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Featured Funded Projects

Get inspired by stories of projects and organizations that we’ve funded through our grant programs.

From Online Dinners to Stable Housing: How Youth Charities Are Stepping Up
Job loss, housing instability, and social isolation. These have been some ... read full story ...
West End Community Food Hub
Eliminating hunger by addressing the root cause: Poverty Foodbank use in ... read full story ...
Signs of progress
The best-known sign in Deaf culture, the one for “I love ... read full story ...
Community Care and Kinship at the Heart of Afro-Canadian Positive Network of BC
The organization’s mission is to help Sub-Saharan African migrant women living ... read full story ...

Catching Air
One of Vancouver’s senior city planners is shaping a legacy not ... read full story ...
Making a Big Impression
Shirley Wong For someone who is just over 5 feet tall, ... read full story ...
You go girls
Big Sisters of BC Young women face enormous pressure to be ... read full story ...
When community shows up
By Amy Romer Photos by Jamie Poh On April 26, a ... read full story ...

Strategic Giving Through Vancouver Foundation’s Focus Areas
Many donors want to improve our communities and feel the best ... read full story ...
Helping young musicians grow
Vancouver Academy of Music Vancouver Academy of Music The Academy is ... read full story ...
Community foundations explained
A.J. had done fairly well for himself and his family. Now ... read full story ...
Sharing your donation
By Ian Robertson Table by Michael Erez From Vancouver Magazine Fall ... read full story ...