Each year, the Foundation awards more than $165,000 in grants to local Sunshine Coast charities. Several granting streams match different organizational needs.
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 communities and support action towards improving our collective quality of life.
A total of $2 Million of grants awarded to local charities
$166,260 local grants awarded through COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund
Over $316,000 granted to the community in 2022
36 local organizations supported in 2022
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 more than 60 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.
We would not be able to undertake our mission without your generous support.
Today, we are thrilled to announce that the Sunshine Coast Foundation has been re-accredited under Imagine Canada’s Standards Program. With this achievement, we are one of 270 nonprofit organizations across the country dedicated to operational excellence. The Standards Program is a Canada-wide set
Today, we are thrilled to announce that the Sunshine Coast Foundation has been re-accredited under Imagine Canada’s Standards Program. With this achievement, we are one of 270 nonprofit organizations ...
On April 26, the Sunshine Shack at Gibsons Community Centre celebrated 15 years of providing community inclusion and both paid and volunteer employment for people with diverse abilities. Gibsons Famil...
Established in 1976, the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre (SSAC) is a volunteer-driven organization that provides activities and services in support of the independence and well-being of its members, ...
The final gathering of a two-year series dedicated to sharing Coast Salish weaving practices while fostering truth and healing took place this week in Sechelt. Earlier workshops of the Weaving a Gathe...
The Board of the Sunshine Coast Foundation is very pleased to announce that Erin Storey has been appointed as its new Executive Director. Erin brings 25 years of management and leadership experience i...
Today – February 27, 2023 – is a very special day for us. It marks the 20th anniversary of our official incorporation. What started as an exploratory idea among a handful of community members in the s...
