NADF, Business Financing Program grants
NADF's Business Financing Program provides non-repayable grants to First Nations entrepreneurs and majority-Indigenous-owned businesses in northwestern Ontario's treaty territories, up to $99,999 for individuals and up to $250,000 for community-owned businesses, flowing from ISC's Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program. Intake is continuous but annual allocations exhaust, apply early in the fiscal year (April onward).
Key facts
- Amount
- Up to $249,999 Individuals and majority Indigenous-owned businesses up to $99,999; community-owned businesses up to $249,999
Against all tracked amounts, $1,000 to $500,000,000, logarithmic.
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- Instrument
- Grant (non-repayable)
- Status
- Open while funds last allocations can run out before the window closes; confirm before applying
- Who qualifies
- Businesses Indigenous organizations and communities 51%+ Indigenous ownership
- business
- indigenous-org
- First Nations individuals, communities and majority-Indigenous-owned businesses in NADF's territorial scope (NAN Treaty 9, Ontario Treaty 5, Treaty 3, Robinson-Superior 1850)
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- Built for
- Indigenous entrepreneurs & businesses
Where else could this money come from?
Chosen by what these programs have in common with this one, not by hand. The reason is shown for each, so you can judge whether it holds.
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NADF E-Commerce Grant
Open, continuous intake same funder (NADF); both for indigenous entrepreneurs & businesses — Up to $8,000
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NADF Indigenous Women Entrepreneurship Program
Open while funds last same funder (NADF); both for indigenous entrepreneurs & businesses — Up to $25,000
Guides that cover this program
Apply
Apply on the funder’s site and confirm current terms there: