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Project Funding for organizations

One-time funding for Montréal arts organizations' projects

Offered by

Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM)

Official source: artsmontreal.org

Source change captured July 6, 2026

Funding available: Up to 75% of project cost
Deadline: Unspecified
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Who can apply: Non-profit incorporated organizations.; See full eligibility

Overview

This program provides one-time funding of up to 75% of a project budget for arts organizations in Montréal. It supports research, creation, production, dissemination, cultural magazine publication, and event or festival production related to the organization’s mandate.

At a glance

Funding available

Maximum share of project costs: 75%

Financing goals

Increase performance through digital transformation
Increase social or community impact
Improve governance or administrative structure
Develop strategic partnerships
Conduct research and development activities
Reduce environmental footprint
Develop workforce skills
Conduct research or evaluation activities

Eligible candidates

Location: Montreal
Montréal
Quebec
Eligible Industries: All industries
Annual revenue: All revenue ranges
Organisation size: All organization sizes
Audience: Persons with Disabilities
Language Minorities
Women
Legal structures: Non-profit

Non-profit candidates

Scope: Local

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Availability timeline

2026

Periods: 2

Latest changes

October 6, 2026

Application deadlines and eligibility updated

The program’s deadlines, eligible applicants and projects, required documents, and processing time were updated, including new dates of November 11, 2026, February 24, 2027, and August 18, 2027.

The program page now lists three application deadlines as November 11, 2026, February 24, 2027, and August 18, 2027, and the project completion restriction moved to February 22, 2027. The expected processing time also increased from 12 to 14 weeks to 14 to 16 weeks. Eligibility and inadmissibility rules were expanded, including new exclusions for English-language applications except for Indigenous organizations, additional exclusions for certain business structures and sectors, and a broader description of eligible project activities. The application document list also now specifies supplementary letters patent when constituting documents have changed, and the self-identification questionnaire update period moved from four months to six months after the end of the fiscal year.

Official source: artsmontreal.org

October 6, 2026

Eligibility

Who is eligible?

Non-profit incorporated organizations.
Artist cooperatives that do not pay rebates.

Who is not eligible

Individual artists and collectives of artists.
Organizations that do not meet the general eligibility requirements, organizations that have already submitted an application during the fiscal year, organizations incorporated as for-profit legal entities, general partnerships, joint ventures or limited partnerships, as well as for-profit cooperatives.
Organizations receiving operating support under the Council’s General Grant Program, or organizations that have not submitted the required final report(s) for projects funded by the Council under the General Grant Program.
Cultural periodical with less than one year of publication activity and that publishes fewer than two issues per year, or a cultural periodical that distributes its publications free of charge.
Public or parapublic organization, agency acting on behalf of governments or municipalities; organization devoted to teaching, education and vocational training; dissemination organization that receives support or a mandate from the City of Montréal; organization or cooperative working mainly in the variety, comedy, fashion, architecture, graphic design or event design sectors; organization or cooperative working mainly in cultural mediation.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

Sound recording projects of a promotional and/or commercial nature, at every stage of album production, including pre-production, recording, editing, mixing and mastering.
Creative writing projects, including research, writing or editing projects.
Projects mainly focused on cultural mediation.
Film, video or web production projects, from research and scriptwriting to post-production.
Projects primarily intended for training, internships or masterclasses.

Eligible geographic areas

Island of Montréal

Activities funded

Creation and production of a show.
Experimentation and research on the components of a production.
Implementation of a regular or seasonal program.
Holding a festival or presenting an exhibition.
Support activities for disciplinary development, public-space dissemination, research-creation in visual arts and digital arts, collaboration between curators and artists, or projects that allow an organization to structure itself, adapt, improve, or stabilize.

How to apply

Go to the ORORA portal.
Follow the instructions to complete the financial assistance application.
Make sure you have a complete and up-to-date profile on ORORA before submitting the application.

Documents Needed

Financial statements for the most recently completed fiscal year, signed by two members of the Board of Directors
The organization’s letters patent, including all pages of the document
The organization’s by-laws
Organizational policies, standards or regulations, if applicable
Up to four hyperlinks to excerpts or full texts of works or activities related to the application

Selection criteria

Artistic quality and interest of the project.
Consistency of the project with the organization’s mandate and artistic directions, as well as the artistic quality and originality of previous achievements.
Contribution to the development of its community and outreach to audiences.
Feasibility of the project, realism of the budget forecasts, management capacity, stable and balanced financial situation, organizational health and sound governance, as well as diversification of partnerships and revenue sources.
Equity and representativeness, territorial proximity and eco-responsibility, with a maximum bonus of 3, 2 and 1 point respectively.

Processing and Agreement

The Conseil processes applications and makes decisions in about twelve to fourteen weeks after the application deadline.
Applicants receive the decision by email and are invited to view the results on ORORA.
The Conseil’s decisions are final and not subject to appeal.
Organizations must submit a final project report on ORORA within four months after the end of the project.
Organizations may not submit new requests if the required reports have not been produced within the required deadlines.

Additional information

Three calls for applications are scheduled each year: on November 12, 2025, on February 26, 2026 and August 19, 2026.
Applications are submitted through the ORORA portal.
The decision time is twelve to fourteen weeks after the application deadline.
The grant is paid in one payment, after the decision letter has been sent.

Contacts

claudia.berardi@montreal.ca

514-280-3586

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Frequently Asked Questions about the Project Funding for organizations Program

What is the Project Funding for organizations?

How much funding can be received?

Project Funding for organizations Funds up to 75% of admissible expenses.

Who is eligible for the Project Funding for organizations program?

To be eligible for the Project Funding for organizations program, you must: Incorporated non-profit organization or non-dividend artist cooperative. Headquartered on the Island of Montréal. Professional artistic mandate.