Arts Service Organizations: Operating

The Art Service Organizations: Operation is a funding opportunity which aim to support the ongoing operations of not-for-profit, professional arts service organizations in Ontario.
  • Ontario Arts Council
Overview of the Arts Service Organizations: Operating program:

The Art Service Organizations: Operation is a funding opportunity which aim to support the ongoing operations of not-for-profit, professional arts service organizations in Ontario. This includes organizations that provides high-quality services to professional artists, arts professionals or arts organizations in Ontario and services for members who are or who are mandated to support OAC priority groups: artists of colour, Deaf Artists and artists with disabilities, Francophone artists, Indigenous artists, new generation artists (18-30 year old), and artists living in regions outside Toronto.

Benefits of the Arts Service Organizations: Operating program:
  • The programs priorities are to support organizations that demonstrate a consistent commitment to providing high-quality services to professional artists, arts professionals or arts organizations in Ontario
Eligibility criteria of the Arts Service Organizations: Operating program:
  • To qualify for this program, the following qualification guidelines must be followed:
  • Ontario-based, not-for-profit corporations, or national not-for-profit corporations with the head office in Ontario
  • Organizations must have:
    • At least $75,000 in total revenues for the last fiscal year, and in projected revenues for the current and requested years (for applicants not currently receiving funding from this program)
    • At least two years of sustained, regular, ongoing programming, as of the application date. If your organization does not meet this requirement, consider applying for project funding
    • A range of revenue sources
    • An active board of directors/governing body
  • Arts Service Organizations must:
    • Have a primary mandate to provide services to artists and/or arts organizations
    • Serve professional artists, arts professionals and/or arts organizations
    • The arts professionals and arts organizations you serve must be eligible to apply to another OAC program
    • Have at least one (full- or half-time) paid staff member. If your organization does not currently have any paid staff, a written plan proposing how the organization will move toward having paid staff within the next year or two is required
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