Amplify your impact by applying for a Vancouver Foundation grant

Help your community thrive by applying for open call grants for B.C. non-profits or charities. Every year we fund thousands of projects to help build healthy, vibrant, equitable, and inclusive communities across the province.

2026 Grant Calendar

This year, we’re releasing our 2026 Grant Calendar to give charities and non-profits more time to prepare for upcoming funding opportunities and provide more certainty for organizations that rely on operational funding, a critical need across the sector today.

Beginning in 2026, the Thriving Indigenous Systems Fund (TISF) and the LEVEL BIPOC Grants will alternate by year. Both draw from the same funding source, and by alternating years, it allows us to maximize how many organizations can be funded within each program without competing for the same pool.

The Transforming Systems Grant (TSG) will continue to run every year and will remain open to all eligible applicants, including those who may also qualify for TISF or BIPOC funding.

This calendar highlights all open call grant programs, including when applications will open, what each grant program supports, and what type of funding will be available.

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LEVEL BIPOC Grants

These grants of $150,000 offer flexible, operational funding for three years to BIPOC-led registered charities and registered non-profit societies.

  • Status: Applications open January 2026.

Transforming Systems Grants

Flexible, operational grants of $300,000 for organizations driving systemic change by addressing the root causes of inequality.

  • Status: Applications open June 2026.

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Participatory Action Research Grants

We believe solutions should come from the community. That’s why we provide grants that support research that is co-led by community members and academic researchers. The goal is to raise awareness and collaboratively seek solutions around issues that impact community health.

  • Status: All Convene final decisions communicated via email. Stage 2 Investigate applications are under review.

Thriving Indigenous Systems Fund (TISF)

TISF provides multi-year grants of up to $100,000 per year for three years to land-based First Nations and Indigenous-led organizations serving land-based First Nations in British Columbia.

  • Status: Final decisions for 2025 have been communicated via email. Applications will open again in 2027.

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Neighbourhood Small Grants

Change begins at home. Do you have an idea for building connections between people in your neighbourhood? We provide grants of up to $500 for those wanting to engage their communities.

  • Status: Grants vary by location.

DTES Small Arts Grants

Take your creativity to the next level with arts grants of up to $1,000. We help artists who live or work in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside make their creative ideas a reality.

  • Status: Applications open for fall 2025.

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