2015 Shared Success Grants - Vancity · Possibilities of British Columbia $2,500.00 Creating Inclusion Through Youth Project Creating Inclusion through Youth will focus on the

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OrgName AmtApproved Name of project ProjectSynopsis

Eastside Family Place Society $4,000.00 ESFP's Food Sustainability for Families Project Project serving marginalized low income families in Vancouver that includes participating in a community garden, education on local buying, workshops about small space growing, preserving, all season growing and financial literacy/budgeting.

Inland Refugee Society of BC $12,650.00 ESL and Life Skills Program A program that provides refugee claimants with a practical understanding and use of English and life skills in a Canadian context, giving them the language and skills required to fulfill their daily needs including housing, employment and banking.

Pedal Energy Development Alternatives $8,000.00 Our Community Bike Club A weekly after school club within Vancouver schools that teaches road safety and mechanical instruction thereby increasing access to bicycles, encouraging their use as transportation and promoting student participation in cycling culture and advocacy.

Richmond Youth Service Agency $12,000.00 Youth Employment and Leadership Program Employment training and paid work experience program for marginalized, low-income youth in Richmond, focused on youth gaining experience in the field of Child Care.

Possibilities of British Columbia $2,500.00 Creating Inclusion Through Youth Project Creating Inclusion through Youth will focus on the development of social skills through workshops for marginalized youth on the autism spectrum to explore competitive employment and community inclusion through: Education, Peer Support and Mentorship.

Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House $10,000.00 Frames Film Project A film based pre-employment program for mullti-barriered youth ages 16-24. 12 week program provides

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peer support and life and employment skills training for 15-20 youth participants in East Vancouver.

John Volken Academy Society $10,400.00 John Volken Academy Computer Lab Establish John Volken Academy Computer Lab to provide pre-employment skills training in computer literacy and competency for individuals of the residential addiction treatment in order to facilitate re-entry into the workforce and increase job options.

The Cleaning Solution Society $10,000.00 Growing The Cleaning Solution A social enterprise that provides commercial cleaning services and supportive employment for people living with mental illness.

John Volken Academy Society $6,500.00 John Volken Academy Flower Shop To provide individuals of the John Volken Academy residential addiction treatment centre with employment skills training in Floral Design through the retail flower shop.

Dress for Success Vancouver Society $10,000.00 Career Centre Provides disadvantaged women with tools to build their career and become economically independent. Includes workshops, skill development, job search and financial literacy.

Mayne Island Conservancy Society $5,000.00 Native Plant Propagation Project

A project to increase access to locally grown and adapted native plants for use in ecosystem restoration projects and for sale to home gardeners, increasing the demand for native plants by promoting their benefits, and building the green economy.

Gordon Neighbourhood House $12,000.00 Success for All A program that will increase the employability of newcomers through English in the Workplace classes, resume writing and computer based job search workshops, mock interviews, housing search information and financial literacy sessions and a job fair.

Be The Change Earth Alliance $8,000.00 Waste Watchers Youth groups implement organic waste diversion initiatives in 3 Vancouver community centres and schools providing environmental education, leadership training and Waste Watchers Action Plans.

HUB Cycling $9,925.00 Expanding HUB Cycling's Social Enterprise Social enterprise to support Metro Vancouver employers accommodate and reward cycle commuting staff. Traction Toolkit will broaden services with assessments, recommendations, support with

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installations, policies, education, maintenance and discounts.

National Educ. Assoc. of Dis. Students $2,500.00 Finance Matters - Financial Aid Literacy Finance Matters is a one day event on March 20, 2015 which includes financial literacy, budgeting and money management workshops for students with disabilities. Upgrade content on financial aid and disability award portal.

FED Restaurant Society $8,000.00 Food Eco District Canada's 1st food eco-district led by locally owned food related businesses in Victoria's urban core. Businesses will commit to initiate action on sustainability practices and will collaborate on projects to enhance the surrounding community.

Abbotsford Community Services $12,500.00 Delish Prepares immigrant women for work and self-employment in the food preparation and hospitality industry through training and practical experience.

Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Society

$10,000.00 Youth Leadership Project A program in the Little Mountain/Riley Park community in Vancouver that directly reaches out to newcomer, Aboriginal, marginalized and at-risk youth to provide skill development, volunteer opportunities, employment training and job matching.

Peernet Association of British Columbia $2,500.00 Write From The Heart Program for people that are struggling with mental illness, to learn writing skills. Also pre-employment training and programs.

Parish of St. Alban-St. Dunstan $7,500.00 St. Dunstan's Community Connections A community garden and kitchen series in Aldergrove, which includes budgeting food, ESL and pre-employment skills for low income adults and recent immigrants.

Langley Environmental Partners Society $10,000.00 Langley Eats Local Increase public awareness of local food issues in Langley through several initiatives including a Langley Eats Local Festival, Harvest Program, community gardens, gleaning program, agriculture and education workshops and Farm Fresh Bus Tour.

Burnaby MoreSports Society $6,250.00 Youth Engage Learn Lead YELL focuses on recruiting under-involved Burnaby youth and training them as youth sports leaders within their community. This training provides vulnerable

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youth opportunities to learn and improve their skills to gain confidence and paid employment.

Recycling Council of British Columbia $1,500.00 RCBC Consultation Event Conference In Whistler bringing 150 key recycling sector stakeholders in BC together to develop a collaborative network promoting circular economy and shared capacity to increase the impact of the sector.

Kinbrace Community Society $12,000.00 Ending Displacement: Housing for Refugee Claimants A transitional housing program for 20 homeless refugee claimants that are then assisted into permanent housing. The program includes financial literacy training and employment readiness.

WSANEC School Board $8,000.00 PEPAKEN HAUTW, Blossoming Place (Phase 2) "Strengthening Roots": PEPAKEN HAUTW, Blossoming Place (Phase 2) focuses on building capacity and engaging teachers, students and community champions to support a participatory food system educational program.

Societe Place Maillardville Society $8,450.00 Vancity Job Club Program 2015 Youth Job Club for Maillardville neighbourhood youth aged 14 to 18, which teaches pre-employment and skills and provides work experience.

Cooperative Development Foundation of Canada

$2,000.00 Africa Credit Union Coaching Program Work Associated with the Africa Credit Union coaching program

Haliburton Community Organic Farm Society

$8,000.00 Certified Organic Internship Internship program for 2 qualified candidates, including diverse certified organic growing techniques, biodiversity management, and farming business operation skills. Interns will participate in the start-up of operations for a new farm business.

Burnaby Meals on Wheels Society $7,500.00 Burnaby: From earth to table Project to provide knowledge on small space, local food growing to primarily low income, immigrant communities in Burnaby using workshops and backyard sharing program.

Board of Change $2,500.00 Vertality5 Annual celebration of Vancouver's business and social change community. Bringing together the best in business, sustainability and innovation

Sooke Region Food CHI Society $2,501.19 HANDS ON - MENTORING FOOD SUSTAINABILITY Sooke Food CHI will strengthen its regional food system by increasing the capacity of our community to grow, harvest & consume local foods. The project will include

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2 PT coordinators & volunteers to deliver hands on education & mentorship opportunities.

Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC $10,000.00 Outreach Programs at Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery Visitor Centre Coordinator to deliver low or no cost environmental education programs to diverse groups, such as schools, youth, seniors and families based out of Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery in Abbotsford.

Peninsula Streams Society $3,500.00 Environmental Education & Watershed Stewardship These grant funds will support four different projects/programs: Hagan Creek Restoration and Permaculture Project, Colquitz Watershed Stewardship Project, Gr. 3 Environmental Education Program, Gr. 6 Environmental Education Program.

BC Federation of Labour $5,000.00 Labour Christmas Dinner A grant to support the delivery of the BC Federation of Labour's annual Labour Christmas Dinner.

John Howard Society of Victoria $8,000.00 Feeding Ourselves and Others Feeding Ourselves and Others Garden Project is an evolving community partnership offering therapeutic and income-generating food growing opportunities for people challenged with mental illness, addictions and/or criminal offences.

