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.

Financial assistance to improve infrastructure and ensure safe off-road vehicle use
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Public administration

- No Condition
- All industries

MRC Joliette — Business Assistance Fund (FAE) – Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 7,000 $
- All industries

Weaving Justice Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000,000 $
- All industries

Assistance program for organizations working for the economic development of Quebec (PAODEQ)
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Investment Banking — Corporate Finance
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

School bus electrification program – Stream 2 : Financial assistance for the acquisition and installation of charging infrastructure for electric school buses
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services

Healthy Community Grants
- From $500 to $100,000
- All industries

Program to support the fight against climate change in the bio-food sector – Component A
- From $40,000 to $330,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

Whistler Blackcomb Foundation - General Funding
- No Condition
- All industries

City Grant Program - Arts and Culture - Operating Assistance
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

MusiCounts - MusiCounts Band Aid Program
- From $5,000 to $20,000
- All industries

SODEC — Support for entrepreneurial development — Stream 1
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Astley Family Foundation - Community Grants
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

MusiCounts - SiriusXM Soundwaves MusiCounts Community Fund
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- All industries

Agricultural and Sector Show Support Program – Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Kanta Marwah Research Innovation Fund
- From $5,000 to $80,000
- All industries

City Grant Program - Environmental Enhancement and Food Security Grant
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Fund to stimulate international business tourism – Stream 3 - Support the implementation of incentives designed to attract international business events to Quebec
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

True Patriot Love Foundation - Captain Nichola Goddard Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Fonds Mon virage écologique
- From $2,000 to $15,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

- From $500 to $3,000
- All industries

Love My Hood Matching Grant
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

Partners for Places Mini Grant
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Residential Schools Missing Children - Community Support Funding
- No Condition
- All industries
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Environment - Advancing Climate Change Solutions
- No Condition
- All industries

Emission Reductions Intake
- From $75,000 to $50,000,000
- All industries

Indigenous Communities Fund
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Co-operators - Co-operative Development Program (CDP)
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Grants to hospital foundations
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Funding Grants
- Maximum amount : 336,650 $
- All industries

The Canada Community Security Program (CCSP)
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

Conference or Event Sponsorship Grant
- From $200 to $3,000
- All industries

Community Festivals and Events Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 10% of project cost
- All industries

ARBJ — Company follow-up program (PSE)
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Ottawa Community Foundation - Community Initiative Grants
- From $15,000 to $25,000
- All industries

FAIS — FINANCIAL ALLOCATION 2025-26
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance

Multicultural Initiatives Fund - Annual and Project Funding
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Wholesale trade
- Educational services

Climate-Resilient Coastal Communities Program
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- All industries

Indoor Space Improvement Grant
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries

Fonds régions et ruralité (FRR)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

Innovator Award
- From $150,000 to $300,000
- All industries

Grassroots Grants
- From $500 to $5,000
- All industries

Mary Wakefield Animal Welfare Grants
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Employers — FIT Project
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Child Care Renovation Expansion Grant
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- All industries

Nova Grants
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent — Rural Development Fund (FDR)
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Educational services
- Health care and social assistance
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

Agriculture Enhancement Grants
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Culture Days Hub Sponsorship
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- All industries
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Indigenous Peoples Partnering for Climate
- Maximum amount : 15,000,000 $
- All industries

Shuswap Community Foundation Grants
- No Condition
- All industries

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

- From $2,000 to $5,000
- All industries

Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas
- No Condition
- All industries

Bell Canada - Bell True Patriot Love Fund
- From $5,000 to $75,000
- All industries
Programme de subvention pour l’amélioration du bien-être animal
- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)

Community Involvement Program
- From $1,000 to $5,000
- All industries

Agency Capacity Building Grant
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

Indigenous Participation Fund - Mineral development advisor stream
- No Condition
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Fondation Québec Philanthrope - Mental Health Support Program
- From $25,000 to $25,000
- All industries

Aménagement des jardins partagés
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 60% of project cost
- All industries

The Intersectoral Action Fund
- From $25,000 to $250,000
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Funding of organizations for regional projects
- Maximum amount : 800,000 $
- Up to 5% of project cost
- All industries

Support for Indigenous Victims of Crime Initiative: Call for Proposals
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

Fondation Québec Philanthrope - Free to Play
- From $50,000 to $150,000
- All industries

Social innovation for Montréal’s east end – Call for projects
- From $15,000 to $50,000
- All industries

Neighbourhood Grant Program - Grass Roots Grant
- From $150 to $4,000
- All industries

Family Violence Prevention Grant
- From $25,000 to $200,000
- All industries

Community Projects - Capital Grant Program
- Minimum amount : 500 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- Other services (except public administration)

Enfant Soleil - Equipment Fund
- Up to 100% of project cost
- All industries

Sport Tourism Events
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Operational Funding
- From $1,000 to $20,000
- All industries

SurreyCares Community Foundation - Free to Play
- From $5,000 to $50,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
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- No Condition
- Health care and social assistance

Initiatives program (FIP)
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

Exchanges Canada Program - Youth Forums Canada
- No Condition
- All industries

Major Arts and Culture Organizations Grant
- Up to 10% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Condition of Youth
- No Condition
- All industries

Adapted Sport and Recreation Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Culture and Heritage Grants and Contributions Program - Elders and Youth Facilities
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- All industries

Critical Food Infrastructure Grant
- No Condition
- All industries

Development of Official-Language Communities Program (Official Languages Support Programs) - Community Life Component
- No Condition
- All industries

Strategic Sponsorships
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Taking Action on Family Violence Grant Program
- From $50,000 to $500,000
- All industries

Grant for hosting free tax clinics
- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

Culture and Heritage Grants and Contributions Program - Culture and Heritage
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities
- Construction

Systems Change Grants
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Corporate Donations
- No Condition
- All industries

Development of Official-Language Communities Program (Official Languages Support Programs) - Minority Language Education Component
- No Condition
- All industries

Community Safety and Well-being Fund - Community Micro-Grants Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Financial Assistance Program to Promote Access to Justice
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- All industries
Donation or Sponsorship Program
- No Condition
- All industries

National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS)
- No Condition
- All industries

Local Food Infrastructure Fund - Small Scale Projects
- From $25,000 to $100,000
- All industries

Capacity Building Fund
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- All industries

Community Investment Program - Community Impact Grant
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Local Economic Development Support Grant
- Maximum amount : 20,000 $
- Up to 25% of project cost
- All industries

Youth Initiatives Funding
- No Condition
- All industries