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Each year, the Foundation awards grants to local Sunshine Coast charities. Several granting streams match different organizational needs.

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Help us contribute to the quality of life on the Sunshine Coast by building endowments, making strategic grants, and inspiring community leadership.

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Vital Signs is a national program that leverages local knowledge to measure the vitality of our communities and support action towards improving our collective quality of life.

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More than $3 Million in grants awarded to local charities

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Over $359,000 granted to the community in 2023

44 grants awarded to 19 organizations in 2023

Who We Are

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.

Established Endowments

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

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.

Vital People/Vital Causes October 2024
Drawing on key data and themes from our Vital Signs 2024 report, we will present a new Vital People/Vital Causes online and in the Coast Reporter on the first Friday of every month. Vital Cause: Volunteering for the Safety of Others The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) is...
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Vital People/Vital Causes October 2024

Drawing on key data and themes from our Vital Signs 2024 report, we will present a new Vital People/Vital Causes online and in the Coast Reporter on the first Friday of every month. Vital Cause: Volun...
SCF Launches the Coasties Contest

The Sunshine Coast Foundation is excited to launch the Coasties Contest, a unique opportunity where one lucky person will walk away with a Taylor Swift grand prize package that’s nothing short ...
Vital People/Vital Causes September 2024

Drawing on key data and themes from our Vital Signs 2024 report, we will present a new Vital People/Vital Causes online and in the Coast Reporter on the first Friday of every month. Vital Cause: Envir...
Vital People/Vital Causes August 2024

Drawing on key data and themes from our Vital Signs 2024 report, we will present a new Vital People/Vital Causes online and in the Coast Reporter on the first Friday of every month. Vital Cause: Finan...
2024 Responsive Grant Recipients Announced

We are thrilled to announce our 2024 Responsive Community Grants recipients. $115,235 in funding was distributed to 16 charitable organizations in support of their community-based programs and project...
Vital People/Vital Causes July 2024

Drawing on key data and themes from our Vital Signs 2024 report, we will present a new Vital People/Vital Causes online and in the Coast Reporter on the first Friday of every month. Vital Cause: Senio...