Rapid Relief Fund Disbursements
Just as the money was raised quickly, Rapid Relief Fund donations have been distributed to those in need equally as fast. Below is a listing of all Rapid Relief Fund grants that have been approved by the Victoria Foundation’s Board of Directors. Grants will continue to be made until all funds received have been disbursed. To date, the fund has distributed 105 grants to 97 organizations, totalling $6,002,700.
Thank You Victoria!!!
Although many organizations received grants supporting multiple relief initiatives, the list below organizes all grantees by primary use of the funding. Some organizations received more than one grant to support ongoing need.
Physical and Mental Health Supports – $1,315,200
AVI Health and Community Services Society – $45,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria Capital Region – $105,000
Bridges for Women Society – $35,000
Broadmead Care Society – $30,000
Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division – $25,000
Clements Centre Society – $15,000
Connections Place Society – $37,000
Cowichan Valley Youth Services Society – $30,000
Cowichan Women Against Violence Society – $20,000
Cowichan Women Against Violence Society – $10,000
Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria (Need2) – $50,000
Disaster Aid (Soap for Hope) – $25,000
Esquimalt Neighbourhood House – $35,000
Family Services of Greater Victoria Society – $11,000
Friends of Living and Learning Through Loss Society – $25,000
Garth Homer Society – $30,000
Greater Victoria Citizens Counselling Centre – $16,000
Greater Victoria Eldercare Foundation – $14,200
Greater Victoria Eldercare Foundation – $25,000
Greater Victoria Volunteer Society – $15,000
Hiiye’yu Lelum (House of Friendship) Society – $60,000
Marie Esther Society (Mount St. Mary Hospital) – $30,000
Médecins du Monde – $10,000
Mental Health Recovery Partners Society – South Vancouver Island – $20,000
Oak Bay Volunteer Services Society – $15,000
Saanich Neighbourhood Place – $60,000
Sooke Family Resource Society – $35,000
Sooke Options for Community Living Association – $45,000
South Island Centre for Counselling and Training Society – $42,000
The Cridge Centre for the Family – $45,000
Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees Association – $35,000
Vancouver Island Men’s Therapy Centre Society – $32,000
Vancouver Island Providence Community Association – $62,000
Victoria Cool Aid Society – $115,000
Victoria Epilepsy & Parkinsons Centre Society dba Headway – $10,000
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre Society – $18,000
Victoria Single Parent Resource Centre Society dba 1Up – $32,000
Victoria Youth Empowerment Society – $26,000
Volunteer Cowichan – $25,000
Homelessness Prevention and Financial Aid – $1,703,000
Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness – $68,000
AVI Health and Community Services Society – $170,000
Beacon Community Association – $125,000
Canadian Mental Health Association Cowichan Valley Branch /992 – $220,000
Cowichan Valley Independent Living Resource Centre Society – $20,000
Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness – $150,000
Ladysmith Resources Centre Association – $15,000
Our Place Society – $175,000
Pacifica Housing Advisory Association – $130,000
PEERS Victoria Resources Society – $35,000
PEERS Victoria Resources Society – $35,000
PHS Community Services Society – $25,000
Ready to Rent BC Association – $10,000
Salvation Army ARC – $175,000
Sooke Shelter Society – $5,000
The Cridge Centre for the Family – $75,000
Threshold Housing Society – $50,000
Together Against Poverty Society – $40,000
Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health – $25,000
Victoria Brain Injury Society – $15,000
Victoria Women’s Transition House Society – $100,000
YMCA-YWCA Vancouver Island – $40,000
Family Services & Supports – $818,000
Burnside Gorge Community Centre – $75,000
Downtown Blandshard Advisory Committee (Quadra Village Community Centre) – $120,000
Hulitan Family and Community Services Society – $82,000
Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria – $25,000
Pacific Centre Family Services Association – $35,000
Salt Spring Community Services – $100,000
Surrounded by Cedar Child & Family Services Society – $84,000
Victoria Association for Community Living DBA as Community Living Victoria – $100,000
Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society – $12,000
Victoria Immigrants and Refugee Centre Society – $6,000
Victoria Literacy Connection Society – $10,000
Victoria Native Friendship Centre – $162,000
Victoria Single Parent Resource Centre Society dba 1Up – $7,000
Access to Food and Meal Programs – $2,286,500
9 – 10 Club Serving Soup to the Hungry – $32,000
Anawim Companion Society – $5,000
Beacon Community Association – $30,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Victoria Foundation – $107,000
Cowichan Green Community Foundation – $50,000
Cowichan Green Community Foundation – $30,000
Cowichan Neighbourhood House Association – $15,000
Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group Society – $75,000
Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group Society – $54,000
Galiano Club – $16,500
Goldstream Food Bank Society – $40,000
Home is Where we Live LifeCycles Project Society – $20,000
James Bay New Horizons Society – $9,000
Living Edge Community Church – $35,000
Loaves and Fishes Food Bank Foundation – $50,000
Nourish Cowichan Society – $20,000
PHA Public Health Association Of British Columbia – $43,000
Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank – $40,000
Saint Vincent de Paul Society of Vancouver Island – $50,000
Salvation Army Stan Hagen Centre for Families – $150,000
School District 63 Saanich – $12,000
Seniors Serving Seniors Association of BC – $20,000
Shelbourne Community Kitchen Society – $20,000
Silver Threads Service – $22,000
Sooke Food Bank – $40,000
Sooke Region Communities Health Network Cooperative – $5,000
The Anglican Church of St John the Divine Victoria – $8,000
The Board of Education of School District 61 – $120,000
The Board of Education of School District 61 – $80,000
The Mustard Seed Street Church – $200,000
The Mustard Seed Street Church – $78,000
Tsartlip First Nation – $40,000
Victoria Community Food Hub Society – $75,000
Victoria Community Food Hub Society – $485,000
Victoria Cool Aid Society – $150,000
Victoria Rainbow Kitchen Society – $60,000
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