Funding opportunities
Open and upcoming programs from Canadian funders and US federal grants (Grants.gov). Deadlines first, then rolling intakes.
Funding requests: The Commonwell: Learning and Engagement Accelerator Fund (L.E.A.F.)
The Commonwell: Learning and Engagement Accelerator Fund (L.E.A.F.) · Deadline not published
The Commonwell’s Learning and Engagement Accelerator Fund (L.E.A.F.) supports projects with a goal of learning in the community within the province of Ontario. Support is provided for projects in the places where the community comes together to learn, play, share, or gather in order to ensure they are upgraded, retrofitted, or better resourced.
Funding requests: The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia
The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia · Rolling intake
The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia is a charitable giving facilitator. We help donors make sustainable, charitable impact on causes they care about by endowing funds (investing money for the long-term, with the interest earned used for charitable purposes), managing donation programs, and convening conversations that make a positive difference in our communities.
Funding requests: The Community Foundation of Orillia and Area
The Community Foundation of Orillia and Area · Deadline not published
The Community Foundation of Orillia and Area seeks to improve the quality of life in the communities of Orillia, Ramara, Severn, Oro-Medonte, and the Chippewas of Rama First Nation. Support is provided within the following areas in Simcoe County: Ramara Township, Chippewas of Rama First Nation, City of Orillia, Severn Township, and a portion of Oro-Medonte (from Oro Station north…
Funding requests: The Conn Smythe Foundation
The Conn Smythe Foundation · Rolling intake
Founded in 1960, The Conn Smythe Foundation is a grant-making foundation that is focused on working with small, efficient, volunteer-based charities that need contributions to help them grow or to assist them in taking on new worthwhile projects.
Funding requests: The Connor, Clark & Lunn Foundation (CC&L Foundation)
The Connor, Clark & Lunn Foundation (CC&L Foundation) · Deadline not published
The Connor, Clark & Lunn Foundation (CC&L Foundation) provides support in the communities where Connor, Clark & Lunn does business across Canada, with emphasis on the Greater Toronto Area, ON, and Vancouver, BC, area. Areas of interest include: environment, including organizations that address climate change, and promote conservation, preservation, and protection of ecosystems and biodiversity…
Funding requests: The Consecon Foundation
The Consecon Foundation · Rolling intake
The Consecon Foundation works with innovative and forward-thinking Canadian charities to solve major climate and biodiversity challenges.
Funding requests: The Counselling Foundation of Canada
The Counselling Foundation of Canada · Rolling intake
The Counselling Foundation of Canada champions life-long learning and career development that empowers people in Canada to develop their skills and talents.
Funding requests: The County Foundation
The County Foundation · Deadline not published
The County Foundation is dedicated to building a strong and vibrant Prince Edward County, Ontario. Areas of interest include: health and human services; poverty reduction; housing issues; social impact; education and youth; arts and culture; food security; community; agriculture; environment; and, recreation. Grants are provided through several programs.
Funding requests: The Covenant Foundation
The Covenant Foundation · Deadline not published
The Covenant Foundation supports the field of Jewish education in the U.S. and Canada, across all denominations and settings. The Foundation honors outstanding Jewish educators, supports creative approaches to programming, and works to strengthen educational endeavors that perpetuate the identity, continuity, and heritage of the Jewish people.
Funding requests: The Creative Gift Foundation
The Creative Gift Foundation · Rolling intake
The Creative Gift Foundation is open to funding requests. There is no published deadline, so requests are accepted on an ongoing basis. Check the funder's own website for current priorities and how to apply.
Funding requests: The CURE Foundation
The CURE Foundation · Rolling intake
The CURE Foundation is a national foundation that provides funding for basic and clinical research for breast cancer.
Funding requests: The Damascus Road Foundation
The Damascus Road Foundation · Deadline not published
The Damascus Road Foundation makes grants to registered Canadian charities who are working to bring the news of Jesus Christ to the least-reached people groups around the world. The Foundation's top priority is to support evangelism and church-planting efforts that focus on bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to unreached and unengaged people groups.
Funding requests: The David and Patricia Morton Family Foundation
The David and Patricia Morton Family Foundation · Rolling intake
To alleviate poverty and assist the impoverished in Canada and internationally, through funding charitable organizations providing: • Medical & socio-psychological assistance to the needy, and emergency relief during humanitarian disasters; • Literacy and educational services, inclusive of family planning…
Funding requests: The David Foster Foundation
The David Foster Foundation · Deadline not published
The David Foster Foundation is dedicated to providing financial support to Canadian families with children in need of life-saving organ transplants and increasing public awareness and education about the importance of becoming a registered organ donor.
Funding requests: The David Hofstedter Family Foundation
The David Hofstedter Family Foundation · Deadline not published
The David Hofstedter Family Foundation primarily provides support in Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC. Grants support Talmudic religious learning centers and Jewish organizations, schools, and programs.
Funding requests: The Davies Charitable Foundation
The Davies Charitable Foundation · Deadline not published
The Davies Charitable Foundation supports organizations within the Kingston, ON, region. (The Foundation defines the Kingston area as encompassing the area encircled by Gananoque and the Thousand Islands to the east, Portland to the north, and Picton to the west.) Areas of interest include: the arts; education; environment; health; sports; and, social services.
Funding requests: The Diaper Bank of Toronto
The Diaper Bank of Toronto · Rolling intake
The Diaper Bank collects donated diapers (and cash donations for the purchase of diapers) that are distributed free-of-charge to low-income households in Toronto through existing service providers, including local food banks, daycare centres, social service agencies and shelters.
Funding requests: The Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP)
The Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP) · Rolling intake
Library and Archives Canada funding program.
Funding requests: The Ecosystem Fund
The Ecosystem Fund · Rolling intake
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada funding program administered by the Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC).
Funding requests: The Ed Stelmach Community Foundation
The Ed Stelmach Community Foundation · Deadline not published
The Ed Stelmach Community Foundation is dedicated to assisting Alberta charities throughout Alberta. The goal of the Foundation is to provide assistance to the disadvantaged through small and highly motivated Alberta charities. Support is provided to organizations benefiting at least one of the following groups or activities: children and families…