September 2025 Grant Deadlines & Programs for Entrepreneurs!
Sep 17, 2025 10:34 pm
🌟 Grant & Resource Spotlight for September 🌟
1) The Story Lab Cohort: Deadline October 2nd
Most founders stay unseen — not because their work isn’t good, but because their story isn’t landing. In just 4 weeks, we’ll fix that. Get expert coaching + walk away with a cinematic video of your story ready to share with the world. This program is free for 10 selected founders.
2) Young Indigenous Business Grant: Deadline Sept 29th
Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB) launches the Young Indigenous Business Grant, a grant open to young Indigenous entrepreneurs. 18 successful applicants will receive $2,500 each as well as a one-year CCIB membership to help expand their businesses.
3) RAISE Grant Program: Deadline Oct 1st
The Racialized and Indigenous Supports for Entrepreneurs 2025 - 2026 (RAISE) is a grant program that supports Indigenous, Black and other racialized entrepreneurs who live and operate their small business in Ontario. The grant program will provide business development training and a one-time grant of $10,000.
4) BDO VC Pitch Day 2025: Deadline Oct 1st
This is an exciting opportunity for serious technology and life science companies in Canada to connect with the innovation ecosystem and secure one-on-one meetings with investors. This event is designed for growing tech and life science companies looking to secure seed or Series A funding.
5) Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program: Deadline Oct 7th
The Global Innovation Cluster for Advanced Manufacturing will co-invest between $1.5 million and $8 million (CAD) for new, world class innovation projects across Canada.
6) Building Communities through Arts and Heritage: Deadline Oct 15th
The Building Communities through Arts and Heritage (BCAH) program helps you celebrate your community, its past and its present. The program increases opportunities for local artists; local artisans; local heritage performers or specialists; and local First Nations, Inuit, and Métis cultural carriers to be involved in their community. It also allows local groups to commemorate their local history and heritage.
7) Digital Creators Pilot Program: Deadline Oct 16th
The Digital Creators Pilot Program is designed to support the growth trajectory of mid-career Canadian digital content creators, who are making short-form video content exclusively for digital social media platforms – YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
8) Ontario Music Investment Fund: Deadline Oct 23rd
The Ontario Music Investment Fund (OMIF) is designed to provide targeted economic development investment to the province’s vibrant and diverse music industry. OMIF supports Ontario music companies with strong growth potential to maximize return on investment (ROI), and create more opportunities for emerging artists to record and perform in Ontario.
Jelly Social Event: Sept 25th @ 7PM on Zoom
There is so much noise out there on social media! We'll share how you can create a scroll-stopping post... using your story.
You already have a powerful story—let's share it in a way that makes people stop, listen, and want to know more. By the end of the session, you will walk away with a scroll-stopping social media post that you can share right away!
Spots are Limited to 15 Participants - RSVP Now!
To your amazing journey,
The Jelly Social Team
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