Community Association of Oak Bay $7,000.00 Sno'uyutth Pole Project Grant support for the creation of the Sno'uyutth Welcoming Pole on the grounds of the new Oak Bay High School

Environmental Youth Alliance $6,000.00 Urban Seeds Collective The Urban Seeds Collective will establish a Lower Mainland seed saving network to further the local, organic food movement. Local farms and schools will harvest seeds and grow open-pollinated vegetables to be sold at Farmers Markets across the region.

South Van Neighbourhood House $2,000.00 South Vancouver Entrepreneurs Club This project is the 3rd phase of a small business dialogue project in South Vancouver. Program provides ongoing mentorship and training to marginalized new entrepreneurs who face barriers to success.

North Shore Neighbourhood House $10,000.00 Food Growing Skills & Capacity Building Series of 12 workshops and 20 skill sharing sessions providing North Shore residents with hands-on food growing skills as well as education/pledges to start growing at home.

BC Technology for Learning Society $1,500.00 The Digital Nonprofit Conference Conference to strengthen the NFP and mission based business sector by building their understanding of

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current and future trends in technology to further engage community and develop stronger networks thus increasing their local impact.

Subud Vancouver $4,000.00 Scoping Real Estate Redevelopment: Subud Subud is considering options to better utilize the property they own at 3925 Fraser St, Vancouver.

Qmunity $12,500.00 International Day Against Homophobia Breakfast A breakfast event inviting members and supporters of the LGBTQ community to celebrate international day against homophobia

Surrey Women's Centre Society $12,500.00 Somali Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Project Second phase of a pilot project that will focus on building employment, entrepreneurial and financial literacy skills for marginalized group of Somali Women in Surrey, which will aid them in starting a business or obtaining paid employment.

BCIT Student Association $4,000.00 Enactus BCIT - The Lion's Lair Project Lion's Lair works with marginalized, low income entrepreneurs who have only minimal business education and lack financing required for growth. Clients are referred by EMBERS, participate in workshops, complete a business plan and can win a grant by BCIT.

Fairware Promotional Products Ltd. $14,000.00 Fairware Strategy and Business Planning Stage 1: Engagement with Lydia Taylor on 2015 Strategic Plan and Sales/Systems Review

Kitsilano Neighbourhood House $2,000.00 Westside Community Food Market A weekly market that brings small scale farmers and food processors into the Kitsilano neighbourhood to create access to local, sustainable, and healthy food to the surrounding community, especially vulnerable populations.

Fraser Valley Invasive Plant Council Society

$5,000.00 Invasive Plant Control & Restoration:Swelzer Creek Habitat restoration project to restore a section of Sweltzer Creek in Chilliwack that aims to remove invasive plant species, primarily Himilayan Blackberry and English Ivy, and replace with native trees and shrubs.

The Sharing Farm Society $8,000.00 Improving Survivability of Local Honey Bees Project to increase the survivability of honey bees at the Richmond Sharing Farm which will provide more honey for sale and increased pollination or crops which leads to greater harvest.

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Ducks Unlimited Canada $3,000.00 Serpentine Wildlife Management Area Habitat Asset Maintenance and repair of infrastructure for the Serpentine Wildlife Manager Area, which is a 71 hectare wildlife area in Surrey. It is home to more than 130 different bird species.

Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research

$2,000.00 Congress of the Humanities & Social Sciences Seeking support to reduce travel cost barriers for student participations in the Congress

Whistler Centre for Sustainability $25,000.00 Local Economy Network Project The purpose of LEAN is to create a collaborative network of local businesses and entrepreneurs in the Sea to Sky Corridor

First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition

$1,000.00 First Call Fundraising Gala This is First Call's fundraising gala which includes a buffet dinner, silent auction, raffle and keynote speaker

ASTC Science World Society $16,000.00 Green Month 2015 Green Month at Science World will bring community partners together annually each April through a series of public programs and activities showcasing the work of community partners

Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre

$50,000.00 Costal Ocean Research Institute Grant will support Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Center

SFU Centre for Dialogue $50,000.00 Executive Producer Hire Citystudio is an innovation hub where students, stakeholders and experts co-create projects on the ground with municipal staff and community members

Sea to Sky Community Services Society $4,000.00 Children's Oral Health Initiative

Community Social Planning Council $2,500.00 Social Enterprise Catalyst 2015 The mission of SE Catalyst is to strengthen the social enterprise sector on Vancouver Island

Found Solutions Group $4,410.00 Impact Business Development Vancity Community Investment, in partnership with the Mt. Tolmie Community Branch, has committed to support for The Dock for business development purposes

TSO Logic Inc. $10,000.00 CleanTech Expo and Championship Greater Vancouver CleanTech Expo & Championship Winner

Greater Vancouver Community Assistance Foundation

$10,000.00 Community Investment Co-op Development To explore the role that investment co-operatives play in empowering communities to invest locally and take ownership over their own economic development

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Fowler Glass Studio Inc. $2,000.00 Kick Victoria Tuition Sandra is working on a venture that combines her glass work with solar

110 Arts Cooperative $37,500.00 Capacity Building: 110 Arts Co-op Funds will provide support to the co-op over the next three years to hire a full time professional facility manager

PowerPlay Strategies $14,700.00 Power Play Money Managers This is a one year renewal of our ten year agreement with PowerPlay to continue to license the online financial literacy curriculum for Grade 10 students across BC

Full Circle: First Nations Performance Society

$5,000.00 Thunderbird Sponsorship: Talking Stick Festival Cash Sponsorship of $15000 for 2015 festival season

Catalyst Community Development Society

$200,000.00 Business Development for Non-Profit These funds are intended to support and grow the pipeline of partnership deals brokered by Catalyst Community Developments Society


$50,000.00 BC Artscape Startup Funding Contribution to BC Artscape Startup Fund

Tyee Solutions Society $15,000.00 Solutions for Canada's Housing Crisis Year-long journalism/public engagement project that looks at Canadian housing challenges


$2,000.00 Research, Facilities and Real Estate Development Funds to cover research and arts facilities and real estate development

Full Circle: First Nations Performance Society

$10,000.00 Talking Stick Festival Thunderbird Gold Sponsorship of Talking Stick Festival 2014-2015

Kwantlen Polytechnic University Foundation

$7,500.00 Richmond Farmers Market Multi-Season Farmers Market on the KPU Richmond Campus in partnership with the KPU Farm school to increase access to local food in Richmond while supporting local businesses.

PLEA Community Services Society of BC $5,000.00 Life 101 Assist at-risk youth aged 16-18 who are employment ready to secure employment training and work experience in Maple Ridge. Connect to resources for housing, financial literacy, skills training, job placement, resume/interview.

Umbrella Multicultural Health Co-op $5,000.00 The Cross Cultural Health Broker Training Project Employment training and job opportunity to new immigrants in New West and beyond, who worked in

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medical professions in the past and now have a difficult time obtaining valuable Canadian employment.

City of Port Coquitlam $5,000.00 Youth Employment Training Program Employment program in the Tri Cities providing marginalized youth aged 15-18 with either Aquatics (Life Guard) or Children Services training/certifications which leads to living wage employment.

Portland Hotel Society $5,000.00 Hastings Urban Farm (HUF) Project in an empty lot on the DTES where marginalized individuals alongside multiple other partners including NFP's and local businesses will produce local food, honey and run weekly food production workshops.

BC Sustainable Energy Association $2,500.00 Candidate Debates on Energy & Climate - CRD This project will stage 6 all-candidate debates on sustainable energy & climate change in the 4 electoral districts in southern VI, to increase public interest in these issues and to build broad, non-partisan public pressure on federal political leaders.

Unitarian Church of Vancouver $1,000.00 Oak Street Farmers' Market (OSFM) Weekly farmers market in South Vancouver that will provide a venue for exclusively organic BC farms and local food processors to sell their products.

Edward Milne Community School Society

$2,000.00 Play & Learn Summer Camp The Play & Learn Summer Camp is a free, 4-week, play-based camp designed to reduce the achievement gap for low-income and Aboriginal students in grades 1-3 who are not currently meeting grade level expectations.

Vancouver Co-operative Radio $7,000.00 Step Up and Solder! Women in Tech Training Two phase program for marginalized women in Vancouver that provides employment training, mentorship and hands-on experience in audio-related technical fields, an industry currently dominated by men.

