Manitoba Government Climate Action Fund

The 2024 intake of the Climate Action Fund (formerly known as the Conservation and Climate Fund) is open and now accepting applications.

Opportunity #1

The Climate Action Fund (the Fund) supports projects with up to a maximum of $150,000 in grant funding to help businesses, communities and non-profit organizations address the challenges of climate change while building a low-carbon economy and making life more affordable for Manitobans.

The three priorities of the Fund are:

• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Manitoba
• Supporting enhanced resiliency to the impacts from a changing climate
• Increasing affordable and clean energy technologies in Manitoba

Applicants to the Fund must be one of the following:

• Incorporated non-profit organization
• Academic or educational institution
• Manitoba municipality  
• Northern Affairs Community
• Indigenous community or organization
• Business, including Social Enterprise Businesses

For municipalities, Northern Affairs Communities and Indigenous communities, up to maximum $15,000 is available for the development of climate adaptation or net-zero plans to support climate action. Municipal applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for complementary funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities programs.

Opportunity #2

The Fund will support projects to enable the purchase and installation of eligible Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations and related infrastructure, with a focus on communities along or near Manitoba travel corridors or in communities with limited EV chargers. 

The Fund will also support the installation of EV chargers in multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs). Applicants for EV Charging Infrastructure projects must be one of the following:

• A municipality or Northern Affairs Community
• Indigenous community
• A business, not-for profit organization, or other organization that partners with a municipality, Northern Affairs Community or Indigenous community
• Owner or operator of a multi-unit residential building

Application deadline: January 20, 2025 at 12:00 pm