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Content/Trigger Warning: This post explores topics of systemic racism in philanthropy including colonialism and anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism. For culturally safe and accessible resources for Black people visit Black Mental Health Canada or Healing in Colour. For culturally safe and trauma-informed support Indigenous people, available 24 hours a day, please visit First Nations Health Authority – Mental Health and Wellness...
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The Grassroots Leadership Fund supports the leadership and empowerment of marginalized communities.
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The Vancity Humanitarian Fund was established in September 2015 in response to the Syrian refugee crisis and to provide ongoing support for organizations that address this and other humanitarian causes.
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Susan Seto immigrated to Canada in 1947 and her daughter, June, was born in 1948. Their lives reflected the experiences of many immigrants and their Canadian-born children. June and Susan took on the burden of caring for those around them. They both passed away in 2020, but their legacy - putting the needs of others before their own - lives...
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Marta and Stefan deeply appreciated the opportunities they received in Canada as Holocaust refugees, starting over with very little in a strange and new home. This Legacy Fund is dedicated to supporting refugee settlement; efforts to alleviate poverty, housing and food insecurity; environmental and climate solutions; and the arts.
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The Vancouver Farmers Markets Fresh to Families Fund supports the Fresh to Families Project to provide access to fresh, locally grown food for low income families, newly arrived refugees, and at-risk expectant mothers.
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The fund aims to support grassroots organizations working for social justice in Vancouver, particularly in the areas of migrant and refugee justice; housing and education for women and youth; and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
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Hamsa Jaser has a new dream that feels like hope: A cozy family restaurant that brings “a small part of her home country to her new home” in Richmond, with a few traditional Iraqi dishes such as quozi, lamb shank with traditional herbs and spices, served like home with starters, complimentary soup and a sauce.
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The Fresh to Families Project provides access to fresh, locally grown food for low income families, newly arrived refugees, and at-risk expectant mothers through its community partners at MOSAIC, Circles of Care & Connection, and VCH Healthiest Babies Possible.
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The Nancy Hawkins and Bill Bargeman Fund was created to support a variety of charitable purposes.