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This Giving Tuesday, we’re excited to introduce our Collective Impact Funds, developed to reflect Vancity Community Foundation’s (VCF) new strategic plan and priorities. These funds are designed to make giving simpler, more impactful and rooted in trust.
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The Krannitz Family Fund supports charitable organizations devoted to environmental, wildlife, and humanitarian causes.
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The Margaret Mitchell Fund for Women was created to support programs and initiatives that promote economic and social justice for women, with a focus on Vancouver East.
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The Alexandra Paproski #XOXO Fund was created to honour the public and community service of Bette and Steve Paproski. Grants from this fund will support the dream of post secondary education for young (teen) parents and their children.
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2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the Surrey Homelessness and Housing Society (SHHS). Over the past ten years the Society has provided over $3.5 million in funding to Surrey organizations that assist people experiencing homelessness. The Society has supported 55 projects with more than 50 partners assisting over 500 individuals, including children, who were homelessness or at imminent risk of homelessness.
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The Bright Beginnings Foundation Fund has been established to help some of Surrey's most vulnerable young adults see a bright future.
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The Mary-Jo Dionne Productions Fund was created to support local children living in poverty or fighting critical illness.
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When Margaret Mitchell passed away on International Women’s Day in 2017 at the age of 92, she left a legacy of advocating for the rights of women and greater economic and social justice for all. Her Fund continues to support programs and initiatives that promote economic and social justice for women in East Vancouver.
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The Pang Kui Chiu Fund provides grants to those pursuing national and international economic/self-realization/community economic development initiatives aiming to help eliminate poverty.
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The work of Mom2Mom (M2M) Child Poverty Initiative Society is based on research in child development and neuroscience, which has shown that enriching children’s environments by lowering levels of family stress, and connecting mothers to their child’s school and to community, leads to positive changes in children’s learning and development. When these things are in place, children are happier, better...