Nonprofit Organizations in Vancouver
Discover local nonprofit organizations making a difference in our community.
Our mission at The Youth Tutoring Project is simple: to help every child reach their full potential and achieve their dreams through engaging, fun, and interactive tutoring sessions. We believe that every child deserves access to quality educational support, no matter where they come from. The Youth Tutoring Project addresses the academic struggles of lower-income grade 1-8 students. Unlike other affordable services, YTP combines tutoring with students' passions, fostering enthusiasm for learning and innovation.
We provide an innovative, engaging, and accessible approach to sexual exploitation and human trafficking education by focusing on root causes. The Exploitation Education Institute takes a holistic and proactive approach to address the complex issues of exploitation and trafficking through education, advocacy, and training.
Wonderstruck Camp is a Summer day camp in North Vancouver for 5-9 year-olds. Campers enter a fantasy story led by a wizard named Wonder, his mythical friends, and the esteemed professor of magic, Dr.Lorekeeper. Each activity advances the plot of the story through games, skits and other challenges until campers have participated in solving a central problem in the mythical world.
Imagine a weeklong scavenger hunt inside your favourite curl-up-next-to-the-fire fantasy adventure book: that's Wonderstruck.
Wonderstruck is a safe, welcoming community for dreamers, creative kids, and everyone looking for a bit of adventure.
James Thompson Elementary School has approximately 250 students. Parent Advisory Council (PAC) is a committee made up of parents, who are committed to the education and well being of the children in our school. We work closely with the administration and staff to provide education enrichment opportunities for our students. Some of the duties of Thompson PAC is to fundraise and manage school projects that is not fully-funded by the Ministry of Education or the school district.
BC School Sports is an organization of over 450 public and independent member schools in British Columbia. It is the governing body for school sport and coordinates and delivers opportunities with our member schools for interschool competitions in 18 activities to over 117,000 student-athletes each year. BCSS delivers 61 provincial championships each year to over 16,000 student-athletes, recognized as the pinnacle of interscholastic competition.
Welcome to Reach Education! Our curriculum-focused programs, cater to children in grades K-8. We are pleased to offer a variety of activities, including Birthday Parties, Camps, After School Enrichment Classes to families across Vancouver, New Westminster, Richmond, and Burnaby.
Stream of Dreams is Canadian Charity that runs eco-education programs teaching children about local watersheds and how to protect them.
For over 20 years, our award-winning Fish on Fences program educates entire schools about their local watershed, streams, rivers, and the ocean. We promote behavioural change to conserve and protect water, empower youth to make positive environmental impacts, and create a community art legacy. It’s science, it’s art, and it’s fun!
Recent partnerships with Wildcoast Ecological Society have included hands-on environmental restoration in combination with our in-class programming.
Our new Indigenous programming is provided free for children who identify as Métis or any other Canadian Indigenous Nation. These camps include a variety of activities, crafts and games taught by local Knowledge Keepers with a goal of learning more about this unique culture.
The Jua Centre is a non-profit organization with a presence in the Ottawa region that empowers African, Caribbean, and Black girls and young women aged 10 to 19. It focuses on building leadership, STEM, and green skills in environmental sustainability and climate action.
Key Focus Areas and Activities
Youth Empowerment: Connecting youth to climate action, science literacy, and community leadership roles.
Workshops: Offering interactive educational sessions focused on climate literacy and problem-solving for ages 8-18
Operations: Operating with remote and hybrid involvement based out of Ottawa
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.
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