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.
As of May 2026, the CRA is using a new funding model.
Grant funding is calculated using base amounts plus $5 per tax return filed.
Base amounts:
- $100 for organizations who file 10-49 returns
- $400 for organizations who file 50 or more returns
There is a maximum payout of $20,000.
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 using the COINFootnote 1. If your organization holds multiple COINs, make sure to combine all the returns filed under those COINs when declaring the returns filed by your organization.
- 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 and grant funding from Revenu Quebec in the TGA amount for your organization