Neighbourhood Small Grants

The Neighbourhood Small Grant program is a grassroots initiative designed to empower residents of all ages, experiences, and backgrounds to participate in community building.

This program provides direct funding to neighbors with small but impactful ideas, enabling them to undertake projects that enhance and uplift our community.  By supporting these initiatives, we aim to create a more vibrant, connected, and improved neighborhood for everyone.  Projects should aim to connect and engage residents, share skills and knowledge within the community, build a sense of ownership and pride, or celebrate and respect diversity.  Past projects have included block parties, cooking lessons, art classes, sewing tutorials, workshops for adults or kids, seniors’ lunches, outdoor concerts, game nights, book and social clubs, film nights, drag activities, and community gardens.

The Vancouver Foundation funds this Neighbourhood Small Grants program and operates in communities throughout British Columbia.  Gordon Neighbourhood House administers this program for residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Peninsula (West End, Coal Harbour, Davie Village, Downtown, and Yaletown).  To apply within the Downtown Peninsula catchment area, you must be a resident of this area, and your project must take place here.  This program offers a general application stream, as well as three specific funding streams for Indigenous-led projects, youth-led projects, and ‘Greener City’ projects that promote sustainability.   Funds are awarded in two cycles per year, with grants ranging from $250 to $1,000 per project.  

For application details and more information, visit Downtown Peninsula | Neighbourhood Small Grants.  

If you reside in the West End and have any questions about the program, please email Jim at jim@gordonhouse.org