New secured housing facility was finalized with support from Aryze Developments, the Carole and Clint Forster Foundation at the Victoria Foundation and numerous individual donors…
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Empowering community through Fatso Peanut Butter
In the second episode of the refreshed Vital Victoria Podcast, our host Lucky Budd talks to Jill Van Gyn, CEO and founder of Fatso Peanut…
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Vital Youth empowers Greater Victoria students in philanthropy
Victoria, B.C. – The Victoria Foundation’s Vital Youth program has wrapped up for another year, with students taking a break from the books to give…
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Supporting B.C.’s search and rescue heroes through multi-year partnership
A 33-percent workload increase over the span of just three years would challenge any organization. But when overcoming that challenge is a matter of life…
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Gadsden Initiative Member Marlena Salvador is Becoming Discreetly Loud About her Giving
Marlena Salvador’s first memory of giving was dropping change into a small orange Unicef box. Circulating each year around Halloween to raise funds, these iconic…
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What is your legacy?
The New Oxford English Dictionary defines a legacy as an amount of money left in a will. However, the modern use of the term is…
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Happy National Philanthropy Day!
The Victoria Foundation is a proud sponsor of National Philanthropy Day on Vancouver Island, which takes place each year on November 15, 2021. It’s a time to…
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Coast Capital Power of Youth: Giving Hearts Workshop
As part of National Philanthropy day offerings, The Coast Capital Power of Youth: Giving Hearts Workshop gave 306 youth under 25 from across Vancouver Island…
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Happy Community Foundations Month!
In 2019, the Province of BC officially declared September as Community Foundations Month. This annual celebration aims to educate the public on the ways in…
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Your Guide to Giving: Designated and Discretionary Funds
Similar to our donor advised fund where the capital of the donation is invested in permanence, our designated or discretionary funds provide ongoing, annual funding…
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