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This Giving Tuesday, we’re excited to introduce our Collective Impact Funds, developed to reflect Vancity Community Foundation’s (VCF) new strategic plan and priorities. These funds are designed to make giving simpler, more impactful and rooted in trust.
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The Joan and Noel Armstrong Legacy Fund was established to support various charitable causes.
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Barb and John Taylor were individuals who worked tirelessly to preserve and improve the quality of life for all people and animals, and to ensure the physical world on which we all depend remains healthy. It was their intention in setting up their donor advised fund that they might continue to support organizations doing this important work in perpetuity.
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The Ken Lyotier Fund will support initiatives in the DTES which are intended to improve the quality of life for members of the community through social justice, economic inclusion, and social and environmental innovation.
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The Carlson's Dogwood Fund will support the Variety Club and BC Civil Liberties, as well as a variety of environmental and wildlife rehabilitation organizations.
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The Swale Fund was created to support a variety of charitable causes, with priority given to social justice.
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The Sustainable Economy Fund supports projects contributing to a socially just and environmentally sustainable economy.
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The Resilience Fund was created to support advocacy in a variety of equity and social justice organizations, including but not limited to Free Speech, environmental protection, poverty, education, First Nations, gender equality and disaster relief issues.
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The Nancy Hawkins and Bill Bargeman Fund was created to support a variety of charitable purposes.
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The Enchanted Forest Fund generates income to support various charitable causes. Preference will be given to support environmental causes, marginalized and at risk individuals, community economic development and humanitarian aid.