We're delighted to share our 2025 Annual Report with you. It reflects another meaningful year of work to inspire and strengthen the place we call home: our Sunshine Coast community. Inside, you’ll find highlights from some of the year’s most significant initiatives, including the launch of our Coast Together...
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 Recipients Coast Farm...
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 projects that address local and current needs on the Sunshine Coast. 2026 Responsive Community Grants Recipients British Columbia Conservation Foundation $10,000 Restoring Wetlands...
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 proudly donated $700 to our Free to Play Fund. These incredible young athletes didn’t...
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) who are looking for financial assistance up to $500 for opportunities...
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 of the...
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 legacy bequest, it often begins with the same question: "Where can my contribution make the...
The Sunshine Coast Foundation is inviting eligible local organizations serving the Sunshine Coast [1] to apply for funding through Free to Play, a new, multi-year initiative supporting projects that help children spend less time on screens and more unstructured time in the outdoors – imagining,...
November 13, 2025 – ch’atlich/Sechelt A rising cost of living—especially for housing—has caused the Sunshine Coast’s living wage to accelerate to the highest amount since the calculation began, this year’s report shows. The region's 2025 living wage is $26.65 per hour, an increase of 23 cents (0.9%)...
Our annual Responsive Community Grants program provides up to $10,000 to support community-strengthening programs and projects that respond to local and current needs. Beginning in 2026, we’re also introducing a simpler, one-step application process — eliminating the Letter of Intent stage to make applying more straightforward and efficient. With this change comes...