Community Grants Program Distributions 2022
Thanks to the generosity of donors, $4.32 million from the Victoria Foundation’s Community Grants Program will help 191 local organizations, strengthening the non-profit sector and long-term resilience of our community.
The funds are providing federally-registered charities and qualified donees in the capital region with flexible, general operating funds, assisting them in continuing to offer services and will help to provide financial security now and into the future. These funds will allow these organizations to support vulnerable communities affected by the pandemic and strengthen the charitable sector that is vital to the health and well-being of our community.
Of the total amount being granted through the program, over $1.53 million has come from direct donations
made either to the Community Action Funds or from Donor Advised Funds over the past few months. Our gratitude is beyond measure.
Your Gifts In Action
From the environment to mental health, homelessness, to racial equity and more, a wide range of organizations being supported by this funding are responding directly to needs in the community.
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Arts and Culture
Organization (Qualified Donee) Project/Program/Organization Request Details Funded Amount Cause Area Artsea Community Arts Council Society Community Connectedness and Positive Mental Health Through Arts and Culture $15,000.00 Arts and Culture Blue Bridge Theatre Society Accessible Washroom Upgrade – backstage area, The Roxy Theatre $7,500.00 Arts and Culture Canadian Light Music Society Palm Court 36th. Season $7,500.00 Arts and Culture Capriccio Vocal Ensemble Society Remembrance Day Concert in support of Ukraine $1,950.00 Arts and Culture Dance Victoria Society Giving Space and Support to Racialized Dance Artists $25,000.00 Arts and Culture Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions Society Free Accessible Outdoor Theatre Production For Young Audiences $7,500.00 Arts and Culture Maritime Museum of British Columbia Capacity Building at the Maritime Museum of BC $25,000.00 Arts and Culture Open Space Arts Society Project Coordinator – Fifty Years on this Land $25,000.00 Arts and Culture Ptarmigan Arts Society Community Art for Engagement and Resilience $7,500.00 Arts and Culture Puente Theatre Society EDIA Mentorship programs $25,000.00 Arts and Culture Salt Spring Arts Council Community Arts Capacity Building $20,000.00 Arts and Culture Salt Spring Baroque Music Society Concert and workshop funding for Salt Spring Baroque Music Society $7,500.00 Arts and Culture Singyourjoy Young Adult Chorus Society SingYourJoy Re-boot: Pandemic recovery support $8,500.00 Arts and Culture Sooke Harbour Players Society Sooke Harbour Players Society – Community Focus grant $7,500.00 Arts and Culture Story Studio Writing Society (in partnership with Greater Victoria Alliance for Literacy) Words to Grow By: Literacy Intervention for Under-resourced Families $45,000.00 Arts and Culture Suddenly Dance Theatre Society Fountain of Youth 2022 $30,000.00 Arts and Culture *The Bateman Foundation Recovery though the Magic of Art and Nature $25,000.00 Arts and Culture The Belfry Theatre Society (in partnership with Culture Den Society) Culture Den Society’s Bury the Hatchet Community Theatre Production $7,500.00 Arts and Culture The Belfry Theatre Society Arts Leadership Training Program 2022/23 (Year Two) $30,000.00 Arts and Culture The Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival Association Community Grants Program, Vital Stream $15,000.00 Arts and Culture The Linden Singers of Victoria Society Community Through Music $6,000.00 Arts and Culture *The Story Theatre Productions Society Operating Support for 2022-23 Season (Theatre for Young Audiences) $22,000.00 Arts and Culture Theatre SKAM Association Operations 2022-23 $30,000.00 Arts and Culture Victoria Arion Male Choir Society Islands Around the World Concerts $3,000.00 Arts and Culture Victoria Arts Council (in partnership with SUPPLY Victoria Creative Reuse Centre) SUPPLY Victoria Creative Reuse Centre $25,000.00 Arts and Culture Victoria Baroque Music Society Baroque concerts and outreach $7,500.00 Arts and Culture Victoria Conservatory of Music Getting Started – Early Childhood Music Education Outreach $21,500.00 Arts and Culture Victoria Festival of Authors Society Victoria Festival of Authors 2022 $10,000.00 Arts and Culture Victoria Philharmonic Choir Society Choral Concert of Edward Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius” $12,000.00 Arts and Culture Victoria Symphony Society Splash Around Town $15,886.00 Arts and Culture West Coast Children’s Choral Society Choral Education Programs for Children and Youth $15,000.00 Arts and Culture West Coast Reach Association We Are One! Victoria $10,000.00 Arts and Culture -
Education and Learning
Organization (Qualified Donee) Project/Program/Organization Request Details Funded Amount Cause Area 1000X5 Children’S Book Recycling Project Society 1000X5 Children’s Book Recycling Project Society (Victoria 1000×5) $7,500.00 Education and Learning A C P D – Action Committee of People With Disabilities Society Core funding for building capacity and ensuring ACPD’s sustainability $25,000.00 Education and Learning Artemis Place Society Artemesia Integrated Garden Wellness Program $20,000.00 Education and Learning BCEdAccess Society (in partnership with Mom’s Against Racism) Moms of Racialized Children Monthly Support Group $7,500.00 Education and Learning *Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Victoria Capital Region Be You – Healthy Bodies Healthy Minds $25,000.00 Education and Learning Camosun College Foundation Creating Equality through Access and Opportunity for South Island Youth $30,000.00 Education and Learning Construction Foundation of BC (2012) Society The SHIFT $20,000.00 Education and Learning Frontier College/Collège Frontière Community Literacy Catalyst (Expansion) $30,000.00 Education and Learning *Growing Young Farmers Society Fall 2022 & Spring 2023 School Garden Programs and Workshops $12,508.00 Education and Learning Junior Achievement of British Columbia Bright Futures for all Capital Regional District youth $30,000.00 Education and Learning Lester B. Pearson College of The Pacific and United World Colleges (Canada) Inc. Climate Action Leadership Diploma at Pearson College UWC $30,000.00 Education and Learning *Outward Bound Canada Explore & Thrive: Indigenous Youth Program $30,000.00 Education and Learning Salt Spring Literacy Society Salt Spring Literacy Centre Upgrade Project $15,000.00 Education and Learning **Story Studio Writing Society (in partnership with Greater Victoria Alliance for Literacy) Stronger Together: Creating Literacy Capacity for Southern Vancouver Island $25,000.00 Education and Learning Take A Hike, Youth At Risk Foundation Take a Hike South Island $30,000.00 Education and Learning *The Board Of Education of School District No. 63 (Saanich) (in partnership with 1000×5 Children’s Books) PENINSULA “1000 X 5” Children’s Book Recycling Project $7,500.00 Education and Learning *The Circle Salt Spring Education Society The Empathy Project $7,500.00 Education and Learning University of Victoria Equitable Access for a Strong Community: The Law Centre $15,000.00 Education and Learning Victoria Literacy Connection Society Family literacy for the South Island $30,000.00 Education and Learning *WITS Programs Foundation WITS Programs: WITS, Canada Kindness Leaders, Pink Shirt Day $20,000.00 Education and Learning *Young Entrepreneurs of Canada Association Engaging the Capital Region Students with PowerPlay Young Entrepreneurs $22,000.00 Education and Learning -
Environment and Sustainability
Organization (Qualified Donee) Project/Program/Organization Request Details Funded Amount Cause Area Cetus Research & Conservation Society Protecting Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales $25,000.00 Environment and Sustainability Galiano Conservancy Association Sustainable Food Systems & Environmental Education on Galiano 2023 $22,000.00 Environment and Sustainability Georgia Strait Alliance Empowering communities to take action on issues they care about $25,000.00 Environment and Sustainability Green Teams Of Canada Mentoring and Empowering Youth to Become Environmental Community Leaders $30,000.00 Environment and Sustainability **Habitat Acquisition Trust (in partnership with the XAXE ÁLE?ENE? EQÁTEL T?E MEQ: A Collaborative Conservation Partnership Initiative) XAXE ÁLE?ENE? EQÁTEL T?E MEQ: A Collaborative Conservation Partnership Initiative $24,950.00 Environment and Sustainability Habitat Acquisition Trust Improving Technology and Equipment at HAT $6,000.00 Environment and Sustainability Mayne Island Conservancy Society Mayne Island Community Stewardship Program $20,000.00 Environment and Sustainability Peninsula Streams Society ‘Engaging Young Stewards’ Environmental Education Program $15,000.00 Environment and Sustainability Raincoast Conservation Foundation Building Coastal Conservation Capacity $15,000.00 Environment and Sustainability Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust Society The Root Food Hub Commercial Kitchen $30,000.00 Environment and Sustainability Saturna Island Marine Research and Education Society Salary Support for Short Term Social Media and Administrative Assistance $20,000.00 Environment and Sustainability Seachange Marine Conservation Society Visualizing SeaChange $7,500.00 Environment and Sustainability Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation Environmental Education in the CRD – 2022 $25,000.00 Environment and Sustainability The Farmlands Trust (Greater Victoria) Society Poverty Relief via the FLT Society?s ?Field to Plate? Initiative $20,000.00 Environment and Sustainability **Transition Salt Spring Society Collective Impact for Real Climate Action $45,000.00 Environment and Sustainability -
Food Security
Organization (Qualified Donee) Project/Program/Organization Request Details Funded Amount Cause Area 9 – 10 Club Serving Soup to the Hungry Operational Support for At Risk Food Insecure Community Residents $15,000.00 Food Security Community First Foundation Backpack Buddies Victoria $30,000.00 Food Security **Home is Where We Live – Lifecycles Project Society (in partnership with Food Share Network) CRFSN 2022 $70,000.00 Food Security Harvest & Share Food Relief Society Community Grant 2022 $15,000.00 Food Security Home is Where We Live – Life Cycles Project Society Fruitfulness at LifeCycles $25,000.00 Food Security Saanich Community Legacy Foundation (in partnership with Support Network for Indigenous Women & Women of Colour Collaborative (SWINNOC)) Grandmother Moon Domestic Violence Workshops & Counselling $30,000.00 Food Security Shelbourne Community Kitchen Society The Shelbourne Community Kitchen – Setting the Table $30,000.00 Food Security The Galiano Club Ensuring Food Security into the Future $25,000.00 Food Security Victoria Community Food Hub Society Community Food Support $30,000.00 Food Security Victoria Community Food Hub Society (in partnership with Iye Creative) Supporting Iyé core Program and Operations Management $30,000.00 Food Security **Victoria Community Food Hub Society (in partnership with Good Food Network Collaborative) Good Food Collaboration Grant $80,000.00 Food Security Victoria Compost & Conservation Education Society Healing City Soils: The Ground Beneath Our Feet $25,000.00 Food Security Victoria Rainbow Kitchen Society In-House Hot Meals & Food Sharing Programs $25,000.00 Food Security -
Gender Equality
Organization (Qualified Donee) Project/Program/Organization Request Details Funded Amount Cause Area Atira Women’s Resource Society Aerie Playground Project $30,000.00 Gender Equity Bridges For Women Society Advocacy & Client Support $20,000.00 Gender Equity PEERS Victoria Resources Society Community Building through Cultural and Social Gathering $30,000.00 Gender Equity Stigma-Free Society Student Mental Health Toolkit & Virtual Stigma Free Presentations (Victoria) $15,000.00 Gender Equity *Victoria Native Friendship Centre Urban Indigenous Youth Mental Health $30,000.00 Gender Equity Victoria Sexual Assault Centre Society Black Youth Empowerment Project (BYE) $29,600.00 Gender Equity Victoria Women’s Transition House Society Stopping the Violence and Substance Abuse Counselling $30,000.00 Gender Equity Wear 2 Start Society Wear2Start Staffing Support $20,000.00 Gender Equity -
Health and Wellness
Organization (Qualified Donee) Project/Program/Organization Request Details Funded Amount Cause Area AVI Health & Community Services Society Positive Wellness Nutrition Program $30,000.00 Health and Wellness BC Wheelchair Sports Association Bridging the Gap – Capital Region $19,500.00 Health and Wellness *Birthing Families Foundation Community Doula Support: A Wrap-around referral based program $25,000.00 Health and Wellness **Birthing Families Foundation (in partnership with the Optimal Interdisciplinary Care Strategies Team) Optimal Interdisciplinary Care Strategies $20,000.00 Health and Wellness Burnside Gorge Community Association Youth Self Sufficiency $20,000.00 Health and Wellness Cancer Driveline Society Cancer Driveline Technology Upgrade $5,000.00 Health and Wellness Centre for Earth And Spirit Society Finding Belonging: Strengthening Program Capacity/Reach for Seniors & Equity-Deserving Groups $15,000.00 Health and Wellness *Child Abuse Prevention and Counselling Society of Greater Victoria Kid’s Hearts and Minds Matter $20,000.00 Health and Wellness Citadel Therapy Canine Society PTSD medical service dog support $5,500.00 Health and Wellness Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria ID Bank Pilot $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Cornerstone Youth Society Drop-in Program Expansion $22,950.00 Health and Wellness *Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria Connecting with Youth One Chat at a Time $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Esquimalt Neighbourhood House Society The Saturday Market $25,000.00 Health and Wellness *F.P.S.S. Foster Parent Support Services Society Moving Mentoring Forward $7,500.00 Health and Wellness Fairfield Community Association of Victoria Gender Generations Project $20,000.00 Health and Wellness Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group Society Supported, Housed, Secure $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Friends of Living and Learning Through Loss Vital Streams Grant Application for Learning Through Loss $25,000.00 Health and Wellness Galiano Health Care Society Reaching Out: A Supports Grant for Galiano Island $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Greater Victoria Citizens Counselling Centre Adult Counselling $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Greater Victoria Eldercare Foundation Restoring Music Therapy to Glengarry and Aberdeen Long-term Care Homes $20,000.00 Health and Wellness Greater Victoria Police Victim Services Society Creating Cultural Safety for Police Victim Services in Greater Victoria $10,000.00 Health and Wellness *Human-Nature Counselling Society Supporting Accessible Nature-Based Counselling Services for Community Members $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Inspirehealth Society Supportive Cancer Care in the Capital Region District $30,000.00 Health and Wellness **Island Community Mental Health Association (in partnerships with Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) Collaborative) Psychosocial Rehabilitation Collaboration $60,000.00 Health and Wellness Island Community Mental Health Association (in partnership with See Spring Collective) See Spring – Peer Support Curriculum Training and Capacity Building $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Island Deaf and Hard Of Hearing Centre Association Sound of Change Initiative $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Island Kids Cancer Association Island Kids Cancer Association’s Recovery and Sustainable Growth Project $26,998.00 Health and Wellness Island Sexual Health Society Advancing Gender Equity $30,000.00 Health and Wellness James Bay Health and Community Services Society Building Food & Volunteer Resources $15,000.00 Health and Wellness Jewish Family Services of Vancouver Island The Saanich Green Market: affordable, fresh produce $7,500.00 Health and Wellness *Kidsport Canada So ALL Kids Can Play season-of-sport registration support $25,000.00 Health and Wellness Mayne Island Assisted Living Society Mayne Island Assisted Living support and administration $3,709.32 Health and Wellness Mental Health Recovery Partners Society – South Vancouver Island Building Community and Connections $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Move Adapted Fitness and Rehabilitation Society of B.C. Supported Therapeutic Exercise Program (STEP) $25,000.00 Health and Wellness Oak Bay Volunteer Services Society Pandemic Recovery and Resilience for Vulnerable Seniors $25,000.00 Health and Wellness *Oaklands Community Association Oaklands Community Association’s Childcare and Community Servicing Costs $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Oasis Society for the Spiritual Health of Victoria Oasis Long-term Planning $20,000.00 Health and Wellness Pacific Animal Therapy Society Pacific Animal Therapy Society ? Funding request $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Pacific Centre Family Services Association Intake and Referral Services $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence Society Belonging at PISE $17,000.00 Health and Wellness Parkinson Wellness Projects Parkinson Wellness Projects Fitness, Counselling, Support and Education Programs $20,000.25 Health and Wellness *Pender Island Child Care Society Family Wellness and Belonging $14,000.00 Health and Wellness *Power To Be Adventure Therapy Society Power To Be Collaboration and Site Use Plan $15,000.00 Health and Wellness Saanich Community Legacy Foundation (in partnership with Fateh Care) Fateh Care Mobile Food Bank $28,500.00 Health and Wellness Salt Spring Community Health Society Mental Health First Aid Instructor Training $7,500.00 Health and Wellness Silver Threads Service Food Security for Seniors $10,500.00 Health and Wellness Soap For Hope Canada Society Growing Capacity to strengthen our organization $22,964.35 Health and Wellness Sooke Family Resource Society (in partnership with the Coalition of Neighbourhood Houses) Advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Greater Victoria $65,000.00 Health and Wellness The British Columbia Lions Society for Children with Disabilities Camp Shawnigan Summer Camp for Persons with Diverse Abilities $7,500.00 Health and Wellness The Capital Region Prostate Centre Capacity Building Grant for Island Prostate Centre $7,500.00 Health and Wellness The John Howard Society Of Victoria KidStart $20,000.00 Health and Wellness The Mustard Seed Street Church Hospitality Centre – Street Outreach Program $15,000.00 Health and Wellness The Salvation Army Victoria Addictions and Rehabilitation Centre Supporting the Unhoused of Victoria $25,000.00 Health and Wellness *The Victoria Youth Clinic Society Fundraising Capacity Building $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health Funding for Peer Outreach Worker $30,000.00 Health and Wellness *Vancouver Island Kids Klub Centre Society Kids Klub Brown Bag Lunch Program $25,000.00 Health and Wellness Vancouver Island Men’s Therapy Centre Society No One Left Behind $25,000.00 Health and Wellness Victoria Brain Injury Society Case Management $20,000.00 Health and Wellness Victoria Coalition for Survivors of Torture Interconnectedness of torture survivors and their families with resources $29,787.00 Health and Wellness Victoria Disability Resource Centre Live Experiences Around Disability (LEAD) $16,300.00 Health and Wellness Victoria Hospice Society Meeting the overwhelming demand for bereavement services with specialized support $29,000.00 Health and Wellness Victoria Hospitals Foundation Health Equity Initiative $22,500.00 Health and Wellness **Victoria Integration Society OneAbility Community Collaboration $60,000.00 Health and Wellness *Victoria Native Friendship Centre (in partnership with Rainbow Health Cooperative) 3 Mothers Medicine Camps – Trauma Reduction Through Community Wellness $30,000.00 Health and Wellness Victoria Restorative Justice Society Community Justice Volunteer Program $28,805.00 Health and Wellness *Victoria Society for Children with Autism 2022-2023 Operations and Program Funding $20,000.00 Health and Wellness Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association Victoria Therapeutic Riding Operations Funding Request $20,000.00 Health and Wellness *YMCA-YWCA Of Vancouver Island Camp Thunderbird – Rebuild and Renew $20,000.00 Health and Wellness -
Housing
Organization (Qualified Donee) Project/Program/Organization Request Details Funded Amount Cause Area Aboriginal Coalition To End Homelessness Society Strengthening Support for the Indigenous Street Family through Peer Programming $29,905.00 Housing **Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness Society Peer Housing Support Community Collaboration $80,000.00 Housing Our Place Society Enhancing Workplace Security and Training $28,121.00 Housing Pacifica Housing Advisory Association Embedding Reconciliation & Decolonization Practices in Pacifica Housing Operations $20,000.00 Housing Ready To Rent BC Association Building Capacity for Eviction Prevention $20,000.00 Housing Sooke Shelter Society Mental Health and Addictions Counsellor $30,000.00 Housing The Victoria Youth Empowerment Society Online Case Management System for The Victoria Youth Empowerment Society $14,940.00 Housing Threshold Housing Society Brighter Futures through Healing Supports and Housing Stabilization $30,000.00 Housing Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS) Tenant Legal Advocacy and Empowerment Project $30,000.00 Housing -