Oaklands Community Association $5,000.00 Oaklands Sunset Market Leadership Team The Market Leadership Team is a work experience opportunity for underemployed youth and seniors in community economic development through Oaklands Sunset Market. Team members have specific leadership roles that fulfill the market's primary needs.

Mission Association for Community Living

$6,000.00 Youth Employment and Skills Training Help youth with developmental disabilities in Mission improve employment skills and gain practical work experience.

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Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement

$4,000.00 Living Wage Summit 2015 Support for the one day national Living Wage Summit, in advance of the anti-poverty summit.

Phoenix Drug & Alcohol Recovery & Education Society

$300,000.00 Shared Equity Housing Funding for unit subsidization for shared equity housing developed by Phoenix Asset Building Society (PABS) secured through section 219 Covenant.

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives $1,000.00 Travel to Living Wage and Anti-Poverty Summit Support for the travel and accommodation for Trish to get to the Living Wage and Anti Poverty Summit

Squamish Farmers' Market Association $7,373.00 Farmer's Market Coupon Project Helps fund the Farmer's Market in Squamish

Qmunity $20,000.00 Consultation for Qmunity Future This small grant promised in 2014 will support a community listening project for Qmunity's new building


$150,000.00 Edible BC Backstop loan to Edible BC - Edible is a strong local food business and member.

Bill Reid Foundation $5,000.00 Bill Reid Gallery Continuing Sponsorship for the Bill Reid Gallery


$300,000.00 Not-for-profit housing and SPRE Fund To capitalize the pre-development fund pool at GVCAF, first established in 2010 (file number SPG-10-Dec-5172)

Squamish Arts Council $500.00 Squamish Wind Festival Payment for bike valet during the Festival

Simon Fraser University's Vancity Office of Community Engagement

$100,000.00 SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement Renewed support for SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, including naming rights.


$120,000.00 Community Forward Fund Operational support to Community Forward Fund Assistance Corporation.

Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society

$20,000.00 Mega Job Fair & Small Business Expo This grant provides title sponsorship for this September 2015 event in Surrey

British Columbia Innovation Council $25,000.00 BCIC New Ventures Competition To provide $25,000 to BCIC for the purpose of the New Ventures Competition project and the Vancity Social Venture Prize. Of the $25,000, $15,000 is directed to the Vancity Social Venture Prize.

Synergy Sustainability Institute Society $10,000.00 Vancouver Island Green Economy Working Group Capacity and impact of Green Economy Working Groups

Sources Community Resources Society $500.00 Sources 20th Anniversary Fundraising Gala Money fundraised will be used by Sources Community Resources Society to meet the evolving needs of the communities they serve

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Vancity Community Foundation $30,000.00 Enterprising Non-Profit Partnership End will continue to deliver early-stage social enterprise education and value -added supports, to non-profits pursuing social enterprise in Vancity's trade regions

Christ Church Cathedral $10,000.00 Raise the Roof, Ring the Bells, Feed the Hungry Expansion of the Cathedral's existing kitchen to better serve Vancouver's homeless and hungry population. The work will enable volunteers to prepare and store food safely and meet the growing demands on the daily lunches.

SOLEfood Farm Inc. $5,500.00 SoleFood Farms Strategic Planning Funds will be used to explore the various ways the enterprise might move forward and then focus in on the most viable among those alternatives

New Mode Consulting Inc. $5,000.00 Transit Engagement Proposal Increase democratic participation, awareness, and establish a foundation for an ongoing Transit Advocacy organization.

Better Environmentally Sound Transportation

$1,000.00 Donation to Best This donation is made in the memory of Steve Beck, Executive Director of BEST

Spring Activator Inc $7,875.00 Flightpath The program will support qualifying Vancity's business members by providing them partial bursaries to Finance & Capital-centric workshops within Spring Activator's Flightpath program

Reconciliation Canada - A New Way Forward Society

$150,000.00 Annual Founding Partner contribution Reconciliation Canada is now a stand alone NFP. On going promotion of Reconciliation among Aboriginal peoples and all Canadians through dialogue, events, and information/ awareness raising

Small Business BC $5,000.00 Business Planning and Financial Seminars This small grant renews our partnership with SBBC to provide educational seminars at their physical location, as well as broadcast across BC.

University of British Columbia, for "Claiming Full Citizenship"

$50,000.00 Claiming Full Citizenship This will be an Oct. 2015 international conference on how to ever improve the participation of people with disabilities as full citizens in society.

Sto:lo Community Futures Corporation $250,000.00 Social Enterprise Development The fund will provide capital for SCF to lend to Sto:lo community owned businesses.

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Vancity Community Foundation $15,000.00 NFP Capacity Building: Access to Capital Education Vancity and VCF will collaborate to build and deliver learning opportunities for NFPs that support knowledge development related to accessing appropriate capital.

NEC Native Education College $15,000.00 Soaring eagles retention & graduation program To encourage and support Aboriginal learners at the Native Education College

Simon Fraser University $2,500.00 Opportunity Fest - SFU Surrey Campus Marketplace-style festival of student creativity gives SFU students the opportunity to showcase their products and ventures to the wider community.

Victoria International Development Education Association

$5,000.00 From the Hear - the book Documentary of the 2013 From the Heart theatre project, how 100 Canadians created an unconventional theatre performance about reconciliation.

Skwin'ang'eth Se'las Development Company

$2,500.00 Social Enterprise Social Venture development SSD will co host an open house and ideas fair on April 11 2015, held jointly at the Esquimalt Nation Long House and Songhees Wellness Centre. The event will include an Exhibition & Open House, lunch, and "Dragon's Den" Entrepreneur Presentations.

Galliano Conservancy Association $25,000.00 Organizational Capacity Development Funds will be used to complete a business plan for a social enterprise and the design and delivery of their capital program.

Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts $7,500.00 DECA and DEERS Phase one of second year of support will cover new community engagement project development and more planning for DEERS.


$50,000.00 Food co-op To develop a plan for a food co-op in one of three local communities (Vancouver West, Hastings Corridor, North Vancouver) by engaging the support of external consultants with relevant expertise -market analysis, commercial real estate, market insights etc

Atira Women's Resource Society $25,000.00 SRO Collaborative Project This is a pass-through that with funds from Atira and BC Housing is funding a DTES community focused initiative to preserve the SRO Stock.


$200,000.00 Impact Loan Pool Contribution to the Impact Business Loan Pool which was seeded in late 2012 and has been operating since early 2013.

Rocky Mountain Flatbread Education Society

$10,500.00 EarthBites Enterprise strategy development educating children in schools about green/healthy living, eco-entrepreneurships especially related to local and organic food production and related eco-products.

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They want to extend the program to more schools, so will work with 2 consultants to do so.

Rory Holland $3,500.00 Slow Money 2015 Second Slow Money Canada event focused of supporting the development of sustainable local food based businesses and cooperatives, through investment in this sector.

Baobab Inclusive Empowerment Society

$3,000.00 YES Pre-employment Program YES Pre-employment program aims to provide marginalized, new immigrant and refugee youth with education and skills that will prepare them for future careers.

Surrey Urban Farmers Market Association

$5,000.00 Celebrating the Surrey Urban Farmers Market Farmers Market dedicated to supporting farmers and small-scale growers from Surrey region to enhance access to local food and support a sustainable agricultural economy.

Richmond Society for Community Living $5,000.00 Youth Employment Program Employment program offering youth with developmental disabilities in Richmond the opportunity to gain paid employment via individualized vocational counseling and employment training support.

United Way of the Fraser Valley $3,000.00 Abbotsford Harvest Box and Bulk Buying Club Coordination of Vibrant Abbotsford's Fresh Food Box and Bulk Buying Club aimed at improving low income residents' food security. The program connects individuals to affordable food options, financial literacy skills and local community kitchen program.

SeaChange Marine Conservation Society

$3,000.00 A Welcoming Summer in SNIDCEL (Tod Inlet) SNIDCEL ('Place of Blue Grouse') provides cultural histories of 4 ethnicities, phenomenal beauty, rare species & a place of enrichment. The grouse are gone, but summer programs raise awareness to facilitate cultural & ecological changes to bring them back

Some Assembly Arts Society $5,000.00 Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group Employment and pre-employment skills training for marginalized youth battling mental illness aged 14-18 in various theatre related roles through the Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group Project.

