Amplify your impact by applying for a Vancouver Foundation grant

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

We look forward to continuing to work with communities like yours to shift and share power.

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: Applications open until May 21, 2025 at 5pm

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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: Applications open Summer 2025

Transforming Systems Grants

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

  • Status: Applications are under review.

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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: Varies 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 Fall 2025

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LEVEL BIPOC Grants

Supporting BIPOC leaders to advance racial justice is crucial. Our LEVEL BIPOC Grants offer flexible core funding to BIPOC-led groups, including Indigenous-led groups.

  • Status: All 2024 grants have been awarded.