Available Grants

This grant program provides operating assistance for small to medium sized non-profit cultural organizations in Brantford.

The program has two streams:

• Annual Operating Grants and Core Operating Grants (Museum Funding Agreements)

Applications will open for the 2026 season on November 10, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. and close on January 30, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. If interested in applying, please email culture@brantford.ca for the application link and eligibility forms.

Funded by the City of Brantford Casino Reserve Fund, the goal of the Cultural and Built Heritage Funding Program is to provide project grants to cultural institutions for facility and infrastructure improvements, in order to ensure Brantford citizens have access to a range of high-quality arts, culture and heritage assets. The purpose of this program is to financially support substantial capital facility and infrastructure projects for cultural institutions, including new construction, equipment, renovations, repair costs, collections maintenance expenses, and design or planning fees associated with planned capital improvements.

Applications will open for the 2026 season on November 10, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. and close on January 30, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. If interested in applying, please email culture@brantford.ca for the application link and eligibility forms.

This program has a number of streams, including:

• General Operating Grants
• Travel Grants
• Start-Up and Capital Funding Grants

The City of Brantford Grants program is administered by the Brant Community Foundation.

Let us help you with your next grant application. Tourism Brantford provides the following services:

• Connecting you with local, provincial and federal funding programs
• Grant writing advice and support
• Letters of support (in principle) for your grant application