For twenty-five years the Abbotsford Community Foundation has been helping to enrich the cultural and social fabric of the city. With public donations, the Abbotsford Community Foundation supports and nurtures community activities, improving the quality of life for those who live, work and play in Abbotsford.

The BC Cancer Foundation is an independent charitable organization that raises funds to support breakthrough research and care at the BC Cancer Agency. The BC Cancer Agency is responsible for cancer care and control for everyone in British Columbia.

Children are not small adults. Our patients are not only different from adults; they are often more complicated to treat. In fact the smaller the patient, the greater the need for specialized medical care and your donation. BC Children's Hospital does an exceptional job with available funding. With your help we can do even more.

A Parent's Guide to the Learning Disabilities associated with Neurofibromatosis Type 1. This guide is designed to act as a resource for parents of children with both NF1 and learning disabilities - at all school ages. Whether your child is just entering kindergarten, or is into his/her high school years, you will find relevant material to address his/her educational needs in this guide.

The mission of the BCCEWH is to improve the health of women by fostering collaboration on innovative, multi-disciplinary research endeavours and action-oriented approaches to women's health initiatives, women-centred programs, and health policy. We pay particular attention to policy that will improve the health status of women who are marginalised and who face multiple disadvantages in health due to socio-economic status, race, culture, age, sexual orientation, geography, disability, and/or addiction.

Our mission is to enrich the quality of life on Bowen Island by providing a way for individuals and organizations with varied interests and levels of giving to contribute back to their community, both during and after their lifetime.

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF) is the leading national volunteer-based organization in Canada dedicated to creating a future without breast cancer. CBCF works collaboratively to fund, support and advocate for: relevant and innovative research; meaningful education and awareness programs; early diagnosis and effective treatment; and a positive quality of life for those living with breast cancer.

A national, voluntary health agency that helps people with cystic fibrosis by raising money for research into improved care and treatment, to seek a cure or control for cystic fibrosis, and by promoting public awareness of the disease. The Foundation has 50 chapters across Canada

Our mandate is to promote liver health and to reduce the incidence and impact of all liver disease. To achieve this goal, we work through our volunteer chapters across the country to improve public awareness and understanding of liver health and liver disease, raise funds for research and reach out to liver disease patients and their families.

In medical emergencies, when seconds count, MedicAlert is the only service able to provide emergency responders and health professionals with access to your vital medical information. More?

The Childhood Cancer Foundation ~ Candlelighters Canada is a national volunteer charitable organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for families experiencing the effects of childhood cancer through the provision of resources, parent support and the promotion of research.

As the charitable arm of the Vancouver Canucks, the Canucks for Kids Fund focuses on reaching out to children's causes in the areas of children's health and wellness, education, and grassroots hockey development.

Our Mission: To provide an ongoing contribution to the quality of life in our community through the stewardship of entrusted funds, grant making and community leadership. The COF encourages all citizens to participate through the establishment of contributions to endowment funds.

Since 1987 the B.C./Yukon Chapter located in Burnaby has had the privilege of granting  wishes for children all across our region. Through the tireless efforts of our volunteers, sponsors and donors we've all contributed to the quality of the lives of these children. The funds to grant our wishes have been raised without assistance from government agencies. Our success is attributed to generous public and corporate fundraisers, special events, planned gifts, donated goods and services that help increase public awareness for our Foundation. It is help from individuals and corporations that ensure we never have to say "no" to an eligible wish child.

To support the development of Canada's human and social capital. Unions have played a key role in developing communities in Canada. Not only have they bargained for greater equality and safety in the workplace, they have served as a breeding ground for social activism offering members the opportunity to sharpen leadership and community building skills and encouraging active participation in democracy and civil society. 

To provide for the enrichment of the quality of life in the Comox Valley.

The Disability Foundation exists to help people with significant disabilities achieve full citizenship in the community. Created through the initiative of quadriplegic Sam Sullivan, the Disability Foundation's six affiliated societies are: BC Mobility Opportunities Society, ConnecTra Society, Disabled Independent Gardeners Association, Disabled Sailing Association, Tetra Society of North America and Vancouver Adapted Music Society. The activities and programs these societies offer help improve the lives of people with disabilities not only in the Lower Mainland and BC, but across North America and around the world

Down Syndrome Research Foundation

Mission: To provide Comfort Care for people living with HIV/AIDS
Mandate: To operate a Day Health Program and Residence with 24-hour care for people with HIV/AIDS

The future depends on giving environmental protection equal priority with healthy jobs. British Columbia is one of North America's best opportunities to model a conservation economy. The Endswell Foundation makes charitable grants to BC organizations working on this vision.

Our focus is on those groups that might otherwise fall through the fundraising cracks -- women and children suffering abuse, the homeless, the hungry, the elderly and special areas such as teen suicide prevention and chronic drug and alcohol abuse." says Foundation President, Jacqui Cohen.

Mission: The people of British Columbia and Yukon will benefit from improved understanding, prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke.

JDFC's mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.

Is to assist individuals and communities in preventing and reducing the harm associated with problem substance use and addictive behaviours. The Kaiser Foundation is committed to supporting those who face the challenges of addiction and to assisting individuals, organizations and the communities where they live and work, to develop healthy environments and effective responses.

