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The Results ofYour
Generosity
A report of what was made possible by
Vancouver Foundation and our donors in 2012

Mission
To harness the gifts of energy, ideas,
time, and money to make meaningful
and lasting impacts in communities.
Vancouver Foundation
Board of Directors
Gordon MacDougall, Chair
Chief Justice Robert J. Bauman
Kevin Bent
Tom Bradley
Tung Chan
Dr. Vera Frinton
Anna Fung, Q.C.
Ida Goodreau
Paul Lacerte
Miranda Lam
Brandt C. Louie
John McLernon, Vice-Chair
Lisa Pankratz
Barry Rivelis
MalikTalib
VisionHealthy, vibrant and livable
communities across British Columbia.
Executive
Faye Wightman
President & CEO
Diane Fulton
Vice President & Chief Investment Officer
William J. Hallett
Vice President, Finance & Operations
Craig Hikida
Vice President, Development & Donor Services
Martin Livingston
Vice President, Marketing & Communications

IR e s u l t s o f Y o u r G e n e r o s i t y 2 0 1 2 |
Your generosity
is the beginning
The document you hold in your hands is like the proverbial tip of
the iceberg.These 50 pages are, as the title says, the results of your
generosity.
They are also the result of countless hours of hard work, meetings, and
research by dedicated volunteers and staff.The projects highlighted
within these pages are ideas to improve our community.They involve
hundreds of people and millions of dollars.They are intended to make
our communities healthier, stronger and more livable.
If you are anything like me, you will read the following page (2012
By the Numbers) with a sense of wonder. Last year, more than 4,000
grants were made possible through your generosity, totaling more than
$46 million.
It’s amazing when you think about it... With this money and these
projects, connections are made, lives are changed, people are fed or
housed, opportunities are taken, families are strengthened, young
people are educated, music is written, art is created, and fragile
environments are protected. All this lies below the surface of the
numbers quoted on that page.
Looking back over the 70-year history of Vancouver Foundation, I
often wonder if our founders could have foreseen the monumental
impact their efforts have made in helping communities become more
connected and engaged or the inroads we’ve made to stem the tide of
youth homelessness.
It’s through the generosity of our donors past and present, whose
foresight in leaving a gift through their estate, setting up a fund or
supporting a specific project, that has enabled us to support these
projects — projects that will contribute to the betterment of our society
for years to come.
That’s one of the reasons we publish this document — to remind you,
and to remind ourselves, of the important work we do together and the
difference we make.
As President & CEO of Vancouver Foundation, I am pleased to provide
you with this edition of The Results ofYour Generosity for 2012. Thank
you for your support and encouragement.
Faye Wightman
President & CEO
“Last year, more
than 4,000 grants
were made
possible through
your generosity,
totalling more
than $46 million.
” April 2013

II | V a n c o u v e r F o u n d a t i o n
2012 By the Numbers
In 2012, Vancouver Foundation helped donors
establish 71 new funds (compared with 62
the year before). We now manage almost
1,500funds with assets totaling more than
In 2012, Vancouver Foundation
and our donors made more than
4,000grants, totaling more than
to registered charities
across Canada
These comprise:
800Agency and Designated Funds*
475Donor Advised Funds*
200Community Impact and
Field of Interest Funds*
These comprise:
2,100
Grants directed by donors
375Grants decided by Advisory
Committees
1,525Distributions to charities
Since 1943, Vancouver Foundation has received almost
$
918million in donations,
and given out more than
$
917million in grants and distributions (while currently
maintaining
$
814million in assets — that’s the power of endowment at work).
* Unaudited numbers.
For a full description of our funds, see the Table of Contents for the Fund Type sections.
million
$
814
$
46
million

1R e s u l t s o f Y o u r G e n e r o s i t y 2 0 1 2 |
Contents
Year in Review 2
Vancouver Foundation Priorities 5
Youth Homelessness Initiative 5
Connections and Engagement 7
Our Granting Programs 11
Book of Opportunities Donors 11
Community Impact Funds 11
Field of Interest Funds 12
Field of Interest Granting Highlights 14
Animal Welfare 14
Arts and Culture 16
Children,Youth and Families 18
Education 20
Environment 22
Health and Medical Education/Research 24
Health and Social Development 26
Youth Philanthropy Council 28
Disability Supports for Employment 30
Donor Advised Funds 32
Designated Funds 37
Agency Endowment Funds 39
Legacy Giving 46

2 | V a n c o u v e r F o u n d a t i o n
If 2011 was “a year of discovery” for Vancouver Foundation, then 2012 was the year we put our
knowledge into action. It was a year of making connections and partnerships; a year of initiating
change; when we applied learnings from projects of the previous 12 months, and in the process,
changed the direction of our organization.
Setting Foundation Priorities
Youth Homelessness Initiative
Youth homelessness continued to be a priority for the Foundation, with particular attention to where
we could make the most impact. OurYouth Homelessness Initiative focuses on those youth most
vulnerable to homelessness. In the Vancouver Foundation Priorities section of this book, (see pages
5-6), you will find an overview of the Initiative and a summary of the work we did in this area in
2012.
Connections and Engagement
Our priority-setting initiative, which began with community consultations in 2011, continued to
drive our activities in 2012 with the release of our report, Connections and Engagement: A Survey
of metro Vancouver.The release of the survey results and discussion of potential solutions created
a storm of media and public interest. It was as if we had tapped into a collective community nerve
bringing the issue of isolation and disconnection in Vancouver out of the shadows and into the light.
Many BC residents recognized the importance of strengthening neighbourhood and cross-cultural
connections as a way of dealing with personal isolation. We saw our existing Neighbourhood Small
Grants program as an ideal vehicle to address these issues and have begun looking at opportunities
to expand the program throughout metro Vancouver over the next five years.
We report our 2012 Connections and Engagement work in more detail in the Priorities section (see
pages 7-10), including an overview of public engagement and granting activities in this area.
In addition to our priority work, here are a few project highlights and milestones Vancouver
Foundation achieved during 2012:
Year in Review
Vancouver Foundation among first charities
in Canada to be accredited
It’s estimated there are more than 161,000 registered charities and non-profit
organizations in Canada, with more than 20,000 in BC alone. In 2012, Vancouver
Foundation was one of the first charities in Canada to be accredited under new
national standards for non-profit organizations.The Foundation was awarded the
distinction by Imagine Canada, the national organizing body for Canadian charities,
under its new Standards Program.
The voluntary program offers accreditation, via a third-party peer review process,
to charities and non-profits that can demonstrate excellence in five key areas:
board governance; financial accountability and transparency; ethical fundraising;
staff management; and volunteer involvement.

Greenest City Fund
Environmental awareness was another important
theme for the Foundation in 2012.
We signed an agreement with the City of Vancouver
to establish the Greenest City Fund.The goal of this
four-year, $2 million fund is to help make Vancouver the
greenest city in the world by 2020.
In the first year of the program, 150 community-led
green projects were supported for a total of $538,000.
Those projects included: helping families connect
to nature near their home; making small Vancouver
businesses more energy efficient; holding bike skills
courses for low-income individuals; and creating
a sustainable, community-supported fishery for
Vancouver.
The news release and a complete list of projects are
available in the news section of our website at:
www.vancouverfoundation.ca/whatsnew
Youth Engagement
A group of 25 youth from across metro Vancouver,
including several members of ourYouth Philanthropy
Council, planned and hosted a summit for immigrant
and refugee youth in Vancouver in October 2011. Out
of that summit came the Fresh Voices from Long
JourneysYouth AdvisoryTeam – a group of immigrant
and refugee youth who hosted an inspiring series
of presentations and dialogues in 2012. During the
dialogues, they discussed how youth can influence
(or have a stronger voice) on policy issues that impact
immigrant and refugee youth in the school system,
immigration and the family settlement process.
TheYouth AdvisoryTeam, together with Vancouver
Foundation, the BC Representative of Children and
Youth, and local community agencies, hosted dialogues
in Nanaimo, Prince George, Victoria and Langley.
Resilient Capital
Vancity and Vancouver Foundation partnered in 2011
to create Resilient Capital, an investment program
that connects financial capital with growing social
enterprises.The program helps organizations that add
to the social, economic, and environmental well-being
of their communities to grow by giving them access
to financial capital that is not commonly provided by
other financial institutions.
Transactions funded last year totaled more than
$3 million to support nine organizations, and the
program continues to recruit prospective depositors.
Community Causes
Community Causes are a series of information sessions
organized by the Foundation to heighten awareness
about various issues of concern in the community.
Typically, a small group of concerned citizens are
invited to a presentation on a particular field of interest.
Through a site-tour and discussion, participants
learn what Vancouver Foundation is doing to make a
difference in that area, and how they can help.
In 2012, a successful event featured discussions of
Connections and Engagement and the Neighbourhood
Small Grants program in December at South Vancouver
Neighbourhood House.To find out more about
Community Causes, contact Kristin Helgason at
604-629-5186.
2012 Matching Program
Vancouver Foundation’s Matching Gift program gives
donors the chance to do even more good.Through the
generosity of anonymous donors, we are able to offer a
special incentive to support specific programs.
We will match, dollar-for-dollar, gifts of $1,000 or more
to a program — even two for one in some cases — thus
multiplying the impact of the gift.
In 2012, Vancouver Foundation had a very successful
Matching Gift program, in which 38 funds across our
Fields of Interest received matching grants worth
almost $365,000.This additional money allows us to
increase grants and, in some cases, approve grants that
might otherwise be turned down due to lack of funds.
Giving Well celebrates women in philanthropy
Giving Well is Vancouver Foundation’s first giving circle.
It brings together women philanthropists to learn about
current community needs and to collectively support
women’s issues.
In 2012, 23 women participated in Giving Well,
and granted $24,000 to five charitable projects:
Strengthening Aboriginal Women; Surrey Mobile
Assault ResponseTeam; Fab Girls Group at Little
Mountain Neighbourhood House; Girls Move
Mountains in Revelstoke; and Pathways Out of Poverty
at the Association of BC Neighbourhood Houses.
For more details see our website at:
www.vancouverfoundation.ca/givingwell

Established in 2006 by Vancouver Foundation, the Giving in Action
Society (GIA) is a registered charitable organization that helps families
who care for a family member with a disability. In 2012 GIA assisted
more than 140 families by providing $4.2 million toward the purchase of
75 wheelchair-accessible vehicles and 70 home renovations.
www.givinginaction.ca
Endowment 150 offers eligible people with disabilities a one-time gift
of $150 to help their Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) grow.
To date, the Endowment 150 program has distributed almost $460,000
in grants to over 3,300 BC residents who have opened a Registered
Disability Savings Plan, including 682 contributions of $150 in 2012.
www.endowment150.ca
The Immigrant Employment Council of British Columbia (IEC-BC)
stimulates the integration of skilled immigrant talent into the province’s
workforce by fostering solutions, building connections and being a
champion to help employers attract and retain skilled immigrant talent.
Key activities in 2012 included launching an immigrant workforce
development initiative in northern BC, partnering with BC Human
Resources Management Association to develop an online tool to assist
employers in assessing international credentials, experience and English
language proficiency, and engaging more mentoring employers.
www.iecbc.ca
The Non-Profit Labour Market Partnership (LMP) Program focuses on
working for all non-profit organizations across BC to address key human
resource issues within the sector. The recent launch of LMP’sTHRIVE
Project marks the initial step in being the go-to source for resources and
services for human resource management, and creating a network of
support for today and tomorrow’s workforce.
www.thriveproject.ca
The Government/Non-Profit Initiative (GNPI) Leadership Council is
currently taking a brief hiatus while the Council Office, in partnership
with stakeholders, develops and implements some key projects, and
considers the future strategic role of GNPI.The Council’s Working Group
successfully drafted two documents on a Full-Cost Financial Model and
outcomes-based reporting requirements, and piloted a mentorship
program for leaders in government and the non-profit sector.
www.nonprofitinitiative.gov.bc.ca
Partnerships in the Community
Vancouver Foundation has created numerous programs that address issues and engage citizens.The following
organizations operate as affiliates under the umbrella of Vancouver Foundation.
A Vancouver Foundation Program
Non-Profit Labour Market
Partnership Program
Overall, 2012 was a watershed year for Vancouver Foundation. The programs we sponsored,
partnerships we made and lives we changed all helped make British Columbia a better place to
work, live and grow.
None of this would have been possible without the trust our committed donors place in this unique
organization, allowing us to continue the good work Vancouver Foundation started 70 years ago.

