
ArtReach's 2025 Community Arts Programming Grant Deadline is Saturday, February 1st at 11:59pm. - late submissions will not be accepted!
This grant supports community-based arts programming by and for artists aged 13-29 from equity-deserving populations in Toronto who experience systemic barriers to accessing professional arts opportunities.
These grants are available each year thanks to our amazing partnership with the Toronto Arts Council. Learn more about this partnership here.
ELIGIBILITY
The programs we fund must…
Be coordinated and delivered by individual artists 13-29 or groups/ organizations/ collectives led by people 13-29 from equity-deserving communities
Be offered to participants aged 13-29 from equity-deserving communities who face systemic barriers to accessing high-quality arts opportunities
Be a program and not a project (see our FAQs for more info)
Be delivered in Toronto, by a Toronto-based applicant, for participants in Toronto (this includes only the City of Toronto, Scarborough, North York, and Etobicoke, not the GTA)
Be free for participants to access
Be first and foremost focused on the arts and artistic skill-building (other benefits/ focuses must be secondary to a focus on the arts)
Be registration-based and serve the same group of participants throughout its duration
We don’t fund…
Drop-in style programming
Events, festivals, etc.
Personal projects
Art therapy programs
Programs whose primary activities are religious or political
HOW TO APPLY
Head to artreach.org/programgrant to read our Program Guidelines and FAQs, confirm your eligibility, and access the application package. The deadline to apply is Saturday, February 1st, 2025 at 11:59pm, and we do not accept late submissions. Results will be announced in late-March, and funding will be disbursed in early June.
SUPPORTS
1-1 Virtual Meetings - Limited Spots available! Meet with our staff to confirm your eligibility, discuss your project idea, and get advice on strengthening your application. Sign up for a meeting here!
Email grants@artreach.org with any questions!
Watch a recording of the info session here!