FACTOR – Comprehensive Music Company – Marketing
Description:
All Comprehensive Music Company Sound Recording component applications must include the creation or licensing of a new, previously unreleased qualifying album. The Marketing component funding supports a range of activities in the marketing and promotion of a qualifying album.
Comments on Funding:
Funding under this component is at up to 50% of the total eligible budget of the Comprehensive Music Company application.
Comprehensive Music Company funding is divided into two phases.
In Phase 1, the maximum available funding is $82,500 per project.
In Phase 2, you may receive an additional $40,000 per project, provided that the funded sound recording has met the qualifying threshold* for the genre. Note that Phase 2 funding must be applied for within the later of two years from the original submission date or six months after the commercial release of the sound recording. Phase 2 funding is only available if the fiscal year maximum has not already been met.
Recipient Accessibility Support Fund: FACTOR grant recipients are eligible for top-up support to their project funding of up to $5,000 each fiscal year, not to exceed $5,000 per project for costs related to accessibility. Eligible costs claimed under this fund will be reimbursed at 100%.
Eligibility:
Applications Steps:
Applicants must:
create a user profile on the FACTOR application platform;
create an applicant profile (of the individual, partnership, or corporation that will enter into a general agreement with FACTOR if funding is offered);
create an artist profile (an artist profile provides FACTOR with a snapshot of the artist’s music career thus far. This helps FACTOR determine artist profile ratings and program eligibility);
create a project and choose the project components;
fill and validate the application.
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must:
Other Things to Note:
1. Logo and Acknowledgment Requirements: all recipients of funding from this component must acknowledge FACTOR on all physical and digital materials, all press releases and promotional material funded by this component, and on the artist’s website. See FACTOR’s Logo and Acknowledgment Guide.
2. Program guidelines for 2022-2023 were published in April 2022.
When It Ends:
Ongoing
Deadline:
Rolling deadline