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.

Call for projects showcasing Sherbrooke’s intangible heritage
Ville de Sherbrooke- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Brome-Missisquoi — The Brome-Missisquoi Pact 2025
MRC Brome-Missisquoi- Up to 90% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Arthabaska — Social Economy Business Development Fund (FDEÉS)
MRC Arthabaska- No Condition
- Manufacturing

FAQDD — Sustainable destination and concerted action — Component 2 - Support for the implementation of projects arising from a participative and concerted approach within the destination to promote responsible, sustainable tourism adapted to the context of climate change
Fonds d'action Québécois pour le développement durable (FAQDD)- No Condition
- All industries

PME MTL — Business Diversity Support Program for the Southwest
PME MTL- From $10,000 to $20,000
- Retail trade
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Bellechasse — Support for initiatives from rural areas (AIMR)
MRC de Bellechasse- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Transportez vert — Eco-driving Training
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing

MRC L'Islet — Local Services Development Fund
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges — Fonds de développement des communautés (FDC)
MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges- Up to 70% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — FRR – Stream 2
MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Financial assistance for workforce training in northern communities
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Marguerite-D'Youville — Local investment and solidarity funds (FLI and FLS)
MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Assistance program for venues
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Biofood market development program — Component 1
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Maximum amount : 750,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Musicaction — Canvassing
Musicaction- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Funding program for cybersecurity innovation projects in Quebec – Innovation stream
PROMPT- Up to 25% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Employment stabilization
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 6,500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

MRC Deux-Montagnes — Regional and Rural Fund (FRR) – Stream 3
MRC Deux-Montagnes- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Support Program for Isolated Communities
Recyc-Québec- Maximum amount : 950,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

MRC Kamouraska — Bas-Saint-Laurent Territorial Partnership Program
MRC Kamouraska- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Beaharnois-Salaberry — Signature Innovation Project (PSI)
MRC Beauharnois-Salaberry- Maximum amount : 1,584,870 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Green Alleyway Support Program
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC Collines-de-l'Outaouais — Festivals and Events Support Fund (FSÉF) – Component 2
MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Compétivert — Funding Solution
Investissement Québec (IQ)- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

MRC L'Islet — Support Fund for Structural Projects (FSPS)
MRC de L'Islet- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 95% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
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MRC Beaharnois-Salaberry — Local Investment Fund (FLI)
MRC Beauharnois-Salaberry- From $5,000 to $150,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC La Matapédia — Regions and Rurality Fund of La Matapédia - Structuring Projects Support Policy
MRC La Matapédia- From $5,001 to $25,000
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Tourist Loan
SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Program to help Québec tourism activities, attractions and events go digital — Activities, attractions and events
Gouvernement du Québec- From $10,000 to $60,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC de Rivière-du-Loup — FRR – Stream 1: Regional outreach fund / Territorial projects
MRC Rivière-du-Loup- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Utilities
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MRC de Montcalm — FLI/FLS
MRC Montcalm- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Génome Québec — Genomics Integration Program – Human Health
Génome Québec- From $50,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Musicaction — National collective promotion
Musicaction- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Les Basques — Local Investment Fund (FLI) / Local Solidarity Fund (FLS)
MRC Les Basques- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 3
Recyc-Québec- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Nordic Incubator-Accelerator — Stream 2 — Financial Assistance
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Tourism establishment accessibility program
Kéroul- From $20,000 to $100,000
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

MRC Maskinongé — RRF-stream 3 Signature innovation
MRC de Maskinongé- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

MRC Domaine-du-Roy — Local Investment Fund (LIF)
MRC Domaine-du-Roy- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Developing a green alley or public space in CDN-NDG
City of Montreal (MTL)- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
McConnell Foundation - Funding Opportunities
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

SickKids Foundation - New Investigator Research Grants
The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Financial assistance program for the preservation of community buildings
Quebec Housing Society (SHQ)- Up to 75% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 1.1
Gouvernement du Québec- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Public transit development assistance program – Stream 2 : Financial assistance for regional public transit
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Environment - Special Initiatives
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Financial assistance to develop the production, processing and marketing of Nordic biofood products
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- Minimum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Accommodation and food services

