Ontario Trillium Foundation - Youth Opportunities Fund

• The project must be community-led and create safe spaces, empower youth and families, support career pathways, or address community challenges.
• The project must fit one of the program’s innovation streams (experimental, scaling, or systems innovation).
• For systems innovation projects, the project must involve a collaboration focused on understanding and strengthening systems for youth.

Who is eligible?

• Community groups leading projects for youth.
• Youth-led partnerships and youth–adult partnerships.
• Community groups led by parents, guardians, and people responsible for children/youth.
• Collaborations applying under the systems innovations stream.

Who is not eligible

Eligible expenses

Ineligible Costs and Activities

Eligible geographic areas

• For experimental and scaling streams, applicants are typically notified of the application status about six weeks after the submission deadline.

• The fund prioritizes community groups addressing the experiences of Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) and/or Black youth facing systemic barriers.
• For experimental and scaling streams, the funding decision notification is typically about six weeks after the submission deadline.
• For the Systems Innovations stream, a mandatory pre-application coaching call participation deadline applies for lead organizations (February 11, 2026).
• For the Systems Innovations stream, lead organizations must submit “Organization Information” by February 18, 2026.