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.
$200,000,000.00
Mar 26, 2026
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Support to GCC's 2025-30 Strategic Plan
7475551 P014783001
This grant provides Canada’s institutional support to Grand Challenges Canada (GCC). GCC pools this funding with contributions from other donors to carry out its mission.
$725,400.00
Jun 28, 2021
Other
2122-HQ-000038
2122-HQ-000038
P040077
$280,500.00
Jun 28, 2021
Other
2122-HQ-000038
2122-HQ-000038
P049002
$188,400.00
Dec 18, 2020
Other
2021-HQ-000102
2021-HQ-000102
P037577
$200,000,000.00
Nov 30, 2020
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Grand Challenges Canada - Institutional Support 2020-2028
7425229 P008037001
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to Grand Challenges Canada (GCC). GCC uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate.
$8,744,582.00
Oct 15, 2019
Indigenous Innovation Initiative – Women, Girls and 2SLGBTTQQIA Program (I3-WG2S)
NA190157
The Capacity Building Component and the Seed Component, using WAGE’s contribution of up to $8,744,582 in matched funding toward 50% of the total project cost; and the Transition-to-Scale Component, using Grand Challenges Canada’s matched funding of up to $8,744,582 toward the total project cost.
Grand Challenges Canada will ensure that WAGE’s contribution of up to $8,744,582 to the Project will focus specifically on the advancement of Indigenous gender equality for women and girls across social and economic conditions. Grand Challenges Canada may use its contribution of up to $8,744,582 toward the cost of supporting the advancement of gender equality for women and girls, including 2SLGBTTQQIA people throughout its cycle, to identify, propose, assess and identify the solutions to the most pressing gaps and challenges, and to bring the opportunity to solve those grand challenges in their communities.
$7,699,353.00
Sep 6, 2016
$156,328,478.00
Mar 3, 2016
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Innovation Platform for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
5007062237 D001952001 P001010001
The project focuses on the first two phases of Grand Challenges Canada’s (GCC) innovation platform. In the first phase, GCC provides small grants to innovators to conduct research and develop promising innovative ideas to address MNCH challenges.
$9,975,000.00
Oct 2, 2013
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Scaling Health Innovations Partnership
5007060014 P000458001
Project activities include: (1) launching a call for proposals to Canadian and developing-country researchers and scientists for the scale-up of health innovations in low- and middle-income countries; (2) selecting proposals to scale-up eligible and proven health innovations; and, (3) launching a call for proposals to international organizations with expertise in innovative financing mechanisms to present concrete models with potential for successful implementation in low- and middle-income countries for testing and validation.
Grand Challenges Canada is a federally incorporated, not-for-profit organization launched in 2010 that supports the implementation of the Government of Canada's Development Innovation Fund.