***Application period for the 2022 award is now closed. Please check back in March of 2023 for information regarding the next award.***

These grants were created on the initiative of Mécènes investis pour les arts in association with the Conseil des arts de Montréal. They exist to develop philanthropic activities supporting creativity in Montreal by encouraging activities for its development and growth. They are awarded to emerging artists, groups of artists, or artistic organizations organizations (individuals aged 40 or under, and organizations incorporated for no more than 7 years) for upcoming artistic creations.

The grant awarded serves to assist with the creation or production of an innovative work that will be influential on the career of its artist, their artistic discipline, or the public.

Mécènes investis pour les arts are a group of business people, each of whom privately donates $500 to participate in the creation of annual grants to award to artists, groups of artists, or artistic organizations working in Montreal on a not-for-profit basis. Other admissibility criteria relating to their status and professionalism apply. The project must also be recommended by an established organization that is supported by the Conseil des arts de Montréal.