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Still from “Shelf Life” by filmmaker Emmanuel Teji. Matchmaker MicroGrant Winner, 2025.
Still from “Most Of My Days” music video by Tennyson King. Matchmaker MicroGrant Winner, 2025.
Photo from Shawish Market’s Indigenous Art Journey, held at Visual Arts Mississauga. Matchmaker MicroGrant Winner, 2025

Funding Artist-Led Projects

MicroGrants

MAC’s dynamic and impactful MicroGrant program provides funding for artist-led projects which have a pronounced and impactful connection to the public and bring recognition and increased awareness to the arts across the city.

These MicroGrants are made possible through sponsor contributions and MAC’s own fundraising efforts, and target areas of interest or need within the local arts sector, often encouraging collaboration across artistic practices.

The Fall Round of MicroGrants is now closed. MicroGrant winners will be announced in late 2026. The next round of funding applications will be available in January 2027.

MicroGrant Success Stories & Past Winners

$552,700

MicroGrant funding awarded since 2019

216

Projects supported since 2019

$4.49

Sector investment generated for every $1 in MicroGrant funding (2025)

MicroGrant News & Stories

Six performers holding hands and bowing in a row on a stage at the conclusion of the play "Fue Sin Querer Queriendo." They are dressed in colorful, expressive costumes, including a red baseball cap, a pink cardigan, a red blazer, and a checkered shirt.

MicroGrant Success: Mississauga Players, Spring 2026

Mississauga Players Theatre used their Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce SWAP Jubilee, a creative the…

A woman in a blue patterned top and a man in a button-down shirt posing together behind a book display table.

MicroGrant Success: Dechen Yee, Fall 2025

Dechen Yee used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce Strings Attached, an interdisciplinary communit…

Three smiling people standing side-by-side posing for a photo in front of a large window.

MicroGrant Success: Qurat Dar & Pujita Verma, Spring 2026

Qurat Dar used their Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce a double book launch in partnership with fello…

A live musical performance on a stage with a black backdrop. Two women in formal dresses sing into microphones at the front, supported by a live band including a drummer, a bassist, and a keyboardist.

MicroGrant Success: Anubha Jha, Spring 2026

Anubha Jha used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce Bollywood Reimagined: 70's, 80's, and 90's Magi…

A musician performs live on a stage illuminated by moody purple light. He wears a black sleeveless graphic tee, dark pants, and a light-colored scarf wrapped around his neck while singing into a microphone and playing a black electric guitar.

MicroGrant Success: Tom Barlow, Fall 2025

Tom Barlow used his Matchmaker MicroGrant to complete and release Supersonic Quadraphonic, including…

A wide shot of a theatre stage with six people seated in white chairs arranged in a semi-circle, participating in a panel or discussion. The stage is dimly lit with a black curtain backdrop, and the dark silhouettes of an audience are visible in the foreground.

MicroGrant Success: Max Kingsbury, Spring 2026

Max Kingsbury used their Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce The Tumblers, a play created and produced …

MicroGrant Success Stories

Funding through MAC’s MicroGrant program has enabled hundreds of artists to realize their goals and develop new artistic projects. These projects have positively impacted audiences and communities in Mississauga and beyond. Learn about some of these engaging projects and the talented Mississauga artists who have benefited from MAC’s MicroGrant Program.

MICROGRANT SUCCESS STORIES
LIST OF PAST MICROGRANT WINNERS

Thank you to our MicroGrant Funding Partners:

The Mississauga Arts Council logo featuring the letters "MAC" in a stylized, lowercase, interconnected font with a gradient of orange, red, blue, and green. The full name "Mississauga Arts Council" is written in a clean, black sans-serif font underneath.
Two logos side-by-side: on the left, a circular black-and-white seal for "Rama Gaming House" featuring the initials "RGH" and locations "Mississauga - Scarborough." On the right, an icon of a simple house overlapping a teal heart, surrounded by the text "Charitable Gaming. Community Good."
The logo for City Centre Musical Productions (CCMP). The letters "CCMP" are large and stylized in purple and teal, with a teal spotlight shining from the top left and a musical note integrated into the letter "P." The full company name is listed to the right in stacked, coloured text.