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.

Together For Our Youth
- No Condition
- All industries

Canadian Music Assistance
- No Condition
- All industries

Indigenous Labour Market Fund
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta - WestMET Community Grant Fund
- Maximum amount : 35,760 $
- All industries

Grants for Community Groups
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Riipen — Future Path
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Grassroots - Stepping Stones Grants
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- All industries

Region of Waterloo Arts Funding
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

The 2SLGBTQI+ Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub
- No Condition
- All industries

- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

Bell Canada - Bell Let's Talk Diversity Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Community Services Recovery Fund
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Impact Canada - Deep Space Food Challenge
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries

Dufferin Vision Fund Grants
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Quality of Life Granting Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Formations de courte durée (COUD) — Requalification and skills enhancement
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Knowledge and Technology Transfer Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Cultural Partnership Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program - Organizational Capacity Building component
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Guelph-Wellington Community Agriculture Challenge
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Green Community Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

ELRL Community Grant Program
- 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.

Maple Leaf Community Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Mississauga Foundation - Novo Nordisk Chronic Disease Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Francophone Community Grants Program (FCGP)
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Ontario Autism Program Workforce Capacity Fund
- From $50,000 to $400,000
- All industries

Community Grants and Partnerships
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

RDN Grants - Oceanside Recreation Services Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Yukon Francophonie Day
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Call for letter of intent
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- All industries

Cultural Spaces Grant Program - Capital Grants
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- All industries

InTO the Ravines Grant
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)

Mississauga Foundation - Hazel McCallion Fund for Arts, Culture and Heritage
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

London Community Grants Program - Capital Grant Stream
- No Condition
- All industries

Burlington Arts and Culture Fund
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- All industries

Methanex Gives - Medicine Hat
- No Condition
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Rural Enhancement Employment Program — Private Sector Businesses
- Maximum amount : 14,400 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries
Sector Transformation Fund - Local Projects
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Community Culture Grants - Community Public Art Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

Ottawa Rural Clean Water Grants Program (ORCWGP)
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Cultural Spaces Grant Program - Affordable Spaces operating grants
- From $25,000 to $40,000
- All industries

Community ACCESS-Ability Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

KSW Calgary Holocaust Education & Commemoration Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

NGen — Pilot Projects
- From $50,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

NRC — Metrology Research Centre
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Foundation of Central Alberta - Women & Girls Fund
- No Condition
- All industries
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Albert Hall Seniors Enhancement Fund
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Genome Prairie — Precision Health Initiative
- Maximum amount : 6 $
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Grassroots - Neighbour Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

National Bank Financial Group - Sponsorships
- No Condition
- All industries

Children and Youth Grants
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- All industries

Community Funding Program - Civic Events funding
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- All industries

Community Grants - FCSS Building Bridges Grants
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Business Growth — Attracting and retaining talent
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Sponsorships and Corporate Programs
- From $100 to $5,000
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Heritage Preservation Partnership Program - Publication Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Change Can’t Wait!
- No Condition
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 5,062 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

General Financial Assistance Program
- No Condition
- All industries

City of North Vancouver Community Grants
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Metcalf Foundation - Inclusive Local Economies Program: Opportunities Fund
- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- All industries

Musical Performances by Charitable Ensembles
- No Condition
- All industries

Recreation Grant - New Projects and Initiatives
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- All industries

OTF — Grow Grant
- From $50,000 to $600,000
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Tourism Growth Program in British Columbia
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Indigenous Economic Development Fund — Business and Community Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Canada Book Fund Publishers Business Development — Publishing Internships
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

A.P.E Fund
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)

CHRC — Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Culture and Heritage Grants and Contributions Program - Youth & Elders Committees
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries
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Schoolyard Tree Planting Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Educational services

Mitacs — Canadian Science Policy Fellowship
- No Condition
- All industries

JEDI — Aboriginal Development Fund — Business and Entrepreneurship Development
- Maximum amount : 16,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Social Innovation Project Grants
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program — Collaboration projects
- From $3,000,000 to $3,000,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Community Arts Investment Program (CAIP) - Artist Collective Stream
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Public administration

Nature Inspiration Awards
- From $5,000 to $5,000
- All industries

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

- No Condition
- All industries

Indigenous Intellectual Property Program Grant — Travel stream
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries
Sector Transformation Fund - Sectoral Impact Projects
- No Condition
- All industries

Whitetooth Affordable Ski Program
- From $1,400 to $5,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

PME MTL — Social Initiatives
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- All industries

Honouring the Children Grant
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- All industries

Limited Duration Two-Year Operating Grant
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- All industries

Project Grant Program – Organizations
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

Cultivating biodiversity in agricultural environments
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Community Foundation of Central Alberta - Community Grants Microgrant Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Community Development Funds - Performing Arts Community Development Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Creative Industries Fund in Nova Scotia
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

JEDI — Aboriginal Development Fund — CED
- Maximum amount : 16,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Fondation François Bourgeois
- No Condition
- All industries

General Charities Grants
- From $5 to $5,000
- All industries

Youth Suicide Prevention Grant Program
- From $40,000 to $175,000
- All industries
