Central City Foundation



Home Contact Resources			About Us History Board of Directors News & Events News Newsletters Events Archives Grant Programs Grant Programs Guidelines Distribution Past Projects Safe & Affordable Housing Housing Initiatives Abbott Mansion Cosmopolitan Hotel Community Investments The Crossing at Keremeos Phil Bouvier Family Centre Donor Information Donation Inquiries Donor Bill of Rights Tax Smart Giving About Canada Helps
			Grant Programs Guidelines Distribution Past Projects Grant Program – Past Projects 2006-2007 Accomplishments Grants to support Children and Youth In addition to supporting housing and direct services in the downtown eastside, the Central City Foundation provides grants to a number of organizations that work with youth who may be at risk or marginalized in our communities. By working with young people, these organizations hope to help them avoid many of the challenging situations faced by residents in the downtown eastside. Pacific Parklands Foundation “Catching the Spirit Youth Program” A grant to support this free summer program “run by youth, for youth” teaching social sustainability, environmental stewardship, leadership and community development. Youth from throughout the lower mainland volunteer at GVRD parks throughout the summer, participating in a variety of activities. www.pacificparklands.ca Urban Promise Ministries A grant to support after-school programs & Summer camps for inner city children and youth at 3 locations on the east side of Vancouver. www.urbanpromise.ca Pacific Community Resource Society “Staying in School, Staying on Track Program for Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder” Youth in this program faced daunting challenges when situated within a large school context and thus, we helped to fund the improvements for a program site adjacent to the Eagle High Alternate School/Day Treatment program. This program is specifically designed to assist alcohol-affected adolescents to successfully transition from elementary to high school. Before the establishment of this program, many of these students were unable to continue in school and were subsequently running into trouble in the community with crime, addiction, street involvement, home/foster home breakdown and pregnancy. www.pcrs.ca Atira Women’s Resource Society “Bridges to Understanding Project” Our grant will support an innovative new youth digital storytelling project to connect youth in Vancouver, Haida Gwaii, and Cortes Island with the world. This project is a partnership with the US-based Bridges program that has a proven track record in offering youth an opportunity to tell the stories of their lives and cultures, and through storytelling, confront the many challenges (eg. racism, violence, sexism, and drugs) of today’s complex society and build their survival skills. www.atira.bc.ca Grants to address the most urgent community needs Sereena’s House A grant to help furnish and equip a new 58 room Single Room Accommodation residence for women in the Downtown Eastside that will be run by Atira Women’ Resources Society and help to address long waiting lists for housing for women. www.atira.bc.ca The Dugout A grant to support this drop in and soup kitchen in the downtown eastside of Vancouver providing food and services to more than 200 people per day, including providing AA groups, counselling, community referrals & outreach services. We have made this grant annually since 1994. 411 Seniors’ Centre A grant to support the Food Services Program that provides almost 500 greatly needed, low-cost, hot nutritious meals every week to seniors, volunteers and other marginalized individuals in the downtown core of Vancouver. www.vcn.bc.ca/411/ Quest Outreach Society Our grant supported the purchase of a walk-in cooler for the Food Process Facility of Quest. Quest is a food exchange organization whose mandate is to rescue non-marketable food from the food industry and redistribute it, through donation, to appropriate public sector and social services agencies that make the food available to their clients in need through food hampers, meal programs, and community kitchens. www.questoutreach.org Grants supporting Community transformation United We Can CCF supported 30 “Binning Units” which provide DTES binners with an efficient and attractive alternative to the shopping cart for hauling recyclables through the downtown core. www.unitedwecan.ca Pivot Legal Society A grant to support a Housing and Homelessness advocacy and research project in the downtown eastside that will provide up to date information on the needs of homeless people in our community and further information on low income housing alternatives. This research will greatly assist the Foundation in future planning and project development. www.pivotlegal.org Headline’s Theatre “METH Project” A grant to support this audience-interactive theatre project created and performed by people who have struggled with addiction to crystal meth. Like all forum theatre projects, METH, functions from a philosophical understanding that the ability and responsibility to deal with issues in a community lies within that community – this theatrical process merely unlocks the knowledge and capacity that resides within a community to resolve its issues. Thus METH is expected to raise awareness and identify creative community solutions to the many problems associated with this devastatingly addictive drug. www.headlinestheatre.com In addition to these grant programs, the Central City Foundation continues to: Provide above-standard housing for more than 100 residents of the downtown eastside Play an active role in the revitalization of the downtown eastside Support the Four Pillars Program Provide a home for the NAOMI Project Provide employment for downtown eastside residents Support local area social enterprises Provide support to Vancouver’s most vulnerable citizens 2005 - 2006 Accomplishments The Foundation purchased a childcare centre on behalf of community Was a catalyst for the creation of British Columbia's first long-term Youth Drug and Alcohol Treatment facility In the past year, through the Foundation's grant program, we have provided financial assistance to: Bridge Housing - Grant monies will be used to purchase food Building Blocks - 100% of the funds go toward purchasing milk The Dugout - The funds from the Foundation will go toward operations. Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation to purchase a van to help extend their reach Kiwassa Neighbourhood House - Partial costs of the building construction, furniture Pacific Parklands - To purchase program supplies, transportation Strathcona Health Society - To provide dental treatment to 60 children Second Mile Society - To assist with their operational shortfall Urban Promise - To provide food to the three Vancouver sites for the After school Program and the Summer Day camps. Provides above-standard housing for residents of the Downtown Eastside The Foundation is an active voice and player in revitalization of the Downtown Eastside Supporter of the Four Pillars Program Provided a home for the NAOMI project Potentially providing a new space for the Coalition of Community Arts Providing employment to Downtown Eastside residents Supporting local area social enterprises Providing support to Vancouver's most vulnerable citizens Support programs for the mentally ill Provide many organizations with direct food costs Assisting Vancouver's AIDS community through the Dr Peter Centre

Grants to address the most urgent community needs

Grants supporting Community transformation