Deadline: 14-Jun-23
The Ontario Trillium Foundation is thrilled to introduce the Capital Grant Program for non-profit organizations to address a community need by improving the infrastructure Ontarians need to thrive.
Whether it’s purchasing equipment, building a new space, or completing renovations, retrofits or repairs, Capital grants support projects that will have a positive impact in your community.
Priorities
- Improve access to community spaces, facilities, programs, activities and services, and facilitate community members’ full participation in the life of the community.
- Improve and build community spaces.
- Make programs and services better and more efficient.
- Make better use of technology.
Organizations can request funding for multiple capital improvements within one facility, e.g., touchless entry and widening of doorways at local community centre, or they can request funding for the same capital improvements at multiple facilities, e.g., HVAC retrofits at 3 municipal arenas.
Funding Information
- Term Length
- Maximum 12 months
- Amount Awarded (Per Year)
- Minimum $10,000
- Maximum $150,000
Expected outcomes
- Select only those outcomes that apply to your Capital project:
- Increase use of facility or space by expanding functionality, square footage, participation rates and/or usable hours. (e.g., outdoor lighting, wall partitions, new changing room, added play area, new or expanded kitchen facilities)
- Extend life of facility or space through repairs, retrofits or renovations (e.g., roof, HVAC, seating, windows, doors, electrical upgrades)
- Improve facility or space to make it accessible to all people. (e.g., ramps, washrooms, automated door openers, elevators)
- Enhance program and service delivery through the purchase of fixed and non-fixed equipment (e.g., sports equipment, multi-sensory equipment, workstations, maintenance equipment, sound system, kitchen appliances)
- Based on the Capital grant outcome(s) selected, your organization needs to describe your project, how your project will achieve each outcome, and how it will help your organization address the community need identified in your application.
Eligibility Criteria
- An applicant for an OTF grant must:
- Have a primary purpose, presence and reputation for delivering programs and activities with direct community benefit in Ontario.
- Demonstrate the financial capacity to manage OTF funds, deliver and complete the proposed project as per OTF’s Financial Health and Need policy.
- Demonstrate that they provide services in Ontario.
- Demonstrate their ability to generate additional resources from the community and other sources.
- Demonstrate that it is an appropriate organization to carry out the proposed project.
- Any one of the following organizations may be eligible for funding:
- A charitable organization or foundation registered with the Canada Revenue Agency.
- An organization incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation without share capital in a Canadian jurisdiction.
- Organizations that are both an incorporated not‐for‐profit and a registered charity are to apply as a charity.
- Any one of the following Indigenous communities may be eligible for funding:
- A First Nation
- A Chartered Community Council, operating under the Métis Nation of Ontario
- Inuit
- For First Nation communities seeking funding for their library, they must apply on behalf of the library and cannot submit separate applications for both the community and the library for the same grant deadline.
- A Chartered Community Council, operating under the Métis Nation of Ontario is to apply through the Métis Nation of Ontario.
- Inuit-led organizations are to apply as either a charitable organization or an incorporated not for profit organization, as applicable.
- A municipality with a population of 20,000 or less is eligible to:
- Apply for funding in OTF’s Active People Action Area fostering more active lifestyles, or in OTF’s Inspired People Action Area supporting arts, culture and heritage projects; and
- Apply for its cultural or recreation agencies, including municipal libraries and museums.
- County Library Boards and Local Services Boards serving populations of 20,000 or less are also eligible to apply for funding in the Inspired People or Active People Action Areas.
For more information, visit Ontario Trillium Foundation.
