Community Grants

Adaptive Sports Fund

The Invictus Games Legacy was established by True Patriot Love to invest in targeted areas of need before, during and long after the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025. A key pillar of the Invictus Legacy is the Adaptive Sports Fund, which works to remove longstanding barriers to participation in adaptive sports.

GRANT CLOSED – Next call for applications in November 2026.

About the Invictus Legacy and Adaptive Sports Fund

The Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 represented the first ever winter-hybrid edition of the Games. Over 12 days, Canada welcomed 534 competitors from 23 nations competing across 11 adaptive sports, delivering local, national and global impact. True Patriot Love was proud to have led the bid to return the Games to Canada and to establish the Invictus Games 2025 Legacy.

The vision of the Invictus Games 2025 Legacy is to strengthen Veteran well-being, advance meaningful Indigenous reconciliation and engagement through support for Indigenous Veterans, and increase access to Veterans’ rehabilitation and recovery programming through the unifying power of sport. 

By addressing challenges related to accessibility, Veteran participation and equipment availability, the Fund enables Veterans to engage in adaptive sports year-round, including during the winter season. It also looks to contribute to best practices, leverage the physical and psychological benefits of consistent community-based recreational activity, and help lay the groundwork for future winter hybrid games.

How to Apply

Application window is currently CLOSED.

In support of Canada’s military and Veteran community, the Fund provides grants of $5,000 to $75,000 to support programs that:

Increase access to adaptive sport opportunities
Reduce barriers to participation
Expand availability of adaptive sport equipment
Improve accessibility of facilities and programming
Support rehabilitation, recovery, and wellbeing through sport

Proposals should focus on one or both of the following themes:

Increasing access for Veterans to participate in adaptive sports, year-round
Capacity-building through the purchase of equipment

Grant Term

Approved applicants will receive one year of funding to support their initiatives.

Successful applicants will participate in a verbal interim impact meeting (approximately six months after disbursement) and submit a written final impact report outlining activities, outcomes, and financial expenditures.

Grant recipients may also be contacted periodically for updates outside of these formal reporting periods.

Eligibility

Applicants must be Canadian Registered Charities, including non-profits supported by a charitable partner.
All components of programming must be delivered in Canada.
The service delivery organization has a strong understanding of and, is informed by the lived experience of serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Veterans and their families.
Inclusion of safety and safeguarding policies, including background checks and trauma-informed practices.
Evidence-based with clear objectives, a measurement plan and specifically address project sustainability post-funding.
Programs that directly support the military and Veteran community (while First Responders may participate in programming, True Patriot Love funding is directed to support the participation of those who have served in the Canadian Armed Forces and/or their families).

Ineligible Activities and Expenses:

Maintenance of equipment
Events and conferences
Property/infrastructure builds
Partisan and religious activities
Out-of-country expenses
For-profit organizations Individuals

Examples of eligible programs include the following:

Rehabilitation and recovery integration: Alignment with physical and mental health goals, recognizing adaptive sport as part of a Veteran’s ongoing recovery; programming may occur in any season.
Off-season training and conditioning: Strength, balance, endurance, and sport-specific training (e.g., ski-ergs, roller skiing, indoor simulators) that prepare participants for winter or other season activity.
Consistent programming and coaching: Ongoing coaching, rehabilitation-informed sport programming, and peer support that addresses the unique visible and/or invisible needs of Veteran participants.
Hybrid and alternative environments: Access to indoor facilities, dry-land training sites, or modified outdoor spaces that replicate winter sport movements year-round.
Adaptive equipment access: Year-round availability of specialized equipment (e.g., sit-skis, outriggers, adaptive snowboards) for training, maintenance, and familiarization; not just seasonal use.

This is not an exhaustive list – please contact us to explore opportunities for collaboration and funding.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the Fund, please email funding@truepatriotlove.com.

Community Partners

Some programs that received funding from the Adaptive Sports Fund in 2025-26 include:

BC Wheelchair Sports Association

BC Wheelchair Sports Association (BCWSA) will expand its “Bridging the Gap” (BTG) adaptive sports initiative to specifically support veterans and military members through wheelchair rugby programming in Comox, BC. The initiative includes awareness events, introductory “Have a Go” days, weekly programming, outreach partnerships, transportation support, and adaptive equipment purchase.