JustWork Economic Initiative $5,000.00 Painting Partnership JustWork partnership with Hellewell Painting to provide work to marginalized individuals using a Social Enterprise model.

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T'Sou-ke Nation $1,000.00 WUI,CIST CEN,TOL T'Sou-ke gardens grow fresh foods, practice restoration methods on the land, engage youth in outings to gather medicinal herbs, plants, seeds, and Indigenous foods from Traditional Territories, and encourage plant identification using language practices.

Green Bricks Education Society $3,000.00 Green Bricks H24 An interactive program in Surrey/Delta that engages approximately 1500 grade 4 students to understand the importance of water and its sustainable management into the future.

PuCKS Powerplay Foundation $3,000.00 PuCKS P.A.V.E Program Offers marginalized Langley youth (grades 9-12) hands on work experience and skill building in a variety of sectors. Workshops include financial literacy, resume writing and mock interviews.

Pacific Peoples' Partnership Association $1,000.00 Rising Tides: Our Lands, Our Waters, Our Peoples PPP is celebrating its 40th Anniversary by hosting the 22nd Pacific Networking Conference together with the 8th One Wave Festival this September. Programs are produced in partnership with Coast Salish Communities and various partners.

Canadian Environmental Grantmakers' Network

$6,500.00 CEGN Conference Sponsorship Funds will be used to support the 2015 CEGN at the $5000 sponsorship level and pay our membership fee of $1500

Canadian Passive House Institute West $1,000.00 Passive House Open House Provide funds to support Canadian Passive House Institute West Open House and Educational event at Bernhardt 6-plex in Victoria

Potluck Cafe $500.00 Governor General's Leadership Conference The Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference enrolls 200 emerging leaders annually in a conference to learn about community engagement and investment across the country

Creatively United for the Planet Society $4,000.00 CUPE Festival Will support a free, fun-filled all ages festival

Pivot Legal Society $25,000.00 Defending the Housing Rights of Homeless People Increase access and participation of traditionally underserved communities (specifically in housing, employment and financial services)

Sto:lo Community Futures Corporation $3,150.00 SBM 2014 Invoice for day 1 luncheon sponsored by Vancity, missed from original invoice

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Vancity Community Foundation $10,000.00 Remote Communities Initiative Funded survey of capital gaps for small business development in Gulf Islands"

Vancouver Street Soccer League $1,000.00 Alert Bay Soccer Tournament The VSSL - (a soccer league designed to support people who are at risk of homelessness, suffer from mental illness and have substance abuse challenges through the power of soccer) will be travelling to compete in a massive Alert Bay soccer tournament.

FarmFolk/CityFolk Society $5,000.00 Get Ready Get Local The event will showcase local food and the farmers, ranchers and fishers that produce it, alongside local food artisans, craft brewers, vintners, recognized chefs, culinary professionals and industry leaders.

Atira Women's Resource Society $5,650.00 Processing Systems Improvement Project As Atira has grown, suppliers, staff and sites, processes for the organization regarding approving cheques, cheque signing, moving cheques between locations etc, is inefficient and prone to error/ delay. This project will address this challenge.

RADIUS Ventures $100,000.00 RADIUS Ventures This is the third year of core support to RADIUS Ventures; an early cultivator of the investment and client pipeline for impact investors and advisors in BC.

Family Support Institute of BC $4,375.00 Find Support BC and Support Worker Central Micro-study to analyse the social enterprise feasibility of monetizing two online tools; Find Support BC and Support Worker Central.

Vancity Community Foundation $10,000.00 Good Business Forum The first ever Good Business Forum is coming to Surrey on May 21, this event is for values-based businesses whose mission is to create positive social, cultural or environmental impact.

Victoria Cool Aid Society $6,825.00 Market Study for Every Step Counts Market study to analyse the social enterprise feasibility of Victoria Cool Aid Society's Every Step Counts program.

Semiahmoo House Society $400,000.00 Affordable Housing Rental Development Semiahmoo House is undertaking a real estate development adjacent to their community facility to deliver 71 units of affordable rental housing, including accessible housing for people with disabilities.


$500,000.00 Affordable Housing Pre-development Loan Pool Disbursement will be used by GVCAF to provide pre-development loans to nonprofit and cooperative

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affordable housing developers with site control and an experienced development team

0992462 BC Ltd. $22,571.74 The Amp 2014 Vancity has supported Ecotrust and a number of social ventures to establish a co-working space at 23 W Pender St. The original estimate of start-up costs was lower than actual so we are providing this grant to reconcile those losses to the number company.

Early Childhood Educators of BC $5,000.00 Market Study for Every Step Counts ECEBC is hoping to take their existing professional leadership training material and deliver it online. Currently it is delivered offline and in-person

British Columbia Technology Industry Association

$20,000.00 BCTIA Hyper-Growth Program BC's only second-stage revenue accelerator. With support from Vancity the HyperGrowth program includes a six-month residency in the BCTIA Innovation HUB

Countercurrent Media Ltd. (The Tyee) $40,950.00 The Tyee The Tyee will do a minimum of 6 Vancity events/ initiatives.

Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association

$500.00 The Long, Long Table Event that invites people of all ages who live, work, volunteer and learn in Surrey to sit at the same dinner table and share a meal, making it a 'friendraiser' rather than a fundraiser.

Ability Tax and Trust Advisors $200,000.00 Equal Futures RDSP Initiative Addresses complexity of administrative issues with RDSP program providing RDSP help and information resource services to RDSP beneficiaries and a professional RDSP help desk to Vancity investment advisors.

Surrey Urban Farmers Market Association

$1,200.00 Surrey Urban Farmers Market Sponsorship of the market.

Simon Fraser University Centre for Dialogue

$15,000.00 Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum Out of four dozen global leaders coming to Vancouver for the forum, 11 of these leaders took the challenge to deliver a presentation like nothing they've delivered before.

The Omega Foundation $1,050.00 RESP Partnership Program offers online tools to facilitate registration by lower income families for the Canada Learning Bond, which offers up to $2,000 in grants per child in savings for higher education.

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Pacific Centre Family Services Association

$7,000.00 Catalyst Vancity Prize for Skookum Food & Coffee Vancity prize package was awarded to Pacific Centre Family Services at the Social Enterprise Catalyst event in Nanaimo on May 20, 2015.

Suwa'lkh School $1,500.00 All Nations Festival The Festival is a multi-day, multi-tiered program platform; it is an opportunity to create an Aboriginal cultural presence in the TriCity region.

United Way of the Lower Mainland $50,000.00 2015 United Way Public Policy Institute Sponsorship of 2015 United Way Public Policy Institute: see attached

Central City Foundation $1,000.00 2015 Fair in the Square Come celebrate our neighbours in the inner city with dozens of social enterprises, artists, community organizations, terrific local bands.

Arrival Creative Agency Inc. $26,250.00 2015 Food Cart Festival Vancouver Contribution towards Food Cart Sponsorship and Zero Waste Event Management

Vancouver Native Housing Society $5,000.00 Housing Trust Model Development Funds will help with the "Trash Bag" campaign and further get the message out about the housing crisis in the city.

The Youth Excellence Society $4,200.00 The YES office space transition Funds to help The YES transition to a long-term sustainable office space at The Amp (coworking space that Vancity partnered on/ curated tenants for).

Young Women's Christian Association $50,000.00 Single Mothers' Support Group Will provide continued support for 6 new Single Mothers' Support Groups in Surrey, Port Coquitlam, Aldergrove, Maple Ridge and Abbotsford.

BC Aboriginal Foundation $15,000.00 Gathering Our Voices - Aboriginal Youth Conference Annual conference for youth lead by the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres through their affiliated registered charity. Vancity providing financial support for the social enterprise learning evening and Learning Space.

Vancouver Board of Trade $6,000.00 5th Annual Aboriginal Opportunities Forum Breakfast, morning sessions, and keynote speech - raise awareness and understanding of Aboriginal business opportunities.

Canadian Centre for Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Inc.

$20,000.00 Aboriginal BEST - Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria Vancity will be providing funding towards additional Aboriginal BEST programs.

