Initiative
Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy (RH) is a community-based program aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness across Canada. Reaching Home is funded by the Government of Canada and delivered by a local Community Entity. The program directives can be found at Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy Directives. To learn about the projects and their impact, please visit the Community Entity...
News
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.
Initiative
BC Rent Bank is a project of Vancity Community Foundation, funded by the province of British Columbia. Regardless of where you live in the province, you can access a rent bank and its support services to help stabilize your rental housing during unanticipated short-term financial challenges.
Fund
The Krannitz Family Fund supports charitable organizations devoted to environmental, wildlife, and humanitarian causes.
Fund
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 BC Child Care Advocacy Fund supports advocacy for high quality, universal child care in BC through public education, community mobilization and collaboration across sectors.
Fund
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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The purpose of the Jane Tyler Legacy Fund is to provide educational bursaries to low-income women who are single mothers to pursue a post secondary education at an accredited community college, university or equivalent educational institution.
Story
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.
Project
Contributing to Useful Research We participate in research initiatives that yield practical tools and important insights into issues that matter to our work. This can be by contributing project funding, becoming involved through an advisory committee, and/or partnering in a collaborative initiative. These initiatives complement and strengthen the work we do in granting, impact investing and advocacy. To learn more...