Vancity Community Foundation received more than $18 million in gifts in 2018 from more than 1800 individuals, members, and community partners to advance and strengthen charities and community initiatives. View our 2018 Annual Report to learn more.

Vancity Community Foundation has been overseeing the redevelopment of the former Vancouver police station on Main Street in the Downtown Eastside for the past several years with a vision is to create a dynamic, accessible and inclusive co-working space that will create new opportunities for collaboration and innovation. After five years of planning and three years of construction, we marked...

Several Vancity Community Foundation staff and Donor Advised Fund holders recently joined First Call at their 2018 Gala, an annual fundraising dinner. The evening began with a warm and inspirational welcome from Debra Sparrow, a Musqueam artist, weaver, and knowledge keeper. Folk singer, author, and child advocate, Raffi Cavoukian was honoured with the First Call Champion of Child and Youth...

Vancity Community Foundation received more than $14 million in gifts in 2017 from more than 1500 individuals, members, and community partners to advance and strengthen charities and community initiatives. View our 2017 Annual Report to learn more.

Allison Felker has been named as interim executive director of Vancity Community Foundation (VCF) following the departure of Derek Gent after 10 years at VCF and 7 years at Vancity. In May, Derek advised VCF’s board of directors that he would step down as executive director at the end of June. Derek says he was looking for something new at...

Those of you who were able to join us at our Community Celebration in December will remember the moving testimony from Megaphone vendor Valerie Fielding who spoke about the dignity and community ties she experiences as a Megaphone vendor and contributor to Hope in Shadows. Megaphone's monthly magazine is sold on the streets of Vancouver and Victoria by vendors who...

It has been named "Saa-ust" Centre, which means "to lift up" in Coast Salish. Through the newly opened Saa-ust Centre, trauma-informed counselling services, ceremony space, and access to Elders and Knowledge Keepers will be made available to families and survivors affected by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Opened on March 18, the healing centre...

Created by Community Foundations of Canada and Philanthropic Foundations Canada, the Impact Investing Guidebook offers a suite of resources that will help foundations to deepen their impact through impact investing. Designed to meet foundations at whatever stage of their impact investing journey, the Guidebook is a practical toolkit and covers a range of interactive materials, including: A roadmap for beginning...

The Vancity Humanitarian Fund was launched in response to the Syrian refugee crisis and to support Canada's offer to welcome more refugees to our communities. The Fund enables our members to make direct donations to local charities that help refugees get settled.

We're pleased to share our most recent annual report. In 2016 Vancity Community Foundation directed nearly $8M in donations from more than 1200 individuals, members, and community partners to advance and strengthen charities and community initiatives. View our Annual Report to learn more about the year’s financial highlights and find inspiring examples of our commitment to building thriving communities.