Youth Homelessness Initiative
When people feel connected and engaged in their community it creates shared values and a vision for the
future. Building bridges and bonds of trust between the many disparate groups in metro Vancouver helps
bring people together to address larger societal issues. And one overriding issue people are concerned about,
according to our research, is youth homelessness.
Building upon our four-year track record of addressing homelessness issues, Vancouver Foundation renewed
its commitment to breaking the cycle of youth homelessness in metro Vancouver in 2012 through ourYouth
Homelessness Initiative.
Recognizing that more than 40% of homeless youth have been in government care (i.e. foster care, juvenile
detention, etc.), our focus is to help young people find housing and resources that offer safe, healthy
pathways to adulthood. We believe strengthening systems and community services that ensure youth are
connected, valued and safely housed before and after they transition out of government care will reduce
youth homelessness in metro Vancouver. Our four linked strategies to address youth homelessness include:
Priorities
1. Youth engagement
Youth who have been in government care will be key partners in the
Youth Homelessness Initiative, along with trusted adult allies and
organizations. We are creating aYouth Advisory Circle made up of youth
currently and formerly in government care and frontline youth workers
to guide the program.
2. Community impact grants
Vancouver Foundation will continue to provide grants to support
community services and practices designed to ensure at-risk young
people find safe supported housing. These vital projects will offer
potential for scale through larger public or private investments.
3. Public policy research and learning
There is currently little to no support available to help youth transition
successfully out of care. Vancouver Foundation will work with youth,
community and government stakeholders to strengthen provincial,
regional and local public policy needed to protect and support at-risk
youth.
4. Communications and public engagement
Ensuring youth are connected, valued and safely housed benefits
not only the youth in question, but also society as a whole. However,
public awareness of and the appetite for systemic solutions to youth
homelessness remains relatively low.
Vancouver Foundation will initiate and support targeted communications and engagement strategies designed
to increase public support for youth successfully transitioning out of care and work to increase public will to
invest in solutions.

Vancouver Foundation Priorities
Youth Homelessness Initiative Grants in 2012
Funding programs that provide housing, support and skills development for at-risk youth was a major focus
of Vancouver Foundation’sYouth Homelessness Initiative in 2012. Some of the initiatives we supported
include:
BroadwayYouth Resource Centre (BYRC) – Annex
Vancouver Foundation provided a two-year grant of $106,640 to BYRC
for the supported housing program at the ANNEX. The ANNEX is a
valuable resource for kids needing transition time on their path to long-
term housing security. Funds will enable the organization to sustain this
well-regarded resource over the next two years, at least until new youth
units are constructed as part of the new BYRC hub.
Watari –Transitioning to Independence Project II (TTIP-II)
Vancouver Foundation provided a two-year grant of $70,000 to support
the extension of the TTIP-II program, initially funded by Vancouver
Foundation to provide housing support for pregnant and parenting
homeless youth. An independent evaluation by the McCreary Centre
Society concluded "that theTTIP-II program provided young people with
the support and services they needed to find and maintain housing.
Participants demonstrated greater housing stability over the course of
their participation in the program, as well as improved life-skills and
psychosocial functioning. One year after intake into the program, all
youth reported improved confidence in parenting, and most reported
improvements in their parenting skills, due to their involvement inTTIP."
Funding will help leverage additional support forTTIP-II over the next
two years.
RainCity Housing – LGTB2S+ Housing forYouth
Vancouver Foundation awarded a grant of $250,000 over two years
to RainCity Housing and Support Society to support a two-year pilot
project to provide housing and build employment, education and peer
networking support to lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual, questioning
and two-spirit (LGTB2S+) youth between the ages of 18 and 25.The
program was created to help support LGTB2S+ youth who experience
discrimination or harassment from housing service providers, or
rejection from their families and gender-segregated shelters.

Connections and Engagement
In response to our community consultation in 2011, Vancouver Foundation focused on building a connected
and engaged community in 2012.To do this, we needed a starting point.
Connections and Engagement: A Survey of metro Vancouver
In the summer, we conducted a metro Vancouver-wide survey to measure residents’ connections and
engagement.The survey of 3,841 people, conducted by Sentis Market Research, measured residents’
connections and engagement on three levels: personal connections, neighbourhood connections and
connections to the community-at-large. It also measured actions and attitudes, as well as the barriers that
prevent people from becoming engaged in the life of their neighbourhood and community.The findings
quantified what the community consultations indicated:
- SFU Public Square attendee
I loved the discussion and the sense of how to form
a community that emerged... After last night, I have a
reinvigorated sense of my own luck at living in such a tight-
knit community and having such close relationships with my
neighbours, many of whom have become friends.
“ ”
• Metro Vancouver can be a hard place to make friends. One in four
respondents reported feeling alone more often than they would
like to be.
• Neighbourhood relationships are cordial but weak. Many
respondents know at least a few of their neighbours’ first names
but connections typically stop there.
• Many people are retreating from community life.
• There are limits to how people see diversity as an opportunity to
forge meaningful connections.
• Certain groups of people are struggling more than others to feel
connected and engaged.
A report on the findings was released on June 18, 2012.This was followed by mini-reports on key findings,
which were released throughout the summer.The full report and mini-reports are available on the Vancouver
Foundation website at: www.vancouverfoundation.ca/connect-engage

Public Engagement
The survey results generated hundreds of comments, emails and calls, particularly in response to a week-long
Vancouver Sun series that delved into the key findings.This coincided with a sold-out PechaKucha event atThe
Vogue theatre on the theme of community connections.
In the Fall, Vancouver Foundation partnered with Simon Fraser University (SFU) to launch their inaugural
Public Square, a community summit called AloneTogether: Connecting in the Urban Environment. SFU
selected the issue our public consultations uncovered – urban isolation and disconnection – as the theme of
the week-long summit, which was designed to raise public awareness, spark dialogue and generate solutions.
The Public Square event was our most extensive public engagement exercise on our connections and
engagement initiative. One of its most significant outcomes was the City of Vancouver’s creation of an
Engaged City Mayor’sTask Force.TheTask Force will identify ways to increase neighbourhood engagement
and improve the ways in which the City interacts and connects with its residents.
Grant opportunities
SFU Public Square Library Challenge
As part of the SFU summit, we provided two grants of $10,000 for
the Big Ideas for Libraries in Communities challenge.The competition
was designed to challenge people’s notion of what a library is, and
to inspire creative approaches from community members towards
helping libraries expand their role in building community and
increasing their civic engagement. North Vancouver District Public
Library’s “Community Pod” project and Surrey Library's The Little Free
LibraryThat Could were chosen because they most closely represented
projects that could strengthen bonds between people in their
neighbourhoods, build bridges between people across boundaries of
diversity, and encourage active participation in neighbourhood and
community activities.
BC Ideas
Vancouver Foundation was one of several partners with BC Ideas,
which ran a province-wide online competition for $270,000 in grants. In
total, BC Ideas attracted 446 entries from 82 communities;
33 entries were selected for their promising solutions to the social
challenges facing the province, including homelessness, literacy,
skills development, health, and community inclusion for people with
disabilities. Gen Why Media won a special $5,000 grant inspired by
the findings of the Connections and Engagement Survey.The grant will
help support the organization’s BringYour Boomers series of dialogues
that will convene high-profile speakers of different generations to
explore critical issues and create new insights and understandings.

Neighbourhood Small Grants
Our Connections and Engagement Survey revealed that we are so close together in metro Vancouver and
yet so far apart. In our community consultations, people talked about their growing sense of isolation,
disconnection and civic malaise and indifference; the feeling that more and more they live in silos, separated
by ethnicity, language, income and age.They also told us that the best investment Vancouver Foundation
could make would be to help build bridges between our various communities – between neighbours and
neighbourhoods, and between residents of different backgrounds.
Connecting and Engaging in the Community
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612
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Neighbourhood
Locations
They said we cannot even begin to tackle the big issues like poverty
and homelessness without a connected and engaged citizenry; people
with shared experiences and mutual obligations. And they said they
need this for the better of the community-at-large and for themselves as
individuals.
Research backs this up.There is less crime in neighbourhoods where
people know each other’s names. In communities where there are strong
social connections and a high level of civic engagement, children thrive,
seniors are less isolated, and people are healthier.
And so our goal for the next few years is to deepen people’s connections
and engagement in their community in ways that advance everyone’s
interests. We know we cannot do this on our own. So we continue
to consider what initiatives we can work on with our community
partners to enhance our residents’ experience of being part of a
larger community. Since 1999, we’ve been doing just that through
Neighbourhood Small Grants (NSG).
Our NSG program helps build community and strengthen connections
right where people live – in their own neighbourhoods. With grants of up
to $1,000, the program supports residents who have small but powerful
ideas to bring people together and make their neighbourhoods safe,
vibrant and healthy.
This year, as part of our goal to deepen people’s connections and
engagement in their community, we expanded the NSG program
through six Vancouver partners and four cities: North Vancouver,
Burnaby, New Westminster and Surrey. New Westminster was the
newest pilot location and garnered an impressive response over two
granting cycles.The program was also rebranded this year, sporting
a new website that aims to encourage more interaction between
neighbourhoods and among residents through the sharing of stories
and events.To learn more, visit: www.vancouverfoundation.ca/nsg
New Pilot Location
(New Westminister)
Partnerships
with Community
Organizations
Community Projects
Approved
In Grants Distributed
I do agree that Vancouver is lonely if you
don’t belong somewhere and I commend the
Neighbourhood Houses and Vancouver Foundation
for realizing the importance of community.
“ ”- Neighbourhood Small Grant participant

