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.

KCFI – Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Support for festivals in the Greater Montréal region
- From $50,000 to $700,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta - Community Impact Award
- No Condition
- All industries

Ontario Creates Industry Development Program
- From $5,000 to $35,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Adoption and Permanency Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Research Funding Programs
- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

French Language Services Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

ESDC — Apprenticeship Service Program
- From $5,000 to $10,000
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Support program for organizations working with people experiencing homelessness
- Up to 2% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Support program for the development of reserved designations and promotional terms — Component 3
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Livestock Strategy Program — Pollination Expansion
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Arts and Culture Grant
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 65% of project cost
- All industries

Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program (REDIP)
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Metcalf Foundation - Environment Program: Carbon Landscapes
- No Condition
- All industries
Investment Readiness Program
- No Condition
- All industries

CanNor Jobs and Growth Fund — Not-for-Profit
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Public administration

Community Enhancement Program — Enhance Your Community Stream
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Affordable Housing Renovation Program
- Maximum amount : 575,000 $
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Supported Employment
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Saskatchewan Arts Board Grants
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

True Patriot Love Foundation - Bell True Patriot Love Fund
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- All industries

Youth-led Community Health Grants Program
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
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Grants for non-profits provide essential funding for organizations to innovate and adopt sustainable practices. These financial aids support the growth and resilience of the non-profit sector.

OTF — Family Innovations Test Grant
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Brant Community Foundation - City of Brantford Community Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

CAAIN — 2024 – 2025 Open Competition
- Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- From $10,000 to $10,000
- Other services (except public administration)

- No Condition
- All industries

Investor Education and Protection Grants Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Indigenous Healing and Wellness Grants
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Northwest Territories Arts Council Funding
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Digital Equity Accelerator
- From $100,000 to $100,000
- Other services (except public administration)

Clean Foundation — Science Horizons Youth Internship
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Enabling Agricultural Research and Innovation
- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Beach Infrastructure Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Adapted Business Grant Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Futures Manitoba — Indigenous Business Development Services
- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

CREATE ACTION
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

Doing Business with the Government — British Columbia
- No Condition
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Gender-Responsive Climate Finance Window
- From $40,000 to $500,000
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Other services (except public administration)

Humanities Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Programme Action-Climat Québec
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Public administration

VERGE Capital — Startup Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Non-Profit Organizations Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Programme de restauration et de création de milieux humides et hydriques
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- All industries

Heart of Georgian Bay Community Forward Fund
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
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Digital Literacy Exchange Program
- From $50,000 to $2,000,000
- All industries

Alberta Innovates — Water Innovation Program
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

AFA — Arts Presenting Project Funding
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Alberta Export Expansion Program (AEEP)
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

British Columbia History Digitization Program
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP)
- From $100,000 to $6,000,000
- Up to 1% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

RecreationNL - Eat Great and Participate Funding Program
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

RecreationNL - Teen Challenge Physical Activity Funding Program
- Maximum amount : 250 $
- All industries

RecreationNL - Parasport and Recreation for Persons with a Disability Funding Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Indigenous Cultural Heritage Program
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities — National or Regional Component
- No Condition
- All industries

Tourism Market Readiness Subsidy Program
- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Canadian Relations Support Program - Tier 1: Expertise exchange
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Arts & Culture Grants - Celebrations & Events Grants
- Maximum amount : 18,500 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Arts & Culture Grants - Programming & Project Assistance Grants
- Maximum amount : 12,500 $
- All industries

Sponsorship and Donations
- No Condition
- All industries

Arts & Culture Grants - Operating Assistance Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

United Way Greater Toronto - Cooksville Community Action Grants
- Minimum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

FRWIP — Water Development Projects
- From $500 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

United Way Greater Toronto - Community Program Grants
- From $50,000 to $150,000
- All industries

Toronto Foundation - Free to Play
- From $20,000 to $150,000
- All industries

Port Coquitlam Community Foundation - Community Capital Projects Matching Grant
- From $1,000 to $10,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Canada Foundation for Innovation - John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
- Maximum amount : 800,000 $
- All industries

DEPS — Assistance and support program for local businesses
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Canada Foundation for Innovation - Innovation Fund
- Maximum amount : 4,000,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries
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- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Canada Foundation for Innovation - Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Partnership Program (Employment)
- No Condition
- All industries

Canada Foundation for Innovation - Major Science Initiatives (MSI) Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Taking action for wildlife
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Canada Foundation for Innovation - Northern Fund
- From $250,000 to $2,500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Canada Foundation for Innovation - Exceptional Opportunities Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

David S. Howes Fund Grants Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Initiative for Sustainable Aviation Technology (INSAT)
- Up to 36% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Canada's Ocean Supercluster — Program Innovation ecosystem projects and activities
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- All industries

Alberta Innovates — Digital Innovation in Clean Energy (DICE)
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Indigenous Participation Fund - Engagement and relationship-building stream
- No Condition
- All industries

Civil Forfeiture Grant Program - Anti-hate stream
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction

Organic Industry Development — Increasing Market Competitiveness
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

Community Incentive Grant Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Call for projects for digital cultural development in the Canadian Francophonie
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Research Investment Opportunities: Foundational Infrastructure: Foundational Infrastructure
- No Condition
- All industries

Ascension competition
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Bee BC Program
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CAAIN — 2025 Broadacre Cropping Program
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Milton Community Connections Grant
- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- All industries

Ontario Job Creation Partnerships
- No Condition
- All industries