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.

Social innovation for Montréal’s east end – Call for projects
- From $15,000 to $50,000
- All industries

Partnerships for Her Voice, Her Choice (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights) - Call for Proposals
- From $2,000,000 to $20,000,000
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

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

Neighbourhood Grant Program - Grass Roots Grant
- From $150 to $4,000
- All industries

Small Projects Stream
- From $30,000 to $1,000,000
- All industries

Vision Zero in Road Safety Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Public administration

Alberta Conservation Association - ACA Conservation, Community and Education Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) — Studies projects
- Minimum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- No Condition
- Educational services

Building Safer Communities Program - Organizational and Youth Sector Capacity-building Project Grants
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Business Planning, Skills Development and Agriculture Education
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Conference/Seminar/Workshop Grants
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Preservation Projects
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Family Violence Prevention Grant
- From $25,000 to $200,000
- All industries

Building Safer Communities Program - Youth Engagement Project Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Financial Inclusion Granting Program
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Recreation Partner and Facility Investment Program
- Minimum amount : 50 $
- All industries

Community Projects - Capital Grant Program
- Minimum amount : 500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)

Alberta Culture Days Grant
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Journalism Futures Fund - Organizational Funding Stream
- From $50,000 to $200,000
- Information and cultural industries

Enfant Soleil - Equipment Fund
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)
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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.

Sport Tourism Events
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

New Capacity Stream
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- All industries

Freshslice Cares
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Research & Sector-Building Grants
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Operational Funding
- From $1,000 to $20,000
- All industries

Partnership (Grant) Applications
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

The Home Program
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

United Way Simcoe Muskoka - Women United
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Age-Friendly Communities Grant
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

United Way Simcoe Muskoka - Reaching Home
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Culture and Heritage Grants and Contributions Program - Inuit Language Promotion and Protection Grants
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

ViaSport - BC Ferries Disability Sport Experience Program
- No Condition
- All industries

SurreyCares Community Foundation - Free to Play
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Culture and Heritage Grants and Contributions Program - French Language Arts and Culture Development
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Information and cultural industries

Designated Heritage Property Grant Program
- From $500 to $5,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Major Contributions Grant
- From $25,000 to $200,000
- Construction
- Public administration

SurreyCares Community Foundation - Community Prosperity Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000,000 $
- All industries

Culture and Heritage Grants and Contributions Program - Inuit Societal Values
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Initiatives program (FIP)
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Grants, Donations and Sponsorships
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Reaching Home Grant
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 6,000 $
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

SurreyCares Community Foundation - SurreyCares Community Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Esri Nonprofit Organization Program
- No Condition
- All industries
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Youth Centred Communities Grant
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Exchanges Canada Program - Youth Forums Canada
- No Condition
- All industries

Donation Programs
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)

- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Partnership Funding - Servus Feel Good Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Grants - Municipal Community Wellbeing Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Vital Community Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems - Interdisciplinary Challenge Teams
- Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

HIV Endgame Funding Program
- From $25,000 to $150,000
- Health care and social assistance

Major Arts and Culture Organizations Grant
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Program Funds
- Maximum amount : 8,000 $
- All industries

Condition of Youth
- No Condition
- All industries

Culture and Heritage Grants and Contributions Program - Elder Initiatives
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Culture and Heritage Grants and Contributions Program - French Language Services Program
- Maximum amount : 50 $
- All industries

Rio Tinto Alcan Canada - Rio Tinto Aluminum Canada Fund
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Community Investment Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

Accessibility Grants
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Kootenay Savings Community Foundation
- No Condition
- All industries

Charitable contributions, donations and grants
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Support for Korean Studies Resources
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services

AWS InCommunities Calgary Fund
- From $500 to $10,000
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

- No Condition
- All industries

Support for Korea-Related Cultural Events
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Adapted Sport and Recreation Grant
- No Condition
- All industries
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Culture and Heritage Grants and Contributions Program - Elders and Youth Facilities
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

ServiceNow Community Improvement Fund Canada
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Educational services

The Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund (EDRF)
- Maximum amount : 19,700 $
- All industries

GLOW Indigenous Health Grant: Guiding Local Opportunities for Wellbeing
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Critical Food Infrastructure Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Development of Official-Language Communities Program (Official Languages Support Programs) - Community Life Component
- No Condition
- All industries

School Food Infrastructure Grant
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

World Mental Health Day Community Fund
- Maximum amount : 620 $
- Health care and social assistance

Strategic Sponsorships
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Advancing Indigenous Gender Equality through Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Taking Action on Family Violence Grant Program
- From $50,000 to $500,000
- All industries

Philanthropic Engagement Committee - Preventing social isolation together
- From $15,000 to $50,000
- Health care and social assistance

Critical Service Grant Program
- From $20,000 to $30,000
- All industries

Social Sector Development Grants
- From $100,000 to $200,000
- All industries

Lineage Foundation for Good
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Grant for hosting free tax clinics
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

CWCF Young Adult Arts and Culture Granting Program
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Domtar Connects
- No Condition
- Educational services

Gift In Kind Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Culture and Heritage Grants and Contributions Program - Culture and Heritage
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

HCi3 Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

General Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Ockenden International Prize
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Front Line Agency Funding
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

Systems Change Grants
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries