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Endowment Impact Investing Grant

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This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits and 2 others, at prototype and pilot stage, pre-seed and seed stage. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Canada.

Summary

The Atmospheric Fund invests its endowment directly in carbon-reducing projects across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, prioritizing low-carbon urban solutions that cut greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. This is a callable investment/funding opportunity for projects aligned with TAF's focus on built-environment and clean-energy interventions in the GTHA.

Summary by Raise Lens from the official notice · 5 Sept 2026Accurate?

About this grant

This callable investment opportunity funds carbon-reducing projects across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. The funder prioritises low-carbon urban solutions in the built environment and clean energy that cut greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Eligible applicants include startups, small and medium-sized enterprises, nonprofits, social enterprises and local authorities at prototype, pilot, pre-seed, seed or scale-mature stages. Projects must demonstrate alignment with the funder's endowment investment thesis and deliver direct environmental impact in the GTHA. Funding is available as grants, project finance or blended finance structures. Applications are assessed on their capacity to reduce carbon emissions or air pollution through built-environment or clean-energy interventions.

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Key requirements

  • ✓Project must reduce carbon emissions or air pollution in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)
  • ✓Focus on low-carbon urban solutions in built environment and clean energy
  • ✓Alignment with TAF's endowment investment thesis for direct impact

Frequently asked questions

Who can apply for Endowment Impact Investing?
Eligibility covers organisations in CA; startup, sme, nonprofit, social-enterprise, local-authority.

About this sector

Energy efficiency funding covers building retrofits, industrial process upgrades, heat recovery, efficient equipment and demand reduction. It arrives as grants for audits and capital works, as support schemes run by agencies and utilities or as public tenders for retrofit and energy services. Applicants usually need a baseline of current energy use and a measured saving.

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Sourcefunder-discovery
EligibilityCA
Org typesstartup, sme, nonprofit, social-enterprise, local-authority
Last verified5 Sep 2026

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