Vital People/Vital Causes December 2025
Drawing on key data and themes from our Vital Signs 2024 report, this is our final Vital People/Vital Causes for 2025. All previous editions of Vital People/Vital Causes can be found on our website. V...
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.
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$3.6M in grants to local charities since 2005
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$350,000 granted to the community in 2024
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96 grants awarded to 33 organizations in 2024
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 90 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.
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Vital People/Vital Causes December 2025
Drawing on key data and themes from our Vital Signs 2024 report, this is our final Vital People/Vital Causes for 2025. All previous editions of Vital People/Vital Causes can be found on our website. Vital Cause: Give Where You Live Small businesses are the backbone...
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2026 Responsive Community Grants – Program Update
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Bob & Susan Hoy honoured with the 2025 Darren Entwistle Community Builder Award
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