We Give Back

The Vancouver Police Foundation http://www.vancouverpolicefoundation.org/  is a non-profit charitable organization which promotes alternative funding to inspire innovative community partnerships with the Vancouver Police Department. These partnerships enhance public safety, foster professional development and fund unique neighborhood initiatives to help make Vancouver the safest major city in Canada.

For over 35 years, the Vancouver Police Foundation has been quietly assisting members of the Vancouver Police Department. We fund a wide range of community policing and outreach programs not covered by the annual operating budget of the department. The Foundation was created by concerned citizens and business people who recognized the need to fund innovative ideas that could help reduce crime or put a more human side to the face of policing.

Since 1940, the Union Gospel Mission has been providing hope for the hungry, hurting and homeless. Its facilities are carefully situated in neighbourhoods of those most in need; particularly between downtown Vancouver and the city of Mission. Though UGM employs a full-time staff, they rely greatly on a broad base of devoted volunteers. Union Gospel Mission offers meals, shelter, education, counseling, housing and much more to hundreds of people everyday.

The GVFBS helps feed approximately 9,000 people each week in various depots situated in Burnaby, New Westminster, Vancouver and the North Shore. Furthermore, the GVFBS supports over 100 food-serving agencies within these areas, providing help to approximately another 16,000 individuals weekly.

World Vision is a humanitarian charity organization committed to working with children, families, and their communities around the world to better improve their quality of life by determining the causes of poverty and injustice. World Vision serves approximately 100 million people in nearly 100 countries worldwide. This organization aims to help all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

The Vancouver Art Gallery holds a permanent collection of approximately 10,000 works of art, and represents the most comprehensive resource for visual culture in British Columbia. Established in 1931 with the founding of the Gallery, the collection grows by several hundred works every year. It is a principal repository of works produced in this region, as well as related works by other Canadian and international artists. The Vancouver Art Gallery’s exhibition program remains one of the most rigorous and dynamic in Canada. Drawing attention both nationally and internationally, the Gallery balances timely exhibitions of leading contemporary artists with innovative, thematic group presentations, as well as landmark international historical exhibitions.

Dress for Success® Vancouver is a registered Canadian Charity and affiliate of Dress for Success® Worldwide, an international non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of women around the world. By providing low and no-income women with professional attire, group support, and educational opportunities, Dress for Success® is committed to helping women transition into the workforce and begin successful careers. The suits they provide are a symbol of the confidence that Dress for Success® has in every woman’s ability to succeed.