GrantTrail

NAICS Industry group 8139 · in Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations

Federal grants for business, professional, labour and other membership organizations

Programs that fund recipients the department coded with this industry. Departments record an industry code on about one agreement in ten, mostly business programs, so this is a guide to which programs fund businesses like yours, not a full count.

Total value
$2.2B
Agreements
2,896
To named organizations
2,853
$2.2B
To individuals or unnamed
43
$23.3M; never named here

Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.

Programs that fund this industry

The programs that put the most money here.

ProgramAgreementsTotal
Community Futures - RRRF5$381M
Community Futures Program208$368M
Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario289$183M
REGI - Regional Innovation Ecosystem448$119M
Community Futures Program (CFP)58$69.4M
CED & Diversification143$64.8M
Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Ecosystem Fund15$59.7M
Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF)8$58.9M
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations198$58.2M
Ontario Community Futures Program-Southern Ontario61$57.3M
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Not-For-Profit8$39.9M
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) - CFDC36$39.4M
Regional Innovation Ecosystem (RIE)14$37.8M
Regional Economic Growth through Innovation30$34.3M
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) - Indirect3$33M
Western Diversification Program84$32.3M
Council of Canadian Academies2$28.5M
Regional Economic Growth through Innovation26$27.2M
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms37$27.2M
Regional Innovation Ecosystem7$27M
FedNor125$22.2M
Western Diversification Program66$22.2M
Industrial Research Assistance Program37$19.3M
ICF - Strategic Community Capacity71$17.8M
Jobs and Growth Fund2$17.8M

Top recipients

Organizations with the most funding.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
Atlantic Association of Community Business Development Corporations24$393M
Community Futures Development Association of B.C.5$101M
Community Futures Network of Alberta8$81.3M
Tourism Industry Association of Ontario3$60.3M
Community Futures Partners of Saskatchewan Inc.9$40.8M
Yves Landry Foundation5$34M
Innovation Guelph Resource Centre5$32.1M
Council of Canadian Academies2$28.5M
Northumberland Business Development Assistance Corp.17$26M
Springboard Atlantic Inc.6$21.6M
GTA Region Investment Attraction4$21M
Alliance of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters2$21M
Eastern Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Ne7$20.8M
In-Sec-M, Security Research and Innovation12$18.6M
Women's Enterprise Centre7$17.7M
Black Business Initiative Society8$17.3M
Corporation Inno-centre du Québec16$15.5M
Palette Skills Incorporated3$15M
Tech-Access Canada9$15M
Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada16$14.2M
Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation18$13.8M
Northumberland Business Development Assistance Corporation11$13.6M
Société de développement communautaire de Prescott-Russell20$13.5M
Invest WindsorEssex6$13.3M
Manitoba Women's Enterprise Centre Inc5$13M

Plus 43 agreements ($23.3M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why

By year

Agreements by the year they started.

YearAgreementsTotal
200647$9.9M
200738$7.7M
200850$16.4M
2009135$66.4M
201069$29.9M
201158$51M
201243$38.2M
201355$14.6M
201415$24.4M
20155$17.2M
20165$2.5M
20178$8.2M
2018143$24.1M
2019324$356M
2020483$660M
2021578$399M
2022409$137M
2023248$222M
202475$35M
202562$28M
202646$66.5M

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Not-for-profit organizations and charities1,794$1.6B
Not stated by the department974$616M
Government39$12.9M
For-profit organizations65$8.4M
Indigenous recipients15$6.5M
Academia3$4.9M
Other organizations6$1.6M

Latest agreements

StartRecipientProgramValue
Jul 2026Anishnawbe Business Professional AssociationNorthern Ontario Development ProgramFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario$394,020
Jul 2026Northern Ontario Enterprise Gateway Point d'acces pour les entreprises du nord l'OntarioRegional Economic Growth through Innovation ProgramFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario$1,845,770
Jul 2026Community Development Corporation of Sault Ste. Marie & AreaNorthern Ontario Development ProgramFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario$1,000,000
Jun 2026Canadian Criminal Justice Association(GCP-VO) Grants and Contributions Program to Voluntary OrganizationsPublic Safety Canada$841,220
Jun 2026Association des services de réhabilitation sociale du Québec (ASRSQ)(GCP-VO) Grants and Contributions Program to Voluntary OrganizationsPublic Safety Canada$565,000
Jun 2026Technologies LuqiaIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$455,000
Jun 2026Canadian Wood Council - Conseil Canadien du BoisIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$49,995
May 2026La Société de développement économique de la Colombie-BritanniquePacific Economic Development ProgramPacific Economic Development Canada$25,000
May 2026Next Generation Manufacturing CanadaIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$200,000
May 2026WTCW Inc.Regional Economic Growth through InnovationPrairies Economic Development Canada$1,710,000
May 2026Next Generation Manufacturing CanadaIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$300,000
May 2026Information and Communication Technologies Association of Manitoba Inc.Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$75,000
May 2026Canadian Association of Management ConsultantsIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$800,000
Apr 2026EnviroByte Inc.Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$75,000
Apr 2026Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan Inc.Women's Enterprise InitiativePrairies Economic Development Canada$4,875,000
Apr 2026Tech-Access CanadaIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$1,000,000
Apr 2026Springboard Atlantic Inc.Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$675,000
Apr 2026SheBoot CorporationIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$280,000
Apr 2026PTAC Petroleum Technology Alliance CanadaIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$200,000
Apr 2026Invest OttawaIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$564,255
Apr 2026Intellectual Property Institute of CanadaIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$750,000
Apr 2026Innovate BCIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$511,000
Apr 2026In-Sec-M, Security Research and InnovationIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$600,000
Apr 2026In-Sec-M, Security Research and InnovationIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$600,000
Apr 2026Corporation Inno-centre du QuébecIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$450,000