Neighbourhood Small Grants Project Highlights
Surrey
Kimberly Wood lives in Surrey with her partner and four children. Kimberly is deaf. So is her partner, and two
of her children. When Kimberly found that her children were having difficulty communicating with other kids
in the neighbourhood, she decided to do something about it. With an NSG grant of $1,000, she ran a week-
long workshop on deaf culture called Hands-On Fun Week.Thirty kids attended and learned what it’s like to be
deaf (with a little help from earplugs), how to sign simple phrases, how deaf people listen to music, and much
more. Almost 100 people attended a neighbourhood barbecue at the end of the week.The workshop was so
popular Kimberly is thinking of running it again.
New Westminster
Residents of New Westminster got a chance to learn about the traditional Indonesian art of batik-making,
which is the application of rich colours and unique patterns on textiles. Liza Wajong led the project and
hosted two full-house workshops in 2012. Not only was it a way to share her heritage but it also brought the
community together to learn, express their creativity and have fun.
The batik-making process is very collaborative and got people working together. Participants spent the
session exploring Indonesian culture by using traditional tools and authentic natural dyes to trace patterns
and dye the fabric.The participants loved the experience so much, Liza is looking to expand the batik-making
workshops to be able to welcome more residents in the next year.
Vancouver: South Vancouver – Collingwood
In the summer of 2010, South Hill Vancouver community resident and artist, Shary Bartlett, was inspired
to develop a project in her community that could bring her neighbourhood together. She decided to work
with her community to co-create a depiction of the view of the North Shore mountains in a woven tapestry.
“Seventy five per cent of my neighbourhood uses English as a second language,” she explains. “Weaving
arts are familiar to every culture, making it an ideal tool to create intercultural communication and fusion.
Conversation and new friendship can’t help but emerge across a loom!” Her Neighbourhood Small Grants
helped pay for materials and supplies, and two and half years later, resulted in the completion of the South
Hill Sunset tapestry – a beautiful art piece woven by many hands from South Hill, and the legacy of a
community now strengthened by the experience.
To read more about these and other Neighbourhood Small Grants projects, visit the “Success Stories” section
on our NSG website: www.vancouverfoundation.ca/NSG
Downtown East Side (DTES) Small Arts Grants
Our DTES Small Arts Grants program is a partnership with the Carnegie Community Centre that gives DTES
artists the opportunity to advance their careers by expanding their portfolios and showcasing their work. We
received 115 submissions this year, 71 of which were funded for a total of $65,000 in grants.
We will continue to use the results of the Connections and Engagement Survey to focus on
how we can help build bridges between our various communities – between neighbours and
neighbourhoods; between residents of different ages, cultures and backgrounds; between
marginalized people and the larger community – with the goal of helping residents of metro
Vancouver connect and engage for the greater good.

Our Granting
Programs
Fields of Interest
Our connections and engagement initiative was born from a desire to
focus Vancouver Foundation’s work on where it could have greater impact
in the community. While we set out to measure how residents were
experiencing life in metro Vancouver through our 2012 Connections and
Engagement Survey, of greater importance was an understanding of how
we can strengthen our community.
With these results in hand, we began to look at our granting areas—our
Fields of Interest—and consider how we could support initiatives that
help people have a greater sense of connection to and engagement in
their community, and to facilitate projects that create bridges and enable
disparate people, organizations, neighbourhoods and entire communities
to work together in ways that advance everyone’s interests.
In this section, we give you a summary of the 2012 granting activity in
each of our Fields of Interest.This year, we re-introduced two granting
cycles—Spring and Fall—and distributed over 300 grants totalling more
than $9 million. We received hundreds of proposals for many worthwhile
projects. Unfortunately, we cannot fund them all. Overwhelming demand
limits our funding to less than 25 per cent of requests.
Over 150 volunteer experts from the community — scientists, academics,
youth, researchers and front-line staff — volunteer their time to help
us make informed decisions.They share with us their expertise and
intimate knowledge of the issues, the needs of the community, and the
organizations active in their fields.Thanks to them, our donors can be
assured that Vancouver Foundation is supporting the most worthwhile
and effective projects in communities throughout the province.
The grants in the following pages have been made possible through the
generosity of Vancouver Foundation fundholders and donors – many
present-day, and many of whom have long since passed, but who had the
foresight to establish an endowment that could address priority needs.
Also, during each grant cycle, we provide our active fundholders and
donors an opportunity to preview the project proposals we receive from
the community.Through our Book of Opportunities, many donors have
chosen to support projects using their Vancouver Foundation fund or by
making an additional donation.
On behalf of the community, and all those whose lives have been
improved by the myriad of projects, we thank the generous donors who
made this possible.

Book of Opportunities Donors
Through the following funds, Vancouver Foundation was able to support a greater number of projects in the
Book of Opportunities. These fundholders relied on our volunteer advisors to evaluate their chosen projects.
Without the help of these funds, many great projects would not have been possible.
Across Generations, Across Nations Fund
Alan John Ferguson Fund
Blue Moon Fund
Cody’s Fund
Crescendo Fund
Denise Mara Foundation
Eileen & Michael Keenan Fund
Elsie and Audrey Jang Fund
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Endow-
ment Fund
Floyd and Gloria Murphy Charitable Fund
G & G Fund
Hansen Family Foundation
Harmelina Fund
Harry and Henrietta Kostman Family Fund
Hollyhock Endowment Fund
McGill Family Fund
Paper Dolls Fund
Roberta Lando Beiser Fund
Seaview Fund
The BlenheimTrust
The Rix Family Fund
Tony & Stojna Wind Family Foundation
Tula Community Fund
Windsor Plywood Foundation
Community Impact Funds
Community Impact Funds provide the Foundation with our most valuable source of income.Through the
support of our generous donors, we are able to direct these funds to priority areas that will have the greatest
impact, both today and for generations to come.
Alma VanDusen Fund
Sarah Agnes Berryman Memorial Fund
Lance and Nonie Bissett Fund
Harry and Elva Borgerson Fund
Jean Hamilton Brakenridge Memorial Fund
Brink Family Fund
British Columbia Unclaimed Property
Society
Burrard Lions 60th Anniversary Community
Services Fund
Dr. William Keith Burwell Fund
Laura E. Cameron Memorial Fund
Joan and Clodagh Insull Fund
The Community Fund
Janet Cramsie Memorial Fund
James and Gladys Cunningham Fund
The Ralph and Norma Cunningham Memo-
rial Fund
Dashwood-Jones Fund
Frederick James Dawson Fund
Gordon James Dickie Memorial Fund
Alice Muriel Barbara Duff Estate Fund
Fellowship Lodge No. 137, A.F. & A.M. En-
dowment Fund
Susan and Barrie Forbes Community Foun-
dation
Frinton Fund
John D. Gibson Family Fund
Harry and Pearl Gillespie Fund
Helene Edna Gradley Fund
The Andrew Brown Graham Fund
Phillip and Jean Green Fund
George E and Loucil Marie Griffin Memorial
Fund
Marion & Samuel Hartin Fund
William J. Hallett Fund (Start-up Fund)
WinifredTownley Hill Memorial Fund
J. Norman Hyland Fund
The Irish Canadian Fund
W.E. Jardine Memorial Fund
Alexander and Julia Kurlak Fund (Start-up
Fund)
Lang Family Fund
Kelvin D.M. Large and Frances M. Large
Memorial Fund
Isabel Macmillan Latta Fund
John William Leek Family Fund
Arthur and Lenore Law Memorial Fund
Grace Lim Legacy Foundation
Alice G. MacKay Memorial Fund
Norman and Julie Mackie Memorial Fund
Frances Mastrandrea Fund
The Catherine Jane McClelland Memorial
Fund
The McCorkell Fund
Helen Eileen McCurrach and Helen Isobel
McCurrach Memorial Fund
The William McMahan Fund
Evelyn R. McMann Estate Fund
Walter John Misener Memorial Fund
Katherine Moffatt Memorial Fund
George W. Norgan Fund
OpeongoTrust
Frederick Hyden Pearson and Isobel Mary
PearsonTrust Fund
Otto and Anna Peterson Memorial Fund
Catherine Pryde and Peter Pryde Endow-
ment Fund
Leslie and Mildred Quartermaine Fund
Bernice Mary Margaret Ramsay Fund
Cresswell Bonny and Louisa Jane Rickard
Fund
Catherine Rickey - Ross Ramsey Fund
The Robson Family Fund
The Bernard and Ria Rowe Foundation
Scotties’ Fund
Shaughnessy Hospital Auxiliary (1946-1983)
Trust Fund
Hazel May Southard Memorial Fund
The Charles E. and Laura E.Thompson
Fund
Elsie & AlbertTook Memorial Fund
Widmer Van Halm Fund
Vancouver Foundation Employees’ Com-
munity Fund
Mildred W. Walker Memorial Fund
Roxie Joan Wallace Fund
Monica Joan Wheatley Memorial Fund
The Lester M. White Fund
Widmer/ Weedy Fund
Bruce Witherspoon Memorial Fund

The Acorn Fund
The Margaret Winifred Charlotte Almond
Memorial Fund
The American Woman’s Club of Vancouver
Dorothy Anderson Family Foundation
Animal Welfare Endowment Fund
Anniversary Fund for Animal Welfare
Assante Vancouver Centre Fund
The B.C. Heritage Fund
Thelma Barkley Fund
BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society
Endowment Fund
Tracy Betel Fund
Birdie’s Fund
Fred Boyd Brown Fund
Robert L. Boyes Fund
Pearley and Norine Brissenden Fund
Joanne Victoria Brown Memorial Fund
The Henry A. Bulwer Fund
Bumblebee Fund
Butterfly Foundation
The Robert and Irene Carpenter Children’s
Fund
Alexander Carruthers Fund
The Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Carson Fund
Barnet and Janet Carswell Fund
TheThomas George Edward Cartier Fund
Douglas Cherrington Legacy Fund
Robert B. and Margaret G. Cherry Fund
The Children’s Fund
Ronald Laird Cliff Fund
The Mark and Phae Collins Fund
Jane Helen Mary Corcoran Memorial Fund
Ollie Coyes Memorial Fund
The Edna and Elliott Crookshanks Family
Fund
Muriel Annie Cunliffe Memorial Fund
Esther Dang/WingYou Wong Charitable
Trust
Dang-Vo Foundation
F. Danielson Foundation
Dos Gatas Fund
Drent Family Fund
The Elizabeth Droemer Fund
Early Childhood Development Legacy Fund
Early Childhood Development Legacy Pro-
gram: FAS Education and Prevention Fund
Field of Interest Funds
These funds were established by donors to support a specific issue area - referred to as a Field of Interest.
Donors select the field, but rely on the expertise of our volunteer advisors to distribute the income on their
behalf, ensuring urgent and emerging needs are supported in the community.
Early Childhood Legacy Fund: Carol Legge
FASD Endowment
Victor S. Elne Memorial Fund
The Norman and June English Medical
Research Fund
The Gordon Fahrni Family Fund
The Edith Annie Faunt Endowment Fund
Kathleen Helen Ferries Memorial Fund
Beverly Field Fund
The Robert & Florence Filberg Fund
Margaret J. Ford Fund
Monty and Kathleen FosterTrust
TheThomas and Eunice Fraser and Allen
Fraser Pike Memorial Fund
The Florence L. Fyfe-Smith Fund
Dr. George R. Gayman Memorial Fund
Ida Goodreau Fund
Phyllis Griffin Memorial Fund
Linda & Paul Gronert Community Fund
Fred J. and Adelaide M. Grover Fund
The Margaret Haney Fund
T. Garth Harvey Fund
Lewis Crowhurst Henry Fund
The Jan Howarth Fund
Fiona Hudgins Memorial Fund - extending
a hand to homeless youth
The Helen M. HumphreyTrust
James and Helen Hunter Fund
The Ingledow Bursary Fund
William and Marion JohnsonTrust
The Jun Family Fund
Henry and Annie Kaulback Memorial Fund
The Alice M. and Donald J. Kerr Medical
Research Fund
The King’s Daughters and Sons Vancouver
Fund
Robert and Anna Koerner Foundation Fund
TheToni Korsan Fund
The Norman Russell Lang Memorial Fund
The Earle M. and Minnie C. Lawson Fund
Kenneth Angus MacRae Memorial Fund
Doreen Martin Margetts Fund for Animal
Care
Helen and Oscar Marrion Fund for Medical
Research
McEachern Keen Fund (Start-Up Fund)
McFarlane-Karp Fund
Edward B. and Ruby R. McIntyre Fund
Marketa Michal Fund
Marion Mitchell Memorial Fund
Jean & David Molson Fund
The Doris M. Murray Endowment Fund
Neale Fund
The New BastionTheatre Company Endow-
ment Fund
Manh Hung &ThiTham Nguyen Commu-
nity Fund
Andrew Nord Environment Fund
The Northward Bound Endowment Fund
May Maynard Ough Endowment Fund
Milton Owen MemorialYouth Fund
Beatrice Donalda Pilon Memorial Fund
The George and Rae Poole Family Memo-
rial Fund
W.J. Sager Fund
Rosamond Helen Sarles Fund
Alfred Schuller Fund
The Seniors Benevolent Fund
Alex Sereth Fund
Karen Shklanka Fund (Start-up Fund)
The Sick Children’s Research Foundation
Fund
Silver Maple Fund
The Howard A. Simons Fund for Medical
Research
The John Bryden Stevenson Fund
Vancouver Humanitarian Fund (Start-up
Fund)
The VanDusen Foundation
Donald and Virginia Waldock Relief of Dis-
tressed Animals Fund
Evelyn Webster Fund
The Welfare Fund for Children andYouth
Faye Wightman Fund
The Alan and Agnes Williamson Fund
Women’s Fund
Dr. Lawrence and Mrs. Sally Wong Com-
munity Fund
James W. Wright Fund
The John Wright DouglasTrust
The Roy and Bertha Wrigley Fund
The Olive WyattTrust Fund for Abused
Children
F i e l d s o f I n t e r e s t F u n d s

