Nonprofit Organizations in Vancouver

The Beaumont Studios Artist Society (BSAS) is designed to inspire and engage artists, designers, and creative small business owners with space, events and opportunities to work together, play together, share, learn, create and produce art and artistic projects and engage with the community around it. It is a place for the public to engage with art, learn from our artist community and appreciate creativity for what it brings to our lives.

The Bicycle Valet is a social enterprise run by the non-profit charitable organization, Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST). Our goal is to eliminate barriers to sustainable transportation, in this case by providing a safe place for people to keep their bicycles (and bicycle accessories).

This summer we're partnering with the Vancouver Police Department and Project 529 at Granville Island to try out a new project, attacking bike theft from as many different angles as possible. We'll have our valet open 7 days/week, be educating the public on best locking practices, registering bikes with Project 529, collecting data on current locking practices, as well as conducting a survey looking at transportation choices made by all people traveling to Granville Island.

The C.O.D.E. Initiative is a non-profit organization with the goal to support the personal, educational, and career development of children on the Autism Spectrum through teaching them the fundamentals of computer programming. We put a heavy emphasis on providing a one-to-one student-to-teacher ratio to provide undivided support for our students.

 

We are currently looking for volunteers to join our team! If you are passionate about working with children or interested in developing your leadership skills, send us your resume to apply!

Email: outreach@thecodeinitiative.ca

The C.O.D.E. Initiative is an organization dedicated to increasing diversity in both the education and tech industries. Since 2017, we have provided coding and STEM workshops to neurodiverse children (youth who identify with being on the Autism Spectrum or having ADD/ADHD, GAD, or any other exceptionality) and underrepresented youth across Canada. Our mission is to cultivate inclusive and supportive environments for children to learn, explore and empower themselves in.

The C.O.D.E. Initiative is a not-for-profit organization founded to Create Opportunities and Define Education. Our mission is to accentuate the abilities of youth on the autism spectrum. By providing a 1:1 teacher-to-student ratio, we hope to introduce them to the basics of computer programming through a learning experience tailored to their needs.

The Canadian Society for Mucopolysaccharide and Related Diseases Inc. (The Canadian MPS Society), founded in 1984, serves all Canadians affected by MPS and related diseases through support, education, advocacy and by advancing research. The Canadian MPS Society exists to support all those affected by MPS – individuals, caregivers, families, friends, support workers, and health care providers.

The Cascadia Project is an indie theater festival founded by playwright and UBC professor Bryan Wade. The festival features emerging and established playwrights performing their original plays on Granville Island.

The Children’s Foundation provides specialized treatment, counselling and attentive care to children, youth, and families with complex challenges through a variety of programs and services.  Some of the challenges our clients face ranges from ASD, FASD, severe social, emotional, and developmental disorders and disabilities, and challenges that stem from a history of trauma, among many others.

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.

The Colour Project (TCP) is an initiative focused on providing peer-based emotional support to those struggling with depression & anxiety through 1:1 anonymous text messaging with trained volunteers.

The Dance Centre is the leading resource centre for dance in British Columbia, supporting the development of the art of dance through a range of activities that is unparalleled in Canada. We provide resources and programs for dance professionals; present public performances and events; bring dance to the community through outreach programs; operate Scotiabank Dance Centre, our creative hub in downtown Vancouver; and promote BC dance.

We respectfully acknowledge that our work takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, who have been custodians of this land since time immemorial, and we cherish our partnerships with them.

The mission of the Down Syndrome Resource Foundation is to support people living with Down syndrome and their families with individualized and leading-edge educational programs, health services, information resources, and rich social connections so each person can flourish in their own right.