Victoria, BC – The Victoria Foundation is proud to launch the seventeenth Vital Signs citizen survey creating the basis for the 2022 Vital Signs report. We are asking residents of...
Victoria’s Vital Signs is back for 2022 asking “What does community mean to you?”
Victoria, BC – The Victoria Foundation is proud to launch the seventeenth Vital Signs citizen survey creating the basis for the 2022 Vital Signs report. We are asking residents of...
Supporting B.C.’s search and rescue heroes through multi-year partnership
A 33-percent workload increase over the span of just three years would challenge any organization. But when overcoming that challenge is a matter of life and death, failure is simply not an...
Supporting B.C.’s search and rescue heroes through multi-year partnership
A 33-percent workload increase over the span of just three years would challenge any organization. But when overcoming that challenge is a matter of life and death, failure is simply not an...
2021 Megan Newton Memorial Award Recipient
Congratulations to Marita Michaelis who is the 2021 recipient of the Megan Newton Memorial Award. Marita Michaelis is a theatre performance student at Simon Fraser University’s School for...
News Release: Victorians Take Deep Dive into Urban Challenges
Canadian Urban Institute, City of Victoria and Victoria Foundation partner to deliver CUI x Victoria: Vital Conversations for Our Shared Future October 14, 2021—The Canadian Urban Institute,...
Happy Community Foundations Month!
In 2019, the Province of BC officially declared September as Community Foundations Month. This annual celebration aims to educate the public on the ways in which Community Foundations...
Victoria Foundation’s Gadsden Initiative
The Victoria Foundation’s Gadsden Initiative engages a new generation of global citizens looking to make a lasting difference in their community through engagement, vision and philanthropy....
10 Years of Victoria Circle
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Victoria Foundation in 2011, we created the Victoria Circle – our way of recognizing and giving thanks to the donors who make legacy gifts. The...
Victoria Foundation Marks 85 Years of Giving to Community
This year marks the 85th anniversary of the Victoria Foundation, which has been striving to make our community a vibrant, caring community for all since 1936, making us the second oldest...
Guest Blog: The Victoria Arts Council Continues to Connect Artists across the CRD
Submitted by Leah McInnis, Outreach Coordinator at Victoria Arts Council. The Victoria Arts Council is a non-profit arts organization that has supported the production and presentation of...
From chronically stressed to helping others with their mental health
Just before Christmas in 2016, Erin Oldman’s doctor advised her to take a break. She’d spent most of the previous decade working as a safety officer on large-scale construction and mining...









