Funding Opportunities

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Electric Vehicle (EV) ZEVIP Program

1. Government of Canada
   • iZEV Incentive Program
   • iMHZEV Incentive Program
   • ZEVIP (EV Charging Stations)
2. Hydro Ottawa – CLOSED
3. EPCOR Go Ev Funding – CLOSED
4. Alectra Utilities – CLOSED
5. Essex Powerlines – for Windsor-Essex County
6. Green Economy Canada – CLOSED

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Gardening-Related Grants

1. TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Grant (TD-FEF):
   • Winter Submission Deadline: January 15
   • Summer Submission Deadline: July 15
2. Community Garden Development Fund: Financial support for existing and new gardens in Ottawa
3. Communities in Bloom: Various opportunities yearly.
4. 2 Billion Trees Program Funding: New tree planting. Ongoing call for proposals.
5. Tree Canada – Community Tree Grants: Grant applications are currently closed until Fall 2023.
   • Edible Trees Program: Funding for edible tree planting initiatives
   • Treemendous Communities Program: Funding for a variety of tree planting initiatives
6. The Pollination Project – Daily Grant Program: Microgrants of $1000 all year round.
7. WWF – Go Wild Grants: Funding for students & educators to implement community gardens.
8. Green Communities Canada’s Living Cities Fund – Demonstrate Stream: Up to $15,000 for creation of new, nature-based, community-led green infrastructure projects, including depave projects, mini forest projects, rain garden projects, and pollinator gardens and/or pathways. Currently CLOSED. 

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Community-Based Project Funding

1. Community Environmental Projects Grant Program (CEPGP): Applications are currently open for 2023-2024 projects. Currently CLOSED.
2. Ottawa Community Foundation – Community Grants Program: One-year grants and multi-year grants available.
   • One-year grant deadlines: February 1 & October 1
   • Multi-year grant deadline: December 1
3. EcoAction Community Funding Program: Currently CLOSED.
4. Ontario Trillium Foundation – Grants: Various grants available to communities, youth, and Indigenous groups. Here are a few relevant options:
   • Community Investment Seed Grant: Funding to support the development of new projects.
   • Community Investment Grow Grant: Funding to help advance already established projects.
   • Capital Grant: Funding for capital projects, such as purchasing equipment, building a new space, or completing renovations, retrofits or repairs. OPEN until June 14, 2023, at 5PM ET.
5. Canada Post – Community Foundation Grants: Currently CLOSED until Winter 2024.
6. The McLean Foundation – Grants: Canada wide grants for charitable community projects.
7. Honda Canada Foundation – Grants: Funding for charitable non profits.
8. Commission for Environmental Cooperation – EJ4Climate Grant Program: Project funding for underserved and vulnerable communities. Currently CLOSED.
9. Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program: Applications for 2022 now closed, but will reopen in fall 2023.
10. IESO Education and Capacity Building Program: Funding to Indigenous communities for education and skills on energy systems.

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Youth Funding

1. Ontario Trillium Foundation – Grants: Various grants available to communities, youth, and Indigenous groups. Here is a youth option:
   • Youth Opportunities Fund: Funding for youth projects with a focus on BIPOC communities.
2. Laidlaw Foundation – Grants & Programs: Multiple grant opportunities for youth action and Indigenous community engagement. Here is a youth option:
   • PopUp Grant: Funding for youth initiatives on climate change. A call for applications in 2023 will open soon.
   • Indigenous Youth and Community Futures Fund: Currently CLOSED.
3. WWF – Go Wild Grants: Funding for students & educators to implement community gardens
4. Nature Canada – Young Nature Leaders Grant: A grant program in collaboration with Women for Nature that provides youth under 30 with $1000 to implement an environmental project. Currently CLOSED.

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