The Foundation awards grants to local charities through the annual Responsive Community Grants stream, as well as other funding opportunities.
Help us contribute to the quality of life on the Sunshine Coast by building endowments, making strategic grants, and inspiring community leadership.
Vital Signs is a national program that leverages local knowledge to measure the vitality of our community and support action towards improving our collective quality of life.
$3.6M in grants to local charities since 2005
$350,000 granted to the community in 2024
96 grants awarded to 33 organizations in 2024
Sunshine Coast Foundation provides stable and sustainable financial support to charitable organizations from Port Mellon to Egmont. We offer donors the opportunity to increase their impact by pooling the gifts we receive and carefully investing them. Each year, we use the earnings on our investments to provide funding to local charities. We help to connect donors with the causes that inspire them and the charities that are having the greatest positive impact. Our Vital Signs program compiles current and relevant research to help local organizations and decision-makers understand the issues and trends facing our Sunshine Coast community.
The Sunshine Coast Foundation stewards over 85 permanent funds, the capital of which is permanently invested, and the earnings from which support annual grants to local charities. Anyone may make a donation to any of the Foundation’s permanent funds. Please visit our donations page or call the Foundation office at 604.741.7360.
Vital Signs is a national program led by community foundations and coordinated by Community Foundations of Canada. It leverages local knowledge to measure the vitality of our communities and support action towards improving our collective quality of life. Vital Signs reports are snapshots of our community that present our challenges and celebrate our accomplishments.
If you didn’t know Mary Gordon personally, you’ve likely felt the impact of her generosity. From healthcare and youth to the arts, seniors, and the environment, Mary’s contributions continue to enrich the Sunshine Coast. “Mary was a force – strong, exacting, and incredibly generous. She...
If you didn’t know Mary Gordon personally, you’ve likely felt the impact of her generosity. From healthcare and youth to the arts, seniors, and the environment, Mary’s contributions continue to enrich...
We’re thrilled to announce that $220,000 in funding has been distributed to six Sunshine Coast charities in support of their operations and program delivery over the next two years. Funded by th...
Drawing on key data and themes from our Vital Signs 2024 report, we will continue presenting a new Vital People/Vital Causes every quarter this year. Vital Cause: Housing Issues for Seniors In 2025, h...
Debunking the ‘one-size fits all’ model of giving Philanthropy often feels out of reach for many, shaped by myths that community foundations are only for the ultra-wealthy or that their funds remain s...
Since the launch of Vital Signs 2024 in June, we have proudly presented six editions of Vital People/Vital Causes. We look forward to sharing more key data and themes from our report with you in 2025!...
A spike in the region’s cost of living has led the Sunshine Coast’s living wage to rise to $26.42 per hour in 2024, a 3.16 per cent increase from last year’s rate of $25.61, the 2024 Living Wag...
