Community Grant Program & Golden Prosperity Fund
For charities, not-for-profits and unregistered organizations working to address community needs, utilizing interest generated from our community endowment.
Vital Pulse Survey
In 2021, the Golden & District Community Foundation initiated an annual 'community conversation' project through community survey, shaping priorities for Golden and Area A. Survey results guide decision-making for both our Community Grant Program and the Town of Golden's Redi Grant Program, using the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as issue areas.
Through this conversation we also developed a document that gathered a range of community members’ ideas for projects that could be pursued by the non-profit sector. This report can be found by clicking here: Non-Profit Snapshot.
Vital Pulse Survey Results
Community Grant Program & Golden Prosperity Fund
2024 Application Resources (Application period closed until 2025)
Final Report
Previous Community Grant Program Recipients
2024 (Funded by GDCF’s Community Grant Program & Golden Prosperity Fund)
Golden Family Center, Local Mental Health Services: Counselling & Infrastructure
Abbeyfield House Society St. Paul’s Golden, Accessibility Upgrades: sidewalks & entrance ways
Métis Nation Columbia River Society, Strengthening the Thread on Golden and Area A path to reconciliation of Indigenous traditions, ceremonies, and cultures
Golden Curling Club, Purchase of new scraper & blade
Golden Nordic Ski Club, Septic upgrade
Senior Boys Basketball Association, Basketball shooting machine for the Golden Rec Plex
Cresteramics, Accessories for new centre for persons with intellectual disabilities
Kicking Horse Culture, Embers: Youth Art Workshops & Drop-Ins at Youth Centre
Golden Secondary School Drama Club, Support to attend Shakespeare Festival in Vernon
Golden Men’s Group, Facilitator training to support men, boys and all youth mental health
Golden Seniors Centre, Technology upgrades
2023
Metis Nation Columbia River Society, National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
Avalanche Canada, Golden Youth Avalanche Education
Kicking Horse Gymnastic Club, Creating a Sustainable Future
Golden & District Historical Society, Bearers of Tradition Volume 2 - Recording Golden’s Oral Histories
Abbeyfield House Society, Solar Panels
Local Food Matters, Golden Growers Collective
Golden Food Bank, Communal Teaching Garden
Golden Community Resources Society, Electric Car Share Project
This program started in 2001 at the inception of the Golden & District Community Foundation thanks to our founders! It’s comprised of many funds including Adventure Realm Wilderness Leadership Fund , Bud Stewart Memorial Fund, Golden and District Community Endowment Fund, Crandlemire-Keenleyside Family Legacy Fund, Golden Log Truckers Association Fund, Kicking Horse Community Endowment Fund
Help us grow this fund
By making ongoing donations, we can increase the annual funding that goes to projects addressing surveyed community needs.
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