Fiscal Sponsorship

• Project summary and financial objectives
• Mandate and brief history
• Description of the proposed fundraising and artistic project
• List of staff and board members
• Potential and confirmed donors, self-identification form, and financial statements

Who is eligible?

• Incorporated non-profit organizations
• Artists’ cooperatives that do not pay dividends
• Arts organizations based on the Island of Montreal

Who is not eligible

• General or limited partnerships.
• Individual artists and artists’ collectives.
• Public or para-public organizations representing governments or municipal corporations.
• Organizations dedicated to teaching, education, and professional training.
• Organizations that have already received the full five years of program support.

Eligible expenses

• Fundraising activities carried out under the approved fiscal sponsorship agreement.
• Administrative and fiscal management related to the donation process.
• Promotion and solicitation materials reviewed and approved by the Conseil.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Auctions, draws, crowdfunding campaigns, and donations of goods or works of art.
• Sponsorship activities.
• Projects completed before the Conseil’s decision.
• Projects mainly focused on cultural mediation, training, promotional video, or capital and equipment purchases.

Eligible geographic areas

• Island of Montreal

• Applications are first reviewed by a peer evaluation committee from the same discipline.
• The Conseil makes a decision about fourteen to sixteen weeks after the application deadline.
• The organization representative receives the result by email through the ORORA platform.
• If approved, the organization must sign the management agreement before fundraising can begin.

• One application per year is allowed.
• Applications are reviewed by peer evaluators from the same artistic discipline.
• All applications must be submitted in French, except for Indigenous organizations.
• The organization must use the ORORA online portal for submission.