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December 12, 2018
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We’ve heard from many organizations that a significant barrier to applying for funding at Vancouver Foundation is the 50% fund matching requirement. So, we’re making some changes. Starting 2019, both Systems Change Test Grants and LEVEL Youth Granting – Test Grants will only require applicants to...
May 14, 2018
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Vancouver Foundation is pleased to announce that our evolution from Field of Interest Grants to two new grant programs: Participatory Action Research Grants and Systems Change Grants is ready for grant applicants to explore. What’s behind the changes? For the last three years, we focused our Field...
May 14, 2018
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Report templates Field of Interest Grant Financial Report Template Field of Interest Grant Final Report Template Field of Interest Grant Progress Report Template Animal Welfare Jill Shouldice, Grant Administrator Terra Kaethler, Manager Arts and Culture Jill Shouldice, Grant Administrator Niveria...
May 14, 2018
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Take our eligibility quiz To help you assess whether your organization is eligible to apply to Vancouver Foundation, or whether your project is likely to be funded, just answer the questions below. Question 1. Who are you? A non-profit organization A for-profit business An individual Okay, keep...
May 14, 2018
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Systems Change Grants: Overview Video of Systems Change Grants: Overview Click to watch the video above, or visit: https://youtu.be/H-CUHpidZPE Systems Change Grants support projects that take action to address the root causes of pressing social, environmental or cultural issues by influencing the...
May 14, 2018
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Take our eligibility quiz To help you assess whether your organization is eligible to apply to Vancouver Foundation, or whether your project is likely to be funded, just answer the questions below. Question 1. Who are you? A non-profit organization A for-profit business An individual Okay, keep...
May 14, 2018
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Participatory Action Research Grants: Overview Video of Participatory Action Research Grants: Overview Participatory Action Research Grants support research that is co-led by community members and researchers to learn more about the root causes of pressing issues impacting the health of communities...
April 16, 2018
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In February, we shared the news that Vancouver Foundation is enhancing the way we respond to community needs by evolving our current Field of Interest Grants to two new grant programs: Participatory Action Research Grants and Systems Change Grants . In May, we will release new Program Guidelines...
February 15, 2018
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Over the last three years, Vancouver Foundation’s Field of Interest Grants program has focused on funding projects that address the root causes of pressing issues, and we’ve referred to these kinds of projects as social innovations. We’ve done so because we believe these kinds of projects can make...
September 6, 2017
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Empowering older women In 2012, Krista James first met with a group of two dozen elderly Chinese women from Richmond, most of them immigrants and grandmothers, to ask them what sort of change they wanted to see in their community and in their lives. James, who is the Vancouver-based national...
September 5, 2017
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Ava, a 22-year-old UBC law student, motors along Highway 16 just west of Prince George in the pouring rain. As the car head- lights illuminate the outline of an Aboriginal girl hitchhiking by the side of the road, Ava wavers. Should she stop and pick her up? But the moment is gone, and she...
June 19, 2017
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This June we partnered with the Local Economic Development Lab (LEDlab) to hold a Community Causes Learning Event. LEDlab is working to increase the personal incomes of downtown eastside residents by creating new income generating opportunities. They told us about an upcoming project, the Local...
How can I apply for funding from the new Community Poverty Reduction Fund?
May 4, 2017
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Proposals for poverty reduction projects can be submitted through Vancouver Foundation's Field of Interest granting program. See our FAQs on the new Community Poverty Reduction Fund for more information.
April 4, 2017
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Vancouver Foundation administers the funds of more than 400 charitable agencies of all sizes and types across British Columbia. It is our goal to support these organizations and the services they provide to our communities. In March, we invited these charitable agencies to an event: How to Apply...
March 31, 2017
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Every Monday , Michael Leland cycles to the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, towing a bike trailer. The trailer sports his own modifications: its load capacity has been expanded thanks to a freezer rack. Sometimes accompanied by a fellow member of the Binners’ Project, he pulls bottles and cans from a...