This Fund supports the following Sustainable Development Goals:
The Health and Wellness Fund is for you if you’re interested in supporting local initiatives that improve physical and mental health, and promote good health and wellness practices. A few examples include initiatives aimed at preventing long-term chronic diseases, delivering physical literacy programs for children, improving access to one-on-one mental health support, and reducing social isolation.
What types of organizations benefit from this fund?
Your donations to the Health and Wellness Fund are given to community resource centres, shelters, youth clinics, counselling and therapy organizations, and many more.
Your gifts to a Community Action Fund help organizations thrive and make our community more vibrant for everyone.
Your gift to a CAF made between January and May will be distributed through the Victoria Foundation’s Community Grants Program. See a complete list of Community Action Fund grant recipients from 2023. Outside of this period, your gift will be distributed through one of the Foundation’s other equitable granting initiatives.
In 2023, the Health and Wellness Fund granted to 4 organizations for a total of $7,002.
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Donor Spotlight
Donors who give to the Health and Wellness Fund want to help communities of all backgrounds live life in fullest health in Greater Victoria. They want to ensure their gifts will have the greatest reach by being pooled with other donors’ gifts, then granted strategically to many organizations that boost mental and physical health for everyone.
There are dozens of vital initiatives that support good health practices in all areas of life, such as senior care, youth mental wellness, physical literacy, and ongoing COVID-19 recovery. Donors can trust the Victoria Foundation to put their gifts to the best possible use, based on deep knowledge and strong connections it’s made with community members who are passionate about valuing everyone’s health.
Impact Spotlight
KidSport Greater Victoria is just one of the many non-profits that have benefited from generous gifts to the Health and Wellness Fund. The organization works with around 200 local sport organizations to provide underprivileged kids the chance to get in the game and benefit from lessons related to teamwork, work ethic, fair play, and leadership. For many young athletes, it’s their first foray into playing organized sport.
With help from Health and Wellness funding, KidSport was able to reach 26 per cent more children and youth in 2022 than the year before. “Thanks to this support, I am a happy hockey mom,” says a parent of a child who’s benefited. “Because of the war in my country, I was forced to leave it. [In Victoria,] my son’s dream came true, thanks to your money. My son joined the hockey team! Now he is training hard, getting stronger and better every time.”