Catapult Canada Grants

Established by the Rideau Hall Foundation, Catapult Canada supports youth-serving organizations in Canada to design, build, scale up, and evaluate the impact of initiatives to better support Canadian youth in their learning goals, especially those underserved by the education system and disengaged from education and/or career pathways.

There are two funding streams available in the Spring 2025 Open Call. Please note that each organization is eligible to submit only one (1) application per open call.

1. General Stream
This funding stream is open to all initiatives that align with the Catapult Funded Project Objectives. Initiatives will directly or indirectly support learners in communities across Canada to eliminate barriers to learning opportunities and to increase equity of access to learning pathways.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Project must fulfill one or more of the Catapult Funded Project Objectives.
• Project primary beneficiaries must be youth in Canada (ages 12-29).
• Applying organizations and project operations must be based in Canada.
• Applying organizations must be Canadian registered charities or registered non-profits.

Funding:

• Available funding range is $25,000 to $150,000 CAD per project.
• Maximum project funding duration is 18 months; projects must end by March 31st, 2027.

2. Targeted Stream: Newcomer, Refugee, and NEET Youth (NEET Stream)
This funding stream is for projects that are specifically designed to address the needs of newcomers to Canada, refugees, youth fleeing violence/trauma, and youth not in education, employment, or training (NEET youth).

Eligibility Criteria:

• Project must fulfill one or more of the Catapult Funded Project Objectives.
• The project’s design must prioritize the needs of youth who are newcomers to Canada, refugees, youth fleeing violence/trauma, and/or NEET youth.
• Project primary beneficiaries must be youth in Canada (ages 12-29) who are either newcomers to Canada, refugees, youth fleeing violence/trauma, and/or NEET youth.
• Applying organizations and project operations must be based in Canada.
• Applying organizations must be Canadian registered charities or registered non-profits.

Funding:

• Available funding range is $25,000 to $100,000 CAD per project.
• Maximum project funding duration is 12 months; projects must end by September 30th, 2026.
• Priority will be given to small and medium sized organizations with annual budgets of <$1M.

Both funding streams will be accepting applications until June 20, 2025, 12:00 PM (ET). Funding decisions/Application status will be communicated to all applicants in September 2025. Funding for all projects will begin in October 2025.

Click on the Learn More link for details and to apply!