UBC Sauder School of Business $10,000.00 Ch'nook Indigenous Business Education Financial and volunteer support for this important program to encourage and support post secondary

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business education for Aboriginal students and executives.

Arrival Creative Agency Inc. $6,958.88 2015 Food Cart Festival Vancouver Contribution towards Food Cart Sponsorship and Zero Waste Event Management.

Memory Laine Events $5,250.00 2015 Surrey Food Cart Festival Contribution towards Food Cart Sponsorship and Zero Waste Event Management.

RADIUS Ventures $3,600.00 Impact Business Development This grant will support 3 businesses to participate in RADIUS' Trampoline Program. This accelerator program is an 8 session validation stage program for impact focused entrepreneurs and ventures looking for support to test and refine their business model.

First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition

$10,000.00 the work of First Call Support to cover a small portion of the operating budget

Coalition of Childcare Advocates of BC $750.00 Book Launch: Motherhood and the Childcare Dilemma This is a partnership with CCCA BC to launch an important new title in the discussion about appropriate and accessible childcare.

Carnegie Community Action Project $20,000.00 Carnegie Community Action Project Renewed but smaller commitment to housing survey and organizing in DTES.

Carnegie Community Centre $20,000.00 Heart of the City Renewed but smaller commitment to arts therapy for social inclusion in the DTES.

Living Wage Campaign, c/o First Call $30,000.00 the work of the Living Wage for Families Campaign Renewed support to cover part of the salary of the campaigner.

Vibrant Abbotsford $10,000.00 Living Wage Fraser Valley This grant provides some operating support to Vibrant Abbotsford to allow Alison Homer release time to work on the Living Wage Fraser Valley campaign.

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives $30,000.00 the Poverty Reduction Coalition The PRC has 100 members, working together on a seven point poverty fighting platform. Our board has endorsed and we are active members of the Campaign.

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives $30,000.00 Core support for ongoing climate justice work Renewed support for climate justice and ongoing stakeholder collaboration.

Pacific National Exhibition $125,000.00 The Fair at the PNE With hundreds of performances and exhibits and of course thrilling rides and delicious food, the Fair at the PNE is one of the highlights of the summer.

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Institute for Sustainability Education & Action

$5,000.00 Directly Affected #WHEREWELIVE National Tour Project seeks to connect communities impacted by fossil fuel infrastructure with generative narrative that highlights the social, political, and economic possibilities of climate change.

BC Nonprofit Housing Association $75,000.00 Rental Housing Index - Year Two Vancity is partnering with the BCNPHA on the RHI, which provides a detailed analysis of the affordability of rental housing for various income groups in nearly 100 communities in BC.

Metro Vancouver Alliance $10,000.00 Core support for MVA organizing work Small commitment to core organizing work of MVA, requested by board.


$2,500.00 Candidate Debates on Energy and Climate This project will stage all-candidates debates on sustainable energy and climate change in the 4 federal electoral districts in southern Vancouver Island.

BC Centre for Elder Advocacy & Support $500.00 BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support Workshops BCCEAS provided training to the Each One Teach One Elder Money Coaches in Delta.

Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture

$15,000.00 Settlement and trauma services for refugees SOS and VAST - both serving inland refugees - are moving to the new Welcome House with ISS. Both want to do some prelim planning and prep for the move, and develop a new intake system.

FarmFolk/CityFolk Society $50,000.00 Growing New and Young Farmers in BC With support from Vancity's Envirofund, Young Agrarians will focus on organizational development, as well as delivering our business mentorship program and landlinking services

Safe Passage Initiative Consulting $10,000.00 Remote Communities Safe Passage Initiative The Safe Passage Initiative contract will provide background information to Vancity about the Highway 16 corridor, the transit needs and potential partners and steps that could be taken by Vancity.

Aboriginal Finance Officers Association of BC

$25,000.00 Indigenous Financial Literacy Committee Funding for financial literacy initiatives coordinated through the committee. Vancity committed to $25k per year to support the work of the committee in an effort to leverage and coordinate work underway in the sector.

CRAB - Water for Life Society $500.00 Crab Park Festival on July 1st and Christmas Party Community festival to honour the diversity of the DTES - music, speeches and food. A free event for DTES residents and friends that Vancity has been a long time

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supporter of as part of work with Aboriginal communities.

Sardis Doorway for Mothers & Children Society

$7,000.00 Mothers support, Certification & Skill Development A program for at risk mothers and children in Chilliwack which provides skills to move from crisis to self-reliance. Various workshops are offered including financial literacy and job skills certification.

CanAssist at the University of Victoria $8,000.00 TeenWork TeenWork is a highly successful program that fills a critical gap in the employment field for youth with disabilities. Unique in BC ,TeenWork helps youth find and retain meaningful, paid employment during high school, building skills & independence.

WISH Drop-In Centre Society $8,000.00 Peer Safety Patrol Supported employment program that trains and employs marginalized women to provide non-violent security services for the WISH Drop-In Centre. This program provides experience and transferable skills to women who may have never held mainstream employment.

Vancouver Aboriginal Child & Family Services Soc.

$5,000.00 Culturally Relevant urban wellness program (CRUW) Program bringing aboriginal youth in foster care and new immigrant youth together at UBC farm to build cultural awareness and employment skills together while growing food for sale.

Intersections Media Opportunities $7,500.00 Intersections Digital Media Program To run a comprehensive employment training program for marginalized youth from the ages of 15-30 that have identifiable barriers to gain employment. It runs within the year; 8 intakes of 8 participants which includes 4 weeks of training & 7 weeks of work.


$10,000.00 Safe Passage Initiative he Safe Passage Initiative contract will provide background information to Vancity about the Highway 16 corridor, the transit needs and potential partners and steps that could be taken by Vancity to engage the local communities, gov't etc.

Dogwood Initiative $10,000.00 SRI & First Nations in British Columbia The potential exists to fast track Socially Responsible Investment amongst First Nations in BC – a market currently estimated at $2 billion, and likely to grow substantially. See attached

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Inclusion BC $50,000.00 Keep Moving, Don't Stop: Inclusion BC This is the title/presenting sponsorship for this province-wide conference of community living organizations. See attached.

Canadian Urban Institute $7,500.00 The Inve$table City: Silver Sponsorship Silver Sponsorship of the 2015 Canadian Urban Forum, which will contribute to a plan for a national approach to achieving the 'investable city.'

T'Sou-ke Nation $2,500.00 WUI,CIST CEN, TOL The project teaches youth, families and Elders to grow and prepare culturally appropriate foods that are locally produced and harvested & share traditional knowledge & skills within their community.

The Lookout Emergency Aid Society $1,000.00 H'Arts for the Homeless 2015 Lookout is one of the largest homeless sheltering and transition societies and the key charity to our BCGEU members. This annual gala raises money for DTES programming, and will help in pipeline development for their next mortgages.

Immigrant Services Society of BC $5,000.00 20kX2020 ISS is securing testimonials from leaders across Canada to put together a short video calling on the federal government to increase its support for refugees to Canada, to 20,000 by the year 2020.

BC Federation of Labour $2,500.00 2015 Labour Day Christmas Dinner Sponsorship support of year-end dinner builds alliances with labour and keeps Vancity prominent in the work overall.

BC Federation of Labour $1,000.00 Labour Day Picnic at Swanguard Stadium Important ally building event for all labour and ally orgs to mark Labour Day: we will bring our Living Wage and Poverty Reduction colleagues with us.


$10,000.00 Community Investment Co-Op To explore the role that investment co-operatives play in empowering communities to invest locally and take ownership over their own economic development by keeping local capital flowing through local communities.

Columbia Institute $10,000.00 the labour/ environmental coalition This renews our budgeted support for the Green Jobs BC coalition and its useful work at the intersection of labour and the environment, and is critical to our continued visibility in both policy communities.

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Small Business BC $15,000.00 Best Community Impact Award This sponsorship renews our support for the annual SBBC small business awards and in particular, our category of "best community impact award".

Prosper Canada $10,000.00 ABLE 2015 Sponsorship support of national biannual conference put on by ABLE network (on which we participate); this year's conference is locally hosted by Prosper Canada.

Megaphone $40,000.00 2015 Hope in Shadows Calendar Vancity is designated as Key Champion Community Builder. See attached.

BCIT Foundation $10,000.00 Supporting Aboriginal Student Services Second year of financial support for graduation ceremony, and various student support programs.

Surrounded by Cedar Child & Family Services Society

$15,000.00 Back to School Picnic Annual back to school picnic and back packs for over 200 students from K-12.

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives $5,000.00 CCPA Relocation Support Covers a portion of the costs of CCPA moving to Vancity Community Foundation.

Greater Vancouver Food Bank $2,600.00 Curbside Fresh Mobile Food Cart To support the second year pilot of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank's Mobile Fresh Food Cart social enterprise development with market and customer development workshops.


$2,240.00 Clayton Whitman invoice Legal invoice for third party election advertising questions. Invoice is attached to file.

Alert Bay Summer Market $1,500.00 Alert Bay Summer Market Initial year of operating a regular summer market for artisans and food producers.

Alert Bay Seafest Society $1,000.00 Alert Bay Seafest/ Musicfest Local summer festival that celebrates the community and draws tourists. Sponsorship to support the festival and the related economic impact for the local economy.

Green Moustache Juice Inc. $938.06 Social Venture Institute Funds will be used to assist the owner of Green Moustache Juice Inc. to attend the Social Venture Institute

Dongmei Yang $1,000.00 Welcome To City Centre Block Party To match funds into this new diversity and inclusion fair being held in Surrey; organized by volunteers of the Surrey Local Immigration Partnership - Lily is acting as treasurer (there is no legal org).

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BC Nonprofit Housing Association $10,000.00 BCNPHA 23rd Annual Conference Platinum sponsorship to the annual conference. Sponsorship agreement attached.

SEEDS Business Leadership Awards $600.00 Business Leadership Awards Sponsorship for start ups.

The Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable

$40,000.00 Local Food Economy The project works to create an enabling environment by connecting local food and farm related producers and business owners to a variety of forums

FarmFolk/CityFolk Society $40,000.00 Meet Your Maker 2.0 The program focus for support will be in our Local Food Economy Impact Area to continue the work of the Agricutlure Infrastructure Program.

Your Local Farmers Market Society $40,000.00 Riley Park Pavilion Campaign This funding is to support key policy, planning and sector support initiatives

Vancouver Urban Farming Society $40,000.00 Growing a Thriving Urban Farming Sector This funding is to support key policy, planning and sector support initiatives that will enable the development of a strong and resilient sustainable local food system

Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre

$40,000.00 Ocean Wise Ocean Wise is a Vancouver Aquarium conservation initiative aimed at ensuring healthy and productive freshwater and marine ecosystems and maintaining biodiversity for future generations

Phoenix Drug & Alcohol Recovery & Education Society

$200,000.00 Shared Equity Housing Funding for unit subsidization for shared equity housing developed by Phoenix Asset Building Society.

The Omega Foundation $140.00 Omega RESP Partnership Program offers online tools to facilitate registration by lower income families for the Canada Learning Bond, which offers up to $2,000 in grants per child in savings for higher education.

Coop Zone $4,000.00 CoopZone Training Program Revisions Phase 2 of a project to review and revise CoopZone training programs. Phase 1 occurred last year - review phase. Vancity provided $2,000 towards the first part of the project work. Phase 2 involves implementing improvements identified in Phase 1.

Potluck Cafe $5,040.00 Potluck & PHS Café Collaboration Project The objective of this project is to assist the Potluck Café Society (PCS) and the PHS Community Services Society (PHS) to evaluate the feasibility of entering into a collaborative arrangement to operate a retail community café in the DTES.

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$200,000.00 BC Ocean Planning Initiative A follow on to the Great Bear Initiative, this project will bring the same consensus building that took place between stakeholders in the Great Bear on forestry and work to create consensus on preserving and protecting fisheries and natural capital.

BC Bottle and Recycling Depot Association

$500.00 Tom Biggar Award Sponsorship Annual award by the BC Bottle Depot Association - an award recognizing sustainable practices and environmental contributions.

Spring Activator Inc $25,000.00 FledgeX 2015 Spring is partnering with Fledge LLC to launch the FledgeX Accelerator to the world on September 28, 2015. This is a virtual accelerator bringing t together outstanding mission driven entrepreneurs together to prepare to scale, grow, and thrive.

Surrey Board of Trade $525.00 Literacy and Business Dialogue The purpose of this grant is to facilitate education, networking opportunities, and provide cost-saving benefits and marketing opportunities.


$100,000.00 312 Main DTES Engagement Funds to support community engagement in the DTES for 312 Main project.

Ecotrust Canada $40,000.00 This Fish Seafood Faceability Launching an innovative new seafood marketing model called “Faceability” whereby traceable seafood products are branded with a fish harvesters name, image and signature.

Long-term Inmates Now in the Community

$32,000.00 Reintegration, Restoration, Food Security To ramp up our production by: a) increasing the PH levels of the soil at the site from 4.5 to 6.5 through the applications of various soil amendments b) expanding fruit production by planting apple, plum & pear trees c) tightening our succession planting.

Asian Environmental Association $30,000.00 The Choi Project – Phase III Phase 3 of The Choi Project will increase the local Chinese restaurant industry’s capacity to offer sustainable food by hosting 2 events to educate & engage attendees with activities, interactive presentations and dialogue in Chinese & English.

Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust Society

$40,000.00 Farm Centre for Food Security For local food aggregation, processing, distribution, storage and food education. It will increase organic, sustainable food production and food security capacity for the community.

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Meal Exchange $39,000.00 Real Food Challenge BC The Real Food Challenge to bring it to colleges and universities in B.C. Our goal: leverage campuses’ purchasing power to develop the market for sustainable agriculture in B.C. Piloting at 3 campuses.

North Shore Neighbourhood House $27,910.00 Hawker’s Wharf Urban Farm The Hawker’s Wharf Urban Farm will be a quarter acre site at the proposed Hawker’s Wharf Food Hub at Harbourside where the Edible Garden Project will grow food for sale to commissary kitchen users, host workshops and educational activities for all ages.

Galiano Conservancy Association $40,000.00 Community Food Forest Phase 2 Increase impact through education programs, building partnerships and creating the infrastructure to disseminate knowledge and materials for our and other communities to create a resilient, food secure future.

City of Surrey Economic Development Division

$40,000.00 Surrey Virtual Incubator & Agri-Land Linking This project is aimed at unlocking prime underutilized ALR land and providing easy to understand actionable farm start info for new entrants to the agriculture sector in Surrey and the South of the Fraser region.

Tsawwassen First Nation $40,000.00 Farm School TFN Farm School is a 10 mo. experiential program, followed by 3 years incubator farming. Initial enrollment- 15 students from 5 First Nations. TFN works with Kwantlen Polytechnic University to develop and deliver the program.

The Sharing Farm Society $31,550.00 Extending Seasons To develop and implement farming systems for extending vegetable production seasons, specifically to increase late autumn, winter and early spring yields by 50% thereby increasing overall annual farm production by 20%.

Potluck Cafe $38,250.00 DTES Kitchen Tables To launch a DTES Food Procurement Group (FPG), a buying group comprised of DTES non-profit food providers to access more affordable, nutritious and local food.

In-SHUCK-ch Services Society $2,500.00 In-SCHUCK-ch Days Festival Is a celebration designed to enhance identity and pride within Aboriginal communities while promoting key traditions and values

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Richmond Society for Community Living $500.00 2015 Benefit of Possibilities provides innovative services that respond to the changing needs of individuals living with a developmental disability

Groundswell Education Society $40,000.00 Groundswell: Grassroots Economic Alternative To provide theoretical and applied education for all areas of youth entrepreneurship

Ecotrust Canada $950.00 Leadership Bursary Funding on this learning opportunity is being provided in order to allow the project staff to further their education

Pathways Clubhouse $500.00 Pathways Clubhouse Silver Sponsor for 10th annual building partnership for hope event


$10,000.00 Community Investment Co-op Development To explore the role that investment co-operatives play in empowering communities to invest locally

National Crowdfunding Association of Canada

$525.00 VanFUNDING 2015 Crowdfunding Conference Silver Sponsor $500 + %5 GST = $525


$15,000.00 Impact Money Finder Impact Money Finder is a site that helps new entrepreneurs who do not have prior entrepreneurship knowledge to understand and navigate the life cycle of a business and the funding process, including an assessment of where they are along the continuum.

