West Vancouver Foundation supports charitable organizations working to create and sustain a healthy and vibrant West Vancouver, where everyone is valued, contributes and feels they belong.
Micro Grants provide responsive support for smaller charitable initiatives that support the North Shore community. The grant is to be used for time limited projects or events that will benefit the community at large. Typically Micro Grant funding has been used for things such as unbudgeted marketing for an event, or other smaller expenses.Â
Leadership Grants
As a community foundation, the West Vancouver Foundation aims to foster peer learning, collaboration, and philanthropic growth for the creation of healthy, vibrant, and livable community. Part of this is done through offering Capacity Building opportunities to the non-profit organizations on the North Shore. Leadership Grants can cover expenses such as courses, workshops, training for staff and/or volunteers.
2026 is now open.
If you have questions about Micro Grants, please contact Denise Howell.Â
Up to $1,000.
Open for applications until funds are fully dispersed. The 2025 program is now open now.
Allow 4 weeks from when you apply to be notified about your grant status. If approved, payments will be issued in 4-6 weeks.
An organization is eligible to apply if it serves the West Vancouver community and is a registered charity or qualified donee with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
Micro Grants support a wide range of organizational needs, for projects on the North Shore. Typically Micro Grants are provided to organizations that may be facing a small, unexpected expense required to complete a project.Â
Eligible initiatives:
- Must be charitable in nature;
- Fall within the Impact Areas as listed above;
- Must be for the benefit of the community of West Vancouver;
- Improve connection and belonging for the West Vancouver Community.
The following initiatives are ineligible:
- Deficit reduction (e.g. debts or loans);
- Building an endowment or general fundraising (including fundraising events);Â Â
- Primarily benefiting individuals (such as scholarships);
- Expenses incurred before the date of grant approval;
- National or provincial initiatives without specific benefit to West Vancouver;
- Religious activities or services that focus on only one spiritual tradition;
- Political activity that is prohibited by the Canada Revenue Agency.
Applications are accepted, until funds are depleted, via our online Grant Portal.Â
Once you have created an account/logged in, click on ‘Apply’ at top left. On the next screen, click on the blue Apply button next to Micro Grants.
Staff may contact you to discuss your application. You will receive an email notifying you if your grant request was approved or denied within 4 weeks of our acknowledgment of receiving your application.
- Learning Disabilities Society
- West Van Community Arts – Artwalk app promotion
- Sentinel Youth Services Foundation
- Gal Senior Care Foundation, Seniors Workshops
- Pathways Serious Mental Illness Society – Leadership training
- West Vancouver Police Department, Take Our Kids to Work Day materials
- North Shore Stroke Recovery Centre, Supported Communication Training for Staff & Volunteers
- Crisis Centre BC, staff development
- West Vancouver Community Arts Council, 100 Anniversary celebrations
- Gleneagles Youth Golf Tournament, District of West Vancouver
- North Shore Keep Well Society, Walkathon support
- North Shore Restorative Justice – Translation Services
- Ocean Ambassadors Canada – Climate Cafes
- North Shore Disability Resource Centre – Building Better Communities Luncheon
- Indigenous Residential School Survivor Society 30th Anniversary Gala support
- West Vancouver Community Arts Council – Indigenous Art Program
- Crisis Centre BC – Leadership Training
- North Shore Keep Well – September Walk
- Polish Heritage Society – participation at Community Culture Fest 2024
- Gleneagles Golf Society – youth golf tournaments 2024
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada, West Vancouver student workshops
- BC School Sports, 2023 BC School Sport Girls AA Field Hockey Provincial ChampionshipsÂ
- West Van Arts Council, Singing by the Sea program
- Polish Pavilion at Cultural Fest 2023, North Shore Polish Association
- Gleneagles Youth Golf Tournament 2023
- Crisis Centre BC, Worker Training 2023
- West Van Police Dept – Student Work Advisory Team Holiday Give BackÂ
- Crisis Centre Intervention BC – Management Training
- Gleneagles Golf Society Junior Golf Tournaments 2022
- Polish Pavilion at Bridge Fest 2022, North Shore Polish Association
- West Van Historical Society – Inside West Vancouver book
- Crisis Centre Intervention BC, Capacity Building workshops.
- Girl Guides, West Vancouver District – An environmental service project with all Guiding units (Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers) to enhance a degraded area of a West Vancouver park. Â
- Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention BCÂ – Collateral for community engagement events.
- North Shore Rain Garden – Signage at Douglas Park.Â
- West Vancouver Field Hockey Club – Aiding Golden Oldies Tournament to be zero waste
- Asian New Year CelebrationÂ
