Greenest City Community Grants

Grants of up to $50,000 for organizations in Vancouver with ideas about how to make residential and commercial areas greener. Help make Vancouver the greenest city in the world by 2020.

Greenest City Community Grants are a partnership between The City of Vancouver and Vancouver Foundation. We teamed up to create the Greenest City Fund – a four year fund that supports community-led green projects.

Your project could be an upcycling program to encourage converting old or discarded materials into something useful, a water conservation initiative for residential or commercial landscaping, or a social enterprise that provides local grown good and green jobs.

Looking for ideas or inspiration? Check out the Idea Bank which features green projects taking place around North America.

How it works

Your organization can apply for a Greenest City Community Grant online, through a two-stage process including a Letter of Intent and a Full Proposal. We review applications with our Volunteer Advisory Committee, a group of volunteer experts with experience and expertise in all things green.

Projects supported by these grants must address one or more of the following goals from the City of Vancouver's Greenest City 2020 Action Plan.

• Climate Leadership
• Green Buildings
• Green Transportation
• Zero Waste
• Access to Nature
• Lighter Footprint
• Clean Air
• Clean Water
• Local Food
• Green Economy

Download the Program Overview for more information about Greenest City Community Grants, including the assessment criteria used to review grant applications.

DOWNLOAD: GREENEST CITY COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM OVERVIEW

About Vancouver Foundation

Vancouver Foundation is Community Inspired. We connect the generosity of donors with the energy, ideas and time of people in the community. Together, we’ve been making meaningful and lasting impacts in neighborhoods and communities since 1943.

We work with individuals, corporations and charitable agencies to create permanent endowment funds and then use the income to support thousands of charities. The original capital is endowed so that it generates income in perpetuity.

We recognize that communities are complex and that collaboration between multiple stakeholders is needed to help everyone thrive and evolve. Every year, through the generous support of our donors, we fund hundreds of innovative projects – large and small – in areas such as arts and culture, education, children and youth issues, environment, animal welfare, community health, and social development.

Our mission is to build healthy, vibrant, and livable communities across British Columbia.

Although Vancouver Foundation is a broad funder, we focus extra energy and resources on community-identified initiatives that strengthen our residents’ connections and engagement in their community.

We also work to convene partnerships and conversations around emerging issues such as addressing the needs of at-risk and immigrant and refugee youth, as well as those who are emerging from the foster care system.

We have made a commitment to Learning and Sharing the knowledge and resources developed through this work with our partners, and with the broader community through our Open Licensing Initiative.

Vancouver Foundation brings together donors, non-profits and charities, government, media and academic institutions, local leaders, and passionate individuals to build meaningful and lasting change in the province of BC.

And we do so with gratitude. Thank you for working with us to build healthy, vibrant, and livable communities across British Columbia.

VANCOUVER FOUNDATION IS A PROUD MEMBER OF:

Vancouver foundation is a member of Community Foundations of Canada, the national membership organization for 191 community foundations across Canada who contribute time, leadership and financial support to local initiatives, helping people give back where their communities need it most. To find a Community Foundation near you click here. We are also a sector champion member of Imagine Canada, a national program to promote public and corporate giving, volunteering and support to the community.