You can support the causes closest to your heart without having to choose a specific charity. By directing your gift to a Focus Area, our experts and advisors will ensure your gift responds to the most relevant, pressing needs of the community — now and into the future.

Donate to Children & Families

Are you looking to help BC families with children in need? Build bright futures for children in your community by starting a fund that supports our Children and Families Focus Area – allowing child-centred programs to thrive for years to come.

Children and Families funds give experts at Vancouver Foundation the flexibility to donate to underprivileged families who need the most help.

Support Children & Families

Start a Donor Advised Fund and direct your giving to the Children & Families Focus Area.

Make a Donation

Not ready to start a fund? Make a one-time or recurring donation to this Focus Area through our online form.

Focus Areas are Guided by Community Advisors

When you support a Focus Area, you join a powerful force of like-minded donors and community advisors to make a profound impact on the causes you care about. Our Focus Areas fuel our grant programs. Each program also has its own team of community advisors who are all experts in their fields. This team reviews grant applications and directs your donation to the ones.

Funded Projects

Learn about the great work that our donors have supported through the Children & Families Focus Area, like these projects:

The Children & Families Focus Area has also supported the crucial work of organizations like:

The Treehouse logo
Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society logo
Boys and Girls Club of the Okanagan logo
Port Alberni Association for Community Living logo

Find Another Focus Area

Many donors have more than one passion. We have nine other Focus Areas for you to choose from if you want to support more than one.

Contact Us

Contact our Donor Services team to answer your questions, help you make a donation, set up a fund, or support one of our Focus Areas.

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Kerri Kirincic
Manager, Donor Services