Field of Interest
Animal WelfareAnimals play a valuable role in our society. How we treat and care for them reflects our
community values. Vancouver Foundation is committed to supporting strategies that
protect and enhance the welfare of all animals, wild, domestic and farm, through research,
outreach, education and direct care. British Columbia is home to a wide range of charitable
organizations with a mission to improve the welfare of animals.
In 2012, Vancouver Foundation issued a request for proposals for small capacity-building
grants for animal welfare organizations. Many of these organizations struggle to find funding
for resources to engage in organizational planning and implementation for enhanced
performance and efficiency.
Of the 26 applications received in 2012, 13 projects were funded with grants totaling $94,051
directed to a variety of capacity-building projects for animal welfare organizations such as
volunteer training, creation of marketing and fundraising collateral, website development
and initiatives to increase public support.
26Applications
received:
Dollars requested:
Total projects
funded:
Total dollars granted:
$
210,836
13
$
94,051

Expert Panel
Paul Lacerte, Chair
Victoria
Kira Baker
Vancouver
David Fraser
Vancouver
Ray Kellosalmi
Enderby
Leanne McConnachie
Vancouver
Craig Naherniak
Vancouver
Marguerite Vogel
Duncan
Kristine Webber
Vancouver
Project: Pet First Aid Course
Grant Received: $3,480
Location: Kootenay
A 10-hour pet first aid instruction course will be provided for approximately 25 volunteers.
The course teaches skills for dealing with cat and dog emergencies including: bleeding, broken
bones; choking and CPR. This will enable volunteers to provide more complete and effective care
for animals, as well as being able to respond and react appropriately if and when a pet becomes
ill or injured.
Organization:
Creston Pet Adoption and Welfare Society (PAWS) is dedicated to rescuing and sheltering stray,
abused, abandoned, and unwanted pets in the Creston Valley area. PAWS provides veterinary
care, spay/neuter, rehabilitation, socialization, (re)training, care and compassion to pets until
loving homes can be found. PAWS also provides foster homes for animals needing special care
or those that do not do well in a shelter environment.
Animal Welfare
Project Highlights
Project: A Way Forward – Building Organizational
Capacity
Location: Comox Valley
This grant was used to help expand the capacity of the Mountainaire
Avian Rescue Society through the development of a strategic plan, social
media and marketing, and improvements to the database management
system.
Organization:
Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society rescues and rehabilitates injured or
orphaned indigenous wildlife and releases healthy animals back into the
wild. The Society also holds community events and offers educational
programs to schools, clubs and other groups.

Field of Interest
Arts & CultureArts and Culture grants support and encourage the growth and sustained presence of excellence in
arts and cultural activities among diverse cultural communities throughout British Columbia.
The funded projects in 2012 offer a cross-section of disciplines, including visual arts, museum
projects, music, theatre, dance, literature and film. Also included are multimedia projects and
projects that span different cultures.
Demand for funding in this field was highest in the Spring cycle with 146 submissions received
(compared to 86 in the fall) — over half of the overall total of 232 for the year. In all, 66 submissions
were approved, representing projects from mainly metro Vancouver, but also from Vancouver Island,
the Interior, the Fraser region, and Northern BC.
The Advisory Committee developed the following criteria in determining the
successful submissions:
• Artistic Intention: Artistic practice that demonstrates depth, potential impact,
and/or the courage to explore an individual’s or a group’s artistic vision.
• Creativity and Growth: Innovation and exploring new possibilities, with a
willingness to take risks and embrace new ideas.
• Diversity of Conception and Participation: Including inter-disciplinary
collaboration and inclusivity of different cultures, peoples, experiences,
practices, and world views.
• Community Engagement and Social Connection: Fostering belonging and
forming bonds between and within communities, cultivating audiences and
social connections.
• Organizational Capacity: Ability to carry out the project as planned.
$
1,063,125
Submissions
received:
Dollars requested:
Total projects
funded:
$
4,677,252
66
232

Advisory Committee
Chief Justice Robert Bauman, Chair
Vancouver
Jann LM Bailey
Kamloops
Tim Carlson
Vancouver
Sal Ferreras
Vancouver
Rob Gloor
Vancouver
Mitchell Krieger
Victoria
Nathalie MacFarlane
Skidegate
Lucille Pacey
Vancouver
Alvin ErasgaTolentino
Vancouver
Hal Wake
Vancouver
Project: Extraction
Location: Vancouver
Extraction is a bilingual documentary theatre show (in Mandarin and English) that explores Canada/
China relations, tar sands development, and China’s rise as an economic power through the
biographies of four people whose lives have been transformed by these realities.The play aims to
add a human dimension to the public conversation about topical, controversial subjects affecting us
all—adding new perspectives to illustrate unique experiences.
Organization:
Theatre Conspiracy is a non-profit theatre company that taps the crosscurrents of international
culture, society and politics to create, interpret and translate theatre works that speak beyond
borders.
Arts & Culture
These are just two examples of Arts & Culture projects funded in 2012.
For the full list of projects funded in 2012, visit:
www.vancouverfoundation.ca/rog
Project: FICTION(S)
Location: Vancouver
FICTION(S) is a three-part series: DoYou See What I Mean? (a
2.5 hour, blindfolded tour of Vancouver’s Downtown), Human
Library (visitors check out a ‘human book’), and Sometimes
IThink, I Can SeeYou (writers muse, reflect and devise
narratives of what they observe in pubic spaces and project
their writing live for public viewing).The project furthers
the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival’s interests
in situating the performing arts within the public realm,
encouraging new and innovative engagement with local
communities and fostering groundbreaking partnerships.
Organization:
The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is one of
Vancouver’s signature events. Produced over three weeks
each January, the PuSh Festival presents groundbreaking
work in the live performing arts. PuSh expands the horizons
of Vancouver artists and audiences with work that is visionary,
genre-bending, multi-disciplined, startling and original.
Project Highlights

Field of Interest
Children, Youth
& Families
Healthy, resilient families are the building blocks of a healthy society. Whether addressing bullying,
supporting diverse immigrant families with small children, enabling youth to use media to share
their stories, we increase the well-being of children, youth and families in British Columbia to help
create a brighter future for us all. Common themes among approved projects in this field of interest
include: youth leadership, arts-based programs, family resource programs, parenting supports,
programs for children and youth with special needs, community development and expanding
advocacy capacity across the sector.
Of the 56 grants approved in 2012, almost half focused on youth leadership development.
The remaining grants were evenly distributed among children and families, with a particular focus
on projects that support young children in their early years.
One-third of the projects approved are in the metro Vancouver region, with the remaining projects
dispersed throughout Vancouver Island, the Interior and the North.
$
11,430,326Submissions
received:
Dollars requested:
Total projects
funded:
247
56
$1,834,824

Advisory Committee
Anna Fung, Chair
Vancouver
Lynell Anderson
Coquitlam
Tanya Behardien
Penticton
Steve Boyce
Vancouver
Romi Chandra Herbert
Vancouver
Wilma Clarke
Burnaby
Penny Coates
Victoria
Michelle Fortin
Vancouver
Chris Friesen
Vancouver
Jason Lee
Vancouver
Tanu Lusignan
Skidegate
Melanie Matining
Vancouver
Zora McMillan
Prince Rupert
Project: Youth Caregivers
Location: South Vancouver Island
Youth caregivers take on responsibilities beyond their years to
care for a family member in need and often feel overwhelmed.
This project will reach out to these youth and their families to
offer emotional support and links to practical help. It will also aid health care, schools and the
community to be more supportive.This will be the first established program in BC to assist youth
caregivers.
Organization:
Cowichan Family Caregivers Support Society is a grassroots community service dedicated to
supporting family caregivers.
Children, Youth & Families
These are just two examples of Children, Youth & Families projects funded in 2012.
Project Highlights
Project: Upstream Solutions for BC’s
Children and Youth
Location: Province-wide
BC’s high child poverty rate, under-investment in young children,
and weak child labour laws result in too many of BC’s children
and youth not getting the support they need to reach their
full potential.This project addresses the need to raise public
awareness of children’s health and well-being issues and mobilize
support for public policy changes and stronger investments in
children and families.
Organization:
First Call: BC Child andYouth Advocacy Coalition, in partnership
with Family Services of Greater Vancouver. First Call brings
together 90 partner organizations devoted to advancing public
policies that support the healthy development of children and
youth. Family Services aims to strengthen people, families and
communities by providing support and counselling services.

