Canada’s Common Grant: A Smarter Starting Point for Giving

Charities are stretched thin—and so are funders. For every one grant received, most nonprofits submit six or more applications. That’s hours spent rewording the same answers for different forms, re-uploading the same PDFs, and guessing what each donor wants.

It’s not just inefficient. It’s inequitable. Small and emerging organizations get left behind. And many funders, despite their best intentions, end up investing in who can write grants best—not who creates the most impact.

This is why we’ve built Canada’s Common Grant Application.

Not a government form like the T3010.

Not a watchdog rubric.

A smarter baseline. A shared standard designed by and for the people who give and the people who do. Think LinkedIn for charitable giving—the online resume for your charity and your fundraising needs.

One form. Almost $1 billion in charitable assets.

The only centralized tool to get your projects in front of Canada’s leading DAFs and Foundations. We just started and the list is growing.

Why now?

Because if provinces can eliminate trade barriers, surely the social sector can align on a single grant format.

Because if LinkedIn can standardize the resume two decades ago, we can do the same for giving.

Because if Canadians say they want more transparency, have record-low trust in charity leaders (8%) but cringe at overhead, and also want clarity and insight, we need to meet both needs at once.

The Common Grant is part of a broader Generosity Stack we’re building at WellFunded—tools that reduce friction, increase trust, and let everyone focus on the work that matters.

What It Looks Like

• A standardized charity profile with project info, governance details, and financial data
• Reusable answers to core due diligence questions
• Tools for funders to layer on custom questions, eligibility, and timelines

It’s the clarity of a resume. The nuance of a portfolio. The trust of a reference.

We’re not replacing your process. We’re giving you a better starting point.

To join click HERE. It takes on average 15 minutes to fill out your portrait (common application). It takes another 15 minutes on average to tell our growing donor community about your top fundraising need.