Nonprofit Organizations in Vancouver
Discover local nonprofit organizations making a difference in our community.
The Butterfly Run is a registered non-profit organization that provides integrated support, resources, and community for all people who have experienced unimaginable loss during the journey to
parenthood. We hope to empower families to share their stories and we provide this run as a healing space for you in your journey. As alone you might feel right now, we want you to know that we walk beside you.
It is estimated that 1 in 4 women will experience miscarriage or pregnancy loss (also known as perinatal loss) and that 1 in 6 Canadians experience infertility.
MISSION: The Butterfly Run Canada exists to offer support, compassion and community to honour the babies gone too soon and hold hope for the children to come. Together we raise awareness around infertility, pregnancy loss and infant loss by organizing community events and fundraising for local and provincial support programs.
VISION: Experiencing loss on the journey to parenthood is a path that no one should walk alone.
We support our city’s most marginalized folks in their journey towards upward mobility. Starting with food security, we have strived to make a direct and meaningful difference by providing delicious meals, meaningful employment, training, education, and taking climate change actions since 2013.
Established in 2017, the Lean In Canada Vancouver Network dedicates itself to empowering women to take action. We provide support and opportunities for our members to connect through our evening workshops, seminars and speaker panels, monthly email newsletters and our Lean In Circle Co-Leads assisting companies to set up their own internal Lean In Circles. We also proactively engage with other women’s organizations in Vancouver to amplify our efforts together to empower women. If you are part of a women’s cause and would like to work together please reach out to us!
To learn more about the Vancouver Network, please review the information below and feel free to contact us at vancouver@leanincanada.com.
Vancouver Food Runners is a registered Canadian charity working at the intersection of food waste, food insecurity, and environmental sustainability. Using app-based technology, we connect surplus food from local businesses with nonprofit partners serving communities across Metro Vancouver.
We’re currently looking for volunteer drivers, known as Food Rescue Heroes, to help transport surplus food from donors to local nonprofits. Using the Vancouver Food Runners app, you can claim rescues that fit your schedule and make a direct impact in your own community.
Most rescues take about 30 to 60 minutes and are flexible and self-directed. If you have access to a vehicle and want to help reduce food waste while supporting families in your neighbourhood, we’d love to have you join us.
Your time helps ensure good food doesn’t go to waste and instead reaches people who need it most.
Best Buddies is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting inclusion, friendship, and leadership opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Its mission is to create meaningful one‑to‑one friendships and build inclusive communities where everyone feels valued and connected.
WISH Drop-In Centre Society is the largest sex worker support organization in Canada, and operates on the unceded, stolen lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.
Based in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, WISH exists to improve the health, safety and well-being of cis and trans women, Two-Spirit, Non-Binary, and gender diverse sex workers.
WISH is a non-judgmental place of compassion and—since 1984—has provided a safe and welcoming space for community. With a 24/7 Shelter, overnight Drop-In, mobile MAP Van, Indigenous Health & Safety Program, InReach and Housing Support Workers, WISH continues to be a critical point of access for essential services, referrals, and peer support.
ARIA Society is committed to serving the Iranian and Farsi-speaking immigrants, refugees, and women in our community. Through settlement assistance, language support, and cultural orientation, we aim to help newcomers understand their rights, access Canadian institutions, and establish themselves in a country they will one day call home. We also offer programming specifically for Iranian and Farsi-speaking women, designed to address the stark realities many have faced: sexual violence, domestic abuse, human rights violations, and systemic barriers to advancement in certain academic and professional domains. The need within the Iranian diaspora runs deep, but the response to it has so far been shallow. We are working hard to change that.
The Vancouver International Marathon Society is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization. The Society relies on a dedicated group of over 4,000 invaluable support volunteers, with a single common thread – a love of wellness and the sport of long distance running.
Western Canada Chinese Sports Association is a B.C. registered non-profit association initially formed by a group of local born Chinese and Chinese immigrants. The common thread that ties our board of directors is the importance and role of sports that play in their lives, from childhood to now.
The mandate of WCCSA is to promote friendship and healthy lifestyle for all age group in Greater Vancouver through sports activities. WCCSA will constantly organize different kinds of sports activities & events to provide a fun and safe networking environment to our members and the public. We also hope to organize more national and international sports event in Greater Vancouver in the near future.
With 10 large-scale events being operated across Canada this year, Hockey Night in Canada’s Play On! is one of Canada’s Largest Street Tournaments and Hockey Festivals. The event represents a unique and true celebration of both Canadian culture and sport and allows adults and kids to channel their inner NHL superstar!
This year, we are thrilled to bring Play On! Vancouver (www.playon.ca/events/vancouver) to its new home at the YPK Integrated Training Centre in Pitt Meadows on June 25-26, 2016.
The Chill Foundation is a non-profit charity that inspires youth through board sports. We run a snowboarding, skateboarding and paddle-boarding program in the winter, summer and fall seasons, reaching 150+ local youth in our communities. Chill uses Positive Youth Development (PYD) techniques throughout our programming to empower youth working through adversity, and support them with opportunities to build resiliency through every aspect of their lives.
This is without a doubt the most scenic race within BC’s Lower Mainland. Join us on this one of a kind ‘beach to bridge to beach to bridge to beach’ run.
This incredible point to point 14 km journey starts from Kitsilano Beach, takes you past the Maritime Museum and the Pacific Space Centre along the seawall, then over the Burrard Street Bridge along the English Bay seawall to Second Beach in Stanley Park, and finally, over the Lion’s Gate Bridge and into Ambleside Beach Park to the birthplace of the North Shore Coho salmon.
The 14K distance provides a great challenge for the 10K runner and a fabulous training run for the ½ marathon trainer. Please note the Coho Run is capped at 700 participants, so be sure to grab your spot early.
At the finish line you will enter into the Coho Festival site where you will have the opportunity to participate in this annual festival celebrating the return of the Coho Salmon to the North Shore. Festival activities include environmental displays, visual arts exhibitions, entertainment by local and visiting performers, and of course the famous Salmon Barbeque.
All net proceeds of this event help to support salmon enhancement projects including stream stewardship.
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