Climate Change Grant Recipients

Since 2016, we’ve awarded more than $16 million in grants to promote sustainability, fight climate change, and support communities in climate resilience. Since 2023 we’re proud to have supported:
20 +
organizations directly reducing GHG emissions
1,197
individuals accessing green skills training
2,735
green retrofits to promote sustainable and comfortable living
$3 million
Committed to impact investments tackling urgent climate action

Featured Grant Recipients

Our Climate Change grants balance economic, environmental, and social needs while building a sustainable tomorrow. The Peter Gilgan Foundation has made a long-term commitment to the fight against climate change.

MaRS Discovery District
$2,550,000 over seven years

To support a range of Climate Missions, enabling clean tech ventures, carbon dioxide removal acceleration, and net-zero building.

Nature United
$1,050,000 over four years

To support Nature United’s Natural Climate Solutions program across Canada.

Carbon Removal Canada
$900,000 over five years

To enable the conditions for the rapid and responsible scale-up of the carbon removal solutions needed to meet Canada’s climate goals.

David Suzuki Foundation
$700,000 over six years

To build the climate and clean energy transition movement in communities across Canada.

Green Communities Canada
$520,600 over four years

To accelerate deep energy retrofits across Canada.

Earth Tech 2050, Accelerate from Anywhere, & Climate Ventures
$502,200 over six years

To support the stability and evolution of one of Canada’s top climate accelerators.

2024/2025 Grant Recipients

  • Building Up
    $100,000 to provide paid green retrofit training and deliver affordable housing retrofits through a social enterprise for those facing employment barriers in the GTA
  • Carbon Removal Canada
    $200,000 of $600,000 to support policy advocacy for scaling the carbon removal industry in Canada

    Year 1 of 3

  • Cheakamus Foundation for Environmental Learning
    $60,000 to grow a talent pipeline of Indigenous youth workers with green building skills
  • Clean Economy Fund – Accelerate
    $55,000 to support the first phase of ConnectZEV initiative for zero-emission vehicles
  • Clean Economy Fund – Canadians for Clean Prosperity
    $222,322 of $441,540 to support research on policy solutions for housing affordability and emissions

    Year 1 of 2

  • Clean Economy Fund – Indigenous Electrification Strategy
    $50,000 to support the implementation of the National Indigenous Electrification Strategy via First Nations Major Projects Coalition
  • Clean Economy Fund – New Economy Canada
    $55,000 to engage employees in the energy transition as clean economy champions
  • Climate Concierge with Salal Foundation
    $37,500 of $75,000 to expand the Climate Concierge Service in Lanark County, promoting home retrofits

    Year 1 of 2

  • Create Climate Equity
    $50,000 to engage GTHA’s diverse communities in understanding energy conservation and climate change
  • Dalhousie University
    $50,000 of $100,000 to research and develop flax-crete, a sustainable building biomaterial

    Year 2 of 2

  • Ecology Action Centre
    $82,000 to engage communities in offshore wind development
  • EcoSchools
    $50,000 to support School Board and District Climate Action Program
  • Efficiency Canada
    $75,000 to provide training and capacity-building to address energy poverty in Indigenous communities
  • Evergreen
    $85,000 to support the Climate Ready Schools Digital Learning Hub for greening school grounds
  • FoodBridge
    $100,000 to support guarding the grain for a sustainable future
  • Ganaraska Region Conservation Agency
    $125,000 to develop GeoAI models for detailed land cover classification
  • GRAME
    $60,000 to improve climate resilience in equity-deserving boroughs in Montreal through greening and de-paving projects
  • Green Communities Canada
    $136,438 of $520,600 to build local capacity and enable proper heat pump sizing in retrofits across Canada

    Year 2 of 3

  • Hammond River Angling Association
    $32,158 to support SustainabiliTREE: Reshaping Riparian Restoration Through Soil Health to Tree Health
  • Indigenous Clean Energy
    $35,000 to build HR capacity and employee engagement for continued organizational support of Indigenous clean energy projects
  • Iron & Earth
    $117,000 to train Indigenous community members in solar power installation in Labrador
  • Lift360
    $25,000 to support Climate Resilience Accelerator
  • MaRS Discovery District – Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care
    $170,000 to promote green health policies and decarbonization of Ontario hospitals
  • MaRS Discovery District – Better Buildings
    $450,000 of $2,250,000 to support a range of Climate Missions, enabling clean tech ventures, carbon dioxide removal acceleration, and net-zero building

    Year 2 of 5

  • Movement d’implication francophone d’Orleans (MIFO)
    $25,000 of $50,000 to support the replacement of a community facility with a Net-Zero Carbon Building

    Year 1 of 2

  • Nature Conservancy of Canada
    $125,000 to secure Buckbrush Ridge within the Waterton Park Front
  • Nature United
    $260,000 of $800,000 to protect, restore, and improve management of forests, agricultural lands, and other lands so they can absorb and store more carbon

    Year 1 of 3

  • Nourish Leadership
    $100,000 to better the food systems in hospitals nation-wide, building a more sustainable and preventative healthcare system overall
  • Ocean Wise Conservation Association
    $49,815 of $99,630 to support kelp forest restoration in BC in partnership with Huu-ay-aht First Nation

