Ladysmith Family and Friends (LaFF)
$1,896.50
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Discover the diverse range of causes Nanaimo Foundation has supported. From grassroots initiatives to broader community efforts, we are committed to funding projects that make a difference. Our granting decisions are informed by the insights from our Vital Signs Report, ensuring that our support aligns with the most pressing community needs. This page showcases how our grants have helped foster a thriving, vibrant community across various sectors, such as the environment, youth, healthcare, arts and culture, and more.
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Donated To
Amount
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$92,765.21
Unitarian Foundation of Nanaimo
$15,000.00
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$2,972.27
The Port Theatre Society
$17,366.82
City of Nanaimo
$1,000.00
Vancouver Island Symphony (VIS)
$2,418.93
Sport BC
$12,500.00
City of Nanaimo
$1,000.00
Cowichan Family Life Association
$600.00
Ladysmith First United Church
$200.00
The Other Guys Theatre Company
$300.00
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$2,972.27
The Port Theatre Society
$17,366.82
Sport BC
$34,650.00
BC Cancer Foundation
$10,000.00
Haven Society
$5,000.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$10,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$5,000.00
Vancouver Island University Foundation
$6,000.00
Operating Fund
$20,000.00
Unitarian Foundation of Nanaimo
$5,000.00
Sport BC
$2,500.00
Ladysmith Resources Centre Association
$15,000.00
Cedar Opportunities BC Society
$60,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$290.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$40,000.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$25,000.00
CANADIAN COUNCIL OF PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL SPORT FEDERATIONS INC.
$25,000.00
Canucks Alumni Association
$2,500.00
Habitat for Humanity Mid-Vancouver Island
$2,500.00
Island Crisis Care Society
$2,500.00
Nanaimo Child Development Centre (NCDC)
$2,500.00
Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA)
$2,500.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$2,500.00
The Port Theatre Society
$18,860.14
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$3,246.92
City of Parksville
$6,337.50
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$5,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$5,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$5,000.00
Children's Health Foundation of Vancouver Island
$25,000.00
Vancouver Island University Foundation
$2,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$100.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$2,500.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$2,000.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$250.00
Operating Fund
$20,000.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$10,000.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$10,000.00
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island
$7,000.00
Morrell Nature Sanctuary
$3,000.00
Nanaimo & Area Land Trust
$4,000.00
Calgary Young Men's Christian Association YMCA
$10,000.00
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$3,246.92
The Port Theatre Society
$18,860.14
Nanaimo Theatre Group
$5,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$1,545.00
YMCA-YWCA of Vancouver Island
$10,000.00
Alison Evans
$1,000.00
Branton Thomson
$1,000.00
Camela Tang
$1,000.00
Colin Duncanson
$1,000.00
Nanaimo Child Development Centre (NCDC)
$84,491.00
Nanaimo International Jazz Festival
$10,500.00
Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank
$18,720.00
Nanaimo Youth Services Association (NYSA)
$38,301.00
People for a Healthy Community (PHC)
$85,338.00
The Port Theatre Society
$82,600.00
Vancouver Island Symphony (VIS)
$30,500.00
Ladysmith Little Theatre Society
$600.00
Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
$5,594.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$2,500.00
Vancouver Island University Foundation
$2,000.00
Vancouver Island University Foundation
$2,000.00
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$3,246.92
The Port Theatre Society
$18,860.14
Tom Harris Community Foundation Fund
$1,000.00
Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
$500.00
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island
$15,000.00
Clay Tree Society
$8,000.00
Gabriola Land and Trails Trust (GaLTT)
$2,000.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$1,000.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$10,000.00
Nanaimo Community Hospice
$5,000.00
Education Without Boundaries
$1,000.00
Iris Ministries Canada
$20,000.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$10,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$15,000.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$250.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$2,000.00
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$3,246.92
The Port Theatre Society
$18,860.14
Hope Outreach
$1,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$15,000.00
Big Brothers & Big Sisters Association of Lloydminster Corp.
