Safety

Community Grants

The Community Grants Program provides funds to existing non-profit community organizations to specifically support programs that deal with issues of safety for women and girls. Prevention of violence against women, street safety and development of life skills are of special interest.

Recipients are chosen through close examination of program and annual budgets, program delivery and target audience, and a number of other criteria as determined by the Community Grants Selection Committee – a diverse group of women from regions throughout British Columbia. The Minerva Foundation only funds projects in British Columbia for the benefit of BC women.

Since 2001, more than 50 deserving projects province-wide have received funding of more than $171,000 through the Minerva Foundation.

Application

Funding will only be provided to REGISTERED CANADIAN CHARITIES.

What We Do Not Fund

100 % of a project budget
fund raising activities
individuals
projects not based primarily on women and girls
projects outside of British Columbia
profit –based organizations
capital expenditures such as furniture or computers
deficit or emergency funding

When I moved to Canada in 1998, I was pregnant and all alone. I was scared as to how I would take care of my daughter without a decent standard of education. I realized that without English I would be useless so I focused on improving my English by attending ESL classes at Vancouver Community College. When my English level improved, I was confident enough to go for science courses. And in 2003, the Minerva Foundation offered me the Minerva Foundation Award For BC Women in recognition of my excellent grades at school.
This scholarship changed my life as it offered me the opportunity to take post secondary course. Then when I entered the Licensed Practical Nursing Program in 2006, I faced financial problems. Again, it was Minerva that helped me with funds to solve my financial problems. Now I am working as an LPN and have solid hopes of furthering myself in this field.
Thanks so much to Minerva for giving me a life of hope. Thank you so much Minerva for helping me by believing in my abilities.

Sasiratha Uthayakumar, LPN