Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Encourages and supports Aboriginal people in building and reinforcing sustainable healing processes that address the legacy of physical abuse and sexual abuse in the residential school system, including intergenerational impacts.
Alva Foundation
Funds organizations conducting research and/or developing services that address significant risk factors in early childhood development, prenatal through four years of age, with the emphasis on prevention.
BC Technology – Social Venture Partners
Foundation created by individuals in BC's technology industries, that supports innovative non-profit groups serving children, women at risk, and people living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Max Bell Foundation
Supports projects that promote good health in the broadest sense. Focus on identifying practical, alternative approaches to the creation and maintenance of the programs and policies which shape Canada's health care practices.
Bowen Island Community Foundation
Helps to develop projects in fields of Arts and Culture, Environment and Parks, Health and Welfare, Education and Youth, and Seniors.
Breakfast for Learning - Canadian Living Foundation
Provides grants to partially fund food, equipment, or staffing for groups who are operating or plan to operate nutrition programs for children.
Bridge Street United Church Foundation
Funds general charitable purposes that include but are not restricted to: social services, child abuse, crime prevention, First Nations people, social development and women.
Bronfman Family Foundation
Provides funding to nonprofits dealing with challenging social, cultural and educational issues. Its Urban Issues Program supports projects uniting urban conservation with community development, to protect and enhance community life inside city neighborhoods.
Brooke Foundation
Funding Interests include: Hospitals; Poverty Relief; Arts and Culture; Universities; Jewish Organizations. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Bruendl Foundation
Funding Interests include: Religious Organizations; Child Welfare; International Social Services; Arts and Culture. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Canadian Million Dollar Round Table Charitable Foundation
Provides support to a variety of organizations across Canada that serve to enhance the quality of life for Canadians.
Canadian Race Relations Foundation
Supports organizations that require funding for anti-racism activities such as conferences and campaigns that have the potential to achieve broad public awareness.
Canadian Women's Foundation
Provides grants to help stop violence against women and build economic independence for women and their children.
Charros Foundation
Funding Interests include: Meals on Wheels; Seniors; Emergency Shelters; Health Disorders; Hospitals. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Ching Foundation
Funding Interests include: Social Services; Family Services; Missions and Missionaries; International Health and Medicine; Hospitals; Children. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Cob Charitable Foundation
Funding Interests include: Music; Family Services. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Columbia Foundation
Vancouver-based agency that funds innovative social research, new scholarships that promote re-training and life-long learning, and the inclusive involvement of citizens in decision-making and community building.
Cottonwood Foundation
Dedicated to promoting empowerment of people, protection of the environment, and respect for cultural diversity. The foundation focuses its funding on committed, grass roots organizations that rely strongly on volunteer efforts.
Community Care Foundation (CCF)
The mission of the CCF Community Care Foundation is to enhance the services and facilities that will improve the health and well-being of the citizens of the Lower Mainland and to contribute to the medical and health care services of the community as a whole through financial grants and educational initiatives.
The Counselling Foundation Of Canada
Funding Interests include: Career Counselling; Career Education; Children’s Mental Health; Organizational Development and Management; Capacity Building; Child Development; Children; Community Development and Improvement; Community Economic Development; Community Services; Employment; Family Counselling; Family Services; Gay and Lesbian; Social Development; Social Issues; Youth.
Dewdney Family Charitable Foundation
Funding Interests include: Social Services; Youth; Physically Disabled Children. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Diamond Foundation
Funding Interests include: Jewish Organizations; Jewish Social Services, Jewish Culture; Jewish Schools; Judaic Studies; Hospitals; United Ways; Children. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Donner Foundation
Seeks to encourage individual responsibility and private initiative to help Canadians solve their social and economic problems.
Peter F. Drucker Foundation
Celebrates innovative work in the nonprofit sector every year through the Peter F. Drucker Award for Canadian Nonprofit Innovation, an award which recognizes the successful results produced by an innovative program within a nonprofit organization.
EJLB Foundation
Provides grants to community mental health support organizations.
Ethnic Charities International
Provides charitable funding and tangible public benefit to those requiring living needs and charitable provision, resulting in relief from poverty and hardship, advancement of and access to education, and purposeful benefit to local and national community members at large.
Face the World Foundation
Focus is on helping the less fortunate members of the Vancouver community - women and children suffering abuse, the homeless, the hungry, the elderly and special areas such as teen suicide prevention and chronic drug and alcohol abuse.
