Audited Financials
The Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation’s financial statements have been prepared by KPMG. These statements are made available by individual request and are publicly accessible online.
The Greenbelt Foundation is
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Supporting tourism initiatives including in the Niagara and Caledon areas
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Securing local food procurement commitments for Peel, U of T. City of Toronto Facilities and Markham
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Participating strategically in growing the Greenbelt by working with Toronto, Peel, Halton, and Guelph
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Assisting in designing new policies to protect Lake Simcoe through timely research
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Supporting changing the City of Toronto policy to adopt a local food purchasing bylaw for city facilities
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Engaging with over 170 million Ontarians directly through our marketing, events and communications activities
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Bridging farming and hiking interests to acknowledge environmental progress by farmers
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Enhancing Farmers’ Markets, increasing sales for farmers in the Greenbelt and beyond
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Partnering with Harbourfront Centre to tell the story of Ontario’s Greenbelt to 12 million people via a year-long, outdoor photography exhibit
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Reaching over 75 million by placing 220 permanent highway and regional road signs to ensure Ontarians and visitors know about this valuable protected area
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Securing local food procurement commitments for Peel schools, City of Toronto, City of Markham and others
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Engaged Hamilton schools to switch to Greenbelt food for their students
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Supporting the Credit Valley Conservation Authority to protect and restore wetlands
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Successfully merging social welfare initiatives with environmental concerns
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Building a local food economy from developing new markets to enhancing distribution channels
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Convincing Peel school boards to buy Greenbelt food for students
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Creating a network of Farmer’s Markets to help improve our local food economy
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Identifying barriers to opening markets for Greenbelt farmers and proposing solutions
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Developing a successful culinary tourism platform for Niagara
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Hosted the first ever Global Greenbelts Conference in Toronto in March 2011 with speakers and delegates from over nine countries
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Funding the Holland Marsh Growers’ transition from an export, commodity focus to one that serves the local market with value- added products
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Supporting food policy council in Durham to create food charter
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Supporting interested Greenbelt Farmers to Go Organic
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Supporting the creation of an award-winning Greenbelt granola bar
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Contributing $2.65 million to Greenbelt farmers to improve their operations (leveraging millions of dollars from federal sources), and to employ the opportunities of the Green Energy Act
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Supporting the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance to foster strong Greenbelt Plan implementation at the municipal level
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Providing grants and support to significantly increase sales at farmers’ markets
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Funding policy changes to encourage more local food to be sold in Durham
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Creating Greenbeltfresh.ca, the leading electronic marketplace to source local, Greenbelt foods from over 600 producers
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Funding research and analysis on greenbelts around the globe which concluded that Ontario’s Greenbelt is the most robust in the world, with a strong legal and policy framework
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Hosting the successful Tour de Greenbelt to promote Ontario’s Greenbelt as a tourism destination
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Funding visionary planning processes such as the new Cootes to Escarpment Park Management Plan, and a massive reforestation plan in Rouge Park
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Bringing thousands of Ontarians out into the Greenbelt each year through grantee activities and the Annual Tour de Greenbelt cycling event
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Supporting the development of multi-cultural crops and training new Canadian Farmers
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Supporting development of action plans for a variety of agricultural areas and commodities
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Increasing amount of Greenbelt food in food share program 140%
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Contributing to greater sales of Greenbelt wines at the LCBO
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Supporting the creation of new multi-cultural crops and development of ethnic local food guides in Toronto and York Region
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