New & longstanding programs deliver community action
Volunteers assessed programs to grant over $128K
The Grants committees and Whistler Community Foundation’s team are excited about the programs and ideas proposed for 2022. New ideas include Decolonizing the Recruitment Process at Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, AWARE’s Project NOW, and Stewardship Pemberton Society’s Community Climate Change Action Coordinator.
You can find more Grant awards below, or click the link to read the Pique’s story for more detail.
Caring Community Grants 2022
Whistler
The Point Artist-Run Centre, Sunday Artist Sessions and Artist Mentorship Project, $2,950
Howe Sound Women’s Centre Society, Healing Through Arts, $3,350
Whistler Community Services Society, Counselling Assistance, $3,500
Social Care
Sea to Sky Hospice Society, Grief and Bereavement Packages, $2,500
Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Decolonizing Recruitment Process, $3,500
Whistler Writing Society, Whistler Writer in Residence/Festival IBPoC Scholarship, $750
Zero Ceiling Society of Canada, Computers and Software, $2,450
Pemberton
Pemberton Valley Trails Association, Pemberton Trail Network Cultural Signage Project, $3,319
Youth
The Point Artist-Run Centre, Youth Creative Camps and Drop-in Support Project, $2,000
The Whistler Writing Society, Authors in Schools, $1,500
Learning Grants 2022
Whistler Arts Council, Fundraising Associate Certificate Program, $3,500
Pemberton Valley Trails Association, Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples Training, $3,307.50
Environmental Grants 2022
AWARE, Core Capacity/Advocacy/Program Development Support, $18,000
AWARE, Project NOW, $8,000
AWARE, S2S Non-Profit Climate Collaborations Micro-Conference, $1,000
AWARE, Zero Waste Initiatives, $9,000
Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council, 2022 Invasive Species Education, Outreach and Training, $19,500
Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council, 2022 Invasive Species Inventory Control & Monitoring, $20,000
Stewardship Pemberton Society, Community Climate Change Action Coordinator, $13,500
Stewardship Pemberton Society, Feasting for Change, $12,500
Whistler Museum & Archives Society, Discover Nature Education Program at Lost Lake Park, $5,000
Whistler Naturalists (AWARE), Bird Studies, $2,000
Whistler Naturalists (AWARE), Fungus Among Us, $5,400
Whistler Naturalists (AWARE), Whistler BioBlitz, $15,000
If you want to know more about 2022 Grant Season, scholarships, or how you can help us fund more programs through the power of endowment then contact us at info@whistlerfoundation.com. We’d be happy to share more information.
Neigbhourhood Small Grants Open May 1st
Neighbourhood Small Grants (NSG) provides grants of up to $500 for projects that connect people. And a grant means you don’t need to pay back this funding — no matter the outcome.
For 20 years, Neighbourhood Small Grants (NSG) has supported ideas that bring people together. We believe the best people to effect change in a community are the ones within it.
And when we can make money less of an issue in doing so, it allows so many more kinds of ideas to shine.
As a local partner organization to Vancouver Foundation, Whistler Community Foundation is assisting in administering the Neighbourhood Small Grants Program.