Car Free Vancouver Society $5,000.00 Car Free Day Sponsorship for Car Free Day.

Pacific National Exhibition $17,500.00 The Fair at PNE The 3rd year of our contract with the Fair at the PNE.

BC Centre of Excellence for Young Indigenous Leaders

$15,000.00 2015 Training Symposium Facilitated gathering of 20 young leaders from throughout BC. To Provide funding, travel, accommodation food and co-ordination.

Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society

$2,500.00 National Aboriginal Day Sponsorship of National Aboriginal Day, Pancake Breakfast at Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Friendship Walk along Commercial Drive and celebration at Trout Lake.

BC Achievement Foundation $10,560.00 Annual Business Awards This is the 7th year of the awards, and Vancity has been a supporter the last 5 years - funding this year is for 2014 and 2015 events.

Indigenous Perspectives Society $500.00 Conference for Administrative Excellence Indigenous Perspectives Society is hosting their 2nd Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence: Leadership at the end of September in Victoria,

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exceptive over 80 attendees from across BC (primarily Aboriginal women).

LoCo Business Network Society of BC $3,000.00 Vancity Business member bursaries Bursaries to support Vancity business members to use 1 hour expert advice through LOCO business clinics and support Vancity business members with financial barriers to join LOCO and access benefits.

LoCo Business Network Society of BC $5,000.00 LOCO Founding Membership 2016 Vancity as founding member.

Skwin'ang'eth Se'las Development Company

$2,500.00 Aboriginal BEST at Esquilmalt FN Intro to business start up and entrepreneurship for EFN members. Support for delivery of ABEST program specific to EFN and port related service businesses.

Alert Bay 360 Eco Paddle Society $500.00 Alert Bay 360 Financial support for the event involving over 75 human powered vessels circumnavigating Cormorant Island, and related festivities, including a feast in the 'Namgis Big House.

Megaphone $5,000.00 Financial stability for Megaphone: a new approach These funds will sponsor the second annual fundraising breakfast for Megaphone at the Vancouver Public Library

ACORN $50,000.00 Poverty organizing through income tax returns BC ACORN will continue to provide free income tax returns to people on low incomes in New Westminster and now in Surrey, using the point of contact as an organizing platform around poverty issues.

Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business, Segal Grad School

$25,000.00 MBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership Supporting partner for the second cohort of the 3 year SFU Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership program.

Britannia Community Services Centre Society

$30,000.00 Carving Pavilion Construction of a permanent carving/cultural programming space.

Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Indigenous Food Network

$1,500.00 Vancouver Island Traditional Foods Conference An initiative of the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Indigenous Foods Network and will be hosted this year in the North Island by Kwakiutl.

Family Services of Greater Vancouver - Broadway office

$120,000.00 Delivering Money Matters and Dollars & Sense This is a renewal of our longstanding partnership with FSGV for their solid financial literacy program across Metro Vancouver. This year we cut back by one-third and will continue to work with FSGV about their long-term sustainability.

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Tree Island Yoghurt $5,000.00 Tree Island Yoghurt Capacity Building Project Tree Island has been a long time impact business member with Vancity and we have supported them through financing and other resourcing as they've grown.

Canadian Worker Cooperative Federation

$2,000.00 CWCF's Annual Conference and AGM CCWF's Annual Conference and AGM. The 2015 conference is to be held in Montreal, Quebec, under the theme of "Building Bridges."

Young Agrarians, c/o FarmFolk CityFolk $15,000.00 Island Mixer / on-island coordinator time Vancouver Island Mixer / on-island coordinator time for Young Agrarians program.

Hybrid Ancestry Public Arts Society $200.00 From Page to Screen with Lawrence Hill 10 tickets for this event which was organized by a Vancity partner.

RADIUS Ventures $525.00 Business Planning support for Craft Council of BC Funds will be used to work with a consultant from Radius Ventures (Donovan Woollard) who will provide planning advice and direction as the Craft Council develops a business plan for a craft cart program in Vancouver.

Rory Holland $3,084.35 Impact Money Finder Slow Money event for the launch of the Knives & Forks Community Investment Co-op and inaugural pitch session. Event is focused on supporting the development of sustainable local food based business and cooperatives through investment in the sector.

BC Co-operative Association $500.00 Co-op Week Event - Movie Night BCAA, in partnership with Vancity and MEC, will host an evening event with the screening of "Shift Change", and a moderated panel of co-operators.

Car Free Vancouver Society $3,579.72 Car Free Day Car Free Day Events Program invoice (project description attached to file).

RePurpose Canada $7,350.00 RePurpose social enterprise business planning Start-up NFP social enterprise; mission: maximize waste diversion from construction and real estate development industry by collecting and re-selling materials salvaged from work sites. Funding supports business & operations planning.

The Omega Foundation $1,330.00 Smartsaver.org applications Program offers online tools to facilitate registration by lower income families for the Canada Learning Bond, which offers up to $2,000 in grants per child in savings for higher education.

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Megaphone $5,000.00 DTES Market Marketing and Communications Plan A grant to support the transition of the DTES Street Market to its new, City of Vancouver owned location on Powell Street with the development of a marketing and communications plan.

3H Craftworks Society $7,350.00 The Threadworks Project A grant to support Threadworks (collaboration between Common Thread Cooperative and Craft Works) in solidifying their social enterprise model and creating a framework for their longer-term sustainability plan.

LoCo Business Network Society of BC $1,800.00 Lower Mainland SE Sector Network Event A grant to support the launch of an event that will provide an opportunity to engage social enterprises to network amongst themselves, and the broader community of socially conscious local businesses.


$3,000.00 AFOA Outstanding Band Manager award Sponsorship of annual Band Manager award at a ceremony held at the Songhees Wellness Centre. Vancity committed to sponsoring the award given the location and the opportunity to tell our story to the attendees.

Rainbow Health Cooperative $2,500.00 Capacity Bio Funds will be used to purchase application software that will support the conversion of the Hans Kai Trans wellness program into a format that is useable by a Learning Management System. The system will save weeks of time.

Vancity Community Foundation $150,000.00 Social Enterprise Portfolio Program The Social Enterprise Portfolio Program is a funding program aimed at supporting the growth of high impact, successful social enterprises. Each year, the Portfolio committee chooses 8-12 enterprises that receive a multi-year grant.


$25,000.00 Indigenous Financial Literacy Committee Funding for Financial literacy initiatives coordinated through the committee. Vancity committed 25k per year to support the work of the committee in an effort to leverage and coordinate work underway in the sector.

Spring Activator Inc $1,564.50 Building capacity - Interpreters Co-op This funding will cover the cost of two participants (Angela Sasso and Tia Midi Zhang) from a start-up interpreters co-op to attend Spring's Kick Program starting Oct. 27, 2015.

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Richmond Chamber of Commerce $1,000.00 Business Excellence Awards Vancity is a sponsor for this event which recognizes and honours business excellence. The awards evening provides an opportunity to celebrate Richmond businesses and organizations that have made significant contribution to community.

Templeton Secondary School $5,000.00 Beneath the Surface Support for the groundbreaking play about Teen Suicide Prevention.

ReConnect Vancouver $10,000.00 ReConnect Vancouver ReConnect Vancouver's mission is to promote removal of the two viaducts and replace them with new roadways, housing (including rental and social), reconnect to Chinatown, the DTES and other nieghborhoods, extend parks, etc.

Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts $7,500.00 Ongoing support for DECA and DEERS Phase two of second year of support will cover new community engagement project development and more planning for DEERS.

Vancouver Writers Fest $5,000.00 The Way Forward A special Aboriginal writers series with the annual festival.

Bokoeco Partners Inc $1,053.00 business development support Early-stage mission-based enterprise with bokashi formula for processing food waste/ organics for restaurants, food processors etc.

The Omega Foundation $350.00 Omega RESP Partnership Program offers online tools to facilitate registration by lower income families for the Canada Learning Bond, which offers up to $2,000 in grants per child in savings for higher education.

