Welcome to the Salt Spring Island Foundation Website!
If, like me, you are lucky enough to live on Salt Spring, you will be surrounded by community projects supported by the Foundation.
We offer you a one-stop way to support many aspects of community life. Whether your interest is in supporting conservation, the arts, children, seniors, families, other social services—or all of the above—your donation to the Foundation now or through a bequest will help you leave a lasting legacy to benefit the island for years to come.
You can be confident that the Foundation’s trustees are committed to the growth and careful stewardship of our endowment fund, and to responsible and balanced granting to deserving organizations.
For more information please contact one of the trustees, or send us an e-mail. Together we can make Salt Spring Island an even better place to live, work and play.
Sincerely,
Carol Biely
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Thank you Salt Spring
Celebrating over 25 years of giving
Since it was founded more than 25 years ago, the Salt Spring Island Foundation has distributed more than $1 million to help support many, if not most, of the charitable organizations on Salt Spring that make such a difference to our island community. None of this would have been possible without our generous donors.
See our 25th anniversary poster
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2009 Highlights
- 25th anniversary celebrated.
- Donations totalled $271,588.
- Endowment funds reached $2.8 million.
- $80,500 in grants given to 28 organizations.
- First Shaw Family Estate grant awarded to the Fulford Hall
Community Association for much-needed painting and renovations
of a facility that is a vital connecting point for this island community.
- Strategic planning process launched to identify the capacities the
Foundation must develop in preparation for the next 25 years.
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Community Services Needs Survey
In 2007 the Foundation initiated a Community Services Needs Survey in cooperation with a number of other community groups. The final report was released in May 2008. Click on the following link to read the full report. (Report)
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