Community Grants Program

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About the Collaboration Grant Stream

 

When organizations work together towards shared goals, they can have far greater impact than when working alone. In response to community organizations seeking support for greater collaboration, Victoria Foundation has offered the Collaboration Grant Stream since 2017.

Continuing from 2023, Victoria Foundation’s Collaboration Grant Stream is supporting two grant sub-streams reflecting the evolving ways community organizations are looking to work together to address collective goals:

  1. Collaborative Practice Innovation grants were developed in response to the growing number of collaboratives that are focused on strengthening sector and organizational effectiveness through strategic collaboration.
  2. Collaborating for Systems Change grants continue to focus on efforts to disrupt the status quo and shift the conditions that hold a complex community problem in place by addressing underlying root causes.

Approximately $700,000 in funding is available to support collaborations in our region for this grant call. This comes from donor-advised funds, discretionary funds, Community Action Funds, and the Government of BC’s Community Prosperity Fund, an investment from the Government of BC totaling $25 million for the province’s non-profit sector.

Program Guidelines Qualified and Non-qualified Donees Systems Change Grant Questions Practice Innovation Grant Questions

Thank you to everyone who applied for a collaboration grant. The Fall intake period has now concluded. Applicants will receive notification of the outcome of their funding requests in December, 2024.

To learn more, please contact the grants team at grants@victoriafoundation.bc.ca.

2024 Community Grants Program Vital Stream

 

$6.194 million distributed to 252 local organizations through the 2024 Community Grants Program Vital Stream

A record amount of funding is being distributed through the Vital Stream of the Victoria Foundation’s Community Grants Program, with $6.194 million supporting 252 organizations in the capital region. This funding will help meet the growing need for resources, as non-profits and charities continue to experience increasing demands from community members for their services.

The Victoria Foundation works closely with generous donors in our community to provide funding for the program. A majority of the $6.194 million distributed came from funds held and managed at the Victoria Foundation, where donors have given the Foundation the discretion to distribute annual grants. $1.56 million came from donor-advised funds and Community Action Funds where individuals can donate directly to issue areas including housing, health and wellness, food security and more. We are grateful to the donors who have supported our community.

$1.3 million in funding came from the Government of BC’s Community Prosperity Fund, an investment from the Government of BC totaling $25 million for the province’s non-profit sector.

 

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If you have questions about the Community Grants Program or are a current grantee and require assistance, please contact us at the following:

 

grants@victoriafoundation.bc.ca 250-381-5532