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Arts and Culture Grant recipients

The Arts and Culture Grant supports emerging and established non-profit arts, culture and heritage organizations in Mississauga.

2025

Multi-year funding:

  • Art Gallery of Mississauga: $471,600
  • Heritage Mississauga: $391,690
  • Mississauga Arts Council: $471,600
  • Orchestras Mississauga: $275,100
  • Sampradaya Dance Creations: $190,000
  • Visual Arts Mississauga: $275,100

One-year funding:

  • Arts on the Credit: $15,000
  • Crane Creations Theatre Company: $200,000
  • CreativeHub 1352: $100,000
  • Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters: $19,999
  • Ensemble for French: $2,400
  • Fashion Circuit Series Inc.: $17,000
  • Figurative Expressions Life Drawing Group: $2,800
  • Frog in Hand Productions Inc.: $165,000
  • Hispanic Canadian Arts and Culture Association: $19,999
  • Meadowvale Music Theatre: $12,500
  • Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensemble: $3,087
  • Mississauga Children’s Choir: $44,000
  • Mississauga Chinese Arts Organization: $22,500
  • Mississauga Choral Society: $62,000
  • Mississauga Festival Choir: $38,000
  • Mississauga Music: $19,999
  • Mississauga Potters’ Guild: $19,999
  • Mississauga Theatre Alliance: $10,000
  • NeoVoce Philharmonic Choir: $6,000
  • Sawitri Theatre Group: $140,000
  • Studio 145 Initiative (Coop 145): $19,999
  • Theatre Unlimited Performing Arts: $19,999
  • The Canadian Arabic Orchestra: $120,000
  • The Chamber Music Society of Mississauga Inc.: $112,500
  • Youth Troopers for Global Awareness | Studio.89: $66,000

Multi-year funding:

  • Art Gallery of Mississauga: $350,000
  • Heritage Mississauga: $297,000
  • Mississauga Arts Council: $360,000
  • Orchestras Mississauga: $200,000
  • Sampradaya Dance Creations: $160,000
  • Visual Arts Mississauga: $225,000

One-year funding:

  • Arts on the Credit Mississauga: $15,000
  • Canadian Arabic Orchestra: $100,000
  • Chamber Music Society Mississauga: $100,000
  • Crane Creations Theatre Company: $100,000
  • CreativeHub 1352: $75,000
  • Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters: $19,999
  • Fashion Circuit Series: $17,000
  • Frog in Hand: $100,000
  • Hispanic Canadian Arts and Culture Association: $19,500
  • Meadowvale Music Theatre: $10,000
  • Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensemble: $2,975
  • Mississauga Children’s Choir: $39,000
  • Mississauga Chinese Arts Organization: $22,500
  • Mississauga Choral Society: $62,000
  • Mississauga Festival Choir: $36,000
  • Mississauga Festival Youth Choir: $18,250
  • Mississauga Music: $19,999
  • Mississauga Potters Guild: $19,500
  • Mississauga Theatre Alliance: $10,000
  • NeoVoce Philharmonic Choir: $5,000
  • Sawitri Theatre Group: $108,000
  • Streetsville Historical Society: $4,800
  • Theatre Unlimited: $19,999
  • Youth Troopers for Global Awareness: $35,000

Multi-year funding:

  • Mississauga Symphony Orchestra: $180,000
  • Sampradaya Dance Creations: $150,000
  • Visual Arts Mississauga: $200,000

One-year funding:

