How much money you can receive

How we calculate your organization’s funding

The CRA provides funding to eligible grant applicants on a first come, first served basis, with funding allocated proportionately across Canada.

Grant funding will be calculated with base and conditional amounts:^{Footnote i}

• base amount
• plus conditional amount 1
• plus conditional amount 2
• plus dollar amount per return filed^{Footnote ii}
• equals up to a maximum payout ceiling^{Footnote iii}

Return to footnote (i) referrer Base and conditional amounts

• Base amount of $500
• Conditional amount 1 of $250 (for organizations serving Indigenous populations)
• Conditional amount 2 of $250 (for organizations serving Northern zones)

The CRA will determine conditional amounts based on your organization’s CVITP registration information.

Return to footnote (ii) referrer $5 per federal tax return filed by the organization.

Return to footnote (iii) referrer Maximum payout of $30,000, which can only be achieved once an organization has filed between 5,800 – 5,900 returns.

The CRA uses the following criteria to determine your organization’s funding:

• The number of federal income tax returns electronically filed by volunteers affiliated with your organization
• Conditional amounts, which are subject to change each year
• Total Government Assistance (TGA) your organization may have received for the purpose of hosting a free tax clinic
  • TGA is the total of federal, provincial, municipal, and territorial funding received by an organization
  • In your grant application, your organization must disclose the TGA received for the purpose of hosting and administering free tax clinics and filing federal income tax returns
  • The TGA will be taken into consideration in the funding calculations by subtracting the TGA from the total grant amount
  • Do not include CVITP Grant funding you may have already received from the CRA

The CRA attributes one return per submission using your organization’s CVITP Organization Identification Number (COIN).