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.
$4.3M in grants to local charities since 2005
$713,350 granted to the community in 2025
131 grants awarded to 42 local organizations in 2025
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 100 endowed 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.
We’re thrilled to share the first round of projects to receive funding through the Free to Play program. Four local organizations received a total of $167,500 to support initiatives that will reignite unstructured, outdoor, child-led play across the Sunshine Coast. 2026 Free to Play Grant..
We’re thrilled to share the first round of projects to receive funding through the Free to Play program. Four local organizations received a total of $167,500 to support initiatives that will r...
We’re thrilled to announce our 2026 Responsive Community Grants recipients. $151,000 in funding was distributed to 19 charitable organizations in support of their community-based programs and pr...
Big hearts. Big teamwork. An even bigger impact. On Saturday, April 11, 2026, our Executive Director, Erin Storey, had the joy of meeting the Sunshine Coast Volleyball Club (SCVC) U15 Girls Team, who ...
Applications for this year’s Daniel Kingsbury Music for Youth Endowment Grant (DKMFY) are now being accepted. The grant is open to Sunshine Coast youth ages 13 to 19 (age 19 as of December 31, 2026) w...
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...
Sunshine Coast Foundation deploys donors’ gifts where they matter the most If you’re considering making a charitable gift this season, whether a large or small donation, a new fund or a le...
