Funding

Grants recently available/likely coming back soon can be found below.

Please double-check deadline information on their websites. 

Toronto

Park People microgrants - For grassroots activations in parks, public spaces and ravines. (Currently closed)

Neighbourhood Climate Action Grants - Grants of up to $7,500 for local climate action projects by resident groups, with emphasis on equity. (Currently closed)

PollinateTO Grants - Grants of up to $5,000 for pollinator garden projects in Toronto. (Currently closed)

Youth Climate Action Grants - Grants of up to $1,000 for student-led climate projects, with the TDSB and TCDSB. (Currently closed)

Toronto Indigenous Climate Action Grants - For Indigenous people, groups or guided cliamte projects. (Currently closed)

Ontario

Guelph, Kitchener, Oakville, Blue Mountain - Youth Climate Action grants supported by the Bloomberg Foundation (Send us a message for more information).

Ontario Community Environment Fund - A fund for environmental restoration and community resilience projects in Ontario. Review if funding available in your region (Currently closed).

Ontario Power Generation - Provincial and regional grants with rolling deadlines, and biodviersity grant (late 2026) with a focus on OPG host communities.

Canada

Jane Goodall Foundation's Animals People Environment Fund - up to $1,000 for youth projects. (Currently closed)

TD Friends of the Environment Foundation - Grants for project costs especially environmental education and greening projects by charities. (Deadlines January 15 and July 15).

ClimAtlantic - List of potential funding sources in Atlantic Canada.

The Youth Harbour - Action grants for youth-led organizations and projects. Also see grants for equity access and assembly (Currently closed).

Foundations - Family and larger foundations in Canada which provide grants to Canadian charities. Look up Trottier Family Foundation, Peter Gilgan Foundation and others.