Nonprofit Organizations in Vancouver

Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society is a non-profit charitable organization offering subsidized housing, health care, activities, and social programs to seniors. We are committed to the senior’s long living and good health. Our Purpose: We offer quality housing, health care, and social programs for seniors in our community so they may experience wellness, connection, and belonging. Our Vision: To be a model of integrated seniors care, where all who experience our programs live well and fell like they belong. Our Values: Care. Connection. Quality. Care: We care for the well-being of individuals by treating them with dignity, respect, and compassion. We value person-centred care that upholds each individual’s autonomy, diversity, and choice. We value connection as a core component of well-being, vital to the mental and physical health of our residents, staff, and community. Quality: We value quality across all of our services. We embrace a mindset of accountability for excellence and continuous improvement in all that we do.

St. Jude’s Anglican Home is a 55 bed complex care home nestled in a west-side residential neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. Care and services are provided in a home-like environment with the focus on resident needs and desires. The Home is governed by a non-profit society and funded by Vancouver Coastal Health, user fees and donations, so older adults with complex care needs of any background, religion, or culture are welcome here. Volunteers assist with recreation programs and 1:1 visits to help enrich resident quality of life after going through a screening, interview, orientation, and training. Volunteering with us requires a commitment of at least 1 hour per week for teens 16+, 2 hours per week for adults, at least one time per week with allowances for holidays, special events, or sickness. Reference letter will be provided after a minimum of 3 months, and a Certificate of Appreciation after one year of service. Helping skills with older adults living with complex health needs, some living with dementia, will be taught and mentored as needed. Come join the family!

RunForH2O is the premier fundraising event for Guatemala, a campaign initiative focused on building awareness and compassion for the cause. 2016 will mark the fourth year of the annual Vancouver RunForH2O event. Every June, we host a non-competitive fun run for people of all ages and skill levels to raise funds to support projects to provide clean water for towns in Guatemala

An event management organization partnering up with GoodLife Kids Foundation to help raise money in order to enable kids living with autism to get active

CelticFest Vancouver is a non-profit Society registered in British Columbia since 2004. The Society’s mission is to: Bring together the local community in an annual festival celebration of Celtic Culture and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Deliver education on global Celtic heritage, art and cultural traditions. Promote and showcase local and international Celtic music, dance, spoken word, theatre, film, art, crafts, food/beverage and Highland sports.

Since 1938, the BC Psychological Association (BCPA) has represented psychologists in British Columbia. It is a voluntary body and is committed to advancing psychology and the psychological well-being of all British Columbians. Our administrative offices are in Vancouver, BC.

Visionary 21 is a non-profit organization founded by Harrison Lee and Alex Lee in April, 2014 because of their realization that Down syndrome is a pressing issue in society that isn't dealt with adequately. Comprised of teenagers stationed in Vancouver, BC, we are growing everyday. Everything we have raised has been and will be processed and distributed quickly through partner organizations who currently have more influence than us. Nevertheless, it will not be long until we get to the point where we want to be: having our own influence over whom we strive to help and support. Visionary 21 chose to help those with Down syndrome in particular because it not only affects an individual's intelligence, but also presents a grim hazard on health. As human beings, we wanted to become contributors of the world and act early in our adolescence to truly experience reality. Most importantly, our team empathizes for those with Down syndrome. By helping us reach our goal, you are indirectly assisting individuals with Down syndrome acquire privileges. As mentioned, all of our proceedings will go to research and assistant, thus opening many paths in helping and understanding those with Down syndrome. Help them reach for the stars! Our current objective is to spread the word and also to increase in size. We need as many contributors and volunteers as possible to strengthen our objective. Furthermore, we have toiled in the community with fundraisers and we have also physically helped those with Down syndrome. One of our ultimate goals would be to raise enough money to rent out an office space and, in the future, to start a company that employs individuals with and without Down syndrome. We would love to provide work opportunities. Therefore, we ask for your utmost support, to motivate us to continue on our project!

This new foundation is being organized by a group of cancer patients, medical professionals and travel specialists. Once registered as a charitable foundation, we will support patients with life threatening disease in the realization of their Bucket List goals and life dreams.

GoodLife Fitness City Chase is Canada's largest urban adventure race. It is a mix between a 10k road race and the amazing race. Racers are teamed up and required to solve a clue sheet that will lead them to scattered locations across the city.

The BC Cancer Foundation is the fundraising partner of the BC Cancer Agency and the largest funder of cancer research in this province. We enable donors to make contributions to leading-edge research that has a direct impact on improvements to cancer care for patients in British Columbia.

Do you "c" Kindness? A youth-run non-profit organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, our goal is to unite individuals of diverse backgrounds towards acts of kindness. We invite others to see, not dogma, hate and violence, but rather unity and love in their societies. And if they don’t see kindness? We create it. That’s why we want you to join our mission in bringing out the ‘kind’ of world we want to live in. Put down those tinted lenses, because even in moments of global darkness, that’s not what we see. We see those flickers of hope, those selfless acts, those unrecorded moments of compassion. We see kindness. Do you?

Every day, millions of women and children in developing countries are forced to carry heavy loads of water for long distances to their homes, typically in heavy 20L (kg) containers balanced on their head. By raising funds to purchase Hippo Water Rollers, The Roll-A-Hippo Foundation aims to alleviate the daily struggle endured by women and children by helping them improve their ability to transport water, more easily and in less time from water points that are often located far from their homes. On average, a woman spends six hours a day collecting and transporting water to supply her family’s daily needs. The time spent on this basic necessity keeps many children out of school and prevents women from engaging in more empowering activities and income-generating work.