Quebec Grants for Non-Profit Organizations: Comprehensive Overview and Opportunities
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) in Quebec 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. Quebec 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 Quebec’s grant programs for non-profits, highlights the funding options available across Canada, and introduces key resources like Grantwatch for accessing international grant opportunities.

MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Reimbursement – Public Market Booth Rental Fees
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Social Economy Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Vitalization Fund
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Programme d’habitation abordable Québec - Volet 3 : Initiative de multilogements hautement préfabriqués
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Programme d’habitation abordable Québec - Volet 4 : Projets par les développeurs qualifiés pour ménages à revenu faible ou modeste
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Laval Économique — Collective Entrepreneurship Fund
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Assistance Fund for Bridge and Culvert Repair Projects on State-Owned Lands
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac — Green Responsibility Fund
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Haut-Richelieu — FRR – Stream 2
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

SODEC — Assistance for businesses in the arts and crafts sector — Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC de Thérèse de Blainville — Social Economy and Sustainable Development Business Development Fund
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Research Consortium Tax Credit
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

MRC Sept-Rivières — Local funds (FLI/FLS)
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Tourism Growth Program (TGP) — Quebec
- From $60,000 to $250,000
- Up to 15% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Témiscamingue — Investment Fund Loan
- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — FRR Stream 3
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

SODEXPORT — Component 4: International relations
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Les Moulins — Social Economy Enterprise Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Digital Shift Support Fund
- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Management of companies and enterprises
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Joliette — Technology and Digital Transition Fund (FTTN) – Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 1,500 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

MRC du Rocher-Percé — Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

FAQDD — Ecological Transition Accelerator
- From $50,000 to $250,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

FAQDD — Sustainable destination and concerted action - Component 1 - Support for participatory and concerted destination planning to promote responsible, sustainable tourism adapted to the context of climate change
- No Condition
- All industries
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Programme d’habitation abordable Québec - Volet 1 : Projets pour ménages à revenu faible ou modeste
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Public administration

MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent — Business support policy
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Public administration

MRC L'Islet — Youth Initiative Fund (YIF)
- From $2 to $5,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Tourism Industry Recovery Assistance Program (TIRAP)
- From $500,000 to $5,000,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Témiscamingue — Youth Strategy Loan
- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Watercourses
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent — Community Support Fund (CSF)
- No Condition
- All industries

Program authorizing the financing of the operating deficit of certain low-income housing projects
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Tourism Innovation Program — Stream 1 - Call for proposals to support the development of innovative solutions
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Financial assistance for tourism festivals and events — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

REGI — Jobs and Growth Fund — CED (QC) — Indigenous stream
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Health care and social assistance

SODEC — Assistance for businesses in the arts and crafts sector — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 35,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Maskinongé — Social Economy Fund (ES)
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Financial support for northern initiatives
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Genomics Innovation to Commercialization Program
- From $300,000 to $900,000
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Rimouski-Neigette — Local Investment Fund
- From $10,000 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Kamouraska — Support Program for the Start-up of Religious Heritage Projects
- Maximum amount : 4,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Financial assistance: businesses in areas affected by major construction work
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)

"Artère en transformation" : Subsidy for businesses
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 40% of project cost
- Retail trade

MRC Bécancour — Business Support Fund (BSF)
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC L'Islet — Sectoral agreement for the development of culture in Chaudière-Appalaches
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Information and cultural industries

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Support for Structuring Projects
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Accès jardins
- No Condition
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

MRC Caniapiscau — Joint FLI/FLS investment
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Grant for the renovation of facades facing a commercial artery
- From $20,000 to $50,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries
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Renewable Natural Gas Production Support Program — Stream 2
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities

Novoclimat – Small multi-unit building
- Maximum amount : 3,400 $
- Construction
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance

MTRIC — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing

MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Local Investment Fund FLI – Succession Stream
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 15% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Témiscamingue — Youth Assistance Loan
- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Cultural Development
- Minimum amount : 500 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC d'Avignon — Local Investment Funds (FLI) and Local Solidarity Funds (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MRC L'Islet — Support fund for cultural cafés
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Quebec Fisheries Fund — Infrastructure
- Maximum amount : 2,500,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Signature Innovation Fund
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement for tourism 2022-2025 – Studies and consulting services
- From $3,000 to $25,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Rail Transportation Infrastructure and Modal Integration Support Program — Part 3 — Studies
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 66.67% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

SODEXPORT — Component 5: Strategic initiatives
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Mitis MRC — Regional and Rural Fund (RRF) - Component 1
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

ARBJ — Economic Development Infrastructure Program (PIDE)
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- All industries

RCM de la Mitis — Component 3 : “Signature Innovation” Projects
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Public administration

MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Support Program for Structuring Projects (PSPS)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement for tourism 2022-2025 – Festivals and events
- From $60,000 to $15,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Municipalité des Îles-de-la-Madeleine — Local Investment Fund (FLI) and Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

RCM de la Mitis — Fonds « Développement La Mitis »
- No Condition
- Public administration

Estrie — FRR – Component 1
- Minimum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Biofood market development program — Component 2
- From $50,000 to $750,000
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC de L'Assomption — FLI/FLS
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFW) — Positions in QC
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
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Îles-de-la-madeleine — Business support policy (PSE)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

Financial assistance program for businesses in physical activities (PAFEMAP)
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC L'Islet — Vitalization fund
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- All industries

RCM de la Mitis — RenoRegion Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

MRC La Vallée-de-l'Or — Quebec Fund for Social Initiatives (FQIS)
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

RCM de la Mitis — Component 4 : Support for revitalization and intermunicipal cooperation
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Musicaction — International Event
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

CQRDA — PSO-v2A
- From $100,000 to $350,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Support for the purchase of electric off-road vehicles (VHRE)
- Maximum amount : 49,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

RCM de la Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Futurpreneur Canada
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Évolution-Compétences — Partnership for training and innovation
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services

RCM Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Fonds d'appui à l'entrepreneuriat collectif (FAEC)
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

RCM Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Fonds de soutien à l'entrepreneuriat
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries

Transportez vert — Direct current fast charging station
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 2 - Support for local and regional development skills
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services

MRC Charlevoix-Est — Sustainable Forest Management Program
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

RCM de la Vallée-Du-Richelieu — Local investment funds (FLI)
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

MRC Témiscamingue — Local Investment Fund Loan
- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Ville de La Tuque — RRF stream 3 - Innovation Signature
- Maximum amount : 1,051,050 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Retail trade

PME MTL — Je relève le défi vert
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Retail trade
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Haut-Richelieu — FRR – Stream 3
- Maximum amount : 2,139,780 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Public administration

La Ruche — FMC+
- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Abitibi-Ouest — Local Investment Funds
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

Regional partnership and digital transformation agreement for tourism 2022-2025 – Hosting
- From $30,000 to $75,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — FRR Stream 2
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation