Grants
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Local ish grants
The B.C. Social Enterprise Fund (BC SEF) was launched in 2005 to support B.C.-based social enterprise projects that have grown past start-up, but need larger-scale investment to realize their potential. A partnership between Vancity, Vancouver Foundation, and B.C. Technology Social Venture Partners (BCTSVP), the fund makes grants for needed business infrastructure investments to support enterprise growth or expansion
Application is by invitation only. Each invited candidate receives coaching from at least one of the B.C. Technology Social Venture Partners members to develop a business plan that is presented to the fund for consideration. The fund supports between four to five enterprises per year. To learn more about this fund, contact BCTSVP directly. At Vancity, you can contact Elizabeth Lougheed-Green at elizabeth_green@vancity.com or 604-871-5373. For previous recipients check here.
- Didn't happen this cycle, Vancity did not do it. The next cycle is not applicable to anything Free Geek does.
- Missed application deadline this year (Oct 2010) but this grant is made for us! we should check back in spring 2011 to see when the next application deadline is for 2011. It is part of the City of Vancouver Social Planning.
- Missed application deadline this year (July 2010) but this grant is made for us! we should check back in spring 2011 to see when the next application deadline is for 2011. It is part of the City of Vancouver Social Planning.
- The Columbia Foundation works to fund innovative social research with practical applications, to develop and fund new scholarships that promote re-training and life-long learning, and to promote the collaborative and inclusive involvement of citizens in decision-making and community building.
BC Technology / Social Venture Partners
- BCT provides grants to support organizations working with three critical populations: women at risk, children and youth, and people living in Vancouver’s downtown eastside and inner-city.
United Way of the Lower Mainland
- 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.
- The Vancity Community Foundation (VCF) is dedicated to developing long-term relationships with its community partners. VCF annual grants budget is $175,000 and grants range from $500 to $20,000.
BC wide grants
BC Hydro Employees’ Community Services Fund
- The BC Hydro Employees' Community Services Fund supports British Columbia based registered charities in the health and social service sector. One provincial and four regional agencies are selected by the HYDRECS Committee to receive funding support for their capital fundraising efforts. For further information on submitting a special project application, visit the HYDRECS website at www.bchydro.com/community.
Coast Capital Savings Foundation
- Coast Capital Savings is dedicated to promoting its vision of growing strong, confident, healthy young Canadians. The Foundation focuses its support on initiatives, programs and partnerships that build or enhance leadership skills for youth. The Foundation welcomes grant applications from registered non-profit organizations who meet the Foundation’s funding criteria.
- The Hamber Foundation makes grants for cultural, educational and charitable purposes within the Province of British Columbia. The Foundation prefers to support specific projects rather than contributing to general sustaining assistance or to large capital projects. The Foundation also reviews major grant proposals from time to time.
Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation
- The Leon and Thea 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 which would not be possible without special assistance. To this end, the Foundation receives and considers grant applications in these four areas: Cultural and Creative Arts, Social Services, Higher Education, and Grants in Aid.
- The Minerva Foundation for BC Women was initiated in 1999 to provide funds for projects that will assist women to realize their potential and to create a safe place for them to live and work in British Columbia. We will support innovative projects aimed at providing opportunities for women in one of our four priority areas: Education, Safety, Economic Security and Leadership Development.
Provincial Direct Access Grants
- Offered through the Provincial Government’s Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch, Direct Access grants provide funding to eligible non-profit organizations for direct delivery to their communities of approved, ongoing programs. Programs must have operated for at least 12 months prior to application and must fall into one of the following five sectors: Arts, Culture and Sport; the Environment; Human and Social Services; Public Safety; and Parent Advisory Councils and District Parent Advisory Councils.
- Vancouver Foundation supports a wide range of projects that are of benefit to British Columbians. Funded activities often provide a direct service to the community, or take an innovative approach to a community concern.
The Biggy Grant Places!
- The B.C. Social Enterprise Fund (BC SEF) was launched in 2005 to support B.C.-based social enterprise projects that have grown past start-up, but need larger-scale investment to realize their potential. A partnership between Vancity, Vancouver Foundation, and B.C. Technology Social Venture Partners (BCTSVP), the fund makes grants for needed business infrastructure investments to support enterprise growth or expansion
Application is by invitation only. Each invited candidate receives coaching from at least one of the B.C. Technology Social Venture Partners members to develop a business plan that is presented to the fund for consideration. The fund supports between four to five enterprises per year. To learn more about this fund, contact BCTSVP directly. At Vancity, you can contact Elizabeth Lougheed-Green at elizabeth_green@vancity.com or 604-871-5373. For previous recipients check here.
Canadian Heritage (HRSDC) Grants
- Canadian Heritage overseas a range of grant and funding programs - covering everything to multiculturalism and settlement, diversity, aboriginal communities, youth, arts and sports.
- This foundation raises money and makes grants to help stop violence against women and build economic independence for women and their children.
J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
- The McConnell Foundation seeks to work strategically at a national level by helping to link people, places and ideas, and create an enhanced sense of community by building bridges between people, communities and sectors. The Foundation explore ways to address pressing social problems by helping organizations achieve long-term systemic change. A range of grants are available.
- The Maytree Foundation is a private Canadian charitable foundation established in 1982. The Foundation is committed to reducing poverty and inequality in Canada and to building strong civic communities. A range of program and capacity-building supports are available. Maytree’s grants program focuses on organizations working with immigrant and refugee issues.
