To be eligible for a Small Grant your organization must: 

• Be a Registered Canadian Charity or other qualified donee. 

• Serve the Greater Edmonton Area, including the four surrounding counties. Additionally, Indigenous qualified donees located within Treaty 6 Territory.  

• Each organization can have one current Small Grant for their own work AND one to support a partnership or collaborative led by and/or focused on equity-deserving communities. 

• When applying to support their own work, must have completed, and reported on any previous Small Grant. 

• When applying in partnership with a non-profit society or grassroots group, must have completed and reported on any previous Small Grant for a partnership or collaborative. 

2026 Small Grants will open in March 2026.

We are currently reviewing the program guidelines and timelines for 2026 and will release more information by the end of January 2026.

Contact us for more information about our grant programs (grants@ecf.ca)

Grant reports ensure there is accountability between your organization, Edmonton Community Foundation (ECF), and our donors. ECF staff review these reports to assess the progress and outcomes of your initiative. Additionally, these reports help us refine our granting process and identify community needs that we might address. We understand that grants take place in changing community contexts which are sometimes outside the control of the grantee.  

When to Contact ECF

Contact ECF as soon as possible if any of the following arise: 

• You need a grant reporting extension. 

• Your organization can’t carry out the funded initiative. 

• You have completed your initiative but have some funds left over. 

• You need to make changes to the budget approved in your application which amount to 10% or more of the total grant. Please note ECF needs to approve proposed reallocations of this size before the funds are expended.  

 In all situations ECF wants to meet your organization where you’re at, and to find the best path forward.  

For reporting questions, please contact grants@ecf.ca.  

 Grant Report Format 

The report is an online forms which has a number of short answer, dropdown menu, and multiple select questions. The report questions ask about the goals of your initiative, challenges you may have experienced carrying out this initiative, how people benefitted from the initiative, and how the financial contribution of ECF was recognized. There is also a space for you to upload a pdf copy of your grant budget and actuals. 

Accessing Your Grant Report 

Reports are accessed through the online Grants Portal. By default, reports are added to the account of the user who applied for the grant approximately three months after the grant is awarded.  Once your report has been added to your account, you can find it by logging into the Grants Portal, scrolling down to the Grant Reports section, and clicking on “Unsubmitted Grant Reports”. If you need the report moved to a different user account, you can email grants@ecf.ca. 

Report Deadlines 

The default report deadline is thirteen months after the grant was approved, on the last day of that month, unless the grant application indicates a later date. If you need an extension on your deadline, please contact grants@ecf.ca. We are happy to grant extensions but prefer to know if one is needed sooner rather than later.