$500.00
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Wood Buffalo
$500.00
Boys and Girls Club Cranbrook
$1,000.00
Boys and Girls Club Penticton
$500.00
Community Connections (Revelstoke) Society
$500.00
Edson Friendship Centre
$1,000.00
Gardom Lake Bible Camp
$1,000.00
Haven Society
$2,500.00
Haven Society Victims Service
$2,500.00
Highway to Healing Support Society
$500.00
Powell River Child, Youth and Family Services Society
$2,500.00
Sunshine Coast Community Services Society
$1,000.00
The Hub Family Resource Centre
$1,000.00
The Lethbridge Young Men's Christian Accociation YMCA
$500.00
The YMCA of Greater Vancouver
$1,500.00
The YMCA of Northern Alberta (Edmonton)
$2,000.00
Town Of Claresholm
$1,000.00
Victoria Women's Transition House Society
$1,000.00
YANA Fund Society
$2,500.00
YMCA - Kamloops Community Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Ass.
$1,000.00
YMCA of Okanagan Association
$1,000.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$50,000.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$2,200.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$5,000.00
Nanaimo's Fund for the Environment
$5,000.00
Sport BC
$15,750.00
Vancouver Island University Foundation
$1,000.00
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$2,406.08
The Port Theatre Society
$14,401.35
City of Parksville
$4,916.47
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$2,350.39
The Port Theatre Society
$13,901.35
Haven Society
$10,000.00
Island Crisis Care Society
$9,000.00
Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre (IDHHC)
$10,000.00
Young Entrepreneurs Of Canada Association
$10,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$2,000.00
Mamas for Mamas
$1,500.00
True Sport Foundation
$3,135.00
Vancouver Island Symphony (VIS)
$1,800.87
Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
$5,785.00
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$2,350.39
The Port Theatre Society
$13,450.48
Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
$200.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$10,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$10,000.00
Help Fill a Dream Foundation of Canada
$10,000.00
Tom Harris Fund for Families
$10,000.00
Morrell Nature Sanctuary
$12,000.00
E.I.S. - The Ecoforestry Institute Society
$67,314.00
Gosselin Family Charity Fund
$2,713.00
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$2,294.70
The Port Theatre Society
$13,450.48
Scale Enterprises Ltd.
$1,338.75
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$603.75
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$603.75
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$603.75
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$2,000.00
BC Cancer Foundation
$1,000.00
BC Children's Hospital Foundation
$500.00
Canadian Red Cross Society
$500.00
CATS Cat Advocates Teaching & Saving Society and Thrift Corner
$500.00
International Widows and Orphans Fund (iWof)
$500.00
MARS Wildlife Rescue
$500.00
Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank
$500.00
Operation Smile Canada Foundation
$500.00
Gabriola Island Community Hall Association
$15,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$10,000.00
COCO Café
$3,663.17
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Big Wheel Fund
$5,000.00
Cedar Opportunities BC Society
$20,000.00
Vancouver Island Symphony (VIS)
$2,716.83
Vancouver Island Mental Health Society (VIMHS)
$4,000.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$6,188.19
Nanaimo Unique Kids Organization (NUKO)
$2,000.00
Rugged Coast Research Society
$65,000.00
The Great Nanaimo Toy Drive
$2,500.00
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$2,221.18
The Port Theatre Society
$12,767.59
City of Nanaimo
$150,000.00
Haven Society
$102,444.14
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$1,170.75
Rugged Coast Research Society
$10,000.00
Nanaimo Brain Injury Society (NBIS)
$3,000.00
Nanaimo 7-10 Club
$1,000.00
Royal Canadian Marine Search & Rescue Station 27 - Nanaimo
$250.00
Rugged Coast Research Society
$10,000.00
Vancouver Island University Foundation
$400.00
Haven Society
$3,267.70
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$609.53
Nanaimo Ocean Paddling Club
$5,000.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$588.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$588.00
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$2,221.18
The Port Theatre Society
$12,767.59
Morrell Nature Sanctuary
$4,500.00
Nanaimo Conservatory of Music
$28,919.00
Rugged Coast Research Society
$10,000.00
Vancouver Island Mental Health Society (VIMHS)
$10,108.00
Ladysmith Family and Friends (LaFF)
$700.00
Ladysmith Family and Friends (LaFF)
$700.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$588.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$588.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$588.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$617.41