Field of Interest
EducationEducation enables people to improve their lives. When everyone has access to learning, our entire
society is more vibrant and adaptable. From engaging potential learners who would otherwise
be left behind to developing sustainability curriculum, education grants provided by Vancouver
Foundation donors enhance the quality of, and access to, education and lifelong learning
opportunities for all British Columbians.
Out of the 28 projects funded in 2012, almost one-fifth had a province-wide focus. While the majority
of projects targeted school-aged children, at least one-quarter of the projects were directed toward
young adults and mature students.This year, a trend to move education outdoors continued and
we supported projects that ranged from nature kindergarten to land-based programs for Aboriginal
students, to continuing education opportunities for urban farmers. Aboriginal education, curriculum
development, literacy/numeracy projects and environmental education were the top issues
addressed through our grants.
Through community-based education research, we support projects in
British Columbia that:
• contribute to excellence in teaching and learning; foster student citizenship
and volunteerism; and strengthen school communities through the
participation of students, parents, educators, and the community;
• improve educational access and program completion rates for all students,
particularly for those facing economic or cultural barriers or with special needs;
• encourage learners to develop healthy self-esteem including a respectful
appreciation of their own and others’ individual, ethnic and cultural identity;
• advance educational approaches and facilitate access to enhanced literacy for
all age groups;
• disseminate successful program models, and promote innovation in a
specific area of learning;
• contribute to the professional growth of educators and the advancement of
innovative approaches to learning; and
• have the capacity to transform Aboriginal education, and expand the number,
knowledge and skill of Aboriginal educators.
99Submissions
received:
Dollars requested:
Total projects
funded:
$
4,212,501
28 $1,227,980

Advisory
Committee
Yuri Fulmer, Chair (2012-1)
West Vancouver
Miranda Lam, Chair (2012-2)
Vancouver
Dr. Joanna Ashworth
Burnaby
Ted Cadwallader
Victoria
Lyn Daniels
North Vancouver
Christine Foster
Terrace
Deborah Jeffrey
West Vancouver
Marilyn Kwok
Burnaby
Nathan Lusignan
Vancouver
Jack Miller
Cache Creek
Nasra Mire
Surrey
Sandra Singh
Burnaby
Dr. John Vavrik
North Vancouver
May Wong
Vancouver
May Woo
Burnaby
Education
These are just two examples of Education projects funded in 2012.
Project Highlights
Project: Through a Different Lens
Location: Okanagan
This teacher-led project involves 45 teachers from Grades 1-12 who
are focusing on alternative methods of instruction and assessment
to help all students succeed.The focus is on innovative teaching and
assessment practices and the impact these have on our students at risk
of not completing school.
Organization:
The Board of Education of School District No. 67 (Okanagan Skaha) is
committed to its mission statement of WorkingTogether for Student
Success.
Project: Let’s Get Cooking
Location: Vancouver
In partnership with Inner CityYouth and Vancouver Community College,
the project will develop and present an educational cooking program
for street youth and youth with mental illness at risk of homelessness.
Let’s Get Cooking will develop the youths’ food preparation and
technical cooking skills and enhance their confidence and social skills.
Social workers and psychiatrists will work with the youth to encourage
their participation, support them in their recovery and in developing
acceptable work behaviors. Youth with mental illness will be supported
to succeed in the course, to seek employment, and to move from the
street or transitional housing to permanent housing.
Organization:
Coast Mental Health is a recognized leader in developing and delivering
innovative programs that positively impact the lives of people with
severe mental illness. Coast offers rehabilitative social and recreational
programs, life skills training, and wellness activities, volunteer and pre-
employment opportunities.

Field of Interest
EnvironmentEnvironment grants support the health and resilience of British Columbia’s environment in a
changing world. We support a range of projects that address environmental issues by advancing
policy, increasing public awareness and engagement, and ensuring the development of solutions
include communities impacted by environmental challenges.
In addition to these priority areas, additional grants were made for projects that supported public
engagement and education, pollution control and waste reduction. Of the 31 applications for
environmental grants received, 23 were funded with over half a million dollars granted for projects
throughout British Columbia, including eight on Vancouver Island and six in metro Vancouver.
In 2012, the Advisory Committee continued to
focus on two priority areas:
• Freshwater: Long-term sustainability, protection and
resilience of freshwater quality and flows; and,
• Habitat Protection and Conservation:
Opportunities for community-led habitat protection and
conservation solutions, whether in marine or land-based
ecosystems.
99Submissions
received:
Dollars requested:
Total projects
funded:
$
3,485,441
23
$
530,300

Advisory Committee
Paul Lacerte, Chair
Victoria
Ruben Anderson
Victoria
Karen Campbell
Vancouver
Jennifer Chan
Vancouver
Ramona Faust
Proctor
Agnes Jackson
Kamloops
Marc Lee
Vancouver
Tara Marsden
New Hazelton
Morgan McDonald
Vancouver
Devon Page
Vancouver
Brian Riddell
Vancouver
Darlene Sanderson
Victoria
Eric Pringle
Vancouver
WilliamTurner
Victoria
Environment
These are just two examples of Environment projects funded in 2012.
Project Highlights
Project: Riparian Stewardship Workshops
Location: Okanagan
The Lower Similkameen territory is in one of Canada’s top three
endangered ecosystems and contains the largest matrix of riparian
wetlands left in the South Okanagan.This project will bring
ecologists and community members together for on-site workshops
to participate in restoration activities including removing invasive
species and planting more than 6,000 indigenous plants.The goal
of the workshop is to create life-long stewards of the lands while
helping to restore rare and endangered habitat that support many at-
risk species.
Organization:
Lower Similkameen Indian Band is responsible for stewarding the
largest matrix of intact riparian habitat left in the South Okanagan.
Project: Southern Vancouver Island Derelict
Fishing Gear Removal Project
Location: South Vancouver Island
Derelict fishing gear has an unseen and devastating impact on the
marine environment.This grant will be used to develop an on-going
program to remove derelict fishing gear in southern BC waters.
Since 2002 the Northwest Straits Initiative’s Derelict Fishing Gear
Program, in Washington State, has removed over 4,000 ghost nets
and 2,500 derelict crab pots from Puget Sound. In 2011 the Province
of BC removed/disabled derelict crab pots and a seine net from
North Pender Island, with a reported 1,799 dead and alive animals
recovered.
Organization:
Cetus Research and Conservation Society facilitates the conservation of the marine environment
by promoting community stewardship, raising public awareness, conducting research, and
fostering activities that directly preserve marine habitats and biological diversity.

Field of Interest
Health and Medical
Education/Research
Vancouver Foundation’s community-based health research grants support initiatives that ensure
British Columbians are involved in advancing the health of their own communities.
Of the 14 grants approved in 2012, half the projects were undertaken in the Lower Mainland.
Thirty per cent involved research at a province-wide level, and the remaining projects took place in
northwest BC, theThompson/Shuswap area and Haida Gwaii.
Half of the projects focused on research issues that bridge cultural boundaries, and the other half
helped position communities to develop more effective health promotion activities and identify
barriers to accessing the healthcare system.
Through community-based education research, we support projects
in British Columbia that:
• are directed at improving health and minimizing health inequities;
• build capacity and communities to undertake community-based health
research and promote partnerships between community members and
researchers that facilitate reciprocal learning;
• engage communities in problem solving, decision-making, and action
through research;
• are informed by previous findings in the area of investigation; and,
• contribute to relevant and measurable change and/or inform public policy.
49Submissions
received:
Dollars requested:
Total projects
funded:
$
5,598,355
14 $
1,533,142

Advisory Committee
Dr. Vera Frinton, Chair
Vancouver
Olivier Ferlatte
Vancouver
Dr. Anne George
Prince George
Dr. Peter Graf
Vancouver
Dr. Gordon Hutchinson
108 Mile Ranch
Dr. Rosemin Kassam
Vancouver
Dr. Carey Matsuba
Vancouver
Dr. Jennifer Mullett
Qualicum Beach
Dr. Malcolm Ogborn
Prince George
Dr. Colleen Reid
Vancouver
Magdalena Swanson
Surrey
Dr. StephenTredwell
Vancouver
Marilyn Van Bibber
Qualicum Beach
Project: From Front Door to Grocery Store
Grant Received: $ 75,671
Location: Thompson/Shuswap
Rural BC is experiencing a rapidly aging population, and long-time
residents are choosing to remain in their ‘home’ communities. Most
of these communities face significant challenges in meeting the mobility needs of seniors, which are
compounded by harsh winters, poor physical infrastructure, and lack of services. The project will
engage local seniors in an assessment of shopping and service areas, community facilities, walking
routes, and transportation.The project will also involve in-depth interviews to explore considerations
such as safety, accessibility, affordability, inclusiveness, helpfulness, and respect.
Organization:
The Community Development Institute at University of Northern BC was established to assist rural
and northern BC with capacity building and community development.The Institute is known for
undertaking projects that are driven by the needs and aspirations of communities, and partnering with
them to provide information and support to help them make decisions about their own futures.
Health and Medical Education/Research
These are just two examples of Health and Medical Education / Research projects funded in 2012.
Project Highlights
Project: Bridging the Cs: Community,
Connectedness and Collaborative
Partnerships
Grant Received: $ 236,762
Location: Province-wide
This study is designed to provide new research data on ways to
overcome barriers and the role of self-determination to improve
health outcomes among clients enduring medical illness (EMI).
Individuals living with EMI have markedly elevated rates of cardio-
metabolic disturbance including obesity, diabetes, dyslipidaemia
and cardiovascular disease. Many authors point to lifestyle factors
to account for these increased rates of morbidity and mortality
identifying that people with EMI have increased rates of smoking,
excess caloric intake, poor diet and lack of exercise.
Organization:
University of Northern BC (UNBC) in partnership with the BC
Schizophrenia Society for the Northern Interior. UNBC is one of the
leading small research-intensive universities in Canada.The BC
Schizophrenia Society works with service providers to achieve a
more comprehensive and effective continuum of mental health and
addictions services.

Field of Interest
Health and Social
DevelopmentHealth and Social Development supports projects that will enhance and improve the broad
determinants of health within communities, as outlined by the Public Health Agency of Canada—in
particular, projects that help to mitigate the effects of poverty.
Through 2011 to 2014, the Health and Social Development Field is focused on two priority areas:
• Health and Wellness: projects that enhance community members’ ability to access and navigate systems
of care and support. Successful projects in this area demonstrate impact at the individual level and present
strategies for addressing common barriers.
• Belonging and Inclusion: projects that improve and/or develop community cohesion and connectedness
across diverse communities.
Out of the 36 projects funded in 2012, more than half had a Vancouver Lower Mainland focus.
The remaining projects were spread out across BC, with small concentrations of projects in the
Okanagan, Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. While the majority of projects targeted broad
community development, at least 20% of projects were focused on seniors. For 2012, we saw a
continuing trend in this field of interest towards seniors’ programs and services, and food systems
related work. Navigating systems of care and support, and building networks within communities
and agencies continue to be top issues within the Health and Social Development field.
Through community-based health and social development research, we support projects
in British Columbia that address:
• Quality of life: create innovative ways to work with people to improve quality of life and in
particular those with the potential to create systemic change.
• Health and well-being: build the capacity of community agencies, communities, and
volunteers working to advance the health and well-being of individual adults and families.
• Community collaboration: develop inter-agency cooperation, collaboration and dialogue;
particularly projects that support public, private and social sector partnerships and those that
bridge with other sectors of the community, like arts, environment, business, etc.
• A focus on issues: support issues and how they are approached; specifically issues identified
by local citizens and volunteers in the neighbourhood and local community networks.
• Inclusiveness: welcome the presence and participation of groups who have been labeled,
marginalized and isolated.
218Submissions
received:
Dollars requested:
Total projects
funded:
$
12,239,12836 $
1,414,104

