School Food Infrastructure Fund 2025-26
United Way East Ontario has been selected by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to receive $1 million funding to further distribute to eligible non-profit organizations within Ontario and Nunavut under AAFC’s School Food Infrastructure Fund (SFIF). For more details see the AAFC news release.
The SFIF supports not-for-profit organizations to improve infrastructure and equipment for school food programming across Canada.
Below are our investments for June 1 2025 – March 31 2026. UWEO is working with five partner United Ways to make sure much needed infrastructure projects are in place to support our communities across Ontario and Nunavut. These investments are determined by an open Call for Proposals process, unless otherwise indicated.
- AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION
- PROGRAM
- INVESTMENTS (CAD $)
- Ottawa Network For Education
- School Breakfast Program Equipment
- $100,000.00
- Operation Come Home
- Upgrading the Achievement Centre Food Support Program
- $5,172.00
- ConnectWell Community Health
- Food for Thought Lanark County - Equipment to Support Student Nutrition Programs
- $30,000.00
- Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network
- Fresh and local food for Ontario Schools
- $92,000.00
- AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION
- PROGRAM
- INVESTMENTS (CAD $)
- House of Lazarus
- Operation Backpack
- $10,000.00
- Pour l'amour de cuisiner
- Équipe psycho-sociale
- $28,525.00
- AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION
- PROGRAM
- INVESTMENTS (CAD $)
- Type Diabeat it
- Type Dibeat It It Kitchen
- $24,860.00
- South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre
- Westminster Centre Refurbished
- $60,471.00
- Aylmer Corner Cupboard Food Bank
- Nutrition Program Kitchen Upgrade
- $53,250.00
- AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION
- PROGRAM
- INVESTMENTS (CAD $)
- Northumberland Food for Thought
- Strengthening SNPs with Infrastructure Support
- $100,000.00
- IncrEdible Trent Hills
- Incredible Trent Hills (ITH) Greenhouse Project
- $8,292.00
- AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION
- PROGRAM
- INVESTMENTS (CAD $)
- The Sharing Place Food Centre
- School Fuel Program
- $138,600.00
- The Karma Project Community Food Co-operative Inc.
- SEED School Food Program
- $60,030.00
- AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION
- PROGRAM
- INVESTMENTS (CAD $)
- Cangro S.E.T
- Pay It Forward: A Community Greenhouse and Hydroponic Training Center
- $42,000.00
- Downtown Windsor
- Harvest to Health: Investing in Sustainable School Food Solutions
- $49,550.00
- South Essex Community Council
- Fueling Futures: Strengthening School Food Infrastructure
- $18,555.00
- Exchange Church Windsor
- School Kitchen Equipment Hub
- $20,800.00
- AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION
- PROGRAM
- INVESTMENTS (CAD $)
- Pirurvik Preschool
- Pirurvik Preschool Mittimatalik Grow Dome
- $56,985.00
