Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$50,000.00
May 8, 2026
For-profit organization
228849
228849
Provide support for a Vice President of Marketing and Growth
$500,000.00
Jan 27, 2026
For-profit organization
228294
228294
Provide working capital to fund expansion plans
$50,000.00
Aug 19, 2024
For-profit organization
226522
226522
Hire customer success sales expertise
$250,000.00
Jun 28, 2023
222845
222845
Support commercialization activities
$139,941.00
Nov 21, 2022
For-profit organization
SmartServ Technology Prototype Improvements
998657
Dispension developed an unattended adult-beverage dispensing technology which identifies and age-gates a user before providing service. Four preliminary “SmartServ” prototypes were deployed as a pilot project at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles during the 2022 MLB All Star Game and Home Run Derby in July. The purpose of this project is to conduct the necessary experimentation, modifications and testing that will allow Dispension to improve the prototype technology to a commercial-ready state.
$45,734.00
Jul 4, 2022
For-profit organization
SmartServ Technology Performance Monitoring and Documentation
992595
Dispension has developed an unattended adult-beverage dispensing technology which identifies and age-gates a user before providing service. Four “SmartServ” prototypes are being deployed as a pilot project in July 2022 within a Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium. The purpose of this NRC-IRAP ARP project is to conduct on-site performance monitoring of the SmartServ prototypes during the pilot. The intent behind the performance monitoring is to assess the reliability of the technology, to document any recommended mechanical or electrical improvements, and to develop documentation to support continued use of the technology (User Manual, Troubleshooting FAQ and Cleaning/Maintenance Standard Operating Procedures).
$360,000.00
Jun 24, 2022
221336
221336
Support pilot program in major U.S. market
$50,000.00
Oct 18, 2021
For-profit organization
Isolation of Facial Thermographic Images in Cluttered Environments.
980503
The firm has patent-pending technology that makes it possible to identify intoxicated persons from a thermographic image of their face. For practical applications, the face will be part of an image that contains background items and other faces giving thermal returns. This background “clutter” must be identified and removed, and the subject’s face isolated before the analysis and subsequent determination of intoxication status can begin.
The background clutter is to be expected in real world application settings. Therefore, it must be addressed before the commercial benefits of the intoxication detection can be realized. The firm proposes to use various machine learning techniques to implement the required functionality.
$50,000.00
Jun 18, 2021
218633
218633
Hire CTO consultancy services
$500,000.00
May 29, 2020
215060
215060
Support production of touchless secure verified identity dispenser kiosks