  • Art Gallery of Mississauga: $325,000
  • Arts on the Credit Mississauga: $15,000
  • Canadian Arabic Orchestra: $90,000
  • Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation: $25,000
  • Chamber Music Society Mississauga: $100,000
  • Crane Creations Theatre Company: $90,000
  • CreativeHub 1352: $75,000
  • Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters: $15,000
  • Fashion Circuit Series: $17,000
  • Frog in Hand: $90,000
  • Heritage Mississauga*: $295,000
  • Hispanic Canadian Arts and Culture Association: $19,000
  • Ink Movement: $3,500
  • Meadowvale Music Theatre: $10,000
  • Mississauga Arts Council*: $340,000
  • Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensemble: $2,675
  • Mississauga Children’s Choir: $39,000
  • Mississauga Chinese Arts Organization: $22,500
  • Mississauga Choral Society: $62,000
  • Mississauga Festival Choir: $35,000
  • Mississauga Festival Youth Choir: $17,944
  • Mississauga Music: $19,999
  • Mississauga Potters Guild: $19,500
  • Mississauga Theatre Alliance: $10,000
  • Sawitri Theatre Group: $105,000
  • Streetsville Historical Society: $5,000
  • Theatre Unlimited: $19,999
  • Youth Troopers for Global Awareness: $35,000

Multi-year funding:

  • Heritage Mississauga: $290,000
  • Mississauga Arts Council: $320,000
  • Sampradaya Dance Creations: $140,000
  • Visual Arts Mississauga: $200,000

One-year funding:

  • Art Gallery of Mississauga: $275,000
  • Arts on the Credit Mississauga: $12,500
  • Canadian Arabic Orchestra: $80,000
  • Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation: $7,500
  • Chamber Music Society of Mississauga: $95,000
  • Crane Creations Theatre Company: $35,000
  • Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters: $15,000
  • Fashion Circuit Series: $14,500
  • Frog in Hand: $70,000
  • Hispanic Canadian Arts & Culture Association: $19,000
  • Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensemble: $2,350
  • Mississauga Chinese Arts Organization: $21,500
  • Mississauga Choral Society: $62,000
  • Mississauga Children’s Choir: $34,000
  • Mississauga Festival Choir: $30,000
  • Mississauga Festival Youth Choir: $18,000
  • Mississauga Music: $15,000
  • Mississauga Potters Guild: $19,500
  • Mississauga Theatre Alliance: $10,000
  • Mississauga Symphony Orchestra*: $200,000
  • Portuguese Cultural Centre of Mississauga Inc.: $7,500
  • Sawitri Theatre Group: $90,000
  • Small Arms Society: $25,000
  • Streetsville Historical Society: $4,000
  • Theatre Unlimited: $19,999
  • Youth Troopers for Global Awareness: $35,000

Multi-year funding:

  • Heritage Mississauga: $250,000
  • Mississauga Arts Council: $299,670
  • Mississauga Symphony Orchestra: $180,000
  • Sampradaya Dance Creations: $130,000
  • Visual Arts Mississauga: $225,000

One-year funding:

  • Art Gallery of Mississauga: $160,000
  • Arts on the Credit Mississauga: $10,000
  • Canadian Arabic Orchestra: $40,000
  • Chamber Music Society of Mississauga: $85,000
  • Crane Creations Theatre Company: $15,000
  • Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters: $15,000
  • Fashion Circuit Series: $12,000
  • Frog in Hand: $55,815
  • Hispanic Canadian Arts & Culture Association: $10,000
  • Ink Movement: $3,500
  • Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensemble: $5,715
  • Mississauga Children’s Choir: $30,000
  • Mississauga Chinese Arts Organization: $21,500
  • Mississauga Choral Society: $60,000
  • Mississauga Festival Choir: $27,000
  • Mississauga Festival Youth Choir: $17,000
  • Mississauga Music: $10,000
  • Mississauga Potters Guild: $18,000
  • Sawitri Theatre Group: $90,000
  • Small Arms Society: $25,000
  • Streetsville Historical Society: $4,000
  • Theatre Unlimited: $19,999
  • Youth Troopers for Global Awareness: $19,999

Community Grant recipients

The Community Grant helps to deliver programs and services that keep Mississauga residents active, healthy and engaged in their communities.

