Grants and Funding for non-profits in Canada
Canada's non-profit organizations (NPO) benefit from grants and funding that support innovation and sustainability
Canadian non-profits benefit from a wide range of grants and funding programs designed to support their mission-driven initiatives and community services. These financial aids enable organizations to enhance their operations, expand their outreach, and ensure sustainable growth in addressing various social, environmental, and cultural needs.

Economic Trust of the Southern Interior BC (ETSI-BC) - Supporting Business Resilience & Growth
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Initiatives Fund - Summer Grants
- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- All industries

Creating, Knowing and Sharing — Indigenous Organizations
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Strategic Initiatives Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Charitable Gaming Grants
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Première Ovation - Music
- No Condition
- All industries

PrairiesCan — Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative (ARRI)
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- From $2,500 to $150,000
- Health care and social assistance

- Maximum amount : 32,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Springboard Grant
- From $1,000 to $10,000
- All industries

PacifiCan — Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative — Indigenous Stream
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Celebrate Prince George Community Grant
- From $5,000 to $10,000
- All industries

NRC — Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Research Centre
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Vancouver Sport Hosting Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Pride London Festival Endowment Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

NGO Stabilization Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

- From $1,000 to $5,000
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- All industries

Arts, Culture & Heritage Fund Grants
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Mississauga Foundation - Catalogue of Community Needs Grants
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Collective Entrepreneurship Capital Investment Program
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Whistler Blackcomb Foundation - Whistler Blackcomb Foundation Envirofund
- No Condition
- All industries

Sport Support Program - Community Sport for All Initiative
- No Condition
- All industries

PRCCM – Stream 2
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

ACOA Jobs and Growth Fund — Non Profit
- No Condition
- All industries
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Community Food Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Community Funding Program - Emergency Funding
- No Condition
- All industries

Newfoundland and Labrador Seniors’ Social Inclusion Initiative
- No Condition
- All industries

Seniors Community Grant Program
- From $1,000 to $25,000
- Health care and social assistance

Saskatchewan Lotteries Community Grant Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in Recreation Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Community Interaction Program — Restoration and/or protection of biodiversity
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Regional Initiatives Fund (FAIR)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Montérégie Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Attractions, activities and facilities
- From $50,000 to $130,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

The Leadership Fund
- From $1,500 to $3,000
- Health care and social assistance
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)

Aboriginal Arts and Culture Leadership Grant
- From $15,000 to $30,000
- All industries

QEPD — Hurricane Fiona Recovery Fund - CED (QC)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

NRC — Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Giving Voice Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Promotion Program – Industry Initiatives Stream
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

ERA — Advanced Materials Challenge
- From $250,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
Nova Scotia Community Housing Capital Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Skills for Success Program — Research and Innovation Stream
- Maximum amount : 7,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- No Condition
- All industries

The Sisters of Providence Care of St. Vincent de Paul Community Impact Fund - ACEs & Resilience Stream
- No Condition
- All industries

Stait Family Fund
- Minimum amount : 1,000 $
- All industries

Regina Rosen Food First Fund
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- All industries

NSERC Alliance – Alberta Innovates Advance Program
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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Toronto Urban Health Fund (TUHF)
- No Condition
- All industries

Graduate Mentorship Program — For Employers
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Musagetes Grant Program
- No Condition
- All industries

- From $3,000 to $5,000
- Health care and social assistance

Community Response Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Canada's Ocean Supercluster — Technology Leadership Project Program
- Minimum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- No Condition
- All industries

Improving Crop and Livestock Health and Quality
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Off-Road Vehicle Financial Assistance Program - Wildlife and Habitat Protection Stream
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Fund for the Market Access Strategy for Official Language Minority Communities
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Farm Land Identification Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CED — Regional Homebuilding Innovation Initiative
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing

- No Condition
- All industries

Donation Program
- No Condition
- All industries

WindsorEssex Community Foundation - KidStartGrants
- Maximum amount : 500 $
- All industries

WindsorEssex Community Foundation - Community Impact Grants
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Northern Healthy Communities Fund
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Farm Credit Canada - FCC AgriSpirit Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

The Low Carbon Economy Fund — Indigenous Leadership Fund
- Maximum amount : 6,000,000 $
- All industries

Laval Tourism — EPRTNT 2025-2027 – Accommodations
- From $35,000 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Childcare Program Stabilization Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Heritage grants - Heritage Incentive Program
- Maximum amount : 4,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Durham Region Para Sport and Recreation Funds
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Enfant Soleil - Sport and Susatainable Health Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Arts Across Canada — Circulation and Touring
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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Cultural Industry Organizations Project Grant
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

Mi'kmaw Cultural Activities Program
- No Condition
- All industries

International Development and Relief
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Community Addictions Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Scotiabank - Climate Action Research Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

NED Grants Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Workforce Training and Employment — Labour Market Partnerships
- No Condition
- All industries

Arts Funding Program - Three-Year Operating Funding
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Development Fund
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Accreditation program for private archives
- No Condition
- All industries

Workforce Training and Employment — Self Employment
- No Condition
- All industries

Job Creation Partnerships (JCP)
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Arts Funding Program - Annual Operating Funding
- No Condition
- All industries

Arts Funding Program - Equity Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Disaster Financial Assistance Program — Non-profits
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

CMF — Distributor Program
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 49% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Northern Industries Innovation Fund
- From $10 to $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

La Ruche — ImpACTE Fund
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Arts Funding Program - Operating Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Other services (except public administration)

- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

EPRTNT — Structuring the tourism offer
- From $30,000 to $100,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Community Priorities Grants
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Product and Market Development Program — Agricultural Industry Organizations
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade