GrantStation Canadian Insider | May 2026

Application deadline: August 4, 2026
Grant amount: $5,000–$75,000
Target population: Veterans
Description: The True Patriot Love Foundation's Adaptive Sports Fund invests in programs that remove barriers to year-round adaptive sports participation for Canadian veterans, leveraging the physical and psychological benefits of consistent community-based sport. Funding priorities include increasing access, reducing barriers to participation, expanding adaptive equipment availability, and improving facility accessibility. Eligible programs may include rehabilitation and recovery integration, off-season training, consistent coaching, and access to specialized adaptive equipment such as sit-skis and outriggers.

Application deadline: July 15, 2026
Grant amount: $2,000–$8,000
Target population: Community members
Description: The TD Friends of the Environment Foundation supports a wide range of environmental initiatives across Canada, with a primary focus on environmental education and green space programs. Funding is available for projects such as schoolyard greening, park revitalization, community gardens, park programming, and citizen science initiatives.

Application deadline: None
Grant amount: $500–$2,000
Target population: Underserved children and youth ages 5 to 29
Description: The Excellence in Literacy Foundation supports literacy initiatives for underserved children and youth aged five to 29 in Canada. Small grants are available to registered Canadian charities for direct literacy program delivery, including program costs and operating expenses, such as salaries and materials. Priority populations include youth from low-income, newcomer, or Indigenous communities, those experiencing homelessness, and neurodiverse youth.

Application deadline: August 31, 2026
Grant amount: Varies
Target population: Community members
Description: The Assumption Life Foundation provides corporate sponsorships and donations to educational projects and organizations across Canada that work in health, education, entrepreneurship, and work skills acquisition. Preference is given to the health and education sectors, including cancer research and healthy lifestyle initiatives for youth.

Application deadline: June 15, 2026
Geographic scope: BC Lower Mainland
Grant amount: Up to $30,000
Target population: Single mothers and their children
Description: The Cause We Care Foundation funds programs that positively impact the lives of single mothers and their children in the BC Lower Mainland. Funding targets three outcomes: improved economic security, including housing and employment, increased personal capacity, including education and mental health, and greater opportunities and well-being for children. Eligible applicants must be registered Canadian charities providing direct services to single mothers and their children in the region.

Application deadline: July 15, 2026
Geographic scope: Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Grant amount: Up to $150,000
Target population: People at-risk of violence and abuse
Description: The PrairieAction Foundation funds action-oriented research to help end violence and abuse across Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Current research priorities include abuse and violence against persons with disabilities, employer responses to interpersonal violence, workplace harassment, and abuse and violence against seniors. All projects must be conducted across all three provinces and include a partnership between an academic institution and community organizations with experience in the relevant topic area.

Application deadline: July 31, 2026
Geographic scope: Priority given to organizations in the Greater Toronto Area
Grant amount: Over $15,000
Target population: Arts communities
Description: Partners in Art provides project development grants for contemporary visual arts projects in Canada, with priority given to those in the Greater Toronto Area. Funded projects must involve professional artists, contribute to new conversations in contemporary art, reflect curatorial expertise, and offer a strong educational component for members and the public. Eligible applicants are arts organizations with a Canadian charitable number or those partnered with one.

Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island
Grant amount: Varies
Target population: Community members
Description: The Harrison McCain Foundation supports community initiatives primarily in Atlantic Canada, with preference given to communities where McCain Foods operates. Funding supports education, community-based organizations, health and social services, environmental initiatives, and arts and culture projects. The Foundation also supports student success through scholarships and bursaries.

Geographic scope: National
Grant amount: Up to $300,000
Target population: School students
Description: The Canadian Institutes of Health Research's FRESH Team Grant funds research to generate actionable evidence on school food programs and their health, social, and economic impacts across Canada. Funding is available across three research pools: health and socioeconomic effects of school food programs, policy and program design for equitable outcomes, and school food programs and First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students and communities. Applications must be led by a three-party team of researchers, decision-makers, and knowledge users, and must maintain an equity focus throughout.

Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: Southern Ontario
Grant amount: $125,000–$10 million
Target population: Small- and medium-sized businesses
Description: FedDev Ontario's Build and Compete program supports nonprofits in southern Ontario working to strengthen regional business ecosystems and help small- and medium-sized businesses grow and compete. Funding is available for three types of projects: growing and sustaining economic clusters, enhancing regional capacity in growth sectors, and strengthening economic resilience in small and rural communities. A matching contribution is required.

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Webinar date: May 20, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern Time

Are you faced with tough decisions because your organization isn’t able to fully fund your operating budget?

Unfortunately, it’s often easier to fund your programs and special projects than it is to raise the dollars you need to keep the lights on.

This webinar will identify the building blocks of a strong budget and explain how nonprofits can easily raise the dollars needed to cover overhead costs. Mandy Pearce of Funding for Good will discuss how proper budgeting will propel grant proposals to success and how to use messaging to raise these much-needed funds. 

Webinar date: May 26, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern Time

An effective grant strategy isn’t just about identifying potential funders—it’s about doing so efficiently, strategically, and with the right tools to support your decision-making.

In this webinar, Alice Ruhnke and David Gates will demonstrate how to harness the combined power of GrantStation’s funder database with AI tools like ChatGPT to streamline your prospect research and outreach efforts.

You’ll be guided through the essential steps of an effective grant strategy and learn how pairing AI tools with funder databases can make the process faster, smarter, and more targeted.

Webinar date: June 4, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern Time

Your organization is probably collecting more data than you realize. But if that data is sitting in spreadsheets or CRM dashboards without ever shaping a decision, it isn't working for you. Most nonprofits are data-rich and insight-poor, and the gap between collecting information and actually using it is costing them donor relationships, fundraising momentum, and growth.

During this webinar, Shama Shams will show you how to close that gap. She'll walk you through a practical, approachable framework showing what data to collect, how to interpret it, and, most importantly, how to turn it into an actionable strategy in a way that makes data feel immediately useful.

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We’re pleased to share the release of the free 2026 State of Grantseeking™ Report, a vital resource for nonprofit leaders, grant professionals, and fundraisers seeking to stay informed and competitive in today’s funding environment.

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