Community Support
The following registered Canadian charities have previously been awarded a grant to support their initiatives:
Abbotsford Hospice Society
Alexis Park Elementary School
Allan Brooks Nature Centre
Archway Society for Domestic Peace
Athletics for Kids Financial Assistance Society
Air Rescue One Heli Winch Society
Autism Okanagan
Autism Society of BC
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central & Southern Interior of BC
Blind Beginnings
Boys and Girls Club Vernon
Canadian Mental Health Association – Vernon
Canadian Red Cross Society
CanAssist at the University of Victoria
Castlegar & District Community Services Society
Charles Bloom Secondary School
Cherryville Elementary School
Children’s Heritage Fund
Chilliwack Restorative Justice
Choices for Youth
City of Vernon (for a Bike Skills Park)
Clarence Fulton Secondary School
Columbia Basin Environmental Network
Community Dental Access Center
Community Foundation North Okanagan
Cops for Kids Charitable Foundation
Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria
Ellison Elementary School
Enderby and District Community Resource Society
Environmental Youth Alliance Society (EYA)
Family Resource Centre Society for the North Okanagan
Friends of Okanagan Rail Trail Society
Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
Gavin Lake Forest Education Society
Greater Vernon Museum and Archives
Harwood Elementary School
Helping Out People Exploited
JA British Columbia
JW Inglis Elementary
Kalamalka Secondary School
Kidney Foundation
Lavington Elementary School
Literacy and Youth Initiatives Society of the North Okanagan (Junction Literacy Centre)
Literacy Society of the North Okanagan
Learning Disabilities of BC – Vernon Chapter
Mackie Lake House Foundation
Men’s Shed Vernon Society
Mission Hill Elementary School
Mission Hospice Society
Nexus BC Community Resource Centre
North East Native Advancing Society
North Okanagan Friendship Center Society
North Okanagan Hospice Society
North Okanagan Neurological Association
North Okanagan Youth & Family Services Society
North Valley Gymnastics
O’Keefe Ranch and Interior Heritage Society
Okanagan Boys and Girls Club – Vernon
Okanagan Landing Elementary School
Okanagan Science Center
Operation Freedom Paws Canada
Pallium Foundation of Canada
Partners in the Horn of Africa
Pedal Foundation
Power to Be Adventure Therapy
Rain City Housing and Support Service Society
Reach Out Youth Counselling & Family Services
Ronald McDonald House
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
School District #22 (Scholarships, Brown Bag Program, Crossroads Program, Student Support Services, Alternative Learning Program)
Schubert Centre
Silver Star Elementary School
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Social Diversity for Children Foundation
St. Albert Community Information & Volunteer Centre
Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation
The Children’s Family House Society of B.C.
Thompson Rivers University (EUReKA! Science Program)
The Kidney Foundation
Upper Room Mission Society
Vernon & District Family History Society
Vernon and District Immigrant and Community Services Society
Vernon Community Music School
Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation
Vernon Learning Disabilities Association
Vernon Native Housing
Vernon Rowing and Dragon Boat Club
Vernon Science and Discovery Society
Vernon Secondary School
Victoria Brain Injury Society
Victoria Women’s Transition House
W.L. Seaton Secondary School
Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initative Society
Zajac Ranch Society
News in the Community
Okanagan Science Centre Roof Repairs
A donation to the Okanagan Science Centre has people cheering from the rooftop. The Foord Family...
Allan Brooks Nature Centre Online Learning Program
Vernon’s Allan Brooks Nature Centre is ready to launch the first phase of a brand new online...
New $1.6 Million Facility for Children with Special Needs announced for North Okanagan
A community initiative called Build the Clubhouse is underway to construct a new $1.6 million...
Alexis Park Elementary School Library
Thank you to the Foord Family Foundation for their contribution to our school through their grant...
Sealant Project
Thanks to the Foord Family Foundation, CDAC will offer preventive sealants for low income grade...
Funding from the Foord Family Foundation for busing
Like nature itself the Allan Brooks Nature Centre’s busiest time of year is springtime and their...
Previous Grantees
- Grants Awarded in 2016
- Grants Awarded in 2017
- Grants Awarded in 2018
- Grants Awarded in 2019
- Grants Awarded in 2020
- Grants Awarded in 2021
- Grants Awarded in 2022
- Grants Awarded in 2023
Thank you to all the organizations who have submitted an application for this year.
The Foord Family Foundation is pleased to provide the following organizations with a grant to support their initiatives.
Alexis Park Elementary School
Canadian Mental Health Association – Vernon
City of Vernon
Clarence Fulton School
Ellison Elementary School
Enderby Resource Centre
Literacy and Youth Initiatives Society of the North Okanagan (Junction Literacy Centre)
Mission Hill Elementary School
North Okanagan Neurological Association
North Okanagan Youth & Family Services Society
Okanagan Landing Elementary School
Okanagan Science Center
School District #22
The Kidney Foundation
Vernon Learning Disabilities Association
Zajac Ranch
Thank you to all the organizations who have submitted an application for this year.
The Foord Family Foundation is pleased to provide the following organizations with a grant to support their initiatives.
Alexis Park Elementary School
Canadian Mental Health Association – Vernon
Castlegar & District Community Services Society
Children’s Heritage Fund
Choices for Youth
Community Dental Access Centre
Cops for Kids Charitable Foundation
Enderby & District Community Resource Centre
Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
Gavin Lake Forest Education Society
Kidney Foundation
Mission Hospice Society
North East Native Advancing Society
North Okanagan Neurological Association
North Okanagan Youth & Family Services Society
Power to Be Adventure Therapy
Rain City Housing and Support Service Society
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Social Diversity for Children Foundation
St. Albert Community Information & Volunteer Centre
School District #22
Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation
Vernon Women’s Transition House Society
Victoria Women’s Transition House
Zajac Ranch Society
Thank you to all the organizations who have submitted an application for this year.
The Foord Family Foundation is pleased to provide the following organizations with a grant to support their initiatives.
1. Alexis Park Elementary School
2. Autism Society of BC
3. Blind Beginnings
4. Boys and Girls Club Vernon
5. Columbia Basin Environmental Network
6. Chilliwack Restorative Justice
7. Canadian Mental Health Association
8. Cops for Kids
9. Ellison Elementary
10. Enderby & District Community Resource
11. Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
12. JW Inglis Elementary
13. Kidney Foundation
14. Literacy Society of the North Okanagan
15. Mission Hospice Society
16. North Valley Gymnastics
17. Okanagan Science Centre
18. School District No.22
19. Vernon Learning Disabilities Association
20. Vernon Native Housing
21. Vernon Women’s Transition House
22. Victoria Women’s Transition House Society
24. W.L Seaton Secondary
25. Zajac Ranch Society
Thank you to all the organizations who have submitted an application for this year.
The Foord Family Foundation is pleased to provide the following organizations with a grant to support these initiatives.
- Allan Brooks Nature Centre Society
Allan Brooks Nature Play Space - Archway Society for Domestic Peace
Family Therapy & Healing through Horses Programs - Autism Society of BC
Social groups for children impacted by autism and other intellectual disabilities - Canadian Mental Health Association, Vernon & District Branch
Super Saturday and Friday Night Live – Tween Development - CanAssist at the University of Victoria
Teen Work - Children’s Heritage Fund
The Bridge Program - Clarence Fulton Secondary School
Breakfast Program - Columbia Basin Environmental Network
Wild Voices Program - Community Dental Access Centre
Access to Dental Care for Low Income Children and Youth - Cops for Kids
- Ellison Elementary School
Breakfast Program - Enderby & District Community Resource Society
Enderby Safe Summer Program & Early Years Fair - Harwood Elementary School
Transforming our School Library to a Learning Commons - The Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC & Yukon Branch
Kidney Kids Camp - Literacy Society of the North Okanagan
Skills Boost After School Reading Club - North Okanagan Neurological Association
(NONA Child Development Centre) Child, Family & Community Resource Support - Okanagan Boys & Girls Clubs
Teen Junction Commercial Dishwasher - School District No.22
Scholarship - Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation
Take a Hike Program - Vernon Rowing and Dragon Boat Club
Dynamic Opportunities for Youth Rowing Program - Vernon Science and Discovery Society
New Space for Space and Planetarium Visitor Experience - Vernon Learning Disabilities Association
Supported Tutoring and Advocacy Program - W.L. Seaton Secondary School
Breakfast and Lunch Program - Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initiative Society
YBYG Training Employment Program for Youth Alumni - Zajac Ranch Society
Zajac Camper Allowance
Thank you to all the organizations who have submitted an application for this year.
