Community Foundation North Okanagan

We’re better together.
By building continuous community connections at all levels, we create a better North Okanagan for us all.

We connect regionally and locally, working here in the North Okanagan and across the entire Okanagan Valley to foster and leverage relationships with people and places. Together, we develop forward-thinking innovative solutions and seize opportunities to meet the current and future needs of our community.

About Us

Who we are

Community Foundation North Okanagan was created in 1975 as a 360-degree funder and continues to support Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, Health & Recreation, and Social Services.

Today, we are one of Canada’s two hundred+ community foundations, which are charitable organizations dedicated to improving communities in specific geographic areas. We primarily do this by pooling the charitable gifts of donors to create endowment funds and using the investment income to make grants. We also flow through funding (or facilitate funding) to make an immediate impact where needed. Community Foundations also provide leadership – monitoring our area’s quality of life and convening people, ideas, and resources to help build stronger and more resilient communities.

Our Vision: Enhancing the quality of life in the communities of North Okanagan.

Our mission: Community Foundation North Okanagan is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the region by distributing the earnings from a permanent, ever-growing pool of funds and embracing innovative grantmaking opportunities.