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 Challenge grant
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- All industries

Annual Research Grants
- From $10,000 to $100,000
- Health care and social assistance

Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Loisir et Sport Montérégie — Transport Fund
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation - New Investigator Grants
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Forest Operations Modernization Program
- From $5,000 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Harm Reduction Grants
- From $50,000 to $150,000
- All industries

Energy Savings for Business Program
- From $500 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade

The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation - Healthcare Research by Community Physicians
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Amplifying Communities Initiative
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
Bourses d’études supérieures pour des étudiants de deuxième et de troisième cycle
- From $7,500 to $10,000
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Moffat Family Fund - Moose Jaw & District
- From $1,000 to $20,000
- All industries

EHRC — Welcoming Newcomers
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Educational services

Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF)
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- Maximum amount : 90,000 $
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
Subventions pour des projets dans la communauté qui favorisent l’adoption de saines habitudes de vie
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Youth Climate Action Fund Micro-grant
- From $1,500 to $7,000
- All industries

Commemorate Canada Program
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Recruitment, Retention and Innovative Skills
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Financial Assistance Program from the Fonds de la sécurité routière
- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

UERAB Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Safety Grants Program
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Falls prevention and healthy aging grant
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
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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 — System Innovations Grant
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- No Condition
- All industries

Sustainable Development Support Program for Mining Sector Companies — Stream D
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Family & Community Support Services (FCSS) funding
- No Condition
- All industries

WorkBC — Wage Subsidy Program
- From $3,600 to $12,000
- Up to 85% of project cost
- All industries

Alberta Innovates — Methane Emissions Reduction Program
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Truth and Reconciliation Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

ACOA Business Information Services — Newfoundland and Labrador
- No Condition
- All industries

Public transit development assistance program – Stream 1 : Financial assistance for urban public transit
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

Communities and Artists Shifting Culture (CASC) - Cultural Project Grants Program
- From $2,500 to $15,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Fund to support attraction and sustainable settlement in Côte-Nord
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Official Languages Economic Development Initiative in Quebec — Not-for-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Northern Ontario Development Program (NODP) — Youth Internships — Not-for-Profit
- No Condition
- All industries

Listen, Hear Our Voices — Small projects
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

B.C. Indigenous Agriculture Development Program – Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 51% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Minimum amount : 75,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Arts-based programming
- From $15,000 to $120,000
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Uplifting single mothers grant
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

First Nations and Inuit Skills Link Program (Private Sector)
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Alberta Innovates — Enabling Better Health through Artificial Intelligence
- Maximum amount : 800,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

ACOA Business Information Services — New Brunswick
- No Condition
- All industries

Extraordinary Grants for Major Church Development/Redevelopment
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)

ACOA Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative — Indigenous Stream
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing

Heritage Property Grant Program - Cost sharing grant
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
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Capital Grants for Church Development/Redevelopment
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)

ACOA Jobs and Growth Fund — Indigenous Stream
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

OTF — Seed Grant
- From $10,000 to $100,000
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

Community Enhancement Program — Rural Enhancement Funding Stream
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

Mackenzie Together Grants
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 4 - Support for vitality
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Manitoba Climate Action Fund (CAF)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Northern and Regional Economic Development Program
- From $20,000 to $300,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Johansen Larsen Foundation
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Toronto Cultural Festivals Funding Program
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Resiliency Grants
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Climate and Equity Lab Grants
- From $50,000 to $52,500
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Strategic Charitable Partnership Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Economic Development Organization Operating Support Program (PAFODE) — Component 1 : Operating support for organizations supporting entrepreneurship
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

Small Business Property Tax Subclass
- No Condition
- Retail trade

Community Tourism Destination Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 375,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

The Thames Valley Education Foundation - The Learning Enhancement Fund
- Maximum amount : 500 $
- Educational services

Mission Inclusion - Support for Quebec Organizations - Community Projects
- Maximum amount : 55,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)

AgriAssurance Program — Kosher and Halal Investment – Not-for-profit
- Maximum amount : 350,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing

The Thames Valley Education Foundation - The Caring Fund
- Maximum amount : 500 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Emergency And Climate Change Adaptation Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Canada Community Security Program (CCSP)
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

OCI — Innovating Digital Health Solutions (IDHS)
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
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Annual Grant Program - Community Impact Grant
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

EUREKA!
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

- No Condition
- All industries

Yukon Film — Training Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Tourism Growth Program in Atlantic Canada
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) - Indigenous Energy Support Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- All industries

Enhancement of Official Languages Program
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Alberta Innovates — LevMax-Health
- No Condition
- All industries

Manitoba paid work experience tax credit
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Council Discretionary Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

- From $100 to $2,500
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Canadian Cancer Society - Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research
- From $20,000 to $20,000
- All industries

Environment Fund Grant
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)

- From $500 to $3,500
- Health care and social assistance

Brockville and Area Community Foundation
- From $500 to $11,800
- Other services (except public administration)

Canadian Cancer Society - Research Training Awards
- No Condition
- All industries

Mobilize Grant - Truth & Action
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Annual Operations Assistance
- No Condition
- All industries

Canadian Cancer Society - Canadian Cancer Society Emerging Scholar Research Grants
- Maximum amount : 120,000 $
- All industries

Heritage Grants - Heritage Façade Rehabilitation Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries

Nova Scotia Health & QEII Health Sciences Foundation Health Equity Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Building Sector Capacity, Growth and Competitiveness
- From $50,000 to $2,500,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Maureen Tonge 'Living Your Legacy' Fund
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Helen & John Parker Community Fund
- From $1,000 to $12,000
- Other services (except public administration)