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Youth Opportunities Fund – Family Innovations Scale Grant │ Ontario Trillium Foundation

April 15, 2026

Value

Maximum $150,000

Description

The Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) recognizes the impact that healthy and resilient families have on the future success of young people. Through the Family Innovations grant stream, established groups led by parents, guardians and caregivers can apply for a grant to scale work they have been delivering to community. YOF believes that grassroots leaders with at least two years of experience running community-based projects have the skills to expand and improve them for the communities they serve.

We define a parent, guardian, or caregiver as someone, or one of the people, responsible for the physical, emotional, and economic wellbeing of children and youth. Our definition of parents, guardians and caregivers is inclusive and respects diverse cultural and decolonized interpretations of these roles. With a Family Innovations Scale grant, parents, guardians and caregivers can:

  • Enhance the quality of parents, guardians and caregivers’ experiences to deepen the impact of a current project, or
  • Expand a current project to impact more parents, guardians and caregivers.

Eligible Applicants

A grassroots group that is not registered as a charity or as an incorporated not-for-profit

  • The work of a parent, guardian and caregiver-led grassroots group is community-led and community-inspired. Grassroots group means that core group members share the identities and lived experiences of the parents, guardians and caregivers who will benefit from the project.
  • If you are a grassroots group from a First Nation, you are eligible to apply. Your group cannot have more than 50% of its members as part of the band office or band council.

An organization incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation without share capital in a Canadian jurisdiction

  • This includes a Chartered Community Council, operating under the Métis Nation of Ontario, or Inuit communities that are registered as not-for-profit corporations without share capital in Canada.
  • The organization cannot have more than $50,000 in gross revenue in each of the last two fiscal years. Revenue also needs to be independently managed.
  • Board members and day-to-day management must also be parents, guardians and caregivers.
  • The group is led by parents, guardians and caregivers.

Eligible Expenses

Choose the project type that closely aligns with your specific work:

Enhance the quality of parents, guardians and caregivers’ experiences to deepen the impact of a current project

This project type is for groups that want to make a project event better to increase impact on PGC’s. This project type includes adding new program components, such as modifying and/or making refinements to your existing model. 

Choose this project type if:

  • This is a project your group currently delivers and/or has delivered for at least two years.
  • Your group has strong evidence of the project’s success and the impact of the core project aligns with one of the Priority Outcomes associated with this grant stream.
  • Your group can demonstrate how you can enhance your core project and deepen the impact for the parents, guardians and caregivers you are currently working with.
  • Your core group of three or more members have history and experience doing work together. This experience can include delivering the core program model or other activities.

Expand a current project to impact more parents, guardians and caregivers

This project type is for groups that want to reach more PGC’s and expand the impact of their project. Expanding an existing successful project should also include aiming to increase the number of PGC’s who can access your program. For example, you could add more locations or hours to expand program delivery and increase access for youth beneficiaries. 

Choose this project type if: 

  • This is a project your group currently delivers and/or has delivered for at least two years.
  • Your group has strong evidence of the project’s success and the impact of the project aligns with one of the Priority Outcomes associated with this grant stream.
  • Your group can demonstrate how you can expand the reach of the project and achieve your chosen Priority Outcome to serve more parents, guardians and caregivers.
  • Your core group, of three or more members, has a history and experience of doing work together. This experience can include delivering the core program model or other activities.

Expanding an existing successful project should also include seeking to increase the number of parents, guardians and caregivers who can access your program. For example, you could add more locations or contact frequency to expand program delivery and increase access for your beneficiaries.

Deadline Date

April 15, 2026

Contact

Contact Name: OTF

E-mail Address: otf@otf.ca

Website: https://otf.ca/our-grants/youth-opportunities-fund/family-innovations-scale-grant#what-we-fund

Industry:

Non-Profit

Location:

Ontario

Tags:

Family

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