Important components of a renewed funding model for the Ontario Museum Sector:
- Informed by current data, collected and analyzed by funder for benchmarking (i.e. libraries)
- Considers all museums in the province (recognizing diversity and community relevance)
- Employs funding best practices and looks to successful models (Ontario Arts Council)
- Adequate, equitable, stable and consistent operating funding and program criteria (Ontario Heritage Act funding formula)
- Responsive to the changing nature of Ontario and museum operations and capital needs
- Transparent in decision-making (assessment) on funding
- Assessment by peer review
- Streamlining and equalizing grants and application processes
- Equitable, with consistent eligibility criteria for all museums
- Enhanced accountability in decision-making and reporting
- Aligned with municipalities
- Based on sector-identified standards and performance measures
- Fosters success through support mechanisms
- Multiple-year funding
- Diversified mix of funding
- Operating
- Capital, infrastructure - storage
- Project (for audience development, community outreach, reconciliation, innovation, core museum functions: conservation, care of collections, exhibits, digital and virtual renewal; employment and succession planning)
- Reflects Ontario Culture Strategy goals by supporting collaboration and partnerships within the broader cultural sector (moving away from silos ie. archaeology, libraries, archives etc.)
- Inflationary adjustments
- Inter-ministerial legislative and program complementarity with consistent application (i.e. property tax exemption)
- Improved collaboration between levels of government (municipal, provincial, federal) ensuring that museums receiving provincial funding do not see reductions in local contributions
- Ongoing access to expert practitioner advisory services
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