FACTOR
A Canadian nonprofit administering public and private funding for recorded music, marketing, touring, videos and music companies. Programs range from early artist development to established-company support.
- Best for
- Canadian artists and music companies able to meet program-specific citizenship, ownership, genre and commercial-readiness requirements.
- Skip if
- You lack eligible Canadian participants, cannot document expenses or need money before the application and approval process can run.
- First move
- Create artist and applicant profiles first, establish the required ratings or eligibility, then select one program that matches the project stage.
- Watch out
- Funds are competitive, expenses must follow detailed rules and applicants may need cash flow to pay costs before reimbursement.
- Reach
- Industry-wide
- When
- Worth it once you have releases out.
- Based in
- Canada