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.

New Mobility Assistance Program (NOMO) – Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 2.3
- From $5,000 to $200,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Educational services

The Community Foundation of Prince Edward Island - PCU Impact Fund
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) — Community Economic Development
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- All industries

Tourisme Côte-Nord — EPRTNT – Structuring the tourism offer
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

SODEC — Production support
- Maximum amount : 4,000,000 $
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Core Support Grants (CSG)
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program – Projects
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Financial assistance program for regional service units in the areas of recreation, sports, outdoor activities, and physical activity (PAFURS)
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

NGen — Advanced Manufacturing Projects
- Up to 37% of project cost
- Manufacturing

ECHO Foundation — Environment
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
Animal Welfare Organization Grants
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)

DEPS — Social Economy Development Fund
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Become a Partner Agency
- No Condition
- All industries

Agriculture Research and Innovation — Applied Research (Agriculture Industry Associations)
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Nutrition North Canada retail subsidy program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Health care and social assistance

ALS Society of Canada - ALS Canada Project Grant Program
- No Condition
- All industries
Improving Equity in Access to Palliative Care Cohort 2 Call for Applications
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
Strengthening Primary Care in Northern, Rural and Remote Communities
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Gatineau — Green Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Marketing Initiative Program
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Recreation Infrastructure Program
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
Right Care Challenge
- Maximum amount : 34,250 $
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Early Years Continuing Education Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
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Enhancing Integrated Care
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

NRC — Imaging, fluorescence and microscopy
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

People & Talent Program — Workforce Development Stream
- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Archaeology and Palaeontology Research Support
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

NGen — Cluster Building Project
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

The Norfolk Community Foundation
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Capital Project Grants - Downtown Eastside (DTES) Plan Grants
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

School Food Grants
- No Condition
- Educational services

Heritage Facilities
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Alberta Innovates — Bitumen Partial Upgrading Program
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

My First Games
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Atlantic Immigration Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Support program for economic development projects (PAPDE) — Component 3 : Promotion of foreign trade and prospecting for foreign investments
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Heritage Core Funding
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

First Nations and Inuit Skills Link Program (Not-for-Profit Sector)
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services

Nunavut Toponomy Program
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Information and cultural industries

Community Radio Grant
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Information and cultural industries

La Ruche — Positive Footprint Fund
- From $5,000 to $100,000
- All industries

Public Library Services
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services

Culture and Heritage (Schedule B)
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Culture and Heritage (Schedule A)
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- No Condition
- All industries

Edmonton Arts Council - Invent & Adapt
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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World Trade Centre Winnipeg — Business Resources
- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries

Health Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

General Admission Festivals Program
- From $5,000 to $15,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Toronto — Capacity Buyback Program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Educational services

Buy BC Partnership Program — Industry Associations, Boards or Councils
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Cultural Communications Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Edmonton Arts Council - Equity and Access in the Arts
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) — Producers
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Edmonton Arts Council - Operating & Programming Investments
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Local Food Infrastructure Fund – Small Scale Projects
- From $25,000 to $500,000
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Affordable Housing Partnership Program
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance

Consulting Advisory Services
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Equity and Inclusion in The Arts Fund - Sustain
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

CSSP — Lighting the path with AI: Advanced analytics and decision support for first responders
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Local Food Infrastructure Fund – Large Scale Projects
- From $150,000 to $500,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Stand With Owners — Telus Business
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

Quantum Quebec
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Young Canada Works in Both Official Languages — Not-for-Profit
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

French Language Arts and Culture Development
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Major Sport Event Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

NRC — Data Analytics Centre research facility
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Language Implementation Fund - Inuit Language Promotion and Protection (Schedule A-1)
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Public administration

Language Implementation Fund - Inuit Language Promotion and Protection (Schedule B-1)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Youth in Action Grants
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries
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Trade Commissioner Service — CanExport Community Investment
- From $3,000 to $500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Molly Towell Fellowships for Candidates with Special Aptitude for Research
- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Educational services

RDAR — One Health Targeted Call
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

CREB® REALTOR® Community Foundation - Transformation Grants
- No Condition
- Construction

Quantum Leap
- From $500,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

CREB® REALTOR® Community Foundation - Legacy Grants
- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Aboriginal Women’s Violence Prevention Grants Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Atlantic Innovation Fund — Universities, Colleges and Research Institutions
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

CBDC Social Enterprise Loan
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

The Thompson Community Foundation
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Celebrate Canada
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Energy efficiency for industry – Industrial Facility Track
- From $40,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Panel innovation platform (PIP)
- From $100,000 to $375,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- No Condition
- All industries

Travel Alberta — Product Development Fund
- From $75,000 to $500,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Allen and Loreen Vandekerkhove Family Foundation
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)

Leadership and Mentorship Grant
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Forest Biomass Program — Modernization stream
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Brownfields Redevelopment Program - Rehabilitation
- Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

ARBJ — Pre-start-up program (PPE)
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Ottawa Valley Community Foundation - General and Bereavement Funds
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Commercial Buildings Retrofit Program
- Maximum amount : 1,250,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Unsmoke Canada Cleanups
- From $5,000 to $10,000
- All industries

Ottawa Valley Community Foundation - Sports 4 All Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation