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The focus of this section is funding for charities, incorporated nonprofits, and unincorporated grassroots nonprofits, including nonprofit social enterprises. For-profit social enterprises and impact-focused businesses may want to explore Government of Canada supports for business.)

        • Chamandy Foundation announces 2025 application period - January 20, 2025 8am-until January 29, midnight
          The Chamandy Foundation has announced its next call for proposals with its online application form available from January 20, 2025 8am-until January 29, midnight. The Foundation partners with organizations supporting children and youth in health, education, poverty, research, and environmental education.
        • McLean Foundation - The McLean Foundation supports projects by charities and qualified donees in arts, environment, education, social welfare, and health that show promise of improving the wellbeing of people, communities, and our environment which may initially lack broad public appeal and are unlikely to be funded by others.
        • Trillium Mutual ROOTS Community Fund - Apply by November 22
        • Ontario Creates Film Fund- Apply by Thursday, November 28, 5pm EST
          Ontario Creates Film Fund, Development Stream funds projects across genres with industrial and cultural benefits, focusing on boosting Ontario’s film industry.
        • Ontario Anti-hate Security and Prevention Grant - Apply by December 2, 2024. The grant provides up to $10,000 to eligible community organizations to help them protect their spaces from hate-motivated incidents, graffiti, vandalism or other damage.
        • The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund's Reconciliation Action Grant - Next quarterly application deadline is December 13
          One stream of Oshki Wupoowane | The Blanket Fund, Reconciliation Action Grant support reconciliation activities, events, and initiatives in Canadian communities that contribute to cultural revitalization, elevate Indigenous culture, languages, and traditions, and increase understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
        • Skills Horizon call for proposals - Apply by December 13, 5pm EST. The Future Skills Centre seeks to fund Canadian organizations with innovative pilot project ideas at different stages of development. Partners are invited to apply to one of two streams, one for Designing Solutions, and one for Strengthening Outcomes.
        • Canada Summer Jobs Wage Subsidy - Apply by December 19
        • National Crime Prevention Strategy - Apply by Friday, December 20, 11:59pm PST
          The NCPS offers funding to support direct interventions that target Indigenous and racialized youth, or those with repeated contact with the justice system, with an emphasis on evidence-based, community-led approaches.
        • Library and Archives Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program - Apply by January 9, 2025, 11:59pm PST
          An organization can receive funding of up to $50,000 per year (up to $60,000 for a remote organization) to implement projects aimed at promoting their collections and making them more accessible, while strengthening their capacity to preserve Canada’s documentary heritage.
        • Chamandy Foundation announces 2025 call for proposals - Apply January 20, 2025 8am-January 29, midnight.
          The Foundation partners with organizations supporting children and youth in health, education, poverty, research, and environmental education.
        • Intact Foundation Municipal Climate Resiliency Grants - Apply by January 31
          Canadian charities and Indigenous bodies are elegible for this program that funds practical solutions in Canada that protect people from the effects of climate change and build more resilient communities. 
        • A $30 million Government of Canada fund for projects that bring together community-based organizations, that provide new skills training opportunities for workers.
        • CIBC Championing Inclusive Communities - Applications ongoing
          CIBC Foundation funds Canadian charities and organizations that focus on inclusive education and employment initiatives for underserved communities.
        • The Frank J. Flaman Foundation - Funding requests on an ongoing basis
          The foundation funds Canadian charities with a specific focus now on the needs of families and children on a more local level in the following areas: food availability, shelter, supporting basic education, water and safety. 
        • The Trottier Family Foundation - Letters of Intent accepted on an ongoing basis
          Funding for projects from registered Canadian charities and qualified donees related to climate and the environment, science, health, education, community, and international.
        • CMHC Housing Strategies Solutions Lab - Applications ongoing
          The National Housing Strategy Solutions Labs under CMHC is seeking proposals related to specific themes to achieve a broader impact. The 2024-2025 funding opportunity theme focuses on “Supporting the Community Housing Sector to Increase and Preserve the Affordable Housing Supply”. Successful solutions may be eligible for funding up to $250,000.
        • Affordable Housing Fund - Applications ongoing
          The Affordable Housing Fund provides capital to partnered organizations* for new affordable housing and the renovation and repair of existing affordable and community housing. Funds are provided as low-interest and/or forgivable loans and contributions and are available to organizations that have partnered with another organization or level of government and have secured some funding.
        • Ontario Transit Investment Fund - Applications ongoing
          The Ministry of Transportation has officially launched the Ontario Transit Investment Fund originally announced in the 2024 Budget. The $5 million fund is slated to address transit service gaps by supporting the start-up and growth of transit services in unserved and underserved communities across the province. Through the fund, municipalities, Indigenous communities, and nonprofit organizations will lead project teams consisting of key partners to develop integrated, coordinated, and sustainable transit services.
        • Law Foundation of Ontario - Responsive - Applications on a rolling basis
          The Law Foundation of Ontario is accepting applications for its 2024 Responsive program. This grant offers up to $250,000 over two years to nonprofits, charities, and Indigenous groups working to enhance access to justice in Ontario. The funding supports legal education, research, and programs that address gaps in the justice system, particularly for underserved populations.
        • Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund (New Builds/Signature New Builds stream) - Applications ongoing. Up to $10 million to invest in new, transformative community sport and recreation infrastructure, including assets that do not currently exist in a community or the replacement of existing assets that have reached the end of their lifespan.
        • Tenaquip Foundation - Ongoing, next application review in OctoberGrants to Canadian charities  to provide relief primarily in the areas of medical research, hospitals, children's welfare and humanitarian causes.The Peter Gilgan Foundation’s Children, Youth & Families grant - Applications ongoingSingle-year and multi-year grants to support work in the areas ofchildren, youth & families; Indigenous youth; climate change; and international development.
        • Farm Credit Canada Community Funding – Applications ongoing
        • Power Corporation of Canada - – Applications ongoing
        • Limited Support to Endangered Arts Organizations - ongoing
          The Government of Canada is accepting applications to the Canada Cultural Investment Fund - Limited Support to Endangered Arts Organizations stream. Funding is available for the restructuring of an arts organization, so it can continue to contribute to the community it is serving. 
        • RBC Future Launch - ongoing
          RBC Foundation is accepting applications to their RBC Future Launch program, which supports charitable programs that target young people in their transitional years, specifically ages 15-29 that are focusing on one or more of their “solution areas”. Applications of $10,000 or more are accepted on a rolling basis, applications for grants greater than $100,000 should be discussed with the donations manager.
        • Events — Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program - Applications on a rolling basis
          The Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program aims to support Canadian communities in combating racism and discrimination while promoting diversity and inclusion. The Events component is to provide funding to community-based events that promote intercultural or interfaith understanding, promote discussions on multiculturalism, diversity, racism and religious discrimination, or celebrate a community's history and culture such as heritage months recognized by Parliament.
        • ONPHA STEP Grant. As part of the Ontario Non Profit Housing Association's Community Housing Transformation Initiative, the STEP program offers professional services to help all housing providers in Ontario prepare for End of Mortgage and/or Operating Agreement (EOM/EOA) negotiations with their service manager. This grant is designed to assist in using pre-qualified vendors within the STEP program and offers up to $15,000 for one community housing provider in each service manager area.
        • Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP). Boost Your Business Technology grant gives you: up to $15,000 to develop a Digital Adoption Plan; up to $100,000 in 0% interest loan from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) to implement your plan; and/or up to $7,300 to hire a skilled youth to implement the technologies that can propel your business forward.

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