Vancity Community Foundation grants
Public foundation in Vancouver, British Columbia · Website
- Given to charities in 2024
- $4.2 million
- Charities funded in 2024
- 449
- Typical gift (median)
- $2,000
How to apply
Accepts applications
- How
- Funding requests begin with an inquiry form. For application-based Donor Advised Funds, review the detailed fund pages for eligibility information and application forms.
- What they fund
- Prioritizes Indigenous and Black communities, equity-deserving groups, Downtown Eastside, intergenerational connections, community organizing, poverty reduction, gender equity, post-secondary education bursaries, and environmental stewardship.
- Where
- British Columbia (including Downtown Eastside, Capital Regional District, and rural and resource-based communities across BC).
- Typical grant, as they describe it
- Maximum grant size is $5,000 for VCF community grants.
Summarized by AI from Vancity Community Foundation's own website on October 17, 2026. Check their site before you apply, because programs and deadlines change. Read from: vancitycommunityfoundation.ca/community-grant-opportunities, vancitycommunityfoundation.ca
In their 2024 filing they held 265 donor-advised funds worth $71.3 million; donors added $4.1 million and $4.3 million was granted from them. Gifts from donor-advised funds are chosen by each fund's donors, so some of the giving below was not open to applications.
Who Vancity Community Foundation funded in 2024
The 15 largest of 449 gifts to registered charities.
- Vancity Community Foundation (Youth and Elders RegenerativeBritish Columbia$772,649
- West Coast LEAF AssociationBritish Columbia$164,367
- Finance Engage Sustain (FES)Ontario$114,737
- Early Childhood Educators of BCBritish Columbia$100,980
- Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre AssociationBritish Columbia$100,080
- Pacifica Housing Advisory AssociationBritish Columbia$100,000
- Institute for Change LeadersOntario$90,000
- BC Children's Hospital FoundationBritish Columbia$89,844
- Surrey Homelessness and Housing SocietyBritish Columbia$78,293
- CoDevelopment Canada AssociationBritish Columbia$74,710
- Storehouse Community Hub SocietyBritish Columbia$70,937
- MosaicBritish Columbia$70,026
- New Hope Community Services SocietyBritish Columbia$70,000
- Planned Lifetime Advocacy NetworkBritish Columbia$69,875
- Surrey Urban Mission SocietyBritish Columbia$62,577
Where the money went in 2024
- British Columbia333 charities, $3.7 million
- Ontario88 charities, $468,800
- Alberta16 charities, $66,400
- Quebec6 charities, $19,300
- Nova Scotia2 charities, $12,500
- Saskatchewan3 charities, $10,800
- New Brunswick1 charity, $8,148
Giving by year
| Year | Total given | Gifts | Median gift |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2 million | 449 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | $3.2 million | 432 | $1,500 |
| 2022 | $4.7 million | 431 | $1,950 |
| 2021 | $4.2 million | 427 | $1,993 |
| 2020 | $8.8 million | 396 | $3,883 |
| 2019 | $12.9 million | 490 | $2,383 |
What they told the CRA they do
- VCF delivers funding and develops charitable programs and projects that contribute to economic inclusion social justice and environmental sustainability. Key program areas include: 1) Providing grants to qualified donees in partnership with donors and other funders supporting a range of community initiatives and organizations addressing social cultural economic and environmental goals. 2) Delivering grants impact investments and/or technical support for non-profit affordable housing development non-profit social enterprise poverty reduction and homelessness prevention and reduction projects. 3) Managing and delivering charitable programs projects and/or collaborative initiatives often in partnership with other funders and partners that: i) facilitate economic environmental and social innovation and inclusion in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside ii) work to address poverty and inequality and to remove barriers to opportunities for equity-deserving groups and iii) aim to build capacity of charities and non-profit organization in areas such as evaluation and impact assessment social enterprise and community economic development environmental sustainability social purpose real estate development and non-profit housing development.
Giving figures are gifts to registered charities (qualified donees) as Vancity Community Foundation reported them in its T3010 returns to the Canada Revenue Agency, fiscal 2019 to 2024. Business number 892028242RR0001.
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