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May 8, 2017
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We are an accredited organization under Imagine Canada's Standards Program for demonstrating excellence in five areas of operation, including board governance, financial accountability and transparency, fundraising, staff management, and volunteer involvement. Living Wage Statement [PDF] Vancouver...
October 8, 2015
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Our 2016 Vital Signs Report Vancouver Foundation’s 2016 Vital Signs is our first provincial report, produced in partnership with Community Foundations across British Columbia. We were curious to learn about any regional differences in our experiences, and keen to support other Community Foundations...
September 29, 2015
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Vancouver Foundation Suite 200, 475 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC Canada V6B 4M9 Tel: 604-688-2204 Fax: 604-688-4170 E-mail: info@vancouverfoundation.ca Charitable Registration No.: 11928 1640 RR0001 We are situated on the traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and...
January 20, 2013
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In the summer of 2011, Vancouver Foundation set out to learn what issue people in our region care about the most. What they told us was a surprise. We expected people would choose poverty or housing or any of the issues that dominate the headlines. But what people said concerned them the most was a...
January 12, 2013
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Vancouver Foundation encourages all our grant recipients to build awareness of their projects. News releases, newsletters, posters, flyers and advertising are all ways your organization can share the impact of your work. You can also acknowledge Vancouver Foundation on social media by using...
December 11, 2012
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Overview Investment Overview Audited Financial Statements 2017 audited financial statements [PDF] 2016 audited financial statements [PDF] 2015 audited financial statements [PDF] 2014 audited financial statements [PDF] 2013 audited financial statements [PDF] 2012 audited financial statements [PDF]...
December 11, 2012
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Our Mission To harness the gifts of energy, ideas, time, and money to make meaningful and lasting impacts in communities. Our Vision Healthy, vibrant and livable communities across British Columbia. Our Vision, Defined Healthy: a community where the people, the economy and the physical environment...
December 11, 2012
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Inspired by Alice’s generosity, local businessperson and philanthropist Whitford VanDusen added $10,000 to her endowment and encouraged nine other prominent families to match his own gift. From that, Vancouver Foundation was born and the original $101,000, plus contributions from donors like you,...
November 18, 2012
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Community Research Our research tells us that people today feel a lack of togetherness in community life. A lack of belonging. Through community consultations and independent research, we’ve heard a hunger for social connections, and a desire among people from different ethnicities, cultures,...
November 18, 2012
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We work with individuals, corporations and charitable agencies to create permanent endowment funds and then use the income to support thousands of charities. The original capital is endowed so that it generates income in perpetuity. We recognize that communities are complex and that collaboration...