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Enhanced Capacity Advancement Program grant

Government of Alberta

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The official page says: “The application period for the 2026-29 Enhanced Capacity Advancement Program multi-year funding cycle is now closed.”

Read from the official page on October 14, 2026. Confirm the deadline on the official page before you apply.

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Amount
Up to $225K
Cost share
Not stated on the page
Who can apply
Non-profits and charities
Where
Alberta

What it is

This program provides funding for up to 3 years to Alberta-based capacity building non-profit organizations.

Deadline: Fall. Eligible organizations: Non-profit organization. Cycle: Triennial (every 3 years)

Description from Alberta arts, culture and sport grants, the funder’s own list of programs. The Government of Canada’s Business Benefits Finder (list of July 17, 2025) doesn’t include it.

What applicants actually got

From Alberta’s grant payments disclosure: every payment the province filed under this program. Advertised: up to $225K.

Awards, fiscal 2025-26
7
recipients paid that year
Typical award
$135K–$178K
the middle half, fiscal 2023-24 to 2025-26
Median award
$170K
23 awards, fiscal 2023-24 to 2025-26
All years
$14.2M
128 awards, fiscal 2014-15 to 2025-26

Alberta grant payments disclosure, fiscal years 2014-15 to 2025-26 (April to March). An award is one recipient’s total from the program in one fiscal year; amounts of $0 or less count as $0. Medians use complete fiscal years. Source: Government of Alberta, open.alberta.ca, Open Government Licence – Alberta.

Who got it

Organizations paid the most under this program, fiscal 2014-15 to 2025-26.

RecipientAwardsTotal
Fusesocial Wood Buffalo Society10$1.5M
Volunteer Centre Of Calgary12$1.3M
Volunteer Lethbridge Association12$1.2M
The Association Of Volunteer Centres And Volunteer Engaging Organizations8$1.1M
Grande Prairie Volunteer Services Bureau Association8$748K
The Association Of Volunteer Centres And Volunteer Engaging Organizations Of Alberta4$671K
St Albert Community Information And Volunteer Centre6$438K
Volunteer Central Society5$383K
Synergy Youth And Community Development Society6$360K
Alberta Association Of Immigrant Serving Agencies (A A I S A)4$350K
Calgary Chamber Of Voluntary Organization2$340K
Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association4$295K
Grande Prairie Regional Association Of Volunteer Organizations3$276K
Alberta's Youthvolunteer ! Society3$263K
Volunteer Strathcona Centre4$210K
Wood Buffalo Volunteer & Information Centre2$165K
Information & Volunteer Centre For Strathcona County2$120K
Ccednet-Rcdec Association1$0

Plus 53 payments ($4.5M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why

Latest payments

The latest payments to named organizations, to April 29, 2025.

PaidRecipientAmount
Apr 2025The Association Of Volunteer Centres And Volunteer Engaging Organizations Of Alberta$106,771
Apr 2025Volunteer Centre Of Calgary$99,049
Apr 2025Calgary Chamber Of Voluntary Organization$95,290
Apr 2025The Association Of Volunteer Centres And Volunteer Engaging Organizations Of Alberta$83,465
Apr 2025Volunteer Centre Of Calgary$77,428
Apr 2025Fusesocial Wood Buffalo Society$76,037
Apr 2025Calgary Chamber Of Voluntary Organization$74,490
Apr 2025Volunteer Lethbridge Association$73,545
Apr 2025Fusesocial Wood Buffalo Society$59,440
Apr 2025Volunteer Lethbridge Association$57,492
Jul 2024Ccednet-Rcdec Association$180,000
Jun 2024Volunteer Lethbridge Association$131,037
May 2024The Association Of Volunteer Centres And Volunteer Engaging Organizations Of Alberta$190,236
May 2024Grande Prairie Regional Association Of Volunteer Organizations$90,386
May 2024Volunteer Centre Of Calgary$176,477
May 2024Calgary Chamber Of Voluntary Organization$169,780
May 2024Fusesocial Wood Buffalo Society$135,477
May 2023Volunteer Centre Of Calgary$126,477
May 2023Fusesocial Wood Buffalo Society$85,477
May 2023Fusesocial Wood Buffalo Society$50,000
May 2023Volunteer Centre Of Calgary$50,000
May 2023The Association Of Volunteer Centres And Volunteer Engaging Organizations Of Alberta$140,236
May 2023Volunteer Lethbridge Association$81,037
May 2023Volunteer Lethbridge Association$50,000
May 2023Grande Prairie Regional Association Of Volunteer Organizations$50,000

By fiscal year

Awards by the fiscal year (April to March) they were paid in; the median is over awards above $0.

Fiscal yearAwardsMedian awardTotal
2025-267$170K$1.1M
2024-259$164K$1.2M
2023-248$164K$1.2M
2022-2310$98K$950K
2021-2210$98K$960K
2020-2111$95K$990K
2019-2010$113K$1.3M
2018-1910$113K$1.3M
2017-1814$75K$1.5M
2016-1713$80K$1.2M
2015-1613$90K$1.2M
2014-1513$88K$1.2M

Matched to 7 program names in Alberta’s disclosure (by Claude, checked against who was paid):

  • “CIP ENHANCED CAPACITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRA” (Arts, Culture and Status of Women, 2024-25 to 2025-26, 25 payments)
  • “CIP ENHANCED CAPACITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRA” (Culture, 2023-24, 16 payments)
  • “CIP ENHANCED CAPACITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRA” (Culture and Status of Women, 2022-23, 28 payments)
  • “CIP ENHANCED CAPACITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRA” (Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women, 2020-21 to 2021-22, 20 payments)
  • “ENHANCED CAPACITY ADVMENT PROG” (Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women, 2019-20 to 2020-21, 21 payments)
  • “ENHANCED CAPACITY ADVMENT PROG” (Culture and Tourism, 2015-16 to 2018-19, 69 payments)
  • “ENHANCED CAPACITY ADVMENT PROG” (Culture, 2014-15, 15 payments)

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