Ontario Grants for Non-Profit Organizations: Comprehensive Overview and Opportunities
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) in Ontario play a vital role in supporting social, cultural, and community development. Access to grants and funding opportunities is essential for these organizations to carry out impactful projects that benefit local communities, address social issues, and promote economic growth. Ontario offers various grant programs specifically designed for non-profit organizations, providing crucial financial support for development, innovation, and community services. This article provides an overview of Ontario grant programs for non-profits, highlights the funding options available across Canada, and introduces key resources like Grantwatch for accessing international grant opportunities.

Expanded Energy Management Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

XLerate Program
- Maximum amount : 15,000,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

Economic Development & Growth in Employment (EDGE) Incentive Program
- From $3,000,000 to $10,000,000
- Up to 77% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Court Challenges Program (CCP)
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

EnAbling Change Program
- No Condition
- All industries

FedDev Ontario — Economic Development Initiative (Southern Ontario) — Not-For-Profit
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Ontario Anti-Hate Security and Prevention Grant (2025-26)
- From $5,000 to $10,000
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Talent Opportunities Program — Student Work Placement Program
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

Rural Economic Development program — Economic Diversification and Competitiveness Stream
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program (IFIT) — Business projects
- From $3,000,000 to $3,000,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Southwestern Ontario Development Fund — Community economic development projects
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

OTF — Organizational Mentors
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Black Youth Mentorship Program
- No Condition
- All industries

OTF — Community Building Fund - Operating Stream
- From $10,000 to $250,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

FPACN Justice Grant Program
- From $25,000 to $100,000
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

OTF — Community Building Fund – Capital Stream
- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Customized Export Development Training Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG)
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

OTF — Economic Recovery and Resilience Fund
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

WinterTech Development
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

OVIN — Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing

Grid Innovation Fund
- From $1,000,000 to $4,750,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

C/AV and Smart Mobility — Stream 1
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration

Enabling Accessibility Fund — Small projects
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Construction
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing
- Information and cultural industries

Electric Vehicle (EV) — Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
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Indigenous Arts Projects
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Home Renovation Savings Program
- Maximum amount : 12,000 $
- All industries

CoolSaver Program
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- Utilities
- Construction

HomeEnergySaver Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Eco-Roof Incentive Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Instant Discounts Program
- Maximum amount : 140 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities

Retrofit Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Developing Medicines through Open Science (DMOS)
- Maximum amount : 1,600,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Energy Performance Program
- No Condition
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Commercial CoolSaver Program
- Maximum amount : 1,450 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade

Energy Affordability Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Ontario Agri-food Research Initiative (OAFRIP)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Existing Building Commissioning program
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Utilities
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

- No Condition
- All industries

Community Economic Development (CED)
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

APCHQ — Affordable Housing Innovation Fund
- No Condition
- Construction
- Finance and insurance
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance

Northern Ontario Development Program — Community Economic Development
- Up to 33% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Manufacturing

Black Arts Projects
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Language Interpreter Grants
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP)
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Occupational Health and Safety Prevention and Innovation Program
- No Condition
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Community Planting and Stewardship Grant
- From $5,000 to $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Ottawa — Tourism Accessibility Fund (TAF)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Heritage Organization Development Grants Program
- Maximum amount : 1,545 $
- All industries

Greening Partnership Grant
- From $5,000 to $100,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
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- Maximum amount : 17,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Aboriginal Business Contribution Program (ABCP)
- Maximum amount : 249,999 $
- All industries

Tourism Development Fund (TDF)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Celebrate Ontario Blockbuster (COB)
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Investing in Women's Futures
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

OVIN — Regional Future Workforce Program
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Educational services

- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

The Temiskaming Foundation - Englehart & Area Community Fund Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Arts Investment Program (CAIP) - Arts Organizations Stream
- From $20,000 to $35,000
- All industries

Regional Economic Growth Through Innovation & Southern Ontario Prosperity Program — Not-for-profit organizations
- Minimum amount : 125,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Toronto Eco-Roof Incentive Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

Energy Retrofit Loans (ERL)
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Taking Action on Tower Renewal Program (TATR)
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

OVIN — Content Partnerships Program
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services

Sustainable New Agri-Food Products & Productivity Program — Productivity Enhancement
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Epson's Focused Giving Community Relations Program
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Grassroots Growth Program
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Regional Tile Drainage Initiative
- Maximum amount : 500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Skills Development Fund (SDF) — Capital Stream — SEED Pathway
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Ontario Labour Market Partnerships (OLMP)
- No Condition
- All industries

Community, Youth and Cultural Funding Program - Operating Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

OTF — Family Innovations Scale Grant
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

Forest Biomass Program — Innovative bioproduct manufacturing stream
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- All industries
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Toronto Arts Council - Strategic Funding Programs
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Arts, Culture & Heritage Fund Grants
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Seniors Community Grant Program
- From $1,000 to $25,000
- Health care and social assistance

Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in Recreation Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Regina Rosen Food First Fund
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- All industries

Musagetes Grant Program
- No Condition
- All industries

- From $3,000 to $5,000
- Health care and social assistance

Community Response Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Durham Region Para Sport and Recreation Funds
- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Arts Funding Program - Annual Operating Funding
- No Condition
- All industries

Ontario Creates Industry Development Program
- From $5,000 to $35,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Community Enhancement Program — Enhance Your Community Stream
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Supported Employment
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- Health care and social assistance

OTF — Family Innovations Test Grant
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Brant Community Foundation - City of Brantford Community Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

- From $10,000 to $10,000
- Other services (except public administration)

Digital Equity Accelerator
- From $100,000 to $100,000
- Other services (except public administration)

VERGE Capital — Startup Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Heart of Georgian Bay Community Forward Fund
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Digital Literacy Exchange Program
- From $50,000 to $2,000,000
- All industries

Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP)
- From $100,000 to $6,000,000
- Up to 1% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

United Way Greater Toronto - Cooksville Community Action Grants
- Minimum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

United Way Greater Toronto - Community Program Grants
- From $50,000 to $150,000
- All industries

Indigenous Participation Fund - Engagement and relationship-building stream
- No Condition
- All industries

Milton Community Connections Grant
- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- All industries