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.
$16,000,000.00
Mar 31, 2023
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Investing in women for greener economy in Benin
7449389 P010491001
The project aims to enhance economic participation and resilience of women entrepreneurs in a greener economy in Benin. Project activities include: (1) improving the performance and sustainability of women-owned micro, small and medium sized enterprises; (2) improving policy, legal and regulatory environment for women entrepreneurs’ effective participation.
$10,082,116.00
Jun 23, 2021
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Investing in Women in South Sudan - African Enterprise Challenge Fund
7429623 P009479001
This project aims to financially empower women working in the agricultural sector as entrepreneurs, smallholder farmers, producers, and employees, and address the barriers preventing women from participating in agricultural value chains in South Sudan. This project supports the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund to award competitive performance-based grants and “innovation prize” funding to women entrepreneurs, producer groups, and small businesses offering employment, products and services that benefit women, and address barriers to women’s participation in agriculture. Project activities include: (1) supporting smallholder farmers to adopt new technologies to improve productivity, and providing training on early hazard warning systems, post harvest management, and climate smart agriculture; (2) providing financial literacy and business skills training, training on land laws and rights, and investment advisory services, and (3) working with women’s rights organizations and communities to address societal norms that keep women at home and significantly limit their participation in the formal agricultural sector.