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.
$7,600,000.00
Mar 20, 2023
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Making Markets Work for food systems transformation
7448786 P012245001
Making Markets Work aims to strengthen and support the implementation of 10 country food systems pathways in Bangladesh, Benin, Ethiopia, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Tanzania. It seeks to accelerate improvements in the consumption of safe, nutritious, and sustainably produced food for all, especially the most vulnerable. The project also seeks to inspire and guide other countries and stakeholders in developing and implementing pathways. The project seeks to achieve these goals by supporting six interlinked work streams that address policy and bottlenecks within the countries' food systems. The ultimate goal is to improve the nutritional status of the poorest and most vulnerable, focusing on women. Project activities include: (1) supporting governments in strengthening policy alignment in development and implementation across sectors towards food system goals; (2) involving unheard voices in the food system pathway development and implementation process to strengthen both the decisions and the buy-in for decisions made; (3) supporting low-income consumers accessing markets within their food systems; (4) aligning and increasing private sector finance for food system transformation; (5) connecting nutrition and environment agendas within food systems pathways; and (6) generating new evidence and data for stronger learning and accountability on food systems transformation.
$1,900,000.00
Feb 2, 2021
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Standing Together for Nutrition – Micronutrient Forum
7426310 P009882002
Standing Together for Nutrition (STfN) is hosted by the Micronutrient Forum and co-chaired by the Micronutrient Forum and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. It includes partners such as John Hopkins University, the International Food Policy Research Institute, the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UNICEF, and Results for Development.
$5,000,000.00
Jul 2, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
GAIN: Keeping Food Markets Working
7420893 P009061001
The project aims to help sustain the availability and affordability of nutritious and safe foods, and contribute to lowering the burden of ill health, particularly for the most vulnerable. The project also supports food market continuity and protects the sustainability of key workers and supply chains in food systems across 10 countries in Africa and Asia, which face potentially catastrophic supply and demand disruption due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). The 10 countries for this project include Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, and Tanzania. COVID-19 poses the risk of worsening existing gaps in livelihoods, incomes, and assets unless support for markets and food system workers is done in a gender-sensitive way.
Project activities include: (1) supporting emergency business guidance and grants for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to provide safe and nutritious foods; (2) sustaining and reinforcing the gains of large-scale food fortification; (3) keeping food marketplace infrastructure open, but safer; (4) providing workplace nutrition protection for food system workers and their families; and (5) providing advisory and practical support to governments to help keep critical coordination mechanisms functioning, and help food systems keep working.