 Along with funding from State and Federal Grants, the company was in 2006 given a funding boost of $40,000 by the Townsville City Council, an increase on the $15,000 the company received annually from the Council, to tide it over until it moved to the new "Arts Hub".Tropic Sun shared this new performing arts space with a capacity of 250–300 with dancenorth australia.The production company was established in 1986.