🤝 Social Enterprise & Non-Profit Grants 2025

Organization: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Amount: Up to $50 million

Supports large-scale, transformative and collaborative projects between industry, researchers and non-profit organizations that help grow Canada's economy.

Organization: City of Toronto

Amount: Up to $50,000

Supports innovative and revitalization projects for main street business areas through grants to Business Improvement Areas and non-profits for creative solutions to local challenges.

Organization: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Amount: Up to $500,000

Supported community-led projects that create jobs and economic opportunities in communities across Canada (program now closed).

Organization: Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

Amount: Varies

Supports business growth, innovation and community economic development in Southern Ontario through various contribution funding programs.

Organization: Canadian Heritage

Amount: Varies

Offers numerous grants and contributions programs supporting culture, heritage, official languages, Indigenous languages and sport (e.g., Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, Canada Book Fund, Athlete Assistance Program, etc.).

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Amount: Up to $10 million

A federal initiative to support innovative approaches to social challenges, including a $755 million fund to fund, finance, and support social purpose organizations (currently rolling out).

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Amount: Up to $100,000 (small projects stream)

Supports capital projects that improve accessibility in workplaces and community spaces for people with disabilities through grants for renovations, retrofits or accessible technologies.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Amount: Up to $25,000 (community stream)

Supports projects that empower seniors, encourage social participation and inclusion of seniors, and improve their quality of life, including small community-based grants and larger pan-Canadian projects.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Amount: Varies

Former federal program that funded community projects to reduce homelessness, now replaced by Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy as of 2019.

Organization: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Amount: Up to $15,000 per participant (wage subsidy)

Provides funding to organizations to create internships that offer underemployed youth training and work experience in digital skills, helping them transition to careers in the digital economy.

Organization: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

Amount: Varies (Repayable Contribution)

Provides interest-free, repayable contributions to help small and medium-sized enterprises in Atlantic Canada grow, improve productivity, and become more competitive.

Organization: Regional Development Corporation of New Brunswick

Amount: Varies

Supports local and regional priorities that will grow local economies in New Brunswick, focusing on community-driven projects.

Organization: Government of Yukon

Amount: Tiered funding up to $500,000

Supports projects and initiatives that provide long-term, sustainable economic benefits to Yukoners and Yukon communities, including business innovation, diversification, and competitiveness.

Organization: The City of Calgary

Amount: $5,000 - $25,000

Provides funding for non-profit organizations to support innovative work in the upper levels of the waste hierarchy (reduce, reuse, refurbish), helping Calgary move toward a circular economy.

Organization: City of Ottawa

Amount: $5,000 - $50,000

Provides financial support to non-profit agencies for new or expanded projects that assist targeted residents (e.g., youth, newcomers, persons with disabilities) to overcome obstacles to creating new jobs and/or new enterprises.

Organization: PME MTL

Amount: $5,000 - $50,000

Supports social economy projects in Montréal, from the planning stage to growth, with a focus on innovative projects that explore new sectors or approaches.

Organization: Coralus

Amount: Varies (Zero-interest loan)

A community-funded, zero-interest loan program for women and non-binary entrepreneurs working on ventures that address the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Organization: Government of Alberta - Indigenous Relations

Amount: $150,000 to $750,000

Provides grants to support capital costs for Indigenous community-owned economic development projects in Alberta, aiming to grow businesses and create employment.

Organization: Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC)

Amount: Varies

Part of the federal 2SLGBTQI+ Entrepreneurship Program, this fund provides funding to not-for-profit business-support organizations to deliver projects that help 2SLGBTQI+ entrepreneurs develop skills and access resources.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

Amount: Up to $75,000

Helps social purpose organizations (social enterprises, non-profits, charities, co-ops) build their capacity to participate in the social finance market and prepare for investment.

Organization: Interlake Tourism Association

Amount: $500 - $1,500

Provides financial support for projects that develop new, or enhance existing, tourism products in Manitoba's Interlake region, with a focus on culture, heritage, and nature-based recreation.