New secured housing facility was finalized with support from Aryze Developments, the Carole and Clint Forster Foundation at the Victoria Foundation and numerous individual donors ...
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Empowering community through Fatso Peanut Butter
In the second episode of the refreshed Vital Victoria Podcast, our host Lucky Budd talks to Jill Van Gyn, CEO and founder of Fatso Peanut Butter. Van Gyn shares her unique and powerful...
Vital Youth empowers Greater Victoria students in philanthropy
Victoria, B.C. – The Victoria Foundation’s Vital Youth program has wrapped up for another year, with students taking a break from the books to give back to their community. “It is truly...
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...
Gadsden Initiative Member Marlena Salvador is Becoming Discreetly Loud About her Giving
Marlena Salvador’s first memory of giving was dropping change into a small orange Unicef box. Circulating each year around Halloween to raise funds, these iconic boxes were carted around by...
Gadsden Initiative Member Marlena Salvador is Becoming Discreetly Loud About her Giving
Marlena Salvador’s first memory of giving was dropping change into a small orange Unicef box. Circulating each year around Halloween to raise funds, these iconic boxes were carted around by...
What is your legacy?
The New Oxford English Dictionary defines a legacy as an amount of money left in a will. However, the modern use of the term is much broader and carries more significance. In today’s...
Happy National Philanthropy Day!
The Victoria Foundation is a proud sponsor of National Philanthropy Day on Vancouver Island, which takes place each year on November 15, 2021. It’s a time to recognize and celebrate the...
Coast Capital Power of Youth: Giving Hearts Workshop
As part of National Philanthropy day offerings, The Coast Capital Power of Youth: Giving Hearts Workshop gave 306 youth under 25 from across Vancouver Island the opportunity to complete a...
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...
Did you know you have Will Power?
Only 5% of Canadians leave a gift in their Will to charity. While 86% of Canadians know they can make a charitable gift in their Will, 63% say they aren’t interested because they fear a gift...