Application Assistance
If you would like to meet with our Grants Team, please attend a drop-in session either in person or online. We are available to discuss any questions you might have about our programs or applications. If you need to meet at an alternative time, please reach out to lindsay@lcf.on.ca to arrange.
In-Person Drop-in Sessions
Drop-in sessions will be held on Thursdays from November 20th to April 2nd at 2-3 p.m. in the London Community Foundation Boardroom.
Grant Programs
London Community Foundation’s grant programs provide funding to large, systems-changing initiatives, smaller-scale grassroots projects, and everything in between. Our grant programs are made possible through the generosity of our donors and fundholders. Supporting a wide range of causes, from the environment to the arts, we provide local charitable organizations with the funds they need to create positive change.
All opportunities are open to applications from registered charities based in the City of London, Middlesex County, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, Munsee-Delaware Nation, and Oneida Nation of the Thames.
If you don’t qualify for any of our established programs, submit your funding needs to our Funding Needs Registry so we can share them with our donors for their granting consideration.
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Community Vitality
Supports innovative projects that align with the Vital Signs issue areas: Climate & Environment, Zero Hunger, Gender Equality, Good Health & Wellbeing, Reduced Inequalities, and Housing. These grants are provided through our Community Fund.
Applications are currently closed
Acorn Fund for Youth
Supports youth-led initiatives that benefit other youth.
Open January 6, 2026 - 2 p.m. March 24, 2026
Maple Leaf Community Fund
Supports the capital-related needs of food security programs that promote dignity and build individual and community capacity in both Oxford and Middlesex counties.
Open February 3, 2026 - 2 p.m. March 31, 2026
Woodman Disaster Relief Fund
This grant is no longer being offered. It supported organizations that are working to address housing, mental health and/or development in Old East Village in the vicinity of Woodman Avenue.
Musical Performances by Charitable Ensembles
Are you a group that performs music? This fund supports ensembles – such as choirs, bands, and chamber groups – with registered charitable status with performance costs.
Grants Catalogue
Previously known as the Funding Needs Registry, the program allows qualified donees to submit a single funding request up to a maximum of $25,000 for consideration by the Foundation’s fundholders. Contact lindsay@lcf.on.ca for more information.
Open February 10, 2026 - 2 p.m. March 10, 2026
Community Services Recovery Fund
This grant is no longer being offered. It supported organizations as they adapted to the long-term impacts of the pandemic by investing in people, systems and processes, and service innovation and redesign.
London Endowment for Heritage
Supports projects that conserve and promote awareness of our heritage in all the forms it takes.
Open February 3, 2026 - 2 p.m. March 24, 2026
Pride London Festival Endowment Fund
Supports activities that build inclusion and promote education around sexual and gender diversity within the community.
Open January 6, 2026 - 2 p.m. March 24, 2026
Music for Good
Do you want music at your non-profit event? Enables London-based charities, non-profits, and community groups to have live music at their events. Up to a maximum of $2,000 is available per event and is paid directly to the performers and technicians.
Apply 4-18 weeks before event date
Awards, Bursaries & Scholarships
London Community Foundation’s award, bursary, and scholarship programs honour and reward hard-working, caring individuals in our community.
Ken Fleet Choral Conducting Scholarship
For emerging practicing choral conductors from Ontario and/or with past ties to the local choral community who are planning to continue their professional development in the field of conducting.
Open December 2, 2025 - 2 p.m. February 17, 2026
J. Allyn Taylor Community Service Award
Presented to an area high school student who exhibits outstanding service and dedication to their community.
Open January 6, 2026 - 2 p.m. March 24, 2026
Sansom Ideas Foundation: Graduate Student Scholarship for Studies in the History of Ideas
Grant supporting graduate students who are or will be studying at a university in Canada, whose work relates to the History of Ideas.
Open Decemeber 2, 2025 - 2 p.m. March 3, 2026
Mies Bervoets Scholarship
Supports individuals who display unwavering dedication, commitment, and merit in the fields of culinary or hospitality.
Applications are currently closed
Vital People Award for Professional Development
Recognizes individuals working in the charitable sector with funding for professional development.
Open January 6, 2026 - 2 p.m. March 24, 2026
Rainbow Youth Leadership Bursary
Honours high school students in the area for the accomplishments and contributions they have made in supporting the understanding and acceptance of the LGBT2SQIA community.
Open January 6, 2026 - 2 p.m. March 24, 2026
J. Douglas Earthy Community Service Award
Raises awareness of the vital contribution that volunteers make to the community, recognizing a special volunteer with an award and a grant to their organization.
Applications are currently closed
Eligibility
As a public foundation London Community Foundation can only make grants to qualified donees (which includes registered charities). Find out more about eligibility.
Questions?
Contact grants@lcf.on.ca
