Attachment 1 EC15.1 REPORT TO ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction and Grants Impact ......................................................................................................... 3 Equity Framework……………………………………………………………………………………………5 Grants Programs Overview…………………………………………………………………………………6 Strategic Funding .................................................................................................................. 7 Arts Discipline Funding ......................................................................................................... 7 Assessment and Allocations Process ................................................................................... 8 Loan Fund ............................................................................................................................. 9 2019 Allocations Summary ................................................................................................................ 10 Income Statement & Program Balances for the year ended December 31, 2019............................. 11 Strategic Funding 2019 Partnership Programs .......................................................................................................... 12 Strategic Partnerships ........................................................................................................... 13 Strategic Allocations .............................................................................................................. 15 Recipient Details ................................................................................................................... 15 Arts Discipline 2019 Descriptions o Annual & Multi-year Operating ................................................................................. 36 o Project ...................................................................................................................... 66 Recipient Details o Annual and Multi-Year Operating Allocations .......................................................... 92 o Project Allocations.................................................................................................... 98 o Music Creation and Audio Recording program ........................................................ 108 o Visual Artists program .............................................................................................. 109 o Media Artists program .............................................................................................. 110 o Writers and Playwrights programs ........................................................................... 111 Rescinded Allocations ........................................................................................................................ 112 Board of Directors .............................................................................................................................. 113 Committees ........................................................................................................................................ 114 Grant review panels ........................................................................................................................... 114 2 INTRODUCTION and GRANTS IMPACT Toronto Arts Council’s 2019 allocation from the City of Toronto was $ 20,644,600, to cover grants, arts services and operations. In addition, $200,000 was allocated from the City’s Construction Hoarding Sign Fee Reserve Fund and allocated to Animating Toronto Streets program. In 2019, TAC grants supported a total of 920 artists and arts organizations, including 407 individual artists and 513 arts organizations, projects and collectives which created and presented 18,000 public arts activities attended by over 5 million people. TAC funded organizations bring over $274 million in total revenues into the City of Toronto including ticket sales, private donations and investment from other levels of government. In 2019, TAC delivered 64% of the EDC cultural grants funding envelope at a total cost of $7.05 per Torontonian. Toronto Arts Council Performance Measures Toronto Arts Council grants programs are competitive. Across all programs just 37.7% of grant applicants receive funding. In 2019 TAC’s assessment panels identified 532 highly ranked applications they would have recommended for funding if the budget had been available. Additional impact is quantified below based on performance measures developed for the Economic Development & Culture Divisional Strategy 2018-2022. Inclusion & Equity Equity and inclusion are key priorities for Toronto Arts Council and its Board of Directors. Since adopting its Equity Framework in 2017, TAC has tracked demographic data for grant applicants, recipients, TAC Board members, staff, and grants assessors. In all programs, applicants from Equity Priority Groups generally have higher success rates than non-EPG applicants. TAC awards 60% of total grants to Equity Priority Group applicants, and 40% of grant dollars. Per cent of people on TAC Board that reflect the diversity* of Toronto: 52% Per cent of people on TAC Staff that reflect the diversity* of Toronto: 50% Per cent of TAC senior management that reflect the diversity* of Toronto: 33% Per cent of TAC volunteer arts assessors that reflect the diversity* of Toronto: 61% *Diversity here includes persons of colour, Indigenous, Deaf persons and those with a disability; it does not include the fourth TAC equity priority group: 2SLGBTQIAP. All TAC granting programs are open to new applicants each year. For 2019, the per cent of recipients receiving a TAC grant for the first time: 35% Geographic location of artists and Toronto residents accessing arts programming is also tracked. Reaching artists and audiences from communities outside the downtown core is a priority for all TAC granting programs. Per cent of individual grant recipients located outside TOcore: 82% Per cent of organization grant recipients located outside TOcore: 60% Per cent of venues located outside the TOcore used by grant recipients for public arts activities (this includes non-traditional venues): 63% The map below provides an interactive display of the location of activities funded by Toronto Arts Council in 2019. https://torontoartscouncil.org/tac-impact: 3 Additional efforts towards the advancement of Inclusion & Equity are outlined in the Equity Framework section on the next page. Talent and Innovation TAC allocates over $3.2 million directly to individual artists to support creation projects. Additionally, TAC’s funding support to Toronto’s arts organizations translates into significant employment of artists and arts workers: In 2019, TAC grants to operating organizations: $11 million Artists salaries & fees paid by op. organizations: $81 million Arts workers’ salaries/fees paid by op. organizations: $68 million In addition, these same arts organizations also serve as talent development for Toronto’s creative industries. Income precarity nevertheless persists among Toronto’s artists. Toronto Arts Foundation’s 2019 publication of Arts Stats documents the combined income insecurity and high cost of living and working in Toronto. “Artists and arts workers face high costs of education and training, high housing and space costs, insecure incomes as a result of precarious work and low rates of pay. The impact of the arts on the city is nevertheless fundamental to its success.” Leadership transition: 2019 saw significant changes to arts leadership in Toronto with artistic and administrative heads of many established organizations transitioning to reflect Toronto’s younger, BIPOC demographics. Toronto Arts Council continues to support the development of new leadership in the sector through TAC Leaders Lab, Artreach grants, and Newcomer Artist mentorship programs. Space and access TAC funding programs and partnerships designed specifically to increase audience access and artist access to non-traditional space directed over $1.5 million in support to 80 artists and organizations through the following programs: Animating Historic Sites Animating Toronto Parks Artists in the Library ArtReach Toronto Arts in Schools Neighbourhood Arts Network 4 Operational excellence Per cent of employee engagement satisfaction: in a recent anonymous staff survey conducted by the Osborne Group: 100% of staff completed 100% of survey questions, yielding the following results: • 96% proud to work for the organization • 96% believe TAC operates with integrity • 89% support the vision and goals of TAC • 85% would recommend TAC as a great place to work • 81% feel have a good work life balance Percent Increase in TAC application $ Requests vs City funding, 120 100 P e r c 80 e n t 60 I n c r 40 e a s e 20 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Total Applications Received Total Grants Funded City Grants Allocation City Operations Allocation This chart shows the year over year changes in grant application funding requests received and funded in comparison to city support to TAC. Grant applications continue to far outweigh available funds, and the proportion of applications successfully funded has fallen from 60% to 50% of total dollars (44% to 38% of total numbers) over this period. Equity Framework Since the early 1990s TAC has played a lead role in promoting equity and inclusion in the arts, including the publication of the Cultural Equity Report by Betty Julian in 1992 and the partnership program Culture Force which created funding opportunities