Program for: Organizations
Purpose: The Literary* Festivals and Organizations program provides support to not-for-profit, professional literary organizations in Ontario to assist them to present Canadian literature to the public in order to sustain a healthy literary community.
* Literary includes oral literature such as dub and sound poetry, spoken word and storytelling.
Eligibility: To be eligible for operating and programming funding through this program, literary organizations must:
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be a federal not-for-profit corporation (with the exception of book and magazine publishers) with the head office in Ontario
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be led by professional personnel
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have completed at least two years of sustained, regular, ongoing programming in its community as of the application date (an organization that does not meet this requirement may instead apply for project funding)
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have a range of revenue sources such as private and government
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be governed by a board of directors or an advisory body solely responsible for the organization
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have community support and involvement demonstrated through one or more of the following: membership, fundraising and volunteer involvement.
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have proof of sound financial management
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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:
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over $30,000, for all revenue levels: audited financial statement
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$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
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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.
To be eligible for project funding through this program, literary organizations must be:
- incorporated, not-for-profit and Ontario-based with a membership of professional literary or storytelling artists; or
- incorporated, not-for-profit and Ontario-based with a membership of professional literary organizations such as book or magazine publishers; or
- collectives, ad hoc groups or unincorporated organizations composed of professional literary or storytelling artists with at least 50% of members located in Ontario.
NOTE: Potential new applicants must contact the officer well in advance of the deadline to discuss eligibility and to request an application package.
Deadline Date: March 15, 2012
Grant notification letters will be mailed out four months after the application deadline.
Program Guidelines and Application Form
For all annual operating applicants:
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:
Final Report
The following final report form is to be completed by grant recipients in the project category of this program only.
For more information, please contact John Degen, Literature Officer, 416-969-7438, toll free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7438, jdegen@arts.on.ca or Helen Floros, Program Assistant, 416-969-7440, toll free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7440, hfloros@arts.on.ca.
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