Civil Society - Strengthening Civic Space
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Community Interaction Program — Study/action projects
Government of Canada- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Conservation and Science
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation- No Condition
- All industries
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Environmental Conservation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

Humanities in Place
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

REGI — Regional Innovation Ecosystems — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- Up to 90% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)
Commemorative Partnership Program - Community War Memorial
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Garden Grant
Whole Foods Market Foundation- From $3,500 to $3,500
- All industries

Economic Development Organization Operating Support Program (PAFODE) — Component 2 : Operating support for organizations supporting strategic sectors and regional economic development
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 800,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Bridgetown Area Community Fund
The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia- No Condition
- All industries

One-time assistance for Indigenous media
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

PRIMA — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies
Advanced Materials Research and Innovation Hub (PRIMA)- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Capital Assistance – Stream 1: Restoration of heritage assets
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 20,000,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

Biofood Innovation Program Component 4 – Financial support for innovation partnership initiatives
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- From $50,000 to $901,700
- Up to 60% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services

Public transit development assistance program – Stream 4 : Other financial assistance
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

Community Interaction Program — Study projects
Government of Canada- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Advisory Services Program — Component 2 – Support for the dissemination of information and business co-development activities
Gouvernement du Québec- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Educational services

CALQ — Distribution of works in Quebec
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ)- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

CanExport Community Investments
Invest Canada – Community Initiatives (ICCI) Program; The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service- From $3,000 to $500,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Québec city — Supporting the development of the Saint-Roch district
Quebec City- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

RBC Foundation - Community Investments
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- All industries

Community Funding Program - Capital Funding
City of Ottawa- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Youth and the Environment
The Lawson Foundation (BJLFF)- No Condition
- All industries

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 1.2
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)- From $5,000 to $300,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Consolidating the entrepreneurial life cycle in the ecological transition
City of Montreal (MTL)- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services

Early Child Development
The Lawson Foundation (BJLFF)- No Condition
- All industries

Child & Youth Diabetes
The Lawson Foundation (BJLFF)- No Condition
- All industries

EPRTNT — Structuring the tourism offer
Tourisme Cantons-de-l'Est- From $30,000 to $100,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration
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Public Understanding
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation- No Condition
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- All industries

Collective Entrepreneurship Capital Investment Program
Quebec Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

PRCCM – Stream 2
Gouvernement du Québec- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Great Lakes Local Action Fund
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks of Ontario- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Community Interaction Program — Restoration and/or protection of biodiversity
Government of Canada- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Regional Initiatives Fund (FAIR)
Ministère de l'économie, de l'innovation et de l'énergie du Québec (MEIE)- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

Municipal Community Grants Program
Town of Cobourg- No Condition
- All industries

QEPD — Hurricane Fiona Recovery Fund - CED (QC)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Promotion Program – Industry Initiatives Stream
Telefilm Canada- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

The Sisters of Providence Care of St. Vincent de Paul Community Impact Fund - ACEs & Resilience Stream
Community Foundation for Kingston & Area- No Condition
- All industries

Off-Road Vehicle Financial Assistance Program - Wildlife and Habitat Protection Stream
Quebec Wildlife Foundation- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Annual Global Funding
SaskCulture- No Condition
- All industries

Accreditation program for private archives
National Library and Archives of Quebec (BANQ)- No Condition
- All industries

La Ruche — ImpACTE Fund
La Ruche- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

innovÉÉ — ÉFÉC
innovÉÉ- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Other services (except public administration)

Support program for organizations working with people experiencing homelessness
City of Trois-Rivières- Up to 2% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Arts and Culture Grant
City of Mississauga- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 65% of project cost
- All industries

Affordable Housing Renovation Program
City of Montreal (MTL)- Maximum amount : 575,000 $
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

Tremplin Grant – Indigenous Arts
Conseil des arts de Montréal- Maximum amount : 3,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Tourisme Baie-James — EPRTNT – Hosting
Tourisme Baie-James- From $25,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Rail Safety Improvement Program - Public Education and Awareness (E&A)
Transport Canada (TC)- No Condition
- All industries

Youth Take Charge Program
Department of Canadian Heritage (LJI)- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Taking action for wildlife
Quebec Wildlife Foundation- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

David S. Howes Fund Grants Program
Niagara Community Foundation- No Condition
- All industries