations and artist collectives. 

There are two types of grants available in the Opera Program:

• Operating Grants commit funding to the operating and programming expenses of professional opera companies that meet the assessment criteria for ongoing support.
• Project Grants offer assistance toward the professional artistic costs of specific productions or new work development workshops by music and theatre organizations as well as collectives of artists. Project funding is not committed from year to year.

Operating Grant Eligibility: To be eligible for operating support, opera companies 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 their communities as of the date of the application
• have at least $100,000 in total revenues for its last completed year, and in projected revenues for its current and request years
• have a range of revenue sources such as private and government
• be governed by a board of directors or an advisory body solely responsible for the organization;
• have community support and involvement demonstrated through one or more of the following: membership, fundraising and volunteer involvement.
• have proof of sound financial management;
• submit verification of financial results of the last completed fiscal year with their applications. The type of financial statement we require depends on the amount of your grant request and the size of your annual budget, as follows:
• over $30,000, for all revenue levels: audited financial statement
• $10,000 and under, for organizations with revenues under $100,000: unaudited financial statement (or, if available, review engagement or audited financial statement). Unaudited financial statements must be prepared using the format of the CADAC accounting template, which is to be found at www.thecadac.ca/cms/en/guides.html, along with a guide to its use.
• all other requests and revenue levels: review engagement (or, if available, audited financial statement)

If you do not provide the type of financial statement required, we will reduce your grant request to an eligible level.

Project Grant Eligibility: for eligibility requirements for project support, music or theatre organizations or collectives should download the Opera Projects guidelines near the bottom of this page.  

NOTE: Potential new applicants must contact the Classical Music Officer well in advance of the deadline to discuss eligibility. 

New Deadline Date: February 1, 2012
Grant notification letters will be mailed out four months after the application deadline.

Guidelines and Application Form

For all operating applicants:

• Operating Grant Guidelines  (print version)

Click here to read detailed qualifiers of the criteria that assessors will use while reading your application.

For Requests of $30,000 and under:

• Annual Operating Application  (Word)

For Requests over $30,000:

• Annual Operating Application  (Word)

For Year 3 Multi-year Operating Applicants only:

• Multi-year 3 Operating Request form  (Word)

For Project Applicants:

(Production or New Work Development Workshops)

• Program Guidelines  (print version)
• Application  (form-fillable Word)  (print version)
• Budget  (form-fillable Excel)  (print version)

Final Report Form

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

• Final Report  (form-fillable Word)   (print version)

For more information, please contact David Parsons, Classical Music Officer, 416-969-7452, toll free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7452, dparsons@arts.on.ca or Jessica Deljouravesh, Program Assistant, 416-969-7430, toll free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7430, jdeljouravesh@arts.on.ca.       

For Results Announcements for this program, please click here.