Partner: United Way Toronto United Way Greater Toronto (United Way), in partnership with the General Mills Foundation and Greater Twin Cities United Way, piloted a grant stream intended to strengthen Mississauga’s food system. The grant had a strong emphasis on building the evaluation capacity of funded organizations. United Way hired TNC to complete an environmental scan
Partner: Community Food Centres Canada CFCC’s Market Greens pilot program was designed to promote food access by offering fruit and vegetable incentives to 320 families with low incomes that were redeemable at two markets in Ontario (Stratford and Midland). TNC evaluated the pilot using a mixed-methods approach including participant surveys, interviews with program participants, staff
At TNC, we often use our evaluations as an avenue to support equity seeking groups and advocate for their needs. We believe that evaluations being conducted in vulnerable and equity-seeking communities should strive to understand community-identified needs. Evaluators need to provide flexibility in terms of timelines for data collection, and should incorporate capacity building efforts
In celebration of TNC’s 10th anniversary on May 20th, 2020, we are creating a series of posts that reflect our practice and mission. At TNC we have a long history of working with community-based organizations that are committed to strengthening their local food systems. This work is incredibly important to us and we feel grateful for
