Results Announcement
Deadline Date:
September 25, 2025
Jurors:
Adler, Adam, Kingsville
Good, Scott, London
Grant, Domanique, Toronto
Lévis, Céleste, Carlsbad Springs
Pang, Evan, Toronto
Juries are generally used to assess project grant applications at the Ontario Arts Council (OAC). Juries evaluate applications using specific program criteria and decide which applicants should receive grants. In programs that do not have pre-determined grant levels, they also determine the amount of each grant. The number of grants and the amounts are based on the program budget. Jury decisions are authorized by OAC’s CEO.
To safeguard the integrity of the peer assessment process, we do not allow anyone who has a direct conflict of interest with an application to serve on an assessment panel where that application is to be reviewed. Indirect conflicts of interest are managed by a standard OAC procedure.
Number of Applications:
182
Total Requested:
$2,859,676
Number of Grants Awarded:
34
Total Recommended:
$426,887
Recipients:
Afrotropolis Arts Collective, Toronto, $15,000
Algoma Conservatory Concerts, Sault Ste. Marie, $15,000
Arcentales, Marcos, Toronto, $15,000
Artists of the opera Missing (ATOM), Toronto, $15,000
Bagheri, Milad, Toronto, $15,000
BMK Event and Promotions Inc., Ajax, $15,000
Caliban Arts Theatre, Toronto, $8,000
Canadian Reggae Music Association, Toronto, $18,000
Centre canadien pour l'unité de la famille (CCF), Mississauga, $17,000
Cervini, Ernesto, Toronto, $12,000
Claus, Stan, Belleville, $3,200
DaCapo Chamber Choir, Waterloo, $5,000
Exultate Chamber Singers, Toronto, $5,000
Four Winds Music Fest, Aurora, $15,000
Ghanafest, Etobicoke, $9,200
Gil, Jorge, York, $4,252
Home County Music and Art Festival, London, $15,827
Kindred Spirits Orchestra, Markham, $10,800
Lapps, Joy, Oshawa, $14,400
London Jazz Association, London, $7,200
Maniac Star, Toronto, $20,000
ME & Lau Family Foundation, Markham, $9,680
Modern Sound Collective, Toronto, $5,000
Music on the Bruce, Listowel, $7,200
Opera 5, Toronto, $15,000
Port Hope Jazz Festival (Port Hope Jazz INC), Port Hope, $15,000
Qamaniq, Charlotte, Ottawa, $15,000
Reihani, Mohammad, Newmarket, $15,000
Rheaume, Amanda, Toronto, $15,827
Skeleton Park Arts Festival, Kingston, $15,000
TDot Batu - Toronto, Toronto, $11,600
Tune In Foundation, Hamilton, $15,000
Whispering River Music, McDougall, $14,800
You Do You Foundation, Toronto, $17,901