    Year 1 of 2

  • Sacred Earth Solar with Foundation for Environmental Stewardship
    $75,000 to support the solarization of an Elder’s Lodge and food storage for the Métis nation in Île-à-la-Crosse
  • SC’IA⁄NEW First Nation
    $75,000 to plan and develop the Sc’ianew Tribal Park at Mary Hill
  • SeedChange – Rural Routes to Climate Solutions
    $150,000 to support Siksikaitsitapi agricultural producers and traditional harvesters to implement culturally-appropriate agricultural climate solutions
  • Social Innovation Canada – Climate & Equity Lab
    $125,000 to test community-driven climate resilience solutions
  • Social Innovation Canada – Climate Ventures
    $117,415 of $352,245 to support climate entrepreneurs in the Accelerate from Anywhere and Earth Tech programs

    Year 3 of 3

  • The Atmospheric Fund
    $170,000 of $300,000 to launch a solar and storage concierge program for Toronto homeowners

    Year 1 of 2

  • The New Farm
    $100,000 to support the launch of a regenerative agriculture program educating and supporting farmers
  • Thousand Island Watershed Land Trust
    $82,100 of $164,000 to protect critical landscapes in the Thousand Islands region

    Year 1 of 2

  • Toronto and Region Conservation Agency
    $100,000 of $300,000 to support the SNAP Climate Ready Homes program supporting homeowners in taking actionable steps towards greener homes

    Year 1 of 3

  • Transition Accelerator – Building Decarbonization Alliance
    $250,000 of $400,000 to support the ongoing growth of a coalition to advance green building practices in Canada

    Year 2 of 2

  • University of British Columbia – Faculty of Forestry
    $100,000 to support community engagement in rural populations to advance wildfire coexistence
  • University of British Columbia – Creative Destruction Lab
    $52,750 to support mentorship and development of Clean-Tech Ventures
  • University of Calgary – Faculty of Science
    $30,000 of $65,000 to develop and scale solid sorbent carbon capture technology

    Year 1 of 3

  • World Wildlife Fund
    $200,000 of $600,000 to support complex and climate-adaptive ecosystem restoration of fire impacted forests in Interior British Columbia

    Year 3 of 3

2023/2024 Grant Recipients

  • Alberta EcoTrust
    $150,000 to support the Emissions-Neutral Building Information Exchange (ENBIX) in Alberta
  • Bruce Trail Conservancy
    $200,000 of $500,000 to create two new nature reserves, preserving ecologically valuable land along the Niagara Escarpment

    Year 2 of 2

  • Building Up
    $50,000 to pilot a green construction training program for individuals facing employment barriers in Toronto
  • Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association
    $100,000 to develop municipal climate action plans through quantification of greenhouse gas emissions
  • Clean Air Partnership
    $137,349 to improve bike mechanic career pathways and train new mechanics in Toronto
  • Clean Prosperity Foundation – Carbon Removal Canada
    $115,000 of $600,000 to accelerate the Canadian carbon removal sector

    Year 2 of 2

  • Create Climate Equity
    $50,000 to expand newcomer education programs to Toronto on effective energy efficiency practices in the home
  • Dalhousie University
    $50,000 of $100,000 to research and develop flax-crete, a sustainable building biomaterial

    Year 1 of 2

  • David Suzuki Foundation
    $150,000 to support the development and implementation of climate action in cities across Canada
  • EcoTrust Canada
    $150,000 to support rural and Indigenous communities to transition from fossil fuels to heat pumps powered by clean energy
  • Foundation for Environmental Stewardship
    $50,000 to support Sour Springs Longhouse Sustainable Restoration
  • Green Communities Canada
    $287,458 of $450,000 to build local capacity and enable proper heat pump sizing in retrofits across Canada

    Year 1 of 3

  • Haudenosaunee Confederacy Sour Springs Longhouse
    $50,000 to install renewable energy, enhance food sovereignty, and electrify a longhouse, reducing reliance on fossil fuels
  • Indwell Community Homes – Trim Tab
    $297,617 to implement deep energy retrofits in social housing units in Southern Ontario
  • International Institute for Sustainable Development
    $100,000 to develop and implement floating wetland technology for enhanced biodiversity and water quality in rural Manitoba
  • London Environmental Network
    $200,000 to implement energy retrofits and install renewable energy in social housing units in Southern Ontario
  • MaRS Discovery District – Better Buildings
    $450,000 of $2,250,000 to support a range of Climate Missions, enabling clean tech ventures, carbon dioxide removal acceleration, and net-zero building

    Year 1 of 5

  • Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
    $100,000 to support the launch of the Carbon Dioxide Removal Market Acceleration initiative
  • Relay Education
    $70,000 to fund solar installation and maintenance training for Indigenous peoples and other equity-deserving groups in Ontario
  • SeedChange
    $100,000 to support Siksikaitsitapi agricultural producers and traditional harvesters to implement culturally-appropriate agricultural climate solutions
  • Social Innovation Canada – Climate Ventures
    $117,415 of $352,245 to support climate entrepreneurs in the Accelerate from Anywhere and Earth Tech programs

    Year 2 of 3

  • Transition Accelerator – Building Decarbonization Alliance
    $150,000 of $400,000 to support the ongoing growth of a coalition to advance green building practices in Canada

    Year 1 of 2

  • World Wildlife Fund
    $200,000 of $600,000 to support complex and climate-adaptive ecosystem restoration of fire impacted forests in Interior British Columbia

    Year 2 of 3