Project: Surrey Mobile Assault Response Team:
Women’s Safety Patient Navigator
Location: Surrey/Delta
The Surrey Mobile Assault ResponseTeam is an interdisciplinary team
of medical, legal and social service practitioners that provides 24-hour emergency crisis response
to abused women and children. As a key member of the Surrey Mobile Assault ResponseTeam, the
Women’s Safety Patient Navigator addresses gaps within the health care system that limit access
to critical medical care immediately after an assault.The Women’s Safety Patient Navigator plays
a key role in the identification, screening, and treatment of domestic violence and sexual assault
during a critical window of opportunity — the time between admittance to the emergency room and
discharge from the hospital.
Organization
Surrey Women’s Centre Society advocates for the safety and well-being of women and children
fleeing domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and other forms of family violence.Their
primary focus area is to increase safety and support for multi-barriered women and children at-risk
of serious bodily injury or death. Specifically, collaboration with medical, legal and social service
agencies to address systemic barriers that limit access to critical resources in times of need.
Health and Social Development
These are just two examples of Health and Social Development projects funded in 2012.
Advisory Committee
Ida Goodreau, Chair
Bowen Island
Ranjana Basu
Shawnigan Lake
Darrell Burnham
Vancouver
Vickie Cammack
Vancouver
David Eby
Vancouver
Manpreet Grewal
Abbotsford
Anne Kloppenborg
Burnaby
Denise Mann
Richmond
Jean McRae
Victoria
Andrea Reimer
Vancouver
Dr. Helena Swinkels
Surrey
Project Highlights
Project: Co-operative Elder Care Initiative
Location: Central Vancouver Island
One of the most critical social issues facing Canadians is the nation’s
rapidly aging demographic and the absence of affordable care for
seniors.This project addresses the lack of high quality, affordable
and responsive elder care to seniors and their families. By utilizing
the tools and knowledge developed in this project, caregivers and
community groups will greatly increase their capacity to provide
alternative forms of elder care.The project also addresses the serious
problem of isolation and loneliness faced by a growing number of
seniors as well as the lack of support to their caregivers.
Organization
Alberni-Clayoquot Continuing Care Society is partnered with the BC
Co-op Association.The mission of the Continuing Care Society is
to provide residential care services that meet the holistic needs of
elderly citizens.The BC Co-op Association promotes the co-op model
for economic and social development and assists communities in the
development of new communities.

Field of Interest
Youth Philanthropy
CouncilTheYouth Philanthropy Council (YPC) empowers young people in Vancouver to play a meaningful
role in their neighbourhoods by providing grants for programs that encourage youth dignity,
inclusiveness, fairness and equality, promote youth voice, and increase opportunities for youth
participation.
All approvedYPC projects are within the metro Vancouver area. Of the 31 applications received,
19 projects were approved with $118,810 granted for arts-based programs, and projects that enhance
the health and well-being of young people, engage and involve youth in their communities, combat
racism and discrimination, and develop sustainablity solutions.
The Youth Philanthropy Council funds projects that:
• are youth driven and/or include youth in their design,
implementation and decision-making;
• build good youth partnerships and connections;
• increase awareness of the diversity of youth ideas and
experiences in communities; and,
• support youth-led environmental initiatives that contribute
to Vancouver becoming the greenest city by 2020.
41Submissions
received:
Dollars requested:
Total projects
funded:
$
305,250
19 $
118,810

Youth Philanthropy
Council
Yuri Fulmer (Board Liaison)
West Vancouver
Abdullah Abdullah
Surrey
Tiba Al-Humaimidi
Surrey
Jared Allman
Vancouver
Farhat Anwary
Burnaby
Diego Cardona
Richmond
Lorena Del Castillo
Vancouver
Laura Finkler-Kemeny
Vancouver
Julian Gossen
Vancouver
Katherine Griffin
Vancouver
Sunny Huang
Vancouver / Berkley, CA
Sunny Johal
Surrey
Graham Lee
Vancouver / London, ON
Hawa Mire
Surrey
Amber Morgan
Surrey
Bacilia Ramirez
Vancouver
Savneet Sandhu
Vancouver
Kayla Siu
Vancouver
Colin Siu
Vancouver
Kim Webber
Vancouver
AngelaYang
Vancouver
Project: English Language Learners Welcome Club
Location: Vancouver
Youth peers created the English Language Learners Welcome Club for
newcomer and immigrant students aged 13 to 19 to feel included and
comfortable to practice their English out loud, have fun with youth-to-
youth development and delivery of sessions, and learn English that is
context and age specific.
Organization:
Vancouver School District 39 enables students to reach their intellectual,
social, aesthetic and physical potential in challenging and stimulating
settings that reflect the worth of each individual and promotes mutual
respect, cooperation and social responsibility.
Youth Philanthophy Council
Project Highlights
Project: FinAlly
Location: Vancouver
The FinAlly (short for Find Ally) project’s focus is to bring together
LGBTQ2S (Lesbian, Gay, Bi,Transgender, Queer andTwo-spirit) youth
between the ages of 13 and 19 and their allies to explore issues of
mutual concern in creating a sense of community and belonging.
LGBTQ2S youth work together to identify healthy solutions to common
problems through skill building, conflict resolution and body image
exercises as well as through media art projects.
Organization:
Leave Out ViolencE (LOVE) is an award-winning youth violence
prevention organization founded on the belief that youth challenged by
violence can be agents of change, capable of transforming their own
lives, investing themselves in their communities, and making the world
a better place.

Field of Interest
Disability Supports
for EmploymentDisability Supports for Employment Fund (DSEF) grants are available to assist eligible organizations
throughout BC who are working to increase employment opportunities and the overall rate of
employment for persons with disabilities in their communities.The DSEF considers “employment”
to mean the full participation of people with disabilities as employees, and/or those activities which
may result in employment for them. Applications are considered from organizations working with
individuals who have physical and/or mental disabilities and face barriers to employment. Projects
must demonstrate that they do not duplicate or replicate existing government-funded programs,
supports and services for persons with disabilities. Applications which demonstrate collaborations
or partnerships are encouraged.
Through the DSEF, Vancouver Foundation supports innovative approaches to employment and
employability for persons with disabilities through the following project types:
Vancouver Foundation typically funds no more than 50% of the proposed project budget. Both cash
contributions and in-kind donations of services or goods are considered valid matching components.
• initiatives that will support employment to individuals with disabilities by providing
training, skill development, and employment creation and support;
• initiatives that will allow organizations that support people with disabilities to build
capacity, learn and explore, and transfer knowledge and learning to others;
• initiatives that will increase employability through community by encouraging
attitudinal and systemic change, increased community commitment, and
engagement, collaboration and partnership; and,
• initiatives that promote social and economic independence.
46Submissions
received:
Dollars requested:
Total projects
funded:
$
2,627,026
19 $
1,125,028

Disability Supports
for Employment
Fund Committee
Dr. Vera Frinton, Chair
Vancouver
Janice Barr
Richmond
David Chen
Vancouver
Heather Dickson
Victoria
Jane Dyson
Vancouver
Fred Ford
Victoria
Paul Gauthier
Vancouver
Laura Hockman
Vernon
Dr. Nigel Livingston
Victoria
Jack Styan
Vancouver
Deanne Ziebart
Richmond
Project: Youth Works 2012
Location: Langley/Fort Langley
This multi-year project proposes to provide summer employment
opportunities for youth with developmental disabilities between the
ages of 16 and 19. A discovery process will be conducted, in collaboration with school partners,
to ascertain each individual’s employment skills and interests and match them with a suitable
employment opportunity for six weeks during the summer. Individuals will be provided with the
required on-the-job support and coaching to ensure their success.
Organization:
Langley Association For Community Living (LACL) is dedicated to the delivery of quality services
for children with special needs, adults with developmental disabilities and supports to their
families. LACL builds and strengthens community by connecting people of all ages and abilities.
Disability Supports for Employment
Project Highlights
Project: JustWork Economic Initiative
Location: Vancouver
JustWork Economic Initiative is a social enterprise that provides
employment for vulnerable people with multiple barriers such as
physical disabilities, mental illness, homelessness and addictions.
JustWork’s three social enterprises, JustRenos, JustCatering,
and JustPotters, provide dignified, safe and gainful employment
that helps individuals gain work experience and skills while they
transition to regular jobs. In 2010, JustWork’s social enterprises
provided meaningful employment for 30 individuals facing major
barriers. Seventeen of these individuals have been employed for
more than one year, and 11 have been employed for more than two
years.
Organization:
JustWork fosters dignified, gainful work opportunities for people
facing multiple barriers to work.

Donor Advised Funds
Abbotsford Heat Foundation
Aboriginal Leadership Initiative Fund
ACCESS Memorial Fund for Pinky Ryan
Agape Catholic Charities Fund
Lydia Cerrano Albert Child Care Support
Fund
Allard Prize Fund in International
Integrity
Alpha Delta Phi British Columbia 2010
Endowment Fund
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund
Anderson Family Fund
Ann Claire Angus Fund
Anmar Fund
AREA Endowment Fund
AREA Fund
Association for Mineral Exploration
British Columbia Outreach Education
Fund
Harry Astoria Memorial Gliding Award
Fund
B.C. First Call Endowment Fund
B.C. Medical Services Foundation
Scholarship Fund
B.C.Tech S.V.P. Fund No. 1
B.C.Tech S.V.P. Fund No. 2
Bachechi Bros. Realty Fund
The Paul Robert Badre Bursary Fund
BakeMark Canada Awards Fund
Charlotte Jane Banfield Legacy Fund
(Legacy Fund)
Ryan Barclay Memorial Fund
Battersby Howat Endowment Fund
BattleThe Elements (Start-up Fund)
George and Donna Battye Fund
Josephine Baulne Henderson Fund
The Robert and Susan Bauman Fund
BB Wise Fund
BC Arts Renaissance Fund
BC Camping Association Lorne Brown
Campership Fund
BC Water Sustainability Endowment
Fund
BCIC Aquaculture Program Fund
BCIC Entrepreneurship @ UBC Program
BCIC Graduate Student Scholarships
Program
BCIC Innovation and Commercialization
Strategic Development Program Fund
BCIC Natural Resources and Applied
Sciences Endowment Fund
Beacon Fund
Roberta Lando Beiser Fund
John Robert Belyea and Joan Elsie
Belyea Scholarship and Bursary Fund
Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation
Fund
Beyrouti Family Charities Fund
Joseph Beyrouti Memorial Fund
MDK Billion-Browne Foundation (Legacy
Fund)
Black Pearl Family Foundation 2004
David Black and Maya Russell Fund
(Start-up Fund)
Deborah Carswell Black Fund
George and Winifred Black Legacy Fund
Blank Canvas Fund
The BlenheimTrust
Blue Moon Fund
Ursula Botz Fund (Start-up Fund)
Charles W. Brazier Fund
The Brenner Fund
Brimacombe Fund
British Columbia Building Envelope
Council Education Foundation Fund -
Cameron Harrison Memorial Award
Council Education Foundation Fund -
Tom Morstead Memorial Award
Education Foundation Fund
British Columbia Bursary for Students
with Visual Impairments or Blindness
(BCBSVIB)
British Columbia Parks Fund
British Columbia Parks Permanent Fund
Barry Brookes Fund (Transferable Fund)
Neil E. Brown Family Foundation
Jill Buchanan Education Fund
TheThomas and Dorothy Burgess Fund
Ruth Byman Memorial Fund
C H C Endowment Fund, Vancouver
Colin Campbell Award Fund (Start-up
Fund)
CanadaTibet Committee Fund
Canadian Chapter of International
Society for Business Educators Fund
The Canadian Clubs of British Columbia
Fund
Canadian Learning Disability Legacy
Fund
Catherine M. Carmack Memorial Cello
Scholarship Fund
Carmichael Foundation
Dr. David Carmichael Memorial Fund
Carnahan Educational Fund
The M & H Carpenter Fund
Cassils Family Foundation
Robert B. Caton Scholarship Fund
Judy Cavanagh Fund
Centre for Child Honouring Fund (Start-
up Fund)
Tung and Shirley Chan “Ji Shen” Fund
John Ka Kin Cheung Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Mary M. and Lincoln Chew Fund
Children andYouth with Special Needs
Supports Fund
Children’s Mental Health Fund
Chilvers Family Fund
Sir Winston Spencer Churchill Memorial
Fund
Jean Ciriani Scholarship for Student
Citizenship
Cliff-MarcelTrust Fund
Cody’s Fund
Donor Advised Funds provide the most flexibility to our fundholders by allowing them to recommend
which charities and charitable causes they would like to support. Donor Advised Fundholders can make
standing or annual recommendations, so Vancouver Foundation can easily accommodate their charitable
interests. Vancouver Foundation administers more than 475 Donor Advised Funds across BC.
Here are our Donor Advised Funds:

