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.

True Patriot Love Foundation - Local Community Fund
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

York Region Community Investment Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Première Ovation - Design
- No Condition
- All industries

Première Ovation - Master classes
- Maximum amount : 12,000 $
- All industries

Première Ovation - Multi Arts
- No Condition
- All industries

Building Communities through Arts and Heritage - Community Anniversaries
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Première Ovation - Heritage
- No Condition
- All industries

Building Communities through Arts and Heritage - Local Festivals
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Première Ovation - Literary Arts
- No Condition
- All industries

Première Ovation - Digital Arts
- No Condition
- All industries

Première Ovation - Circus
- No Condition
- All industries

Val-Saint-François — Eco-responsible fund
- From $500 to $5,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

The Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP)
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- All industries

Indigenous Priorities Grants
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Professional cultural organizations - Projets culturels pour les camps de jour
- No Condition
- All industries

Fonds de développement des entreprises d'économie sociale (FDEÉS)
- No Condition
- All industries

Mille et UN Fund for Young People
- From $10,000 to $200,000
- All industries

Canadian Relations Support Program - Tier 2: Canadian networks
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Lake Ecosystem Grant Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Family and Community Support Services Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Sporting Events Support Program
- From $1,000 to $15,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Professional cultural organizations - Programme d'oeuvres murales et de vidéoprojections architecturales
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- All industries

Rural Growth Initiative - Economic Growth Program
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Quebec Economic Development Program - Foster official languages
- No Condition
- All industries
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ARBJ — Targeted Financing Program (TFP)
- Up to 20% of project cost
- All industries

Indigenous Marine Coordinator Component
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- All industries

Together For Our Youth
- No Condition
- All industries

Canadian Music Assistance
- No Condition
- All industries

Grassroots - Stepping Stones Grants
- Maximum amount : 1,000 $
- All industries

Bell Canada - Bell Let's Talk Diversity Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

- Up to 40% of project cost
- All industries

Formations de courte durée (COUD) — Requalification and skills enhancement
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program - Organizational Capacity Building component
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Call for letter of intent
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- All industries
Sector Transformation Fund - Local Projects
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Business Growth — Attracting and retaining talent
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Health care and social assistance

Sponsorships and Corporate Programs
- From $100 to $5,000
- All industries

General Financial Assistance Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Musical Performances by Charitable Ensembles
- No Condition
- All industries

Arts Funding Program - Project Funding
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries
Sector Transformation Fund - Sectoral Impact Projects
- No Condition
- All industries

PME MTL — Social Initiatives
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- All industries

Honouring the Children Grant
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- All industries

ID Gatineau — Local Fund
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Program and Operating Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

Professional cultural organizations - Soutien aux projets des organismes culturels professionnels
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Professional cultural organizations - Cultural projects for children with special needs attending adapted leisure organizations
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

ACCLR Info entrepreneurs — Business services
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Action Initiative (CAI) - Rural, Remote & Indigenous Overdose Grants
- No Condition
- All industries
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- No Condition
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

Spark Funds
- From $5,000 to $15,000
- All industries

New Mobility Assistance Program (NOMO) – Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Other services (except public administration)

Agricultural and Sector Show Support Program – Stream 1.2
- Maximum amount : 95,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Development of Official-Language Communities Program (Official Languages Support Programs) - Infrastructure Projects
- No Condition
- Construction

APCHQ Mauricie-Lanaudière Golf Tournament
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Capitalization of Social Economy Enterprises (CAES) — Stream 1
- From $25,000 to $1,000,000
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component - Support for Interpretation and Translation
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Professional cultural organizations - Outdoor exhibitions
- Maximum amount : 6,500 $
- All industries

Professional cultural organizations - Mise en valeur du patrimoine par les arts
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

INNOGEC
- No Condition
- All industries
Events and Youth Initiatives
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Building Communities through Arts and Heritage - Legacy Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

MRC La Vallée-de-l’Or — Regions and Rurality Fund – Component 4 – Vitalization
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

MusiCounts - MusiCounts Slaight Family Foundation Innovation Fund
- From $5,000 to $20,000
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Financial Assistance Program for Recreational and Sports Facilities (PAFIRS)
- Maximum amount : 28,000,000 $
- Up to 66% of project cost
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Community Partnership Capital Programs - Community Partnership Major Capital Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Museums Assistance Program - Exhibition Circulation Fund
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- All industries

Biofood Innovation Program Component 5 – Support for knowledge transfer and dissemination
- From $8,000 to $143,750
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

NRC — Aluminium Technology Centre
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Call for Proposals: Collaboration centre for strengthening Integrated Youth Services across Canada
- No Condition
- All industries

Hydro-Québec program for the enhancement of natural environments
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 2.2
- From $5,000 to $250,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
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Collective entrepreneurship financing
- Minimum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Synchronex
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and warehousing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Lakeshore Community Benefit Fund Grant
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Agricultural and Sector Show Support Program – Stream 1.1
- Maximum amount : 225,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Community Investment Program - Revolving Capital Loan
- No Condition
- All industries

innovÉÉ — Accord
- From $100,000 to $350,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Formations de courte durée (COUD) — Water professions
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Utilities

Justice and Reconciliation Fund
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

PANAM recognition program
- No Condition
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Enfant Soleil - Care Environment Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Vision Fund - Seed Grants for Innovative Ministry
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Circular Initiatives Awards
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component - Appreciation and Rapprochement
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- All industries

Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Second Language Learning Component
- No Condition
- All industries

Nordic Incubator-Accelerator — Stream 1 — Support Pathway
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Pauw Foundation True Sport Youth Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Arts Funding Program - Project Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

- Minimum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Accompaniment and technical support for Québec forestry companies (MASTE)
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Program for financial contributions to the ecological transition
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole — FLI/FLS
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

PISAQ – Stream 2
- From $2,000 to $30,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Economy & Environment Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Program to support the fight against climate change in the bio-food sector – Component B
- From $57,142 to $330,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

MRC Caniapiscau — Structuring projects
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries