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.
As of May 2023, the CRA is using a new funding model.
Grant funding is calculated using base and supplemental amounts:
Base amounts:
- $500 for organizations that file 10 to 49 tax returns
- $1,500 for organizations that file 50 or more tax returns
Supplemental amounts:
- $250 for organizations that serve Indigenous communities
- $250 for organizations that operate in Northern communities
- $250 for organizations that operate in rural and remote communities
- $5 per tax return filed
The CRA will determine supplemental amounts based on your organization’s CVITP registration information. There is a maximum payout of $30,000.
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
- Supplemental 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).
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