Grant Opportunities

The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) Capital Grant program provides funding over one year to help organizations respond to the capital needs of Ontario's communities. It aims to improve community facilities and spaces by funding projects that update buildings, enhance spaces, and purchase fixed and non-fixed equipment so people and communities can thrive.…

For: Non-Profit, Indigenous Led Organizations/Collectives, Local Community Groups, Institution

Grow grants provide significant funding over two or three years to help proven community programs and services expand their reach, improve existing offerings, or adapt to better meet community needs. These grants support established organizations delivering direct community-based programs and services in Ontario across areas such as sports and recreation,…

For: Non-Profit, Indigenous Led Organizations/Collectives, Local Community Groups

The Seed Grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation provides funding to help organizations, municipalities, and First Nations build capacity and prepare for future programming. Grants support projects focused on organizational planning, piloting new programs, and enhancing the ability to deliver community-based services. Eligible applicants include…

For: Non-Profit

The Events component of the Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program (MARP) provides funding to community-based events that promote intercultural or interfaith understanding, encourage discussions on multiculturalism, diversity, racism and religious discrimination, and celebrate communities' history and culture, including heritage months recognized by…

For: Non-Profit, Indigenous Led Organizations/Collectives, Institution

Provides contribution funding to support Indigenous Peoples in designing, implementing, or expanding community-based climate monitoring projects. Supports monitoring of climate and environmental effects using Indigenous Knowledge Systems and western science. Funding assists with community engagement, monitoring plan development, hiring and training…

For: Indigenous Led Organizations/Collectives, Non-Profit, Institution

The program invests in projects to adapt, develop, and deploy innovative clean technologies to benefit Albertans and contribute to the growth of Alberta’s low-carbon economy. It supports projects that reduce environmental impacts, advance the energy transition, generate clean tech jobs, and engage industry, researchers, and communities. CCUS projects cover…

For: Individual, Non-Profit, For-Profit, Institution

The Energy Storage and Minerals program supports development of next-generation materials, critical minerals, and end products to foster a competitive, modern, and sustainable minerals and materials industry. It focuses on the value chains and lifecycles of battery and non-battery energy storage, mineral extraction and processing, material recycling, and…

For: Non-Profit, For-Profit, Individual, Institution

The Renewable and Alternative Energy Program focuses on supporting technology projects and initiatives that advance electrification, grid modernization, and clean power and heat technologies to help achieve a net-zero domestic energy system. It supports innovation in areas such as modern transmission and distribution networks, non-emitting electricity and…

For: Individual, Non-Profit, Business, Institution

Provides combined loan and grant funding to support the commissioning and construction of new, low-carbon municipally owned buildings that meet best practice energy targets and embodied carbon reduction requirements. Eligible projects are capital works for municipally-owned community buildings (e.g., city halls, libraries, indoor pools, arenas and…

For: Non-Profit, Business, Indigenous Led Organizations/Collectives, Institution

Provides grant funding to outline the design of a proposed community energy system through detailed feasibility assessments. The funding supports Canadian municipal governments, municipal partners, Indigenous communities (in partnership with municipal governments) and related organizations to assess low-carbon energy systems such as district energy, solar,…

For: Non-Profit, Business, Institution, Indigenous Led Organizations/Collectives