Community and social service grants for non-profit organizations

To help build strong communities in Vancouver, we offer a range of funding for non-profit social service groups and neighbourhood organizations in the form of grants.

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  Statement of intent

  Healthy City Strategy grants are investments that contribute to a healthy city.

  They support non-profit community-based services that facilitate the physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional well-being of people, and:

  • Are co-developed and governed collaboratively with and by the communities and individuals they serve
  • Respond to dynamic community needs
  • Reduce the impact of systemic factors that create conditions of vulnerability
  • Facilitate partnerships between the city, other levels of government, business, and non-profits
  • Inform and respond to Council priorities
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  Principles for grant making 

  • Accountability: We embrace ongoing feedback loops with partners to understand City investments and how they influence change.
  • Equity and inclusion: We strive to build equity in our communities by making grant processes accessible, especially for groups that experience exclusion.
  • Transparency: We are open, transparent, and consistent with our grant making processes.
  • Informed decision-making: We inform our grant making using evidence-based research, and consider all data sources, both formal and informal.
  • Balanced investment approach: We balance short, medium and long-term investments so that, while addressing immediate concerns, we never lose sight of our goal of effecting lasting systems change.
  • Diversity and reconciliation: Our grants recognize the unique strengths of our many diverse communities by fostering relationships, helping heal the past, and moving forward with shared understanding and respect – working with the context of Vancouver as the unceded homeland of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.  
  • Strategic alignment: Our grants demonstrate alignment with Healthy City Strategy goals and related initiatives.
  • Partnerships: Our relationships with our community and funding partners are based on trust, respect and transparency.