Food Banks Canada
$18,500,000.00 CAD
≈ $0.44 for every person in Canada
≈ 240 Canadians' average pay for a year
- Department
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Program
- Emergency Food Security Fund
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2020-2021
- Agreement period
- December 14, 2020 – September 30, 2021
- Reference
- aafc-aac:235-2020-2021-Q3-00366
Published purpose
The objective of this project is to provide immediate support as food banks and their agencies respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
In plain English AI-generated
This grant provides $18.5 million to Food Banks Canada to support food banks and their agencies in responding to the immediate needs caused by the COVID-19 crisis.
Category: Health Primarily funds activity in Canada
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Community tags
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Good value
Local impact
Needs context
Questionable
Success story
Wasteful
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