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Nonprofit grants and funding

Your mission matters, and so does how it is funded. Explore grants, community funding and suitable financing resources for nonprofits and charities in Canada and the United States.

Request a funding review Browse official resources

This asks CELER for a review. It is not an application to a funder. Eligibility, availability and decisions stay with the funder.

Start with your organization, not a credit score

Tell us your legal status, where you operate and what the funding would support. Grant-only enquiries follow a separate path: no credit score, no monthly-deposit minimum, and they are never sent to lenders.

Your first enquiry never needs banking logins, ID numbers, donor lists or beneficiary records. Please do not include them.

Nonprofit funding takes different forms

What to prepare for a program-specific review

The funder's own checklist controls what must be submitted. Costs, timing, matching and documents vary by program.

Questions nonprofits ask first

Do we need to be a registered charity?

Not for every opportunity, but your actual status matters. Canada distinguishes registered charities from non-profit organizations, and US federal notices list nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status as separate applicant types, subject to each notice. Tell us your real status, including "not sure". An enquiry answer is not a legal determination.

Sources: CRA (opens official site), Grants.gov (opens official site)

Can nonprofits get business loans?

Some can, but programs differ. SBA 7(a) and 504 loans require for-profit borrowers, while SBA microloans include certain nonprofit child-care centers. A grant-only enquiry is never treated as permission to look for a loan; a lending route needs its own fit check and your consent.

Sources: SBA 7(a) (opens official site), SBA microloans (opens official site)

Is grant funding guaranteed?

No. Funders set their own eligibility and selection rules, and belonging to a broad applicant category does not make you eligible for a specific opportunity. We do not promise an award, an amount or a decision date. A CELER review is not a funding approval.

Sources: Grants.gov (opens official site)

Does this form apply to government programs for us?

No. It sends your enquiry to CELER only. An official application must follow the funder's current process and its rules on who may submit. A CELER confirmation email is not proof that a funder received anything.

Sources: Grants.gov registration (opens official site)

What does it cost?

Answering a nonprofit enquiry and pointing you to resources does not cost you anything. We do not currently sell grant-writing or application services. If that ever changes, the scope and any fee would be shown in writing before you agree, and no fee buys a grant.

Tell us what your organization wants to achieve

Share the purpose, location and timing. We will explain the next step within the service available for your request.

Request a funding review

No automatic application, lender referral or funding guarantee. Please do not include confidential beneficiary information.

What CELER is and is not. celerfunding.com is operated by Celer Merchants Corporation. We are not a lender, grantmaker, government agency, investment portal or licensed adviser, and we are not an official partner of the programs mentioned here. This page is general information, not legal, tax, investment or credit advice. A CELER enquiry is not an official grant or loan application.

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