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.

Community Housing Supply Grant Pilot Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Sport Support Program - National Sport Organization
- No Condition
- All industries

Building BC - Community Housing Fund
- From $171,211 to $178,059
- All industries

Economic Development Fund — Tier 2
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Canada United Small Business Relief Fund
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

AgriScience Program — Projects – Not-for-profit
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Emerging Innovators Challenge
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

ID Gatineau — Local Fund
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Canadian Fish and Seafood Opportunities Fund
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Program and Operating Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Youth Action Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Professional cultural organizations - Soutien aux projets des organismes culturels professionnels
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Professional cultural organizations - Cultural projects for children with special needs attending adapted leisure organizations
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

ACCLR Info entrepreneurs — Business services
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Centretown Heritage Façade Improvement Program
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Retail trade

Festivals and Special Event Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Site Readiness Program
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Community Opportunity Readiness
- No Condition
- All industries

SOCAN — Work Commissioning Assistance
- From $1,000 to $3,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Maytree Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Alberta Media Fund — Cultural Industry Organizations Grant
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Edmonton Arts Council - Emergency Support
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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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.

Community Arts Programming Grant
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Community Investment Program - Change Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

- From $180,000 to $180,000
- All industries

Current Tenders — Nova Scotia
- No Condition
- All industries

Agriculture Awareness Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Community Foundation of Central Alberta - Volunteer Central Legacy Grant
- Minimum amount : 500 $
- All industries

Community Action Initiative (CAI) - Rural, Remote & Indigenous Overdose Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Addressing the Agriculture Labour Task Force Grant Program — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant (CSJG)
- From $1,000 to $10,000
- Up to 66% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services

JEDI — Indigenous Internship Program
- Maximum amount : 45,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

AFA — Major Arts Presenters Operating Funding
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Indigenous Community Capital Grants Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Community, Youth and Cultural Funding Program - Project Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Manitoba Council for International Cooperation Inc. - Theme Fund
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

Universal Broadband Fund — Rapid Response Stream
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Information and cultural industries

Edmonton Arts Council - Grants for Individuals and Collectives
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Spark Funds
- From $5,000 to $15,000
- All industries

Recreation & Sports Funding
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Intrapreneurship program
- No Condition
- All industries
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CMF — Prototyping Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Events & Festivals Fund
- From $25,000 to $150,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

New Mobility Assistance Program (NOMO) – Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

Northern Indigenous Economic Opportunities Program — Community Readiness and Opportunities Planning
- No Condition
- All industries

Listen, Hear Our Voices — Large projects
- From $25,000 to $100,000
- Up to 85% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Trucking HR Canada – Student Work Placement Subsidy
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Digital Strategy Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Canada Book Fund Publishers Business Development — Business Planning — Aboriginal or Official Language Minority Firms
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Culture and Heritage Grants and Contributions Program - Heritage Core Funding
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Climate Innovation Grant Program
- From $100,000 to $100,000
- All industries

Agricultural and Sector Show Support Program – Stream 1.2
- Maximum amount : 95,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Development of Official-Language Communities Program (Official Languages Support Programs) - Infrastructure Projects
- No Condition
- Construction

Whalesafe Gear Adoption Fund
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services

APCHQ Mauricie-Lanaudière Golf Tournament
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Capitalization of Social Economy Enterprises (CAES) — Stream 1
- From $25,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

ALS Society of Canada - ALS Canada-Brain Canada Discovery Grant Program
- From $125,000 to $500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

The Amir and Yasmin Virani Family Foundation
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component - Support for Interpretation and Translation
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Multi-Year Grants
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Professional cultural organizations - Outdoor exhibitions
- Maximum amount : 6,500 $
- All industries

ArtStarts in Schools Society - Artists in Education (AIE) Grants for School Districts
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- From $200 to $1,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

AgriMarketing Program — National Industry Associations
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
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- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Professional cultural organizations - Mise en valeur du patrimoine par les arts
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Business Development Program — Commercial Component
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)

Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) — Community economic development projects
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

INNOGEC
- No Condition
- All industries

Collective Bargaining Information Services
- No Condition
- Construction
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Programme de subventions communautaires
- No Condition
- All industries
Events and Youth Initiatives
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Inter Pipeline Cares (iCare) Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

UFA Agricultural Community Foundation - Major Partnerships
- From $15,000 to $15,000
- All industries

UFA Agricultural Community Foundation - Rural Communities Grant
- From $10,000 to $40,000
- All industries

Rural Transit Solutions Fund — Capital Projects
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

- Minimum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Building Communities through Arts and Heritage - Legacy Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Regions and Rurality Fund – Component 4 – Vitalization
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Grants to Youth Organizations
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

St. John Ambulance Mental Health Literacy Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Lorne and Evelyn Johnson Foundation Grants
- From $5,000 to $15,000
- All industries

Business Development Program (BDP)
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)

MusiCounts - MusiCounts Slaight Family Foundation Innovation Fund
- From $5,000 to $20,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Newfoundland and Labrador — Business Growth Program
- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

AFA — Community Support Organizations Operating Funding
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Hydrogen Centre of Excellence - Services Capacity
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- All industries

Fund for Support for Access
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation