Amplify your impact by applying for a Vancouver Foundation grant

Help your community thrive by applying for available grants for BC non-profits or charities. Every year we fund thousands of projects to help build healthy, vibrant, and equitable communities across the province.

We look forward to continuing to work with communities like yours to shift and share power.

Transforming Systems Grants

Flexible, operational grants of $300,000 for organizations driving systemic change by addressing the root causes of inequality.

  • Status: Applications now open

LEVEL BIPOC Grants

Supporting BIPOC leaders to advance racial justice is crucial. Our LEVEL BIPOC Grants offer flexible core funding to BIPOC-led groups, including Indigenous-led groups.

  • Status: Applications under review.

Community Prosperity Fund

Awarded to community foundations across B.C. to distribute directly to organizations in their community.

  • Status: Final decisions communicated via email

Lighthouse Organizations Fund

Multi-year flexible operating grants for large charities working to advance poverty reduction and social inclusion.

  • Status: Final decisions communicated via email.

Thriving Indigenous Systems Fund (TISF)

TISF provides multi-year grants of up to $100,000 per year for three years to land-based First Nations and Indigenous-led organizations serving land-based First Nations in British Columbia.

  • Status: Final decisions communicated via email

Neighbourhood Small Grants

Change begins at home. Do you have an idea for building connections between people in your neighbourhood? We provide grants of up to $500 for those wanting to engage their communities.

  • Status: Varies by location

DTES Small Arts Grants

Take your creativity to the next level with arts grants of up to $1,000. We help artists who live or work in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside make their creative ideas a reality.

  • Status: Applications open Fall 2024