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Submissions open for School Food Infrastructure Fund Program (Canada) – fundsforNGOs

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Deadline: 04-Oct-2024

The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is accepting submissions for the School Food Infrastructure Fund (SFIF) Program to support not-for-profit organizations to improve infrastructure and equipment for school food programming across Canada.

Program Objectives
  • Through the further distribution of funds by a limited number of not-for-profit organizations to approved community-based organizations, the SFIF will:
    • support the purchase and installation of infrastructure and equipment that increases the capacity of community organizations to produce, process, store, and distribute food for school food programs
  • Through this further distribution of funds, the SFIF aims to, ultimately:
    • strengthen wider community and local food systems through investments in infrastructure that expand the reach and impact of school food programming
    • help ensure that children have the nutritious meals they need to learn, grow, and reach their full potential
Funding Information
  • The maximum Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) contribution toward a project will normally not exceed $8,000,000 over 2 years. Applications under $1,000,000 after ineligible costs have been removed, will not be considered for funding.
Eligible Activities
  • There are 2 eligible activities for initial recipients:
    • Activity 1: further distributing funds to ultimate recipients.
    • Activity 2: administrative costs ([up to 10% of requested funding for activity 1]. This is meant to cover costs specific but not limited to:
      • designing and implementing a selection and merit review process that will help achieve School Food Infrastructure Fund (SFIF) objectives
      • managing funding agreements with ultimate recipients to further distribute funds
      • undertaking oversight of ultimate recipients in terms of their obligations
      • producing financial and other reports for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Eligibility Criteria
  • You must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible:
    • You are one of the following organization types:
      • Not-for-profit: Organizations that have a mandate or mission to provide community food services. They may include:
        • Sector Councils
        • Corporations
      • Not-for-profit Indigenous (First Nation, Inuit, Métis) organizations
    • You have knowledge of, experience with, and access to an established network of not-for-profit local food service organizations/community organizations that can support school food programming in low-income, Indigenous and/or visible minority communities.
    • You have a broad geographic reach within Canada (for example, provincial/territorial, or pan-Canadian/national).
    • By the application submission date, you have been in operation for at least 2 years as a legal entity (federally, provincially, or territorially incorporated) capable of entering into legally binding agreements.
  • Note: Priority will be given to organizations with existing provincial/territorial, and national networks of local not-for-profit organizations involved in, or capable of, supporting school food programming.
Ineligibility Criteria
  • Based on the above-referenced eligibility criteria, ineligible applicants include:
    • Schools, school boards, as well as academic and educational institutions
    • For-profit entities
    • Organizations without legal status (for example, unincorporated)
    • Consultants and other third parties that submit an application on behalf of another organization

For more information, visit AAFC.

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