A Family Tribute to Education One of the newest endowments at the Foundation is the Eleanor Thielke and David Cox Scholarship Fund. The decision to set up a Scholarship Fund to enable high school students to attend University extends back a generation and represents the love...
A Lasting Legacy for the Love of Reading Storytelling has been a tradition for generations of the Schell Family. Anne and Bill Schell shared their love of literature through weekly library visits, reading aloud and bedtime stories, and giving the gift of books on special occasions...
Serving Others with Humility and Grace Jack and Sheila Carls have had strong ties to the Sunshine Coast for many years. Sheila’s great aunt had property in Roberts Creek, and Sheila has spent time on the Coast since her birth. When Sheila met Jack and brought...
A Legacy of Giving The Sunshine Coast Foundation is grateful to have received a final gift from long-time Gibsons’ resident, Jon Hird, as a bequest in his will. Jon was born in Australia in 1951, the youngest of three children. His parents were entrepreneurs in the hospitality...
The Sunshine Coast Volunteer and Information Centre was a hub of connection between organizations, volunteers, and resources. When it closed in 2017, it left a huge gap. Filling it was identified as a priority at the Sunshine Coast Foundation’s Vital Conversation on Belonging that fall....
Sunshine Coast Residents much more engaged that provincial average Sunshine Coast Foundation has published a new report summarizing a survey of Sunshine Coast residents. Conducted in the summer of 2019, the survey attracted 400 responses from the Sunshine Coast. It reveals that members of our community...
In 2020 the Sunshine Coast Foundation provided a grant to the Hospice Society to support bereavement counselling. The Society provided this heartfelt video in thanks for the Foundation's support....
We love it when those who create endowments with us set ambitious fundraising goals. That’s why we are thrilled with the Festival of the Written Arts’ determination to grow the endowments from which they benefit to $1 Million. The Festival receives annual grants from four...
Grants available to support local organizations impacted by social distancing. In response to current circumstances, the Sunshine Coast Foundation has launched an emergency relief fund to help local charities and other organizations who may be struggling because of current restrictions. Grants are available to help those...
The Foundation intends to maintain its granting at the same levels as in 2019 Sunshine Coast Foundation exists to help make life on the Sunshine Coast a healthy, vibrant, and welcoming experience. We share our community’s sense of shock and concern about the ongoing and deepening...