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Grants and Community Initiatives Program:
Health & Social Development

Purpose:

The purpose of the Health and Social Development Granting program is to review funding requests for projects that are designed to enhance the capacity of adults, families and communities to create healthy, caring, safe and supportive environments for all.

Goals:

  • support innovation in working with people to improve their quality of life, particularly projects that have the potential to create systemic change
  • support initiatives that will build the capacity of community agencies, communities and volunteers who are working to advance the health and well-being of individual adults and families
  • encourage initiatives that support the development of inter-agency cooperation, collaboration and dialogue with particular interest in projects that support public, private and social sector partnerships and those that build linkages with other sectors of the community (i.e. arts, environment, economic, education, business etc.)
  • support prevention, public education and social development activities that will enhance or improve the broad determinants of health within communities (i.e. nutrition, education, safety, housing and employment), with particular emphasis on projects that will help to mitigate the effects of poverty
  • focus on issues and approaches that have been identified through informal neighbourhood and local community networks, directly involving local citizens and volunteers
  • support initiatives which welcome the presence and participation of groups who have been labelled, marginalized and isolated.

Advisory Committee Members:

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Vancouver Foundation Contact:

Tel: 604.688.2204
Email: info@vancouverfoundation.ca

Other funding opportunities for Health and Social Development:


Disability Supports for Employment Fund:
Building Community Capacity

Supports initiatives by non-profit, charitable organizations that promote the social and economic independence of individuals with disabilities.

Enterprising Non-Profits Program (ENP)

Helps non-profit organizations improve their communities through employment and training opportunities.

Neighborhood Small Grants

Helping residents become active in their neighbourhoods and strengthening their communities from the ground up.

Social Services Partners In Organizational Development (Social ServicesPOD)

Increases capacity and effectiveness with people and organizations involved in not-for- profit organizations in BC.

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Grants and Community Initiatives Program

Funding guidelines

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Application process

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Note: the application steps to apply to Health and Medical Research, Youth Philanthropy and Youth Homelessness are different.

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Letter of intent

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