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.

Agricultural and Sector Show Support Program – Stream 2
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Nova Scotia Health Mental Health & Addictions Program Grants
Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia- No Condition
- All industries

Astley Family Foundation - Learning Grants
Robert and Judith Astley Family Foundation- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Delta Community Foundation
Delta Community Foundation (DCF)- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

EUP OHAMR Joint Transnational Call
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Find Your Stride
TJX Canada Foundation- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

ScienceUpFirst Community Engagement Grant Program
Canadian Association of Science Centres- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

SK Startup Institute — Business Advising
Government of Saskatchewan- No Condition
- All industries

Trade Commissioner Service — CanExport Associations
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)- From $20,000 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Support for Non-profit Organizations
Fondation jeunes en tête- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
Work to Grow
Nature Canada- Up to 50% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Alberta Innovates — Bitumen Beyond Combustion (BBC) Program
Alberta Innovates- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing

FESBC — 2025-27 Fibre Utilization Funding
The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Public administration

Kanta Marwah Research Innovation Fund
Parkinson Canada Inc.- From $5,000 to $80,000
- All industries

Greater Sudbury Charities Fund and Social Investment Partnership (SIPS)
Sudbury Community Foundation- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

Graduate to Opportunity (GTO) Program
Government of Nova Scotia- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

Port Coquitlam Community Foundation - Capacity Building Grant
PoCo Community Foundation- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Economy & Environment Program
The Richard Ivey Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Women Entrepreneurship Strategy’s Ecosystem Fund
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)- From $250,000 to $3,000,000
- Retail trade
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Cultural Supports Program — Community Events Stream
Government of Ontario- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Port Coquitlam Community Foundation - Projects Grant
PoCo Community Foundation- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Small Grant Accessibility Program
SaskCulture- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Call for Proposals 2024
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada- No Condition
- All industries

Port Coquitlam Community Foundation - Professional Development Grant
PoCo Community Foundation- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Port Coquitlam Community Foundation - Theatre Society Legacy Fund Grant
PoCo Community Foundation- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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City Grant Program - Environmental Enhancement and Food Security Grant
City of Richmond Hill- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Winkler Community Foundation - Darlene Gale Peters Endowment Fund Grants
The Winkler Community Foundation Inc.- From $1,000 to $10,000
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

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

City Grant Program - Child Care Grants
City of Richmond Hill- No Condition
- All industries

Winkler Community Foundation - Community Fund
The Winkler Community Foundation Inc.- From $1,000 to $10,000
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Toronto Main Street Innovation Fund
City of Toronto- From $25,000 to $100,000
- All industries

National Chapter of Canada IODE 100th Anniversary Grant Program
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
Newfoundland and Labrador Community Housing Growth Fund
Community Housing Transformation Centre- No Condition
- All industries

True Patriot Love Foundation - Local Community Fund
True Patriot Love Foundation for Support of Military Families- From $5,000 to $75,000
- All industries
The Nunalingni Piruqpaalirut Fund
Community Housing Transformation Centre- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- All industries

2021 Scientific Research Grant: Call for Proposals
World Anti-Doping Agency- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Rural Innovation Fund (RIF)
Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre (NOIC)- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Arc'teryx Community Grant Program
Arc'teryx- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
Nova Scotia Community Housing Capital Fund
Community Housing Transformation Centre- No Condition
- All industries

Fund to stimulate international business tourism – Stream 3 - Support the implementation of incentives designed to attract international business events to Quebec
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Community Self-Determination Grants
NDN Collective- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Snow PASS Grant Program
Ski-Doo- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

British Columbia History Digitization Program
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Alberta Innovates — Land and Biodiversity Program
Alberta Innovates- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Health Care Unburdened Grant Program
Canadian Medical Association- From $500,000 to $1,000,000
- Health care and social assistance

Community Compass Grant
East Coast Credit Union- From $10,000 to $40,000
- All industries

ArtsSmarts
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- All industries

True Patriot Love Foundation - Captain Nichola Goddard Fund
True Patriot Love Foundation for Support of Military Families- No Condition
- All industries

Fonds Mon virage écologique
Innovation et Développement économique Trois-Rivières (IDETR)- From $2,000 to $15,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
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CCACS Grants
Central Cariboo Arts & Culture Society- From $500 to $3,000
- All industries

IBM Sustainability Accelerator
IBM- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Impact Investing
World Education Services (WES)- From $100,000 to $500,000
- All industries

Vision Fund - Grants for Flourishing Ministry Programs
The United Church of Canada Foundation (UCCF)- No Condition
- All industries

Local Festivals — Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage
Government of Canada- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Tutator Forward
Fondation Tutator- From $75,000 to $1,000,000
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
Connecting through Culture Project
Creative Gros Morne- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Elizabeth L. Gordon Art Program
Ontario Arts Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Smile Cookie Program
Tim Hortons- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Creating Opportunity & Independence
Craig H. Nielsen Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Civil Society - Increasing Access to Justice
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Partners for Places Mini Grant
The Funders Network- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Embark Student Foundation Major Grants Program
Embark Student Corp.- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Educational services

Canadian Emissions Reduction Innovation Network
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

The Box Impact Fund
Box.org- From $25,000 to $25,000
- Other services (except public administration)

Spark Mentorships & Grants - Northwest Ontario
Tourism Innovation Lab- From $3,000 to $3,000
- All industries

United Way Greater Toronto - Community Program Grants
United Way Toronto & York Region, The United Way of Peel Region, The United Way of Greater Toronto- From $50,000 to $150,000
- All industries

Canada-NAWCA Standard Grants
U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service- No Condition
- All industries

Civil Society - Enhancing Community Philanthropy
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Caring for our Community Grant Program
Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Health care and social assistance

Residential Schools Missing Children - Community Support Funding
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)- No Condition
- All industries

Airports Capital Assistance Program
Transport Canada (TC)- Up to 100% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Environment - Advancing Climate Change Solutions
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Calgary Learns - Initiative Grants
Calgary Learns Association- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Emission Reductions Intake
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)- From $75,000 to $50,000,000
- All industries
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Indigenous Communities Fund
TELUS Corporation- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

BOF Justice Grant Program
Black Opportunity Fund (BOF)- From $25,000 to $100,000
- Other services (except public administration)

Co-operators - Co-operative Development Program (CDP)
The Co-operators Group Limited- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Active Communities Fund
Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage- No Condition
- All industries

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

BOF Arts & Culture and Criminal Justice Grant Program
Black Opportunity Fund (BOF)- From $25,000 to $50,000
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Green Community Grant Program
City of St. Albert- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

BOF & BCFC Grant and B3 Capacity Building Program
Black Opportunity Fund (BOF)- From $20,000 to $20,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Emergency Treatment Fund: Call for Proposals
Health Canada- No Condition
- All industries

Electric Vehicle Incentive
Government of Prince Edward Island- Maximum amount : 4,000 $
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Grants to hospital foundations
Fondation Sandra Schmirler Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

North Peace Savings Community Legacy Fund
North Peace Community Foundation- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Other services (except public administration)

City of Fort St. John - Grants in Aid
North Peace Community Foundation- Up to 20% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Fondation J. Armand Bombardier
J. Armand Bombardier Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Community Funding Grants
City of Fredericton- Maximum amount : 336,650 $
- All industries

Coastal GasLink Community Fund
North Peace Community Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Indigenous Genomics Training and Capacity Program – Alberta
Genome Alberta- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Articipate — Creation and Development Grant
Articipate- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Strong Roots Community Grant Program
North Peace Community Foundation- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Scugog Youth Initiative Grant
Township of Scugog- No Condition
- All industries

Perennia — On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF)
Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 85% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Conconi Family Foundation
Robert L. Conconi Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Manitoba Council for International Cooperation Inc. - Relief and Rehabilitation Fund
MCIC- From $10,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Gender Equity Action Fund
Government of New Brunswick- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

The Ontario Trillium Foundation - Seed Grants
OTF- From $10,000 to $100,000
- All industries