Collins Family Foundation (Legacy Fund)
Commissionaires BC Charlie Brown
Memorial Bursary Fund
Concord Pacific HarmonyTrust
Endowment Fund
Concord Pacific HarmonyTrust Fund
ConeTec Education Foundation
Murray and Peter Corren Foundation
Simon Cowell & Kathleen Barilla
Endowment Fund (Legacy Fund)
Crescendo Fund
The GeorgeT. and Myrtle W. Cunningham
Fund
Daisy Scholarship Fund
Frank & Frances Darling Family Fund
Lillian and Ross Davidson Fund
R.H. “Slim” and Margaret Davidson
Memorial Awards Fund
Davis Family Fund (Legacy Fund)
Gabe and Andi Davis Foundation
Jack Davis Scholarship Fund
Dawson Family Fund
Joseph and Marion Delesalle Fund
Champa and Dhiru Desai Family Fund
Deverall Family Fund (Legacy Fund)
Disability Supports for Employment
Fund
Ken Dobell Public Service Education
Fund
Gladys H. Dunn Fund
Elementary School Fund for Children in
Need
Emergency Medical Assistants Education
Fund
Endangered Ecosystems Fund
Endowment Fund for the Promotion of
B.C. History
Edna Mei Eng Fund
Arthur Erickson Foundation for
Excellence in Architecture
Bruce Eriksen Memorial Fund
Fairway Fund (Legacy Fund)
Fairweather Fund
Family Independence Fund
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Endowment Fund
Maurice A. and Anne Favell
Mesothelioma Research Fund
Alan John Ferguson Fund
Financial Executives Institute Vancouver
Scholarship Fund
Charles and Lucile Flavelle Family Fund
The Andrew Baker Fleck Foundation
Flowerdew Family Endowment Fund
(Start-up Fund)
Harold Scanlon Foley Junior Memorial
Fund
Susan and Barrie Forbes Family
Foundation (Legacy Fund)
Forsyth Family Endowment Fund (Legacy
Fund)
Forward Family Fund
Isabel Loucks Foster Public Health
Scholarship Fund
Alain Fournier Memorial Fund
Freyvogel-Preiswerck Fund
Friends ofTupper Fund
Fritz Ziegler Fund
Yuri and Nicole Fulmer Community Fund
Fulton Family Fund
G & G Fund
Judith Garay Fund (Legacy Fund)
Jack Gin Family Foundation
Jack Gin Family Foundation (Paydown
Fund)
Giving Well
Cliff & Pat Glen Fund
Gordon Fund for Children
Gracie Waddell Fund
Graham Family Fund (Legacy Fund)
The Helen Graham Canada Prize Fund
Brian Grant Scholarship Fund
The Brian D. Graves Fund
The Grayross Foundation
Howard C. Green Memorial Fund
The Greene Family Education Initiative
Fund
Donald Greenwell Foundation Fund
Greygates Foundation
Charles Douglas Grieve Fund
Linda & Paul Gronert Legacy Fund
(Legacy Fund)
Jennifer Gudewill Fund
H Foundation
Liz Haan Fund
Bob and Judy Hager Family Fund
John & Cecilia Hall Fund (Legacy Fund)
Hamilton Family Fund
William & Ruth Hamilton Memorial Fund
The William D. and Eleanor Gerrie
Hamilton Fund
Hansen Family Foundation
The Hardwick Family Fund
Hardy Scholarship Fund
Harmelina Fund
Eric Hatlelid Memorial Fund
HeadCase Foundation
Peter H. Hebb Fund
Helen M.Thompson Fund
Kristin Helgason Fund (Legacy Fund)
The Edwina and Paul Heller Fund
Heritage Legacy Fund of British
Columbia
Hibler/Lamoureux Fund
Hill Family Foundation 2011
Sydney F. Hillis Fund
Maria Mimie Ho Foundation
Matt & Janet Hoffar Foundation
The Madge Hogarth Foundation
Holly Hill Memorial Bursary Fund
Hollyhock Endowment Fund
Honos Foundation
Irene and Julian Hoogstra Fund
Howe Family Foundation
David Huang Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jonathan HungerfordTrek Fund

Beatrice and David Hunter Endowment
Fund
Claire Huxtable and Colin L. Campbell
Foundation for Forestry
Catherine and Richard Hyland Wildlife
and Domestic Animal Fund (Start-up
Fund)
I Am Someone Foundation
Brenna Innes Memorial Scholarship Fund
Barry Inouye Fund
International Foundation of Learning
Legacy Fund
Ann & Sam Isaacs Fund
Jags Fund
Jags Fund #2
Jags Fund #3 (MasiYouth Project)
Saralee James Memorial Award Fund
JAMMCO Family Fund
Elsie and Audrey Jang Fund
Monty and Kay Jang and Family Fund
JBH Fund
Harry Jerome Scholarship Fund
JFH Faith Fund
TingTing Jiang Memorial Fund
Dave Johnson Memorial Endowment
Fund
Joan Johnston Memorial Fund
Shirley & James Johnston Fund (Legacy
Fund)
Junior League of Greater Vancouver
Foundation
Junior League of Greater Vancouver
Legacy Fund
Kaisu Ranta Fund
Walter Kalyn Fund
The Kanya Student AidTrust Fund for St.
George’s, Shawnigan Lake Schools and
Brentwood College
KCS Fund (Start-up Fund)
Frances Keen, Noreen M. and C.C.
(Mickey) Halleran Memorial Scholarship
Fund (or Keen Halleran Fund)
Eileen & Michael Keenan Fund
Art Kelm & Mary Lewis Endowment Fund
(Legacy Fund)
Kelt Family Fund
Linda Kendall Fund (Legacy Fund)
Charles Chan Kent Golden Wedding Fund
Marilyn Kerfoot Fund
Kermit andTheo Legacy Fund
Jake and Judy Kerr Foundation Fund
Pete Ketcham Memorial Scholarship
Fund
The Cy and Emerald Keyes Fund
Judy & Bill Killam Fund
The Klebang Fund
Jake Koch Fund (Legacy Fund)
Kogawa-Nakayama Fund
Harry and Henrietta Kostman Family
Fund
Scott Kruse Foundation (Legacy Fund)
The DD Kugler Contemporary Arts Fund
(Legacy Fund)
Labour Market Partnership
Allan & Helen Laity Fund (Legacy Fund)
Dr. Akbar and Shamin Lalani Fund
Lambda Alpha International Vancouver
Chapter Fund
Frank and Eleanor Lane Memorial Fund
M.R. Lang Fund forYoung Families
LauTeo Foundation
The Doreen Lawson Burnaby Lake
Memorial Fund
Doretta Lee Memorial Fund
James Lee Foundation
Liber Ero Foundation
Lightburn 4 Pillars Fund
Grace Lim Family Foundation
Living RiversTrust Fund
Emily Longworth FlowThrough Fund
Emily Longworth NewTeachers’ Creative
Activities Fund
The Lord Strathcona Fund
Keith Lord Sport Foundation Fund
Patricia J. Lowery Fund (Legacy Fund)
Patricia Anne Lyon Memorial Fund
Elmer MacDonald Memorial Fund
The M. Gail MacDonald Memorial Fund
MacDonald-Merritt Fund for Sir Charles
Tupper Secondary School
Gordon and Barbara MacDougall Fund
The Anne Fergus MacKay Groundwater
and Muriel Ross Groundwater
Educational Fund
The Karen Magnussen Foundation
The Majorki Fund for Kids
Majormaki Foundation
The Ian F. Manning Memorial Fund
Mannion Fund
Denise Mara Foundation
Kenneth Broadway and Ralph Markham
Fund (Legacy Fund)
Chris Markoff Memorial Fund
Brad Martin and Family Charitable
Foundation
Audrey Mason Fund (Legacy Fund)
Kurt and Else Maurer Fund
Alexis Mazurin Memorial Fund
The Ritchie W. McCloy Award Fund
The John Haley McDonald and Janice
Mary McDonald Fund
McEwen Family Fund (Paydown Fund)
McGill Family Fund
McGrane - Pearson Endowment Fund
Joan & Philip McLeod Fund (Legacy
Fund)
John and Peggy McLernon Fund (Start-
up Fund)
MEC Endowment Fund for the
Environment
Edward J. Meilicke Fund
Mellquist Family Fund
Michalson Foundation
Middleton Family Fund
Harue andTorasu Mimoto Fund
Amy Elizabeth Minden Memorial
Endowment Fund
Mirhady Family Fund
Moore Family Endowment Fund
D.L. ‘Buzz’ Moore and David M. Frid
Bursary Fund
Dwight Moore and Rosamond Eben
Moore CVWMA Wetland Sciences
Scholarship Fund
Greg Moore Foundation
The Bill and Elsie More Indian Bursary
Fund
D o n o r A d v i s e d F u n d s

