OTF Capital Grant

Overview of the OTF Capital Grant program:

Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) provides capital funding to improve the infrastructure required for communities to thrive. Funding is delivered through a process that allows OTF to respond flexibly and effectively to the broad and deep need for community-oriented capital funding across Ontario.

Benefits of the OTF Capital Grant program:

• We support projects that:
• 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
• Select only those outcomes that apply to your Capital project:
• Increase the use of the 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 the life of the facility or space through repairs, retrofits, or renovations (e.g., roof, HVAC, seating, windows, doors, electrical upgrades)
• Improve the 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 of the OTF Capital Grant program:

• Organization requirements
• 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 OTFs 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 notforprofit 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 Metis 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 Metis Nation of Ontario is to apply through the Metis Nation of Ontario.
• Inuit-led organizations are to apply as either a charitable organization or an incorporated not-for-profit organization, as applicable.
• Project Eligibility Ensure your organizations project meets all of the following criteria:
• The main impact of project activities is in one of OTF's catchment areas
• The project complies with OTF policies, specifically:
• Anti-Discrimination Policy
• Capital Grants Policy
• Eligibility Policy
• Financial Need and Health of Applications Policy
• The project information is complete and includes all of the required documentation
• The project aligns with Capital grant requirements:
• It is clearly demonstrated how the Capital project will address a need in the community
• It is clearly demonstrated how the Capital project will achieve the Capital grant outcomes selected