Ontario Arts Council - Arts Organizations in Communities and Schools: Operating

Find out more: 
https://www.arts.on.ca/grants/arts-organizations-in-communities-and-schools-ope
Funding region: 
Ontario
Type: 
Funding & grants
Arts disciplines: 
Community Engaged Arts
Dance
Digital & Media Arts
Indigenous Arts
Literary
Multidisciplinary
Music
Performance Art
Theatre/Drama
Visual Arts
Applicants: 
Arts organizations

Purpose

This program supports the ongoing operations of Ontario-based, not-for-profit community-engaged arts organizations working in Ontario communities or schools.

Priorities

The program’s priorities are to support organizations that:

  • generate and host high-quality, innovative work that cultivates a rich engagement between artists and participants or communities
  • implement strategies to reduce or eliminate barriers to public engagement in the arts
  • engage Ontario artists to work with communities and schools

 

2026-27 category deadlines

March 24, 2026 

  • Dance Organizations
  • Literature Organizations
  • Visual Arts Organizations
  • Francophone Organizations

March 31, 2026

Multi and Inter-Arts Organizations

  • Media Arts Organizations
  • Music Organizations (for organizations that have historically applied to the Spring deadline)
  • Theatre Organizations (for organizations that have historically applied to the Spring deadline)

September 22, 2026

  • Music Organizations (for organizations that have historically applied to the Fall deadline)
  • Theatre Organizations (for organizations that have historically applied to the Fall deadline)