Zero Waste Market $660.95 Business planning & development Early-stage mission-based enterprise that plans to be Canada's first packaging-free, zero waste grocery store.

Riipen Networks Inc. $2,000.00 Riipen school program Supporting incubation and market development of this early-stage social venture, whose mission is to create employment opportunities and job skills development for youth. Also provides low-cost/no-cost services for nfps, social enterprises etc.

Burnside Gorge Community Association $25,000.00 Family Self Sufficiency program This is a renewal of our long-standing partnership with Burnside Gorge for their solid financial literacy program across Victoria

Vancouver Foundation $5,000.00 Fresh Voices This is a small grant, encouraged by our board, to support the Fresh Voices project, which showcases

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remarkable young leaders in the newcomer community - fits with our inclusion and social justice work.

Multi-lingual Orientation Service Association

$30,000.00 Microloan Referral Partnership Renewal of microloan partnership; partnership to be re-evaluated in 2016.

Surrounded by Cedar Child & Family Services Society

$2,500.00 Many Generous Hands Interagency Family Reunion Vancity has been asked to cover the unfunded costs associated with the gathering

DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society

$30,000.00 Microloan referral partnership Renewal of microloan partnership; partnership to be re-evaluated in 2016.

The Board of Education of School District 61 (Greater Victoria)

$3,000.00 ANED All Nations Graduation Dinner/ Ceremony Annual event which Vancity has regularly sponsored - given the shift in priorities/ budgets this will be funded from the Aboriginal Communities SS allocation.

Lu'ma Native Housing Society $3,400.00 Youth Financial Passport Savings Match Participating youth receive a stipend based on attendance and involvement in activities. This is "banked" by Lu'ma and matched by Vancity to incent ongoing participation - 4 youth have completed the program and will receive matched funds from Vancity.

Future Strategies $10,000.00 Leverage Lab (& Leverage Camps) Leverage Lab and 2 Leverage Camps aim to engage businesses in collaborating to find shared value in environmental sustainability solutions. Lab is a larger 1/2 day event, and camps break-out to collaborate on problem solving over several months.

Tides Canada Initiatives Society $1,039.50 The Binners Project - Kick accelerator program Funding 2 staff from the Binners Project to participate in Kick accelerator program guide planning and social enterprise development. The Binners Project engages local "binners" in program design, and job & income creation.

FarmFolk/CityFolk Society $5,000.00 Feast of Fields Sponsorship Funding will be used to support 2 events: Metro Vancouver Feast of Fields and the Vancouver Island Feast of Fields. These events generate funds to support the local food microloan program, supporting local farmers and producers.

Board of Change $15,000.00 Board of Change sponsorship Board of Change's mission is to engage local businesses in dialogue, solutions and advocacy to help drive transformation to sustainability. Vancity is founding supporter which includes monthly events, summer social and other engagements.

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Spring Activator Inc $4,200.00 #VanImpact #vanimpact engagement event to support development of impact businesses in Vancouver, and build a community of support for financing and business development.

Pace Group Communications Inc $21,000.00 Surrey Social Innovation Summit 2015 This event is the first in a series of annual meetings aimed at engaging the community, with all of its talent, resources, energy and creativity, to foster and grow a progressive city.

Narrative 360 $10,000.00 Vancity History Project Narrative 360 is a small nonprofit established by Chris Grabowski, Kathleen Flaherty and other colleagues to support creation of documentary videos in BC (grant funds of $25,000 were disbursed to Narrative 360 in June, 2014).

Vancouver Association of Restorative Justice

$3,000.00 Land Based Healing and Restorative Practices event The purpose of the event is to introduce the concept of Restorative Justice and to foster an appreciation for the contribution that Aboriginal restorative practices and traditions can make to understanding our relationship with the natural environment.

Rainbow Health Cooperative $8,515.00 Organizational and Board Development Funds will be used to work with an experienced co-op developer to guide the founding board through an organizational development workshop.

Viridian Energy Co-operative $2,100.00 Strategic Planning The co-op has been relatively successful as of late and is currently contemplating expansion in both operations and members. The grant will cover a strategic planning workshop to help the current members.

Cicada Community Consulting Inc. $5,000.00 Feeding Growth Series A five part series aimed at supporting the growth and development of progressive local food businesses (sustainable, organic, local, natural with ethical business practices) in the consumer packaged goods sector.

Kootenay Co-op Radio $2,100.00 Organizational and Board Development Funds will be used to work with an experienced co-op developer to guide the founding board through an organizational development workshop, and strategic planning.

BC Co-operative Association $9,660.00 Technical Support Grants Grant funds will be used over the last two months of 2015 and the beginning of 2016 to provide technical

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support by experienced co-op developers to five new co-ops.

Kootenay & Boundary Food Producers Co-op

$2,100.00 Organizational and Board Development Funds will be used to work with an experienced co-op developer to guide the founding board through an organizational development workshop.

Okanagan Car Share Co-op $750.00 Building Capacity and Co-op Development Study visit by Okanagan Car Share Co-op to PegCity Car Co-op in Winnipeg, to learn about growth/ expansion initiatives, and to share knowledge amongst the two car share co-ops.

411 Senior Centre Society $2,500.00 Tri-Agency Partnership Initiative - Phase 1 West End Seniors Network (WESN), South Granville Seniors Centre (SGSC) and 411 Seniors Centre (411) will explore the potential viability of formally collaborating and creating an association or similar model that will strengthen programs for seniors.

United Way of the Lower Mainland $50,000.00 United Way Public Policy Institute Training program for BC NFP leaders to understand and influence public policy. 2 day sessions lead by experts to cover such topics as, evidence, policy options, engagement, implementation and evaluation.


$4,021.20 Community Investment Co-op To explore the role that investment co-operatives play in empowering communities to invest locally and take ownership over their own economic development by keeping local capital flowing through local communities.

Arrival Creative Agency Inc. $6,958.88 2015 Food Cart Festival Vancouver Contribution towards Food Cart Sponsorship and Zero Waste Event Management.

Butterflies in Spirit Society $5,000.00 Final production of "Sisters" - music/ dance video BIS is working with documentary producer Tina House to create a video to celebrate the lives and raise awareness of missing and murdered women.

Canada Wild Productions Ltd. $36,750.00 "Uninterrupted" "Uninterrupted" cinematic spectacle, projecting Adams River Salmon migration beneath the Cambie Street bridge, will be utilized as a nightly engagement activity June- Sept 2017 to commemorate Vancity's 70th anniversary.

'Namgis First Nation $1,375.00 Cormorant Island community events Balance of $2,500 support for Island wide events and support programs, including kids Christmas party, Elder and Family hampers, emergency relief.

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CRAB - Water for Life Society $200.00 Annual Raycam Christmas Party The organizers are short funds for the kids party and reached out to Vancity for a donation to contribute to the expected shortfall.

Bright New Day Reconciliation Circles Ltd.

$3,000.00 Sto:lo Reconciliation Circles Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people will gather together to tell their stories. Engaging in this dialogue will highlight their shared history and help dismantle walls of isolation that often characterize these communities.

Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society $500.00 Annual Festival - Musqueam welcome/ cultural walks VFMF has had funding issues and was going to cut this aspect - as part of ongoing reconciliation work we felt it important to support this cultural awareness component of the festival.

Urban Native Youth Association $5,000.00 Annual Bentwood Box Fundraiser Vancity is one of the organizations that provide matching funds to support the programs benefitting from the fundraiser.

Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society

$500.00 Annual Urban Aboriginal Children's Gathering 2015 Support for this annual inner city children and family program.

BC Co-operative Association $25,000.00 CWCF's Annual Conference and AGM To provide BCCA with secure funding to support the association's co-op sector development activities, including co-op business model education and training, research, network development etc.

Tides Canada Initiatives Society $25,000.00 Good Food Solutions Funding to support key policy, planning and sector support initiatives that will enable the development of a strong and resilient sustainable local food system.

Living Oceans Society $25,000.00 Our Fish: Local Sustainable Seafood To help launch a project that will support the growth of the local sustainable seafood sector in Metro Vancouver.

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2015 Shared Success Grants - Vancity · Possibilities of British Columbia $2,500.00 Creating Inclusion Through Youth Project Creating Inclusion through Youth will focus on the