Comox Valley Community Foundation



The Comox Valley Community Foundation is one of over 170 community foundations in Canada. Community foundations are charitable organizations dedicated to improving communities within a defined geographic area.

Community foundation pool charitable gifts from donors to create endowment funds and use the investment income to make grants. Community foundations are one of the world's fastest growing philanthropic movements with over 1,000 foundations in worldwide.



    

Recent News from Comox Valley Community Foundation


LUSH Valley operating new mobile food cooler
Foundation: Comox Valley Community Foundation

Program Manager Andrea Cupelli says they received funding from the Comox Valley Community Foundation to purchase the cooler. “This is going...more

26 local groups receive grants from Comox Valley Community Foundation
Foundation: Comox Valley Community Foundation

The annual Community Enrichment Awards ceremony was held last week and the foundation, which was established in 1996, awarded over...more

CV Community Foundation offering grants to non-profits for professional training
Foundation: Comox Valley Community Foundation

The Comox Valley Community Foundation announced this week the opening of the Professional Development Grant opportunity for...more

Community enrichment awards celebrate another record
Foundation: Comox Valley Community Foundation

This year the Comox Valley Community Foundation will award $316,300 to local charities and students. The majority of the grants will be...more

Philanthropy: Foundations work as conduits
Foundation: Comox Valley Community Foundation

There are three major foundations in the Comox Valley; the Comox Valley Community Foundation, the North Island College Foundation, and...more

Community Foundation awards development grants
Foundation: Comox Valley Community Foundation

In the first of its kind, the Comox Valley Community Foundation awarded seven professional development grants for a total of $10,000 to local...more

Largest donation ever for Comox Valley Community Foundation
Foundation: Comox Valley Community Foundation

The Comox Valley Community Foundation is the main benefactor and will disperse the funds annually as Aitken wished. Three local groups...more

Couple establishes fund to help homeless
Foundation: Comox Valley Community Foundation

While there is no one factor that causes homelessness, a prominent local couple have established a special fund with the Comox Valley Community...more

James Bond Theme For Upcoming Community Foundation Gala
Foundation: Comox Valley Community Foundation

Tickets are now available for the 18th Annual Comox Valley Community Foundation Gala taking place on Saturday, October 19 at the Native Sons Hall...more

Donation largest ever for Comox Valley Community Foundation
Foundation: Comox Valley Community Foundation

Joan Carson (left) and Susan Klimczak (centre) of the Comox Valley Association for Mentally Handicapped People present Andrea Rowe a cheque for $811,287.75, the largest single donation the Comox...more



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