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The Spring Orange Door Project Campaign
Thank you to our customers and associates for their amazing efforts in support of The Orange Door Project Campaign!
Because of you, we raised over $1.3M for 125 youth focused charities across the country. Funds will be used to enable youth at risk of or facing homeless achieve positive development outcomes and realize their full potential.
Each year, The Home Depot Canada Foundation grants funding to registered Canadian charities to support initiatives that prevent and end youth homelessness in Canada through 3 granting streams: Youth Opportunity Grants, TradeWorx and Strategic Partnerships.
Renovations
Repairs, refurbishments and/or modifications to a housing accommodation or other support facility that benefits homeless youth.
Prevention
Programs that reduce the likelihood youth will experience homelessness or support youth who have been homeless and reduce chronic homelessness.
Employment
Programs that focus on critical supportive services with an emphasis on job readiness and employment programs.
Grant Guidelines
Our primary focus is to support housing initiatives that benefits at-risk/homeless youth. Community Partners are only eligible to receive the Youth Opportunity Grant once each calendar year.
Please be advised, The Home Depot Canada Foundation does not fund:
- Organizations that are not Revenue Canada designated charities.
- Individuals
- Fundraising initiatives, including auctions, benefits, dinners, exhibits, conferences and sports events.
- Courtesy or journal advertising campaigns
- Endowments or capital campaigns
- Personal or group expeditions
- Sports sponsorships
- Religious organizations
- Public or private educational institutions
- Childcare centres
- Film, music, television, video and media production projects or broadcast underwriting.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Submit an online application using the link on the Grant Programs page.
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No, Youth Opportunity Grant applicants will receive a response within two to three months of the full application deadline. Should you not receive a response in this timeframe, please send an inquiry to canadafoundation@homedepot.com.
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The Home Depot Canada Foundation is committed to taking action on youth homelessness by supporting the housing needs of Canada’s youth. As such, preference is given to projects that support the development of affordable housing and community improvement projects that benefit homeless youth. Eligible projects include small-scale affordable housing and neighbourhood improvement projects that involve rebuilding, repairing, painting, refurbishing, landscaping and planting.
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Youth Opportunity Grant applicants will be notified of their application status within two to three months of the application deadline. Please note that due to the large volume of requests we receive, we are unable to respond to telephone or e-mail inquires regarding the status of requests.
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The Home Depot Canada Foundation receives many more applications that it can fund, and even though your request may meet our funding criteria, the funds may not be available at the time. We suggest you apply again in the following calendar year. Please note that due to the large volume of requests we receive, we are unable to respond to telephone or e-mail inquiries regarding the details of declined requests.
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The Home Depot Canada Foundation provides funding to charitable organizations that operate in Canada.
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The Foundation sees youth as between the ages of 13-29 years old. In some circumstances, especially in prevention, we support younger ages for intervention and outreach work.
Make a Difference
Help us end youth homelessness.
Together, we can give our youth the opportunity to realize a brighter future.
Questions?
Send your questions to canadafoundation@homedepot.com. To apply for a grant, check out our Apply page.
Charitable Registration Number: 828431015RR0001