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.

Municipal Community Grants Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Annual Global Funding
- No Condition
- All industries

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

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

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

PRIMA — SI2TEC – Feasibility Studies
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Public administration

- From $1,000 to $7,500
- All industries

Community Enhancement Employment Program
- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

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

Work Commissioning Assistance Grant
- From $1,000 to $3,000
- All industries

Bell Canada - Bell Let's Talk Community Mental Health Fund
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Québec city — Supporting the development of the Saint-Roch district
- 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

Original Peoples Investment Program
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

REGI — Regional Innovation Ecosystems — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

MaLoi25
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

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

Aide financière aux festivals et aux événements touristiques - Stream 3: Development and growth
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- All industries

Consolidating the entrepreneurial life cycle in the ecological transition
- 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
- No Condition
- All industries
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Child & Youth Diabetes
- No Condition
- All industries

Coast Funds - Stewardship Operations Funding
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Financial assistance program for the development of active transportation in urban areas (TAPU)
- Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Public administration

Coast Funds - Stewardship Project Funding
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Première Ovation - Music
- No Condition
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- All industries

Mississauga Foundation - Catalogue of Community Needs Grants
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Collective Entrepreneurship Capital Investment Program
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

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

- No Condition
- All industries

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

Regional Initiatives Fund (FAIR)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing

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

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

- No Condition
- All industries

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

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

CED — Regional Homebuilding Innovation Initiative
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing

- No Condition
- All industries

Donation Program
- No Condition
- All industries

WindsorEssex Community Foundation - KidStartGrants
- Maximum amount : 500 $
- All industries

Enfant Soleil - Sport and Susatainable Health Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Arts Funding Program - Three-Year Operating Funding
- No Condition
- All industries

Accreditation program for private archives
- No Condition
- All industries

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

EPRTNT — Structuring the tourism offer
- 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

- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Support for festivals in the Greater Montréal region
- From $50,000 to $700,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

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

Support program for the development of reserved designations and promotional terms — Component 3
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

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

Metcalf Foundation - Environment Program: Carbon Landscapes
- No Condition
- All industries

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

Adapted Business Grant Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Programme Action-Climat Québec
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Public administration

Programme de restauration et de création de milieux humides et hydriques
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- All industries

Canadian Relations Support Program - Tier 1: Expertise exchange
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Sponsorship and Donations
- No Condition
- All industries

DEPS — Assistance and support program for local businesses
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)

- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

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

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

- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- All industries

Call for projects for digital cultural development in the Canadian Francophonie
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Ascension competition
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Mission Inclusion - Support for Quebec Organizations - Organizational Accompaniment
- Up to 66% of project cost
- All industries

Fund to stimulate international business tourism – Stream 2 - Carrying out canvassing activities
- From $5,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

BridgeGreen Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Programme de traitement des matières organiques par biométhanisation et compostage (PTMOBC)
- Maximum amount : 5,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Public administration
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Regional Action Support Program (RASP)
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Capacity Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Évolution-Compétences - Professional Norms Component
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services

Chantier de l'économie sociale Trust — Real Estate Patient Capital Loans
- From $50,000 to $1,500,000
- Up to 31% of project cost
- All industries

Brian Bronfman Family Foundation
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

- No Condition
- All industries

Program to support the processing of end-of-life tires through reuse, recycling and energy recovery, as well as out-of-province processing.
- No Condition
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Pay It Forward (PIF) Muskoka Program
- Maximum amount : 2,500 $
- All industries

Agricultural biodiversity enhancement program
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Early Childhood Educator Training Wage Program
- Maximum amount : 12,000 $
- All industries

Affordable Housing Initiative
- No Condition
- All industries

MEIE — Program to support the development of strategic sectors and niches of excellence (PADS)
- No Condition
- All industries

- From $3,500 to $3,500
- All industries

Aquatic habitat quality improvement (AQHA)
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Formations de courte durée (COUD) — Information technology and engineering
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services

Fight against poverty and social exclusion - Regional call for projects
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Education and awareness project funding – clean transportation and clean fuels
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Advisory Services Program — Component 3 – Support for the development of advisors’ skills and expertise
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Economic Development Organization Operating Support Program (PAFODE) — Component 3 : Operating support for export support organizations
- Maximum amount : 600,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Heritage Program Grants - Heritage Resources Conservation Grant
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- All industries

Project support program for the Critical and Strategic Minerals Scientific Research Network
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Manufacturing
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

School bus electrification program – Stream 1 : Financial assistance for the purchase of an electric school bus
- From $240,000 to $240,000
- Up to 65% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services

Market Access Strategy for Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC) Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

City Grant Program - Child Care Grants
- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Major Event Grant
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries