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.

Future Generations Foundation
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- All industries

Mental Health Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Emergency Response Grants
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Aging in Motion (AIM): Transportation Supports & Innovations Enhancement Grant
- From $10,000 to $100,000
- All industries

School’s Out Summer
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Educational services

Lotteries Yukon Funding Programs - Funding for Communities
- No Condition
- All industries

Children and Youth Program Grants
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Arts Funding Program - Grow Forward Grants
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Reaching Home
- No Condition
- All industries

Participatory Action Research Grants
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Joyce Gemmell Jessen Habitat Conservation Fund
- From $17,000 to $35,000
- All industries

South Saskatchewan Vital Community Fund
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Heritage Program Grants - Community Museum Grants Program
- From $1,350 to $3,150
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

BIPOC Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Heritage Program Grants - Heritage Grants Program
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Lotteries Yukon Funding Programs - Funding for projects
- No Condition
- All industries

London Endowment For Heritage Grant (LEHF)
- No Condition
- All industries

Bishop James P. Mahoney Institute of the Family Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Vital Focus Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Transforming Systems Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Donor Advised Funds
- No Condition
- All industries

Mi'kmaq Arts Program
- From $500 to $15,000
- All industries

Grants to Organizations and Groups
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

Arts Equity Funding Initiative
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Strategic Opportunity Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries
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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.

Niagara Falls Cultural Development Fund
- From $2,500 to $10,000
- All industries

Arts & Culture Investment Program
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
- From $2,500 to $50,000
- All industries

Vision Grants
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- All industries

Environment Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Toronto Foundation - Call for Applications: Black and Indigenous Futures Fund
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

Climate + Health Excellence (CHEX) Centers
- Maximum amount : 10,000,000 $
- All industries

The Ontario Trillium Foundation - Youth Opportunities Fund
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- All industries

The Ontario Trillium Foundation - Resilient Communities Fund
- From $10,000 to $200,000
- All industries

Access Support Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Arts Across Canada and Abroad
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

Operating Assistance
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Initiatives Fund - Community Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Project Assistance
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- All industries

Cultural Hotspot - SPARK Projects
- Maximum amount : 9,000 $
- All industries

2001 London Alliance Canada Summer Games Fund
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Port of Vancouver - Community Grants
- From $25,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program - Events component
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Canadian Experiences Fund - Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor)
- No Condition
- All industries

Elevating Voices Grant
- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- All industries

Rural Economic Development program — Strategic Economic Infrastructure Stream
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

People & Talent Program - Workforce Development Stream
- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

Community Project Grants
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- All industries

Mississauga Foundation - Smart and Caring Children and Youth
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- All industries

Arts Funding Program - IDEA Grants
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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Waterloo Region International Plowing Match Fund Grants
- Maximum amount : 4,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Beem Foundation
- From $2,500 to $10,000
- Finance and insurance
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Strategic Fund – Community Life
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund - Grants
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- All industries

Farm Credit Canada - FCC Community Funding
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

The Sisters of Providence Care of St. Vincent de Paul Community Impact Fund - Older Adults Connecting & Belonging (OACB) Stream
- No Condition
- All industries

Weston Family Foundation - Prairie Grasslands Initiative
- No Condition
- All industries

Cultural Grants Program - Cultural Equity and Accessibility Funding (CEAF)
- No Condition
- All industries

Supportive Living Program (SLP)
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Stewardship Seed Funding
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- From $150,000 to $150,000
- Up to 67% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Summer Camp Grant Program
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

First Peoples' Cultural Council - Heritage Program
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Seniors Community Meal Grant
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
- Accommodation and food services

Canadian Experiences Fund - Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Science Horizons Youth Internship Program
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Utilities
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Registered Heritage Structure Maintenance Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

City Grant Program - Parks, Recreation and Community Events
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) - Grid Innovation Fund
- From $1,000,000 to $4,750,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Transportation and warehousing

Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta - Community Grants
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Metcalf Foundation - Performing Arts Program: Booster Fund
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

Défi-Québec, an entrepreneurial city
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

2026 Recreational, Sports, and Outdoor Infrastructure Financial Assistance Program
- Up to 66% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Downtown residential construction subsidy program
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
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- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Intercultural Conversations
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Discretionary Grants
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

The Temiskaming Foundation - For Kids Sake Fund
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

EHRC — Discovering Potential
- Maximum amount : 22,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities

Port Coquitlam Community Foundation - Community Grant
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Community Capital Projects Grant
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Smart and Caring Community Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Grants
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)

Springford Family Foundation
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Social Responsibility Fund (SRF) Community Grant Program
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Equipment and Technology Advancement Program
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction
EconoLease Community Grants Program
- From $5,000 to $5,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Tourism Growth Program — Indigenous Projects for Quebec
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries
TD Bank Group - Corporate Donations and Sponsorships
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Cold Weather Preparedness Grant
- From $1,000 to $10,000
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Support program to help victims of crime and promote their recovery - Stream 1
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Community Safety and Well-being Fund - Building Safer Communities Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Emergency Relief Community Sport and Recreation Grant
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
Nova Scotia Black Community Housing Fund
- No Condition
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance
McConnell Foundation - Montréal Grants Program
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

Fonds signature métropole - Stream 1: Support for festivals and major events
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services