2025

Multi-year funding:

  • Ecosource: $109,863
  • Erin Mills Youth Centre: $58,000
  • Mississauga Sports Council: $122,500
  • Safe City Mississauga: $310,142
  • The Dam: $80,000
  • The Riverwood Conservancy: $369,859
  • Volunteer MBC: $40,000

One-year funding:

  • Active Adult Centre Mississauga: $9,600
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel Inc.: $10,000
  • Blooming Boulevards: $10,000
  • Breakfast With Santa Foundation: $10,000
  • Cruisers Sports for the Physically Disabled: $10,000
  • Citizens for the Advancement of Community Development: $10,000
  • Global 180 Student Communications Inc.: $9,980
  • Heart Comonos: $9,698
  • Learning Disabilities Association of Peel Region: $10,000
  • Malton Black Development Association: $10,000
  • MIAG Centre for Diverse Women & Families: $10,000
  • Music For Every Child: $10,000
  • The Mississauga Youth Action Committee: $2,790
  • Pak Pioneers Community Organization of Canada: $9,950
  • Peel Multicultural Council: $10,000
  • Port Credit Lawn Bowling Club: $8,000
  • Senior Tamils Society of Peel: $10,000
  • Skills For Life: $10,000
  • The International Soccer: $10,000
  • Tong Le Senior Association: $7,410
  • Unity in the Community Centre of Mississauga Inc.: $5,000

Multi-year funding:

  • Ecosource: $109,863
  • Erin Mills Youth Centre: $58,000
  • Mississauga Sports Council: $120,500
  • Safe City Mississauga: $224,127
  • The Dam: $80,000
  • The Riverwood Conservancy: $369,859
  • Volunteer MBC: $40,000

One-year funding:

  • Active Adult Centre Mississauga: $9,990
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel Inc.: $10,000
  • Blooming Boulevards: $10,000
  • Citizens for the Advancement of Community Development: $10,000
  • Cruisers Sports for the Physically Disabled: $10,000
  • Global 180 Student Communications Inc.: $9,950
  • Joshua Creek Church/Heart Comonos: $6,500
  • Malton Black Development Association: $10,000
  • MIAG Centre for Diverse Women & Families: $10,000
  • Mississauga Girls Softball Association, Inc.: $7,500
  • Mississauga Seniors Club Inc.: $6,000
  • Mississauga Youth Action Committee: $2,990
  • Ontario Schools Cricket Association: $10,000
  • Our Place Peel: $10,000
  • Pak Pioneers Community Organization of Canada: $9,950
  • Port Credit Lawn Bowling Club: $10,000
  • Senior Tamils Society of Peel: $10,000
  • Lady Ballers Camp: $6,000
  • The Erin Mills Farmers Market: $10,000

Multi-year funding:

  • Ecosource: $109,863
  • Erin Mills Youth Centre: $58,000
  • Safe City Mississauga: $224,127
  • The Dam: $80,000
  • The Riverwood Conservancy: $369,859
  • Volunteer MBC: $40,000

One-year funding:

  • Active Adult Centre Mississauga: $9,984
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel Inc.: $10,000
  • Blooming Boulevards: $10,000
  • Cruisers Sports for the Physically Disabled: $10,000
  • Global 180 Student Communications Inc.: $9,892
  • Gymnastics Mississauga: $10,000
  • Joshua Creek Church/Heart Comonos: $10,000
  • MIAG Centre for Diverse Women & Families: $10,000
  • Mississauga Sports Council: $120,500
  • Mississauga Youth Action Committee: $2,500
  • Our Place Peel: $10,000
  • Pak Pioneers Community Organization of Canada: $9,950
  • Port Credit Lawn Bowling Club: $8,000
  • Senior Tamils Society of Peel: $10,000
  • Sherway Homeowners and Recreation Association: $2,500

Multi-year funding:

  • Active Adult Centre of Mississauga: $317,075
  • Ecosource: $109,683
  • Erin Mills Youth Centre: $72,888
  • Mississauga Sports Council: $114,595
  • Safe City Mississauga: $132,730
  • The Riverwood Conservancy: $331,859
  • Volunteer MBC: $38,200

One-year funding:

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel Inc.: $10,000
  • Blooming Boulevards: $10,000
  • Citizens for the Advancement of Community Development: $5,000
  • Cruisers Sports for the Physically Disabled: $10,000
  • Erin Mills Farmers Market: $10,000
  • Global 180 Students Communications Inc.: $9,985
  • MIAG Centre for Diverse Women & Families: $10,000
  • Senior Tamils Society of Peel: $10,000
  • The Dam: $30,000

Multi-year funding:

  • Active Adult Centre of Mississauga: $275,257
  • Ecosource: $109,683
  • Erin Mills Youth Centre: $72,888
  • Mississauga Sports Council: $114,595
  • Rappor Youth & Family Services: $42,615
  • Safe City Mississauga: $132,730
  • The Riverwood Conservancy: $331,859
  • Volunteer MBC: $38,200

One-year funding:

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel: $10,000
  • Blooming Boulevards: $5,000
  • Boys & Girls Club of Peel: $10,000
  • Cruisers Sports for the Physically Disabled: $10,000
  • Erin Mills Farmers Market: $10,000
  • Global 180 Students Communications Inc.: $9,924
  • MIAG Centre for Diverse Women and Families: $10,000
  • Mississauga Youth Action Committee: $2,015
  • Senior Tamils Society of Peel: $7,500
  • The DAM: $10,000

Cultural Festivals and Celebrations Grant recipients

The Cultural Festivals and Celebrations Grant supports a range of events that reflect the city’s many cultural traditions. 

2025

Multi-year funding:

  • Bollywood Monster Mashup: $160,000
  • Carassauga Festival: $120,000
  • Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival: $150,000

One-year funding:

  • Discover Egypt Heritage Festival: $19,999
  • International Film Festival of South Asia Toronto: $15,000
  • Living with Wellness – Arts Festival: $15,000
  • Mississauga Italfest: $50,000
  • Malton Celebrates Canada Day: $13,500
  • Mississauga Latin Festival: $19,900
  • Mississauga Polish Days Festival: $19,999
  • Mississauga World Music Festival: $14,896
  • Mosaic – South Asian Festival of Mississauga: $150,000
  • Muslimfest: $70,000
  • Paint the Town Red: $105,000
  • Philippines Festival Mississauga: $60,000
  • Streetsville Christmas in the Village: $15,000
  • Saigon Park Group Saigon Park Anniversary: $10,000
  • Tastes of South East Asia : $15,000
  • The Classical: Celebration of world music: $5,000
  • The Egyptian Coptic Festival: $7,500
  • The Streetsville Founders’ Bread and Honey Festival: $105,000

Multi-year funding:

  • Bollywood Monster Mashup: $120,000
  • Carassauga Festival: $120,000
  • Southside Shuffle Blues and Jazz Festival: $120,000

One-year funding:

  • International Film Festival of South Asia Toronto: $15,000
  • Mississauga Italfest: $45,000
  • Malton Celebrates Canada Day: $24,000
  • Mississauga Latin Festival: $19,500
  • Mississauga Polish Days: $19,999
  • Mississauga World Music Festival: $15,000
  • Mosaic Festival: $105,000
  • Muslimfest: $50,000
  • Paint the Town Red: $105,000
  • Philippine Festival Mississauga: $19,999
  • Portugalo Fest: $9,750
  • Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival: $100,000
  • Streetsville Christmas in the Village: $15,000

Multi-year funding:

  • Bollywood Monster Mashup: $120,000
  • Carassauga Festival: $120,000
  • Southside Shuffle Blues and Jazz Festival: $120,000

One-year funding:

  • Chinese Festival: $7,500
  • International Film Festival of South Asia Toronto: $15,000
  • Living with Wellness: $7,500
  • Mississauga Italfest: $45,000
  • Malton Celebrates Canada Day: $24,000
  • Mississauga Latin Festival: $19,500
  • Mississauga Polish Days: $19,999
  • Mosaic Festival: $105,000
  • Muslimfest: $50,000
  • Paint the Town Red: $105,000
  • Philippine Festival Mississauga: $19,999
  • Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival: $100,000
  • Streetsville Christmas in the Village: $15,000