The Foord Family Foundation is pleased to provide the following organizations with a grant to support these initiatives:
- Alexis Park
- Allan Brooks
- Archway Society
- Canadian Mental Health Association – Vernon and District Branch
- Charles Bloom Secondary School
- Clarence Fulton Secondary School
- Community Dental Access Centre
- Community Foundation North Okanagan
- Ellison Elementary School
- Enderby & District Community Resource Centre
- Harwood
- Literacy Society
- Mission Hill Elementary School
- Nexus BC Community Resource Centre
- North Okanagan Neurological Association
- Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs
- Okanagan Landing Elementary School
- School District #22
- School District #22 (scholarships)
- Schubert Centre
- Science Centre
- W.L. Seaton Secondary School
Thank you to all the organizations who have submitted an application for this year.
The Foord Family Foundation is pleased to provide the following organizations with a grant to support these initiatives:
- Abbotsford Hospice Society
- Alexis Park Elementary School
- Allan Brooks Nature Centre Society
- Archway Society for Domestic Peace
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Central and Southern Interior of BC
- Canadian Red Cross
- Charles Bloom Secondary School
- Cherryville Elementary School
- Clarence Fulton Secondary School
- Cops for Kids
- Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria
- Enderby & District Community Resource Centre
- Family Resource Centre Society for the North Okanagan
- Harwood Elementary School
- Helping out People Exploited
- Mission Hill Elementary
- Nexus BC Community Resource Centre
- North Okanagan Neurological Association (NONA Child Dev Centre)
- Operation Freedom Paws
- Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon
- School District 22
- School District 22 Scholarships
- Schubert Centre
- Silver Star Elementary
- Social Diversity for Children
- Thompson Rivers University
- Vernon Learning Disabilities Association
- Vernon Science and Discovery Society
- W L Seaton Secondary School
Thank you to all the organizations who have submitted an application for this year.
The Foord Family Foundation is pleased to provide the following organizations with a grant to support these initiatives:
- Air Rescue One Heli Winch Society
- Autism Society of BC
- Charles Bloom Secondary School
- Cherryville Elementary School
- Chilliwack Restorative Justice
- Clarence Fulton Secondary School
- Columbia Basin Environmental Network
- Community Dental Access Center
- Cops for Kids Charitable Foundation
- Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria
- Enderby and District Community Resource Society
- Environmental Youth Alliance Society (EYA)
- Family Resource Centre Society for the North Okanagan
- Friends of Okanagan Rail Trail Society
- Harwood Elementary School
- Helping Out People Exploited
- JW Inglis Elementary
- Lavington Elementary School
- Learning Disabilities of BC – Vernon Chapter
- Men’s Shed Vernon Society
- North Okanagan Hospice Society
- North Valley Gymnastics
- School District #22
- School District #22 (Alternative Learning Program)
- School District #22 (Crossroads)
- School District #22 (Student Support Services Branch)
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace
- Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation
- The Children’s Family House Society of B.C.
- Thompson Rivers University (EUReKA! Science Program)
- Upper Room Mission Society
- Vernon & District Family History Society
- Vernon and District Immigrant and Community Services Society
- Vernon Community Music School
- Vernon Secondary School
- Victoria Brain Injury Society
Thank you to all the organizations who have submitted an application for this year.
The Foord Family Foundation is pleased to provide the following organizations with a grant to support these initiatives:
- Autism Okanagan
- Charles Bloom Secondary School
- Chilliwack Restorative Justice
- Columbia Basin Environmental Network
- Cops for Kids Charitable Foundation
- Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria
- Ellison Elementary School
- Enderby and District Community Resource Society
- Family Resource Centre Society for the North Okanagan
- Greater Vernon Museum and Archives
- Helping Out People Exploited
- JA British Columbia
- Kalamalka Secondary School
- Mackie Lake House Foundation
- Men’s Shed Vernon Society
- Mission Hill Elementary School
- North Okanagan Friendship Center Society
- North Valley Gymnastics
- Operation Freedom Paws Canada
- Pallium Foundation of Canada
- School District #22 (Student Support Services Branch)
- Schubert Centre
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace
- The Children’s Family House Society of B.C.
- Upper Room Mission Society
- Vernon and District Immigrant and Community Services Society
- Vernon Learning Disabilities Association
- Vernon Secondary School
- W.L. Seaton Secondary School