Toronto Arts Council launches Open Door Grant Program (Canada)

Deadline: 26-Nov-2025

The Toronto Arts Council has launched the Open-Door Grant Program that supports ideas with the potential to create transformative change for arts organizations and collectives and/or the arts sector.

What does this program support?

• The Open-Door granting program supports projects that demonstrate innovation, experimentation, risk-taking, partnership, the sharing of knowledge and leadership. Open Door provides catalyst funding for ideas with the potential to create transformative change in the arts sector.

Funding Information

• Mid-range requests of $30,000 to $75,000 from new organizations/collectives with a limited funding record, and/or no audited statements should consult with the Program Manager about exemptions or alternative documentation that may be accepted on a case-bycase basis

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for this funding, an applicant must:
  • be located in the City of Toronto.  A post office box cannot be used to meet the residency requirement.
  • be either an incorporated non-profit arts organization or an artist collective operating on a not-for-profit basis.
  • Applicants must have a viable administrative and financial plan for the proposed activities.
  • Applicants may receive a grant through the Open-Door program only once every two years.

Ineligibility Criteria

• This program does not fund:
  • Individuals
  • ​activities included in TAC operating grants
  • activities included in TAC project grants
  • capital projects or expenses, renovations, or repairs
  • research, feasibility studies or training programs
  • projects previously funded through Open Door
  • print or online publishing
  • this program does not support schools, tuition-funded training programs, curriculum-based programs, or research projects. Projects with a school as the venue cannot take place during school hours

For more information, visit Toronto Arts Council.