Downtown Peninsula
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Overview
Applications are accepted in two cycles in Downtown Vancouver:
Spring: March 7 to April 18, 2024 – Projects to be completed by October 31, 2024
Fall: September 30 to October 12, 2024* – Open to first time applicants and for projects to be completed by December 31, 2024
*As long as funds are still available
Note
To apply in the Vancouver Downtown Peninsula area, you must live in the Vancouver Downtown Peninsula area and your project must take place in the Vancouver Downtown Peninsula area. The Vancouver Downtown Peninsula area boundaries include the neighbourhoods of: West End, Coal Harbour, Davie Village, Downtown, and Yaletown. Please do not submit your application in another community or for another community as your application may be declined.
Applications are reviewed by the Community Coordinator to ensure they meet NSG program guidelines. After the cycle closes, applications are then reviewed an by a Neighbourhood Grants Committee for consideration and approval and applicants are advised of the results a few weeks afterwards.
If you have any questions you are encouraged to email Luc at luc@gordonhouse.org.
Your Community Coordinator
Luc
Luc supports grant applicants and project leaders living in West End, Coal Harbour, Davie Village, Downtown and Yaletown. Please look at the Metro Vancouver Communities map for the exact boundaries.
Available grants
Resources for getting involved with Neighbourhood Small Grants as a grant applicant, project leader or program partner.
Greenest City Grants
Learn MoreCommunity projects that help advance climate and sustainability goals
Indigenous NSG
Learn MoreA grant stream open to Indigenous people living in Metro Vancouver interested in community building.
NSG
Learn MoreGrants of up to $500 for projects that deepen connection and create change in your community.
Program partner
Your neighbourhood partner
Local partner organizations manage all aspects of the Neighbourhood Small Grants program. Partner organizations are where your community coordinators work. They also oversee the advisory committee, which is unique to each community that reviews your grant applications.
Gordon Neighbourhood House
1019 Broughton Street, Vancouver, BC
Gordon Neighbourhood House is a volunteer-led, multi-service, non-profit, non-sectarian, non-government and apolitical, community-based organization. It is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Management which is elected annually by the members of the house. Gordon Neighbourhood House’s mission is to make the West End a better neighbourhood in which to live and grow. Every year they provide dozens of services to almost 10,000 individuals, including seniors, parents, children, newcomers, street youth, the unemployed and many others.
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