Forrester Foundation
Funding Interests include: Family Services; Education; Hospitals; Health Disorders. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Gates Foundation
Invest in partnerships with individuals and organizations that bring experience, expertise and commitment to their own efforts to help people through better health and learning.
Georgina Foundation
Funding Interests include: Social Services; Physically Disabled People; Mentally Disabled People; Youth; Housing and Shelter. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Global Fund For Women
Provides general program and operating support grants to women's organizations focused on advancing the human rights of women and girls.
Goepel McDermid Foundation
Funding Interests include: Hospitals; Health Care; Community Services; Arts and Culture; Performing Arts; Visual Arts; Education. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
The Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
Supports innovative ventures that seek to make a discernable impact on the future of Canada by encouraging public engagement and strengthening the development of public policy.
Highbury Foundation
Funding Interests include: Universities; Education; Hospitals; Health Disorders; Social Services; Children; Animal Protection and Welfare; Arts. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Hecht Memorial Foundation
Funds investigation and support of complementary and alternative medicine, particularly in the treatment of cancer and supports organizations that help people who fall through the social safety net of government programs for the needy.
Jackman Foundation
Since its founding in 1964, the Jackman Foundation made grants with a value in excess of $36 million to a wide variety of charitable causes. Their scope ranges from major Canadian institutions to small grassroots organizations, and their concerns vary from theatre to medicine, from the environment to day care. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Jaymac Foundation
Funding interests include: Health Care; Palliative Care; Children; Children’s Residences. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Jessoma Foundation
Funding interests include: Universities; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Health Care. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Joyce Foundation
Funding interests include: Community Development and Improvement; Children; Disaster Relief; Universities; YMCA/YWCA; Hospitals. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Junior League of Greater Vancouver
An organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
Kaatza Foundation
Funding interests include: Social Services; United Ways; Health Disorders; Arts and Culture. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Kahanoff Foundation
Funds traditional and innovative charitable programs in the areas of health, education, culture, social services, philanthropy and community development, and research.
Kaufmann Foundation
Funding interests include: Medicine; Hospitals; Medical Education; Basic Science Research; University Foundations; Children’s Medical Care; Geriatrics; Advocacy; Poverty Relief; First Nations People; Arts and Culture; Film and Video; French Canadian Culture; Jewish Organizations. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Kerimar Foundation
Funding interests include: Seniors; Youth; Poverty Relief; Health Care. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
King Family Foundation
Funding interests include: Hospitals; Health Disorders; Social Services; Youth. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Koerner Foundation
Provides grants to stimulate and invigorate the cultural and educational communities in British Columbia by enabling institutions, organizations or individuals to undertake programs and/or projects in the areas of Cultural and Creative Arts, Social Services, and Higher Education.
Laidlaw Foundation
Funds innovative ways to strengthen the environment for children, youth and families, to enhance opportunities for human development and creativity and to sustain healthy communities and ecosystems.
Lando Charitable Foundation
Funding interests include: Early Childhood Education and Development; Preschools; Child Abuse; Child Development; Child Welfare. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Law Foundation of BC
Non-profit foundation that provides ongoing and one-time grants to programs which advance and promote the rule of law and a just society.
Lawson Foundation
Directs its energies and granting dollars not only to enrich the development of very young children, their families and caregivers, but also to enhance the delivery of health services through projects addressing community-based, patient-centred care within a regional or national perspective.
Lee Tak Wai Foundation
Funding interests include: Health Disorders; Hospitals; Chinese Culture; Universities; Poverty Relief. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Lefohn Family Foundation
Funding interests include: Jewish Social Services; Hospitals; Children; Social Services. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Leung Foundation
Funding interests include: Community Services; Hospitals; Education. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Mahon Foundation
Funding interests include: Hospitals; Health Disorders; Physically Disabled People; Child Welfare; Poverty Relief; Arts Associations; family Services; Community Services; YMCA/YWCA. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Marie-Vincent Foundation
Funds programs and supports the education and social re-integration of children under the age of twelve who are victims of abuse and violence, as well as related projects and research into the sexual abuse of children.
Maytree Foundation
Committed to reducing poverty and inequality in Canada and to building strong civic communities, with special emphasis on immigrant and refugee communities.
McConnell Family Foundation
Supports development of healthy communities; individuals, families, organizations and communities adapting to new roles and challenges; important social and cultural institutions in health, education and the arts, to reposition themselves to face new needs and challenges; young people with opportunities to engage and to develop their leadership potential; and the promotion of voluntary action.
