Search
Close this search box.

Grants

Coming Soon!

Community Prosperity Fund

We will be taking part in delivering the Community Prosperity Fund – a $25 million investment from the Government of BC focusing on poverty reduction and social inclusion. Application intake will begin in March 2024. More details to come soon.

Sign up to our Non-Profit Network Newsletter to receive notice of future granting opportunities.

Have you checked out
the community check up by Whistler's Vital Signs?

Whistler Community Foundation’s board and grants committees use the knowledge gained through Vital Signs to lead on impact in Whistler. Priorities identified by Vital Signs and the Sustainable Development Goals guide decision-making in granting to Whistler and Pemberton area registered charities and qualified donees. 

WCF 2024 Grants Closed

Grants for Non-Profits Community, Leadership and Environmental Legacy

Grant portal was open for Community and Leadership Grants from January 10 – January 31, 2024 until 5:00 PM. Don’t forget to sign up to our Non-Profit Network Newsletter to receive notice of future granting opportunities.

Attention 2024 Environmental Legacy Fund Applicants

 Letters of inquiry were received January 10 – January 24, 2024. Applicants who qualify through this first step of the process will be invited to apply for a grant through the grant portal with a final applications due date of February 20, 2024.

Have questions?

Contact info@whistlerfoundation.com.

WCF’s Online Grant Portal for Non-Profits allows you to submit applications, grant agreements and grant reports. Launch the page with the grant portal button below.

The Whistler Community Foundation is proud to offer a number of grant programs for the benefit of nonprofits in the Whistler and Pemberton areas. Grants are divided into three categories: Community, Learning and Legacy. For information on grants look for the related tabs below.

2024 Grant Guides

Moving Mountains for Children Funding Opportunity

2024 Moving Mountains for Children Funding Guide

Environmental Legacy Fund Grants

2024 Environmental Legacy Fund Grants Guide

Community

Whistler Community Grants support projects and programs taking place in the Whistler region and benefiting the local community. Grants are made possible by the Community Fund, the American Friends of Whistler Fund, and the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation Fund. Grants between $500 and $3,000 will be awarded to projects that focus on making a significant difference in improving the quality of life for community members, with a focus on children, youth and families. Applications benefiting other areas will also be considered.

Pemberton and Area Community Grants support projects and programs taking place in Pemberton, Mount Currie and surrounding areas. Grants are made possible by the Pemberton Community Fund. Grants are generally between $1,000 and $3,000 and focus on supporting the creation of long-term legacies for the community.

Social Care Grants support projects and programs taking place in the Sea to Sky corridor that focus on the health, economic and social well-being of children, youth, families, seniors or other segments of society. Social Care grants are made possible by the Jill Ackhurst Social Action Fund. Grants up to $3,000 will be awarded.

Whistler Youth Grants support programs that benefit local youth or are conducted by local youth. Whistler Youth Grants are made possible by the Whistler Youth Foundation Fund. Grants up to $1000 will be awarded.

Moving Mountains for Children Grants support charitable organizations whose activities help children and youth, ages 0-18 and their families in Whistler. Funds can go towards Early Childhood Educators learning opportunities and capital assets for childcare
centres/programs or seed funding for new programs. Grants of up to $1000 will be awarded.

Emergency Fund Grants are a one time grants designated for community groups, families and / or individuals needing short-term support as a result of a natural or socio-economic disaster.

Investing in a thriving community

Grant stories that you don't want to miss

Grantee Highlight

And over the last few years, Sea to Sky Hospice has mindfully curated and created resources for people who are experiencing grief or bereavement. Recently, the team applied for funds from Whistler Community Foundation’s 2022 Caring Community Grants to support the printing and preparation of support packages that include a few of these resources.

Read More »
Marmot

Grantee Highlight

We have the chance to make deliberate choices about what we want this community to look like in 20 years. We will never see a collective reset at the scale we are seeing now and what we are seeing with crystal clarity is that action starts at home and what we can do in our own communities. The cool thing about Whistler is that we don’t just influence within our community boundaries but also beyond.

Read More »
Bree Thorlakson

Grantee Highlight

Bree Thorlakson has been studying, alongside her duties as the Executive Director for PORCA, in the SFU Non-Profit Management Certificate program since receiving a leadership grant in 2020.

Read More »

Grantee Highlight

It’s hard to believe we’re coming up on a year since the world shifted into pandemic mode. Many of us, including the Whistler Multicultural Society, were in the middle of meaningful long term program changes when in-person-life came to a halt. In the case of the society, the Advisory Board had just made the move to officially incorporate with finalized paperwork arriving late January 2020.

Read More »

Grantee Highlight

Expanded to Whistler 4 years ago (and more recently to Pemberton), the HSWC Summer Camp for Girls has become increasingly well attended. But this last year has been different in that more families experienced heightened vulnerability through job loss, health related stress, and pressures from forming relationship bubbles.

Read More »
senior on the phone

Grantee Highlight

For some time, Better at Home has been offering a personalized door to door transportation service for seniors and elders living in the Sea to Sky Corridor. The goal of the Better at Home program is in the title. Seniors and elders who need support generally have better outcomes when living at home in their own community.

Read More »
Adaptive Skier

Grantee Highlight

Because they were focused on their membership’s health and wellness, Whistler Adaptive took their services online within a week. Physical literacy is one of the main goals of programming at Whistler Adaptive and what they found is that it’s not as hard as one might expect to communicate physical literacy in the online space.

Read More »
Work2Live Program Virtual Family Dinner

Grantee Highlight

An Emergency Community Support Fund grant to adapt the Work2Live Program to the “new normal”, gave the co-executive directors the confidence to keep going, and to employ staff.

Read More »
Outreach Workers WCSS

Grantee Highlight

Today, all financial assistance programs, food bank, and outreach services are offered in a hybrid approach of virtual or in person. WCSS will continue to supply services remotely because getting programs online reduced client barriers in unexpected ways.

Read More »