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$588.00
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$588.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$588.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$617.41
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$599.55
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Ecoforestry Institute Society
$20,000.00
Kiwanis Village
$2,500.00
Ladysmith Family and Friends (LaFF)
$700.00
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$2,221.18
Nanaimo & Area Land Trust
$1,500.00
Nanaimo Association for Community Living (NACL)
$4,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$12,000.00
Rugged Coast Research Society
$10,000.00
The Port Theatre Society
$12,267.59
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$75,000.00
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Haven Society
$832.66
KidSport Nanaimo
$832.66
Ladysmith Family and Friends (LaFF)
$616.50
Morrell Nature Sanctuary
$1,500.00
Nanaimo & Area Land Trust
$2,000.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$2,000.00
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
$250.00
Royal Canadian Marine Search & Rescue Station 27 - Nanaimo
$250.00
Vancouver Island University Foundation
$500.00
Vancouver Island University Foundation
$500.00
Vancouver Island University Foundation
$10,433.84
Wheels for Wellness Society
$3,089.00
Wisteria Community Association
$661.50
Wisteria Community Association
$603.75
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Vancouver Island
$10,000.00
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island
$10,000.00
Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
$5,266.12
Habitat for Humanity Mid-Vancouver Island
$942.00
Haven Society
$2,000.00
Nanaimo Child Development Centre (NCDC)
$832.66
Nanaimo Community Kitchens Society
$5,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$17,000.00
Pacifica Housing
$6,790.00
Society for Equity, Inclusion and Advocacy
$15,000.00
The Men's Centre
$12,500.00
Wisteria Community Association
$603.75
Wisteria Community Association
$603.75
Ladysmith Family and Friends (LaFF)
$1,129.50
Wisteria Community Association
$603.75
City of Parksville
$7,894.21
EcoJustice Canada Society
$3,925.22
Iris Ministries Canada
$13,085.11
The Nature Conservancy of Canada
$3,925.22
UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
$3,925.22
University of Alberta
$3,925.22
World Wildlife Fund Canada
$3,925.22
Big Brothers & Big Sisters Association of Lloydminster Corp.
$2,000.00
Calgary Young Men's Christian Association YMCA
$2,000.00
City of Vernon
$1,000.00
Closer to Home Community Services Society
$2,000.00
Community Connections (Revelstoke) Society
$1,000.00
Crossroads Pregnancy Centre
$700.00
Gardom Lake Bible Camp
$2,500.00
Kw'umut Lelum Foundation
$10,437.04
Powell River Child, Youth and Family Services Society
$2,000.00
Squamish Nation Youth Centre
$2,000.00
Sunshine Coast Community Services Society
$2,000.00
The Lethbridge Young Men's Christian Accociation YMCA
$2,000.00
The YMCA of Greater Vancouver
$8,000.00
The YMCA of Northern Alberta (Edmonton)
$3,000.00
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of All Saints, Sandy Rapids
$5,000.00
Vancouver Island Mental Health Society (VIMHS)
$7,200.00
YMCA - Kamloops Community Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Ass.
$2,500.00
YMCA of Okanagan Association
$1,000.00
YMCA-YWCA of Vancouver Island
$6,000.00
City of Nanaimo
$2,000.00
Mamas for Mamas
$10,000.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$5,000.00
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$2,221.18
The Port Theatre Society
$12,267.59
Nanaimo and District Museum Society
$2,168.92
The Port Theatre Society
$12,460.39
AVI Health and Community Services
$15,000.00
Nanaimo Brain Injury Society (NBIS)
$6,120.00
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island
$15,000.00
Canadian Red Cross Society
$9,000.00
Crossroads Pregnancy Centre
$9,140.00
Crossroads Pregnancy Centre
$4,956.00
Eden Gardens
$10,000.00
Island Crisis Care Society
$10,000.00
Island Crisis Care Society
$10,544.00
Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre (IDHHC)
$10,000.00
Kids International Development Society
$1,322.00
Ladysmith Family and Friends (LaFF)
$10,000.00
Ladysmith Resources Centre Association
$15,000.00
Nanaimo Arts Council
$500.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$15,000.00
Nanaimo Foodshare Society
$25,000.00
Pacifica Housing
$15,000.00
Spinal Cord Injury BC (SCI BC)
$10,000.00
The Men's Centre
$5,000.00
Wisteria Community Association
$10,000.00
BC Children's Hospital Foundation
$1,500.00
Canadian Feed the Children
$500.00
Comox Valley Transition Society
$1,000.00
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$500.00
Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank
$1,500.00
Haven Society
$100,000.00
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