Victoria, B.C., Dec. 20, 2011 – The first organization to receive a grant from the Victoria Foundation has become the most recent one to create an endowment fund with the community foundation.
Read More75 Years of Giving – Highlights of a Milestone Year
Highlights of the Victoria Foundation’s 75th anniversary year.
Read MoreStocking Challenge Success
Here's an update about the 4th Annual Stocking Challenge and Care Backpacks. The project raised $775 in gift card donations, $300 in cash donations, over…
Read MoreBurges James Gadsden
Seventy-five years ago, a man with a vision founded the Victoria Foundation. That man was Burges James Gadsden.
Read MoreVital Signs then and now – a 75th anniversary retrospective
The Victoria Foundation is proud to have published a community report card, Victoria’s Vital Signs, for six consecutive years. How different were the key indicators of community well-being then – and what issues remain with us today?
Read MoreCelebrating 75 years in Victoria
A soup kitchen, a vision and $20 – the story of the Victoria Foundation. The story of The Victoria Foundation began 75 years ago in a soup kitchen – the Sunshine Inn on Pandora Avenue.
Read MoreContingency planning – hope for the best, plan for the worst
What would you do if your annual income was suddenly chopped by 20%? This is not an unlikely scenario in the next five to ten years. It has already happened to some families and to some non-profits.
Read MoreBuilding a tradition of philanthropy with Vital Youth
The Vital Youth program (previously named Youth in Philanthropy after the CFC initiative) provides students with hands-on experience in the realm of philanthropy and community development. Participants are encouraged to examine their values and learn skills that will help them become more active community members as they develop into adults.
Read More117 Aboriginal students receive over $300,000 in education awards
VICTORIA – The Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society has granted a total of $311,500 to 117 B.C. Aboriginal students for study in B.C. this year.
Read MoreCSSE scholarship winners
Katelyn Currie and Robert Jackson are this year's recipients of the Vancouver Island Branch of the Canadian Society for Senior Engineers (VIB CSSE) scholarships.
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