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Pat Pantuso Legacy Fund |
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Pat’s family has established the Pat Pantuso Legacy Fund to honour her long-standing leadership and support of the performing arts community in the Comox Valley. |
Arts & Culture Field of Interest Fund |
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This fund supports and advances our community's arts and culture programs and activities, including but not limited to, community heritage and local cultural traditions, theatre, dance, literature, film and video, music, crafts, painting and sculpture. |
Children's Enrichment Fund |
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To enrich lives of children in the Comox Valley, and, where possible, children with special needs. |
Children & Youth Field of Interest Fund |
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Supporting children and youth in the Comox Valley (prenatal to 24 years) |
DeLuca Veale Investment Counsel Inc. Fund |
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For grants in the area of 'Children & Youth'. |
Developmental Disabilities Fund |
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To promote the well-being and enrich the lives of mentally handicapped persons living in the Comox Valley including, by supporting charitable organizations that provide recreational and social activities for persons with developmental disabilites. Not to support faith based organizations. |
Education, Participation & Leadership Field of Interest Fund |
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To support and advance educational programs and initiatives that build individual citizen's capacity for leadership and effective participation in community life. |
Environment Field of Interest Fund |
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To encourage innovative approaches to and support community based management and stewardship of land, natural resources and the environment. |
George and Marianne Muir Fund |
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Encouraging and supporting innovative approaches to community based management and stewardship of land, natural resources and the environment in the Comox Valley. |
Health & Wellness Field of Interest Fund |
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To support and advance social and health programs and activities that contribute to the development of health communities. Health includes, but is not limited to social determinants of health and health promotion. |
Help the Homeless Fund |
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To overcome the underlying causes and alleviate the effects of homelessness in the Comox Valley. |
Jack & Lillian Lefcoe Fund |
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Supporting those with mental challenges and disabilities and the welfare of wild and domestic animals. |
Janine Martin & Family Environmental Fund |
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Supporting environmental initiatives. |
Joyce Perkins Fund |
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Discretionary and music and theatre. |
King Salmon Club Fund |
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Salmon enhancement and the development and preservation of other fish stocks and the marine environment. |
Len & Gwen Willing Fund |
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For the benefit of the elderly in the Comox Valley. |
Randy Wiwchar Legacy Fund |
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To support the development of local children and youth through their participation in academic, athletic, cultural (including arts, dance, music, theatre, etc.), recreational, vocational and other activities provided by community organizations in the Courtenay area in circumstances where funding is a barrier to participation. |
Rotary Club of Courtenay Foundation Fund |
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For the relief of poverty and the advancement of education, as advised by the Rotary Club of Courtenay. |
Seniors Field of Interest Fund |
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Supporting seniors in the Comox Valley. |
The Honourable Stanley B Hagen Fund |
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Discretionary funds, but no funds shall be disbursed to organizations which provide services of (or related to) human contraception, abortion or assisted suicide or which advocate for the provision of such services. |
The Womens Crisis and Transition Fund |
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To support and fund women’s crisis centres and transition houses for women in abusive relationships. |
Community Fund |
Community Fund |
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The Community Fund offers the most flexibility to fund emerging priorities and address needs as they change over time, while supporting a range of charitable interests. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated just how valuable the Community Fund is – allowing us to direct dollars where and when they are needed most. |
Ad Clement Family Fund |
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Archie Watson Family Fund |
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Auchterlonie Family Fund |
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Betty (Baker) Moore Fund |
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Canadian Union of Public Employees (Courtenay Unit) Fund |
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Comox Valley Desk Top Publishers Association Fund |
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DiCastri Family Fund |
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Directors Fund |
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Duxbury Family Fund |
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Eileen & George Rispin Fund |
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Erik & Beverley Eriksson Family Fund |
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First Credit Union Fund |
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George L. Hobson Family Fund |
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Gordon Family Fund |
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Griffith-Cochrane & Lovely Families Fund |
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Harder Family Fund |
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Harold Stevens Contracting Ltd. Fund |
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H. Leighton Family Fund |
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Hornby Island Community Fund |
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The income of the fund to be disbursed as recommended annually by the directors of the Hornby Island Community Fund. |
Janet & Harry Simms Fund |
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John & Linda McLean Fund |
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Leslie & John King Fund |
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Loraine & Stanley Nixon Fund |
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Mary Clifton Family Fund |
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Melba Cronk Memorial Fund |
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Meyers Norris Penny Fund |
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Michael Naish Family Fund |
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Mona & Eileen Turnbull Fund |
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Norman & Lisa Leung Fund |
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Peter Doherty Fund |
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Poje Family Fund |
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Presley Family Fund |
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Presley & Partners Fund |
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Robert (Rocky) Williams Family Fund |
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Roberts & Adela Smith Family Fund |
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Ron & Linda Parke Family Fund |
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Russell & Hazel Waldie Family Fund |
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Stephens & Jones Fund |
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Swift Datoo & Co. Fund |
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Terry Ryan Fund |
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Thomas & Roberta Feely Fund |
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Valerie J. & Richard D. Graham Fund |
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Village of Cumberland Fund |
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Waypoint Insurance |
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Wharram Family Fund |
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Agency |
Comox Valley Community Arts Council Endowment Fund |
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Agency fund for Comox Valley Community Arts Council |
Comox Valley Hospice Society Fund |
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Agency fund for the Comox Valley Hospice Society. |
Comox Valley Project Watershed Society Agency Fund |
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Agency fund for the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society. |
Comox Valley Schools Education Enrichment Fund |
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Comox Valley Transition Society Endowment Fund |
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Agency fund for the Comox Valley Transition Society |
Courtenay & District Museum Fund |
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Agency fund for Courtenay & District Museum |
Filberg Lodge and Park Association Fund |
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Agency fund for Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park |
Micah Messent Future Watersheds Fund |
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Established in memory of Micah Messent, an ardent young environmentalist whose mission was to protect the world’s oceans, the income from this Fund will be used annually to support a youth engagement program at Comox Valley Project Watershed Society. Micah, originally from the Comox Valley, was killed in the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 crash in March 2019, when he was on his way to join the United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya. |
Oyster River Conservation Fund |
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Agency fund for Oyster River Enhancement Society |
Sid Williams Theatre Fund |
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Agency fund for Sid Williams Theatre Society |
The North Island College Foundation Fund |
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Agency fund for NIC Foundation |
The St. Andrew's Church Preservation Fund |
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Agency fund for the preservation and maintenance of St. Andrew's Church and St. Andrew's Church cemetery adjacent to the church. |
Designated |
Arne Olsen Fund |
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To support the Hornby Festival Society's charitable activities (the provision of performing arts) on Hornby Island. |
Chrissie May Ingleby Fund |
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Designated fund to support Rotoplast International and BC Children's Hospital |
Sustainability Fund (CVCF Operations Endowment) |
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Designated fund to support CVCF Operations.
"It is my hope that other members of our community will contribute to the Fund and that it may provide a focus for donors wishing to ensure the long term viability of the Foundation." - Marianne Muir |
Jim & Marjorie Walden Fund |
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Designated fund equally supporting the Comox Valley Corps of the Salvation Army and the Comox Valley Regional District for the purposes of its Sports and Aquatic Centre at 3001 Vanier Drive. |
Robin & Jennifer Harrison Environmental Fund |
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Designated fund supporting Comox Valley Project Watershed Society |
Tess Trueman Fund |
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Designated fund to support Denman Seniors & Museum Society |
Scholarship/Bursary |
Arthur and Phyllis Ramsell Fund |
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This bursary is provided from a fund established by Arthur and Phyllis Ramsell. The recipient must be pursuing a career in the field of health care. The Ramsell's interests are in supporting higher education, firstly in the areas of nursing and secondly, in general health care. |
Beecher Development Ltd. Fund |
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The income of the Fund shall support two deserving students whose ordinary residence is the Comox Valley, one of whom is pursuing or entering an academically-oriented course of post secondary study and the other who is pursuing or entering a vocationally-oriented course of post secondary study. |
Ben Bellamy Memorial Scholarship Fund |
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Ben Bellamy was a Grade 11 academic gold honour role student at Highland School. He was tragically killed by a reckless driver on February 21, 1998. Ben was a kind, gentle boy who wanted to become a physician like his father. In a letter of consolation to Ben's parents, one of his fellow students described Ben as the backbone of the class, bright, hard-working, funny, caring, friendly. The scholarship will be awarded annually, to the Grade 12 student at Highland School who, in wishing to pursue postgraduate education, most exhibits the personal attributes that Ben showed high academics, sportsmanlike attitude and a kind, caring personality. |
Bud Colbow Scholarship Fund |
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This award supports deserving student(s) whose ordinary residence is in the Comox Valley and is pursuing studies in Agriculture or Forestry. |
Courtenay Volunteer Fire Department Bursary Fund |
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Dolores Woodie Fund |
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To support students in the Comox Valley pursue post-secondary education. |
Dr. Robert E. Clarke Bursary Fund |
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a deserving student whose ordinary residence is in the Comox Valley, who is pursuing or entering a course of post secondary study in the health sciences. Student must be pursuing a career in the Health Sciences, demonstrate a high level of academic proficiency, a desire to serve their community and a strong moral character. |
Gary Rolston Agrifood Fund |
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to support students' academic training in any agrifood or beverage based programs within colleges, universities or schools that are registered as qualified donees. |
Geoff Longland Memorial Bursary |
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In favour of a deserving student whose ordinary residence is in the Comox Valley, who is attending G.P. Vanier Senior Secondary and who is pursuing or entering a course of post secondary study in the field of Engineering at the University of British Columbia. |
George T. Cochrane Scholarship Fund |
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In favour of one or more deserving students who attended Georges P. Vanier Secondary School and will be attending post-secondary studies in the field of Education. |
Jeff Stewart Memorial Fine Arts Bursary Fund |
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The Fund will support a student graduating from School District No. 71, who is pursuing performing or fine arts education at a public, post-secondary institution. Within their applications, applicants should demonstrate the qualities of community-mindedness, creativity, determination, innovative thinking, and a passion/“Spark” for the fine arts, all of which Jeff Stewart embodied.
Jeff believed that the future of humanity rests on the universal right of all girls and women to a full education. He also believed in the critical nature of inclusiveness. As such, preference will be given to female, female-identifying, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and/or LGBTQIA2S+ applicants. Applicants must also demonstrate financial need and may choose to defer the award for up to one year.
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Harold Rodney Christie Scholarship Fund |
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to assist a student of the medical sciences with their university fees |
Emerging Fund |
Alexandre Family Fund |
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This is an Emerging Fund. The Donors have resolved to establish a permanent, open Donor Advised Endowment Fund with CVCF. The minimum required to activate the Fund will be achieved over the next five years. The purpose of the Fund is to support charitable activities or organizations within Environmental Protection, Societal Equity, Inclusivity, Individual Wellbeing, and Health objects. |
Benjamin Helpard Fund |
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The income earned will be directed to support adults with diverse abilities and mental health initiatives.
This is an emerging fund and will not distribute income until the fund minimum is met. |
Heeringa-Witthoeft Family Fund |
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Heeringa-Witthoeft Family Fund is set up as an emerging fund and a pledge to donate to reach the minimum requirement within 5 years. No grants will be distributed until the minimum balance is achieved. |
Other Funds |