Susan More Fund (Legacy Fund)
Motamedi Pfeifer Fund
Mount Benson Elementary School PAC
Legacy Fund
Mount Pleasant Area Endowment Fund
Mount Pleasant Legion/Col. C.C.I. Merritt,
VC Memorial Scholarship
Mount Robson Provincial Park World
Heritage Endowment Fund
Mountain Enterprise Ltd. Penticton &
District Building Fund
Mountain Equipment Co-op Annual Fund
Carole and David Muller Family Fund
Irma Muntanion Fund (Start-up Fund)
Floyd and Gloria Murphy Charitable
Fund
Elizabeth Breeze Murray Endowment
Fund
Robert MCGregor Murray Fund (Legacy
Fund)
Myers-Smith Family Fund (Legacy Fund)
Joanne and Neil Naiman Fund (Legacy
Fund)
Jack Neil Memorial Fund
Nitikman Fund
North Peace Savings & Credit Union
Endowment Fund
Odlum Fund
The O’Keefe Foundation
Oliver Fund
Olivia’s Foundation (Start-Up Fund)
Aidan Oloman Fund
Orcutt Family Fund
C. Paul Osmanski Fund
Pacific Canada Legacies Foundation
Pacific Foundation for Understanding
Nature Society Fund
Panago Scholarship Fund
Pankratz/Ferries Family Fund (Legacy
Fund)
Paper Dolls Fund
Parker Family Foundation
The Dr. Donald Paterson Foundation
Lorne Patterson Scholarship Memorial
Fund
Patty’s Ladybug Cancer Fund
Pavri Family Fund (Legacy Fund)
Peace Pilgrim II Memorial Fund for
Teaching Peaceful Behaviours
Peace Pilgrim II Memorial Fund for
Teaching Peaceful Behaviours
Marion Pearson and Jim Orr Fund
The Pender Fund
George Pensom Bursary Fund
Richard and Ruth Percy Fund (Start-up
Fund)
Performing Arts Recognition Fund
Peter & JuneYoung Legacy Fund
Dick and Leona Peter Graduate Student
Residential Bursary Fund
Phi Kappa Pi Fund
Conrad & Dorli Pinette Fund
Pirie Family Fund
Pisapio Undergraduate Scholarship Fund
The Helen Pitt Fund for Fine Arts
Josh Platzer Memorial Fund -Teen
Suicide Awareness and Prevention
The Point Grey Class of 75 Foundation
Pollock Family Philanthropic Fund
Product Care -Tree Marking Paint
Bursary Fund
Public Health Bursaries of the Associated
Boards of Health of BC
Quan Family Fund
Rainbow Fund
Kaija and Erkki Rautiainen Fund
Raymond & Donna Jang Foundation
Realtors Care Charitable Fund
Red Hibiscus Foundation
The Flora Mary (Dougan) Reddyhoff
Memorial Bursary Fund
Barry Reed Fund
Registered Disability Support Plan Fund
(RDSP - Endowment 150)
Knox Reid MemorialTrust
Winston Rekert Fund
Resilient Capital Fund
Dal Richards Foundation
Christopher, Alison, Kirkpatrick and
Matthew Richardson Fund
The Rix Family Fund
Jeannie Robertson Memorial Scholarship
Fund
James H.G. Roche Memorial Fund
The ErnestTheodore Rogers 1939 Fund
Rolston-Mollard Endowment Fund
John Rose Memorial Bursary Fund
Julia Rose Fund (Start-up Fund)
Marian Rowat Memorial Fund
RPC Family Foundation
Run for One Planet Legacy Fund
Paul & Dorothy Ryan Fund
Sadler Jackman Family Foundation
The Sa-Hali Fund
Sam-I-am Fund
Sandpiper Foundation
Saoirse Sankey Memorial Fund
SAP Vancouver Fund
SAP Vancouver Fund #2
Sawers Family Fund
Wilf and Peggy Schofield Memorial Fund
Seaview Fund
The Second Generation Fund
Berta and Arun Sen Fund (Legacy Fund)
Shalom Branch Veterans Community
Service Endowment Fund
Ken & Kim Shannon Foundation
Shaun G Foundation
Lori Sheppard Memorial Fund
Shiff Family Vancouver Fund
Jenny Sigurdson Alumni Scholarship
Small Potatoes Fund
The Ford and Bea Smith Memorial Fund
Smith-Sigurdson Fund (Start-up Fund)
Dr. Charles Snelling Bursary and Captain
Alex Blake Memorial Bursary Fund
The SPCA Vancouver HospitalTrust Fund
Spectra Energy Fund - Canada
Education/Innovation /Research Sunset
Fund
Spectra Energy Fund - Canada Education/
Innovation/ Research Permanent Fund
Spectra EnergyTransmission (SET -
Canada): Regular and Volunteer Grant
Programs Fund

Spencer McBride Memorial Fund
Spike’s Fund
The SPIRIT Foundation
Margaret Ann Joan and William Francis
Spring Fund
STAND Foundation
Starbucks Canada Charitable Fund
Bobbie Steen Legacy Foundation
Judith A. Stein First Nations Wellbeing
Trust Fund (Start-up)
Stewart Fund
Edwin & Mary Stockdale Fund
Strat Fund
Strathcona Alumni Fund
The Seanna and Nicole Strongman
Memorial Fund
AlexanderT. Stusiak Community Service
Award Fund
SuperiorTofu Community Fund
Sustainability Project Award Fund
Synergy Fund
Tanabe/Thorne Fund
Tatshenshini-Alsek Foundation Society
Fund (Start-up Fund)
Allan R.Teather Memorial Fund
BretonThomas Memorial Fund
The Norman G.Thompson Memorial
Bursary Fund
WilliamThompson C.F. LungTransplant
Memorial Fund
Jaime and Josefina ChuaTiampo Fund
(2006)
Jaime and Josefina ChuaTiampo Fund
(2010)
AmandaTodd Legacy Fund
AmandaTodd Memorial Fund
Jack and MaryTopolewski Fund
Towler Fund
Triple EFF Fund
Tula Community Fund
ChrisTurner Memorial Fund
UNBC Wilp Wilxo’oskwhl Nisga’a
Endowment Fund
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Botanical Garden Endowment Fund
Garry & Mary Vallance and Patricia
Strang Fund
Vancouver Canadians Baseball
Foundation
The Vancouver Sun Children’s FundTrust
Carl Vanderspek Fund
W.J. VanDusen Forestry Fund
The Syd Vernon Fund for the Disabled
Joseph Victor and Luann Neratini Legacy
Fund
The Vinten Fund
Elisabetta MaraniTassinari Visscher
Foundation (Start-up Fund)
Wallace and Betty Spence Fund
Rolf Wagner Memorial Bursary Fund
The Walden Family Fund
Isaac and Sophie Waldman Endowment
Fund
Kenneth and Joyce Walley Family Fund
Daniel M. Walsh Asylum/Torture
Protection Fund
Aukea Rienks Walters Fund (Legacy
Fund)
David M. Walton Foundation forYouth
The Warming Hearts Foundation
Professor MadanlalT. Wasan Family Fund
Cecil White Scholarship Fund
Whittall Family Fund
WhytePine Foundation
The Marilyn Williams St.Thomas Aquinas
High School Memorial Scholarship Fund
June Philippa Wilson Fund (Legacy Fund)
Tessa Wilson Fund (Legacy Fund)
Tony & Stojna Wind Family Foundation
Windsor Plywood Foundation
Lyn and Jim Wisnia Fund (Start-up Fund)
Debra Wolinsky Fund
Larry Wong Fund (Legacy Fund)
Dr. Shirley M. Wong Foundation
James William Wood Endowment Fund
G. John C. Woodward Memorial
Foundation
Shauna and Kevin Woolliams Family
Fund
Workplace-Family Wellness Community
Fund
Workplace-Family Wellness Research
Fund
Yosef Wosk Libraries, Museums and
Archives Fund
Jan and BlancheYdenberg Fund
CarmelleYelle Palliative Care Fund
K.W. and BettyYue Fund
Wim Zylmans Agriculture Memorial Fund

Designated Funds
Aircrew Association, Greater Vancouver
Branch Scholarship Fund
The Clara and Amondes Anderson Fund
Archibald P. Glen - U.B.C. Scholarship
and Bursary Fund
The Auxiliary to the Vancouver General
Hospital
B.C. Disaster Relief Fund
B.C. Hydro Commonwealth Legacy Fund
B.Y. Nakano Fund
David M. Bachop Award Fund
Bergquist Family Memorial Fund
The Geraldine Biely Endowment Fund
The Herman Bischoff Foundation
The Bishop’s Foundation - Diocese of
New Westminster
Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Greater
Vancouver Bursary Fund
Kathleen Winnifred Bradshaw
Foundation
The Douglas McK. Brown Chair of Law
Endowment Fund
The Frank C. Brown Memorial Fund
The Ernest E. Buckerfield Fund
The Francis J. Burd Fund
Burhenne Scholar in Abdominal
Radiology
Alicia Burns Bequest Fund
Alexandra Mary Burwell Memorial Fund
Cartwright Gallery Foundation
Cedar Lodge Endowment Fund
The Central City Mission Fund
Carol Chapman & Bob Gillies Fund
Rene Charbin Fund
Child Abuse Research & Education
Endowment Fund
Chrisholme Madsen Endowment Fund
The CKNW Orphans’ Fund Chair of
Immunology Endowment Fund
Jack Coblenz Memorial Fund
Ruth Isabel Colbourne Fund
Collingwood Amenities Endowment
Fund
Samuel and June Comber Fund
The Cooper Fund for Chamber Music
The Fitzalan V. and Mabel G. Cornwall
Endowment Fund
The John and Doris Corrigan Fund for
Visually ImpairedYoung Persons
Vivien Miller Coster and Arthur Coster
Memorial Fund
The David Diamond Memorial Fund
Frederick H. Dietrich Memorial Fund
George and Jean Donbrovo Fund
The Laura and J. Willox Duncan Fund
Clair G. Dunham and Helen L. Dunham
Fund
George R. and Augusta F. Dunn Fund
Gordon H. Dunn Fund
Economic Independence for Women
Through theYWCA Fund
Agnes Dunceeth Evans (“Rosalie”)
Memorial Fund
Mya Domeij Evenden Memorial Fund
Dr. and Mrs. Victor Fenyo Fund
The Guy Flavelle Memorial Fund
Louise Fletcher Memorial Fund
Edna Leckie Fraser Memorial Fund
Ingrid Frederickson Memorial Fund
The Reg Fry Endowment Fund
Fyfe-Smith Fund for the Vancouver SPCA
Bernice and Robert Gilbert Fund
Gordon Wagner St. Andrew’s Cemetery
Foundation
Penny Gorham Memorial Scholarship
and Bursary Fund
Gragopean ScholarshipTrust
Carson Graham Basketball Fund
The Ruby Rachel Graham Fund
Anna Ruthven Greig Fund
Douglas Haig Gross Memorial Fund
John Grot Memorial Fund
George Halpern Fund
The Carl and Elsie Halterman Research
Fund
The Carl and Elsie Halterman Scholarship
and Bursary Fund
The Dal Hawkshaw Fund for Vancouver
Rowing Club-Centennial 1986
Amy Dundas Head Memorial Fund
Florence and Hedley Hipwell Fund
The Margaret J. Hoare Fund
The Dr. J.D. Hobden Scholarship Fund
The Madge Hogarth Fund
Bob and Molly Hole Fund
Hope Family Memorial Fund
The Donna Hossack Fund
The John E. and Louise Howson Fund
William L. Hurford MemorialTrust Fund
William E. and Marion (Thelma)
Ingledew Fund
International Foundation for the Arts
Endowment Fund
Firoozeh Shahryar Iranshad Memorial
Fund
Jambor Family Fund
Stanley and Hilda James I.O.D.E. Fund
Elsie and Audrey Jang - Langara College,
Studio 58Theatre Arts Endowment Fund
Robert E. Jefferson Memorial Fund
Svend Jakob Jensen Memorial Fund
Harry W. Jerome Commemorative
Society Fund
Nellie and Bernard Johnson & Son,
Edwin Johnson Memorial Fund
Marie Elizabeth and Adolphe William Pal
Jones Fund
Brad Joseph Fund
Janusz and Zofia Kaller Memorial Fund
G. Peter and Barbara E. Kaye Fund
George P. Kelly Memorial Fund
Robert Kenny Fund
Myrtle Lorena Kievell Memorial Fund
Betty Kinnear MemorialTrust Fund
Klemanski Endowment Fund
Dr. Kirk Finlayson Koerner Memorial
Fund
Donors who are committed to one or more specific charities can establish a Designated Fund, so their
named charities receive an annual grant in perpetuity. Vancouver Foundation provides investment
expertise and support to administer the Designated Fund, which provides the selected charities with
stability for future planning through a steady and reliable stream of income over the long-term. Vancouver
Foundation administers more than 200 Designated Funds for donors across British Columbia.
Here are our Designated Funds:

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