Improves the health and quality of life of people living with kidney disease. It funds research and related clinical education; provides services to sufferers; advocates for access to high quality health care; and promotes organ donation.

To use our income for the benefit of the public of the province of British Columbia by supporting programs which advance and promote the rule of law and a just society. The Law Foundation recognizes the diversity of the population of British Columbia and endeavors to be responsive to the diverse public of British Columbia in its workforce, Board and grant making.

A Vancouver-based ecology organization dedicated to raising public awareness of the interrelationship of human, animal and environmental problems. Lifeforce urges society to address and solve problems by taking into consideration the long-term effects on all parts of the ecosystem.

The foundation provides funding to support alternative medicine and economic education. The Foundation also supplies support to organizations that help people who fall through the social safety net of government programs for the needy. Most of these groups operate around the area of Main and Hastings in Vancouver and care for that very needy population. Some support is also given to existing charitable organizations that come to the Board's attention.

The McCreary Youth Foundation aims to work in partnership with community and philanthropic organizations, government, and the private sector to develop and fund programs and policies that can make a tangible difference in the lives of BC's young people.

Supporting children, seniors and those with special needs through innovative community projects focused on developing life long skills and independence.

The mission of the Minerva Foundation is to create opportunities for women throughout B.C. to realize their economic and leadership potential. We focuse on four priority areas: economic security, safety, education and leadership development for girls and women in order to ensure that the progress BC women have made so far continues.

Change is inevitable. Institutions rise and fall, economies shift, governments change, technology grows, but one constant is that there will always be a need for community infrastructure; needs that will enhance our community and support the people in it, and the Nanaimo Community Foundation will always be there to meet those needs!

Imagine... being seven years old and knowing you are doomed to subsistence living forever, just like your parents and grandparents because none of you can read or write. WE SEEK TO CHANGE ALL THAT! We wish to support the completion of a school in Busabaga, a remote village in Uganda by helping them find ways to make this school a reality and self-sufficient. The wait list is long and they need our help. For more…

"As volunteer community advocates, to increase and improve the provision of health care to the people served by Peace Arch Hospital, by raising awareness, capital and enhancing services and facilities by providing financial and community support where other support is not available."

We do this by building funds to create permanent endowments. The endowment funds are invested with only the investment income being disbursed as grants to local charitable groups. Leaving the principal untouched ensures the promise that your gift will be everlasting, and will continue to be beneficial for future generations, regardless of changing times.

Our mission is to inspire others to share in the achievement of big dreams that accelerate improvements in the quality of life of people with spinal cord injury and bringing people together to create new solutions and new dreams.

Our Mission: We raise money to help Royal Columbian Hospital save lives, restore health and provide comfort to seriously injured and ill patients of all ages.

Working in the context of St. Paul's Hospital's mission and core values (and those of Providence Health Care) to cultivate relationships and partnerships within our community to generate financial and related resources to enhance the hospital's capacity to help people.

To support Surrey Memorial Hospital in delivering the highest quality health care by enlisting the financial support of caring individuals and organizations.

AMS will promote high-quality student learning. It will advocate student interests, as well as those of the University of British Columbia and post-secondary education as a whole. The Society will provide its members with diverse opportunities to become exceptional leaders. It will be flexible enough to accommodate the changing world.

Our vision is to support the innovation, coordination, and integration of Animal-Assisted Support Services. Our goal is to unite Animal-Assisted Support Services Stakeholders to identify core values and common priorities to stimulate collaborative action to inspire and ensure a consistent level of quality, safety, and End-user satisfaction.

At the Steve Nash Foundation, we work hard to ensure that children have access to those rights that are due to them — to be healthy, to learn, to live free of abuse, and to play. We don’t believe any of these aims to be privileges, yet we see constantly the words “underprivileged” ascribed to children lacking the resources necessary to ensure their growth.
NBA MVP and Foundation President Steve Nash established this initiative, and his vision and daily input drive the Foundation's work. The Steve Nash Foundation is a project close to Steve's heart; its mission reflects Steve's genuine compassion for children, and recognizes the importance of their health in the promise of our communities.

The Terry Fox Foundation's mission is to maintain the principles of Terry Fox while raising money for cancer research through the annual Terry Fox Run, memoriam donations and planned gifts.

Our vision is to be a strong financial co-operative and a catalyst for a socially just and environmentally sustainable economy. We also dedicate significant resources — financial and non-financial — to support those working for positive change in our communities. We know that together we can make a difference.

Through the growth and stewardship of permanent endowment funds and the distribution of income to a broad range of eligible organizations, Vancouver Foundation, in meeting community needs, provides philanthropic leadership to improve the quality of life for all British Columbians.

Through the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, we seek to build partnerships with individuals, community organizations and corporations who share our commitment to quality healthcare. The goal of our hospitals and the Foundation is to help provide the cures for tomorrow and ensure equipment is available to meet the needs of today.

What We Do: The Victoria Foundation is the second oldest community foundation in Canada. Our purpose is to build endowment funds through the gifts of visionary donors in the community. The returns of those funds are then returned to the community — through grants to non-profit organizations serving a wide range of community needs

The Women's Addiction Foundation is a public foundation committed to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness of women whose lives have been affected by their misuse of, or dependency on alcohol or other drugs

With community groups and charitable organizations having to compete for scarce resources and dwindling government funds, the foundation is committed to being there for many worthwhile causes.