Racial Equity and Reconciliation
Organization (Qualified Donee) Project/Program/Organization Request Details Funded Amount Cause Area British Columbia Black History Awareness Society Colourful Business 2022 (CB 2022) $20,000.00 Racial Equity and Reconciliation Canadian Council Of Provincial And Territorial Sport Federations Inc. Ultimate Spirit(Vital stream) $20,000.00 Racial Equity and Reconciliation Columbia Institute Recovery and Resilience for Precarious Workers $29,210.00 Racial Equity and Reconciliation Esquimalt First Nation Q??a???n ?t? Stronger together boys and Girls groups $20,000.00 Racial Equity and Reconciliation Pepaken Hautw Food Systems Education Foundation PEPAKEN TE TENEW: Restoration & Resilience in the WSANEC Homelands $30,000.00 Racial Equity and Reconciliation Stqeeye’ Learning Society Hwial?asmut tu tumuhw (Taking Care of the Earth) $29,609.00 Racial Equity and Reconciliation Surrounded by Cedar Child and Family Services Society Technology Enhancements at SCCFS $17,471.70 Racial Equity and Reconciliation T’Sou-Ke First Nation WUI CIST CEN TOL $30,000.00 Racial Equity and Reconciliation Vancouver Island Counselling Centre For Immigrants And Refugees Association Mental Health Counselling for Immigrants and Refugees $30,000.00 Racial Equity and Reconciliation Victoria Community Food Hub Society (in partnership with Community Food Centres) Equity Partnership Platform Development Project $7,500.00 Racial Equity and Reconciliation Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society VIRCS Enable Program Sustainability $30,000.00 Racial Equity and Reconciliation -
Vibrant and Caring Community
Organization (Qualified Donee) Project/Program/Organization Request Details Funded Amount Cause Area Bayanihan Cultural and Housing Society Staff and equipment needs for Bayanihan Community Centre’s Re-opening $30,000.00 Vibrant and Caring Community Centennial United Church Conservation of historic interior wall $1,000.00 Vibrant and Caring Community Downtown Blanshard Advisory Committee Housing Outreach $30,000.00 Vibrant and Caring Community Greater Victoria Volunteer Society Welcoming Board Spaces $30,000.00 Vibrant and Caring Community Help Fill A Dream Foundation of Canada Family Assistance $12,500.00 Vibrant and Caring Community HeroWork Program Society Rebuilding HeroWork Back Better $20,000.00 Vibrant and Caring Community Industrial Areas Foundation Canada Building Back Better: GVAT member support post-pandemic $7,500.00 Vibrant and Caring Community Jewish Community Centre of Victoria Victoria International Jewish Film Festival $12,500.00 Vibrant and Caring Community Living Edge Community Church Food Recovery & Distribution through Living Edge Markets in 2022. $20,000.00 Vibrant and Caring Community Makeway Charitable Society ?What We Need? A Conversational Series That Redefines Community Care $7,500.00 Vibrant and Caring Community Salt Spring and Southern Gulf Islands Community Services Society Housing First Mental Health Outreach $20,000.00 Vibrant and Caring Community Seniors Serving Seniors Association of British Columbia Volunteer Education Coordinator Funding $20,000.00 Vibrant and Caring Community Sooke Family Resource Society Pre-Postnatal Education/Outreach and Youth Navigator/Outreach Staff $30,000.00 Vibrant and Caring Community The Khalsa Diwan Society of Victoria Seniors Social Activity Group $7,500.00 Vibrant and Caring Community
* These organizations received funding through the Blue Heron Fund for Kids which matched every dollar in the fund up to $250,000.
** These organizations received Collaboration Grants. The Collaboration Grant is intended to support networks or groups of organizations working together to address systemic barriers or challenges to the organizations themselves or the clients they serve. There are additional eligibility criteria that these networks or groups must meet. Due to the nature of the work and the multiple stakeholders involved, the funding amount available is higher for Collaboration Grants than the $30,000 maximum for all other grants. Please see the Victoria Foundation’s Collaboration Grant Guidelines document for more information.