Financial Assistance

Guidelines

MASC works in partnership with funders to provide financial assistance for programming. Please see below for this season’s sponsors.

While these funds subsidize the cost of a MASC program, your venue will be responsible for paying the remaining balance. Please read the details below carefully to determine eligibility.

Financial Assistance Guidelines

  • Financial assistance has specific regional specifications.
  • Financial assistance made available on a first come first served basis.
  • Venues are limited to one grant per year, with the possibility of more if funding allows and time has elapsed to allow for all schools/venues to access the funding.
  • Request for funding is made at the time of the booking request. No formal application is required.

Schools

Requests from schools

Using the https://www.neighbourhoodstudy.ca/ and https://neighbourhoodequity.ca sources, MASC funding is allocated to venues that are located in and/or serve residents who reside in:

  • categories 3 and 4 of the Socioeconomic Index of the Neighbourhoodstudy.ca

and/or

  • Red and Yellow category of the neighbourhoodequity.ca low-income index

MASC reserves the right to subsidize any public school outside of these categories if the funder allows.

School Partnerships with specialized school programs/and Boards

MASC partners with school boards and individual schools on many specialized subsidized programs.

Partnerships with other arts organizations in schools

MASC partners with other arts organizations who provide programming in schools. To support these unique programs, MASC may fund programs in schools that don’t fall within the categories above.

Rural Schools

Financial assistance provided in partnership with the City of Ottawa’s Rural Initiative program. All schools located in, and serving the rural areas of the City, are able to access this funding.

Community Venues

Using the https://www.neighbourhoodstudy.ca/ and https://neighbourhoodequity.ca sources, MASC funding is allocated to venues that are located in:

  • categories 3 and 4 of the Socioeconomic Index of the Neighbourhoodstudy.ca

and/or

  • Red and Yellow category of the neighbourhoodequity.ca low-income index

Rural Community Venues

Financial assistance are provided in partnership with the City of Ottawa’s Rural Initiative program. All community venues located in, and serving the rural areas of the City, are able to access this funding.

2023-2024 Financial Assistance Sponsors

Community Foundation of Ottawa

Crabtree Foundation

TELUS Friendly Future

City of Ottawa

Canada Council for the Arts

Cajole Inn

Harry P Ward