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.

Mission Inclusion - Support for Quebec Organizations - Organizational Accompaniment
- Up to 66% of project cost
- All industries

Forest Biomass Program — Exploring biomass pathways stream
- Maximum amount : 130,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Microsoft 365 In-Kind Tech Grants
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)

Agri-Industry Development & Advancement — Business Development (Agricultural Organizations and Associations)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Regional Development Fund — Community Capacity Building
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Livestock Strategy Program — Strategic Livestock Industry
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Youth Education Grants Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Employee Training Program
- Maximum amount : 13,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Student Training and Employment Program (STEP)
- No Condition
- All industries

Fund to stimulate international business tourism – Stream 2 - Carrying out canvassing activities
- From $5,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Alberta Innovates — Agri-Food and Bioindustrial Innovation Program
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Mini-Grants Program
- From $2,500 to $2,500
- All industries

Ecosystem Services Grant Program
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

- No Condition
- All industries

Equipment Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- All industries

Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation
- No Condition
- All industries

Gender Equity Grant
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Economic Development Fund — Tier 3
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Livestock Strategy Program — Community Pasture
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

United Way East Ontario - Community Fund Call for Proposals
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Cultural Spaces Grant Program - Cultural Infrastructure Grants (CIG)
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Brownfields Redevelopment Program - Development Charge Deferral
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Workplace screening of employees
- No Condition
- All industries
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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.

Alberta Innovates — Health Innovations
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

- No Condition
- All industries

BridgeGreen Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

OMIF — Music Industry Initiatives
- From $10,000 to $300,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
Movember Prostate Cancer Health Equity Initiative
- No Condition
- All industries

Environmental Grants Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Building Safer Communities Program Grants (BSCP) - Youth Engagement Project Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

CleanBC Industry Fund - Emissions Performance Request for Proposals
- Maximum amount : 25,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

ViaSport - Rally Together Fund: Sport Volunteering Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Programme de traitement des matières organiques par biométhanisation et compostage (PTMOBC)
- Maximum amount : 5,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Public administration

Regional Action Support Program (RASP)
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Arts & Culture Festival Funding
- Maximum amount : 14,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Barb Bromley Fund for Seniors and Elders
- From $1,000 to $7,000
- Health care and social assistance

Wage Subsidy Program
- Maximum amount : 30,500 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Capacity Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Évolution-Compétences - Professional Norms Component
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services

Chantier de l'économie sociale Trust — Real Estate Patient Capital Loans
- From $50,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 31% of project cost
- All industries

Northern and Indigenous Crime Prevention Fund (NICPF)
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

CMF — Conceptualization Program
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

PacifiCan — Regional Economic Growth through Innovation — Regional Innovation Ecosystems
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

The Ontario Trillium Foundation - Capital Grants
- From $10,000 to $200,000
- All industries

- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Luke Charpentier Memorial Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program
- No Condition
- All industries
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Workforce Analysis and Planning Program (WAPP)
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- All industries

Brian Bronfman Family Foundation
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

- No Condition
- All industries

Caribou Conservation Stewardship Program (CCSP) 2025-26
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Program to support the processing of end-of-life tires through reuse, recycling and energy recovery, as well as out-of-province processing.
- No Condition
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Historic resource conservation grants
- From $1,000 to $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

- No Condition
- All industries

Indigenous Habitat Participation Program: Grant component
- No Condition
- All industries
Manitoba Mineral Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

- No Condition
- All industries

Workforce Training and Employment — Employment Assistance Services
- No Condition
- All industries

Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP)
- No Condition
- Public administration

INOVAIT Pilot Fund
- From $100,000 to $150,000
- Up to 3333% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Pay It Forward (PIF) Muskoka Program
- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- All industries

Upside Down Tree
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)

Engage and Sustain — Artistic Catalysts
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Agricultural biodiversity enhancement program
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Community Social Investment Program - Sustainable Food Security Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

BCAC — Arts Circulation and Touring – Organizations
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Community Enhancement Grants
- From $200 to $1,000
- All industries

Community Initiatives Program (CIP) - Operating Grants
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- All industries
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AI Sovereign Compute Infrastructure Program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

NGen — Feasibility Studies
- From $100,000 to $500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Early Childhood Educator Training Wage Program
- Maximum amount : 12,000 $
- All industries

Environmental Trust Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

PacifiCan — Economic Development Initiative (EDI)
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) Program
- Minimum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Together CK - Core Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

OCLF — Small Business Loans
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

AFA — Summer School Project Funding
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Affordable Housing Initiative
- No Condition
- All industries

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls+ Community Response Fund
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- All industries

Capital Project Grants - Social Policy - Social Small Capital Grants
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Indigenous Economic Development Fund — Regional Partnership Grants Program
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

INVEST North Program — Regional Tile Drainage
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

EV ChargeON Program
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

- Up to 5% of project cost
- All industries

Advance Brampton Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Improving Access to Veterinary Care
- From $150,000 to $750,000
- All industries

Local Food Infrastructure Fund - Large Scale Projects
- No Condition
- All industries

Operating Assistance to Cultural Organizations
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

MEIE — Program to support the development of strategic sectors and niches of excellence (PADS)
- No Condition
- All industries

- From $3,500 to $3,500
- All industries

Community & Neighbourhood Grant
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- All industries

Strong Neighbourhood Grants
- Maximum amount : 1,500 $
- All industries