Multi-year funding:

  • Bollywood Monster Mashup: $120,000
  • Carassauga Festival: $120,000
  • Southside Shuffle Blues and Jazz Festival: $120,000

One-year funding:

  • Afri-Car Food Festival: $2,500
  • Canada Day Together Festival: $19,900
  • Dragon Lion Dance Festival: $7,500
  • Egyptian Coptic Festival: $7,500
  • India Cultural Celebration -India Republic Day: $7,500
  • International Film Festival of South Asia: $15,000
  • Malton Celebrates Canada Day: $27,200
  • Mississauga Italfest: $40,000
  • Mississauga Latin Festival: $19,500
  • Mississauga Polish Days Festival: $19,500
  • Mississauga Waterfront Festival: $100,000
  • Mosaic South Asian Heritage Festival: $105,000
  • Muslimfest: $50,000
  • Paint the Town Red Port Credit: $105,000
  • Philippine Festival Mississauga: $19,500
  • Streetsville Founder’s Bread and Honey Festival: $96,602
  • Streetsville Christmas in the Village: $15,000

Multi-year funding:

  • Bollywood Monster Mashup: $105,000
  • Carassauga Festival: $120,000
  • Southside Shuffle Blues and Jazz Festival: $100,000

One-year funding:

  • Arts on the Port: $7,500
  • Canada Day Together Festival: $19,900
  • Egyptian Coptic Festival: $7,500
  • International Film Festival of South Asia: $10,000
  • Malton Canada Day: $27,000
  • Mississauga Game Festival: $9,975
  • Mississauga Italfest: $28,000
  • Mississauga Latin Festival: $19,000
  • Mississauga Polish Days Festival: $15,000
  • Mississauga Waterfront Festival: $80,000
  • Mosaic South Asian Heritage Festival: $100,000
  • Muslimfest: $50,000
  • Paint the Town Red Port Credit: $100,000
  • Philippine Festival Mississauga: $19,000
  • Streetsville Christmas in the Village: $15,000
  • Streetsville Founder’s Bread and Honey Festival: $75,000

Culture Project Grant recipients

The Culture Project Grant supports organizations, art collectives and Business Improvement Areas to create temporary, site-specific projects that re-imagine and activate the city’s urban spaces. 

2025

  • Blackwood Gallery: $5,000
  • Crane Creations Theatre Company: $5,000
  • Frog in Hand Productions Inc.: $5,000
  • Indus Community Services: $5,000
  • Kaleidoscope Chinese Performing Arts Society: $5,000
  • MonstrARTity Creative Community: $5,000
  • Sheridan Homelands Ratepayers’ Association: $700
  • The Canadian Arabic Orchestra: $5,000
  • Youth Troopers for Global Awareness | Studio.89: $5,000
  • Arts on the Credit: $3,500
  • Blackwood Gallery: $5,000
  • Canadian Arabic Orchestra: $5,000
  • Crane Creations Theatre Company: $5,000
  • Frog in Hand: $5,000
  • Kaleidoscope Chinese Performing Arts Society: $5,000
  • Mississauga Music: $5,000
  • MonstrARTity Creative Community: $5,000
  • NeoVoce Philharmonic Choir: $5,000
  • SAWITRI Theatre Group: $5,000
  • Streetsville BIA: $2,500
  • Blackwood Gallery: $5,000
  • Canadian Arabic Orchestra: $5,000
  • Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters: $5,000
  • Frog in Hand: $5,000
  • Mississauga Arts Council: $4,300
  • Mississauga Music: $5,000
  • Mississauga Writers Group: $1,500
  • Visual Arts Mississauga: $5,000
  • Blackwood Gallery: $7,000
  • Comedy Records: $7,000
  • Crane Creations Theatre Company: $7,000
  • Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters: $5,000
  • Frog in Hand: $7,000
  • Help Me! Projects.com: $7,000
  • Konsalcan Inc.: $5,500
  • Mississauga Writers Group: $5,000
  • MonstrARTity Creative Community: $5,000
  • Arts & Culture Initiative of South Asia: $5,000
  • Blackwood Gallery: $10,000
  • Chamber Music Society: $10,000
  • Crane Creations Theatre Company: $10,000
  • Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters: $5,000
  • Frog in Hand: $10,000
  • Hand Eye Society: $5,000
  • MEHAR: Mental & Emotional Health Awareness Renaissance: $9,100
  • Mississauga Writers Group: $4,750
  • MonstrARTity Creative Community: $5,000
  • Small Arms Society: $10,000

Live Music Grant recipients

The Live Music Grant is open to for-profit businesses with the potential to increase tourism and cultural growth. 

2025

  • Aleksandr Valuiskikh: $2,500
  • Anubha Jha: $1,117
  • Arlene Paculan: $2,500
  • Brent Gelhar: $1,117
  • Carla Gonzalez Casanova: $1,117
  • Deep Ganguly: $1,800
  • Gaby Al Botros: $2,500
  • Hasanthika Kodituwakku: $1,117
  • Heather Brissenden: $2,500
  • Jaerielle Mejia: $1,000
  • Jawn Taboika: $2,500
  • Jesse Ohtake: $2,500
  • Kelly Zimba: $1,117
  • Kendra Pinto: $2,500
  • Kevia Sia: $2,000
  • Lisa Orenback: $2,500
  • Majd Sukar: $2,500
  • Matthew Zadkovich: $2,500
  • Maureen O’Neill: $2,500
  • Maureen O’Neill: $1,000
  • Melissa Alzaeim: $1,000
  • Michael Ventola: $1,117
  • Shallum Xavier: $2,500
  • Play Hideaway: $1,000
  • Raquel’s Riot: $1,000
  • Rob Aguiar: $2,500
  • Ruba Zouzou: $2,500
  • Shallum Xavier: $2,500
  • William Gooch: $1,000
  • 40oz Heroes/RIVER MOUTH II: $2,500
  • Aim Nation/History of our Music: $2,500
  • antiskeptic entertainment/illScarlett returns to Mississauga!: $2,500
  • BluPrint/Bluprint Concert 2024: $2,500
  • Celestial Music Ras Penco & Friends in Concert: $2,000
  • Deep Ganguly/MYBANSURI MUSICAL EVENTS: $2,250
  • Ebony Ivy Corp OOH LA LA Showcase: $750
  • Friends in Arts/Friends in Arts live concerts: $2,500
  • Headway Music/2024 Open Mic Series at Cuchulainn’s: $2,500
  • Let’s Make Good Productions/Arlene & The People EP Release: $2,500
  • Majd Sekker Sextet band/From Upherate to the Credit: $1,000
  • Sounds from Damascus/Sounds from Damascus DNA: $2,500
  • The Academy The Hustle Mississauga Edition: $2,500
  • The Savoy Band/Two Nights of Dancing and Live Jazz Music: $2,500
  • Aliyah Burey/Suviana: $1,250
  • Anna Wojcik/Opera Outreach Project: $1,000
  • Bree Taylor/Cheers & Beers Music: $1,000
  • Cat Bernardi/Italian Heritage Month Jazz Concert: $2,500
  • Denise Leslie/One Fine JAZZ Evening with Denise Leslie and Friends: $2,475
  • Gerrod Harris/One In The Chamber: $1,250
  • Matthew Zadkovich/Headway Music Open Mic Series 2023 hosted by Matt Zaddy: $2,500
  • Radhika Baskar/Grand Veena Concert: $2,000
  • Radhika Baskar/Amalgam – A fusion music concert: $2,500
  • Vivek Mehmi/Humble & Hungry Music Fest!: $2,500

Contact us

If you have questions or need more information about the City’s grant programs, email grantsinfo@mississauga.ca.

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