McLean Foundation
Makes grants in a wide range of areas, including arts, conservation, education, health and welfare.
McLean McCuaig Foundation
Funding interests include: Universities; Faculties of Law; Arts and Culture; Children. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Meriem Foundation
Funding interests include: Human Rights; United Ways; Libraries; Education; Arts and Culture. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Metcalf Charitable Foundation
Provides grants in the areas of the performing arts, the environment and social services.
Mitchell Family Foundation
Funding interests include but not restricted to: camps; social services; alcohol and drug abuse; disabled people; special schools. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Morrow Foundation
Funding interests include: Arts and Culture; First Nations Culture; Film and Video; Libraries; Education; Special Education; Universities; Health; Hospitals; Christian Organizations; Religious Organizations; Sciences; Environment; Social Services; Community Services; Special Needs Groups, Sports and Recreation; Youth. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Motz Foundation
Funding interests include but not restricted to: children’s mental health; mental health; public health; social services; abused women; alcohol and drug abuse; child abuse; child development; child welfare; children; children’s residences; community development and improvement; crime prevention; employment; family services; housing and shelter; immigrants; race relations; refugees; social development; social issues. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Nemetz Foundation
Funding interests include: Arts and Culture; Hospitals; Social Issues; Crime; Violence. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
North American Fund for Environmental Cooperation
Funds community-based projects in Canada, Mexico and the United States that strengthen and build the capacities of local people, organizations and institutions, emphasize sustainability, and link environmental, social and economic issues.
North Shore Community Foundation
Supports social, cultural, recreational and educational endeavors on the North Shore.
Palylyk Children’s Foundation
Funding interests include: Children; Child Welfare; Children’s Clubs; International Health and Medicine. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Radcliffe Foundation
Funding interests include: Children; United Ways; Children’s Medical Care; Community Services. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Real Estate Foundation of BC
Uses its resources for the benefit of British Columbians by supporting efforts that improve all aspects of land use and real estate practices.
Redington Charitable Foundation
Funding interests include: International Activities; Children; Environment; Social Services. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Richmond Foundation
General charitable interests within the Richmond community. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Rosen Foundation
Funding interests include: Social Services; Seniors; Hospitals; Health Disorders; Education; International Social Services. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Rubin-Hoffman Foundation
Funding interests include: Social Services; Poverty Relief. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Russell Foundation for Charities
Funding interests include: Community Services; Poverty Relief; Churches; Museums; Health Care; Cancer. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Salsbury Foundation
Funding interests include: Youth; Universities; Physically Disabled People; United Ways. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Sauder Foundation
Funding interests include: Community Services; family Services; Abused Women; Christian Religious Education; Child Welfare. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Seniors Foundation of BC
Provide support for any projects that will benefit seniors by improving their health or quality of life.
Sixty Three Foundation
Funding interests include: Universities; Education; Social Services; Food Banks; Poverty Relief; Health. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Spencer Foundation
Provides funds for organizations whose aims and objectives are intended to make boys and girls, and young men and women, better citizens of Canada. Interests include but are not restricted to: arts and culture; ethnic culture; libraries; education; alternative education; literacy; preschools; children’s mental health; social services; alcohol and drug abuse, child development; child abuse; community centres; community development and improvement; crime prevention; criminal rehabilitation; domestic violence; family services; First Nations people; minorities; poverty relief; special needs groups; sports and recreation. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
Stellabar Foundation
Funding interests include: Community Services; Education; Health; Visual Arts; First Nations People. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below:
United Way
While United Way is best known as an organization providing stable funding for programs and service, they also invest in projects that focus on prevention and early intervention of issues that lead to social problems. United Way funding allows agencies to engage in the development of innovative social programs, conduct short, medium and long-term planning and respond to changing community needs.
Vancouver Foundation
Philanthropic non-governmental community foundation which operates primarily as a permanent collection of endowed funds. Income derived from the investment of the pooled capital of Vancouver Foundation's endowments is distributed to support the activities of charitable organizations across British Columbia.
West Vancouver Community Foundation
Assists organizations and people, through grants and awards, with special emphasis on health, education, the arts, social services, and West Vancouver's physical environment.
Wolrige Foundation
Funding interests include but not restricted to: social services; child welfare; disabled people. Contact the Foundation for application guidelines at the address below: