Our Grants
The Ontario Trillium Foundation offers a range of grants to support non-profit organizations.
Community Building Fund
Operating Stream
This fund supports non-profits and Indigenous communities that operate facilities and/or deliver experiences or programs for the public.
Resilient Communities Fund
Helping Non-profits Recover and Rebuild
OTF invests in projects of eligible non-profit organizations to aid their medium to longer-term recovery efforts, and help with their stabilization in the aftermath of COVID-19.
Community Investments
Seed Grant
Try something new or find a better way to deliver a program. Seed Grants support the research, development, and testing of new ideas and different approaches.
Grow Grant
Take a successful project to a new level. Grow Grants provide a higher level of funding over 2-3 years to help proven community projects increase their impact.
Capital Grant
Improve community buildings and spaces. Capital Grants support projects that provide people with suitable, accessible, and well-equipped buildings and spaces for their community's needs.
Youth Opportunities Fund
Youth Innovations Stream
Through this stream, the Youth Opportunities Fund provides young people facing systemic barriers with the resources they need to design and deliver inspiring solutions to issues that matter to them.
Family Innovations Stream
The Family Innovations Stream invests in the work of grassroots groups, delivering culturally anchored projects that empower and support parents, guardians, and caregivers.
System Innovations Stream
In this stream, collaborative partners will deepen their understanding of how specific systems work and implement strategies that lead to system-wide changes that go beyond any single organization or isolated program.
Our grants make an impact
Learn about the positive impact grantees are having as they build healthy and vibrant communities.
Read their stories