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.

Summer Employment Opportunities (SEO) Program

Sustainable New Agri-Food Products & Productivity Program — Productivity Enhancement

Community Affiliation Policy

Ontario Trillium Foundation - Grow Grants

OTF — Family Innovations Test Grant

OAC — Media Arts Organizations: Operating

Business and Community Services

Participant Funding Program - Darlington New Nuclear Project

Lakeshore Community Benefit Fund Grant

VERGE Capital — Breakthrough Fund

Tourism Growth Program in southern Ontario

Community Funding - Project Funding

Community Funding - Emergency Funding

Community Funding - Emerging Community Need Funding

Aboriginal Participation Fund (APF) — Mining conferences funding Sub-Stream

Community Funding - Sustainability Funding

Community Funding - Capital Funding
Participant Funding Program (PFP)

Participant Funding Program - Nordion (Canada) Inc. 2025 Licence Renewal

Cultural Funding - Heritage Funding Program

Cultural Funding - Capacity Building Program

OAC — Visual arts and crafts – Francophone projects

Forest Biomass Program — Indigenous bioeconomy partnerships stream

Ottawa Rural Clean Water Program
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INVEST North Program — Innovation – Industrial Research Chair
River Dali Foundation

High Volume User Program

Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula – 2026 Municipal Funding Policy

CNSC Participant Funding Program - Cameco Key Lake and McArthur River Licence Renewal

Gasoline used in unlicensed business equipment

Rural Association Partnership Program


Rural Economic Development (RED) program

Adaptation Canada 2026 Opportunity
Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Awards


Private Road Grant - Maintenance Activities

May Court Club of St. Catharines Annual Grants

Port Dover Foundation Community Service Scholarship
Participant Funding for the Regulatory Oversight Report for Uranium Mines, Mills, Historic and Decommissioned Sites in Canada: 2017

Discounts and Rebates (City of Thunder Bay)
Cultural Spaces in Indigenous Communities Program


Ontario Trillium Foundation - Capital Grants

Programs for Major Arts, Cultural and Agricultural Fairs Festivals - Festivals Program

Programs for major arts, cultural festivals and agricultural fairs – Program for fairs

Agri-Food Supply Chain Resiliency Analysis Stream

Civil Remedies Grant Program

Summer Tourism Experience Program
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Community Donations

Increasing Deadstock Capacity Initiative

Port Dover Foundation Grant Program

Pathway To Potential Funding (P2P)


Community Enhancement Program — Broadband and Cellular Expansion Projects

Grant Application Information

Participant Funding Program - Blind River Refinery

Township of Nipigon - Donation Policy

Community Grant

Meal Support Program

Service Leadership — New Club Opening Grant

Resilient Communities Fund

Recreation Financial Assistance Program – All-Access Day Passes (Social Service Agencies)

May Court Club of St. Catharines Funding Program
Grants and Funding (Town of Orangeville)

Support and Financial Assistance – Recreation Assistance Program and Transit Affordable Pass Program

United Way Hastings & Prince Edward Inc. - Community Impact Fund

Private Road Grant Policy – Capital Improvements
Town of Prescott Community Grants Program – 2026 Grant Package (Intake #1)

Skills and Career Development: Indigenous Arts Professionals and Arts Professionals of Colour

People & Talent Program — Workforce Development Stream
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The Norfolk Community Foundation
Community Activation Grant (CAG) program
Théâtre – projets francophones

City-wide Development Charges Deferral for Charitable Non-Profit Organizations Policy

Infrastructure, Signage and Adaptation

Solicited call - National Funders for the Community Services Recovery Fund

Bickle-Wilder Foundation Grants

Sewer Lateral Management Program

OAC — Literary Organizations Projects

Ottawa Valley Community Foundation - General and Bereavement Funds
Ontario Works – Education Supports

GHD Foundation STEAM Education Innovation Grants

Terence Haight Financial Assistance Program

Community Investment Program - Food Security Fund

Community Investment Program - B3 Fund

OAC — Music Production and Presentation Projects

Participant Funding Program (PFP) - Darlington NGS Mo-99 Decision

Participant funding for Ontario Power Generation's application to change the licensing basis for the Pickering Waste Management Facility

NRC — Civil infrastructure and related structures testing facilities

City of Brantford Grants Program

Community Assistance Grant Program

