Vancouver Foundation

2 | V A N C O U V E R F O U N D A T I O N | 1 9 4 3 - 2 0 1 8 KEVIN MCCORT PRESIDENT AND CEO, VANCOUVER FOUNDATION MIRANDA LAM CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, VANCOUVER FOUNDATION Community Inspired FIRST WORD Joshua Berson 75 years of ingenuity and compassion. 75 years of convening, connecting neighbours, seless acts and street festivals that make all of us shine. Adventure clubs and summer camps that include everyone. Soup kitchens, wildlife rescues, and big movements like our work with reconciliation. At Vancouver Foundation, we are inspired by you – from the big-thinkers who started all this, to everyone who shows up today with heart and ener•y to spare. We have celebrated, grown, and rallied together through war, peace, hard times, and economic booms. We don't just believe in what B.C. is made of; we've seen it. 75 years in and we are still community inspired. All across this great province, you'll see everything that makes up our community: families, artists, brave newcomers, and activists. This place is built on the e…orts of those who have committed to making life better for more people. And as we learn, we try new things – and we learn more. And we try again. Over the years, our very de‡nition of community – from whom we take our inspiration and draw our leaders – has expanded and we are led, informed by, and listen to women, youth, refugees, disabled, and Indigenous people in ways we never used to. Upon the 75th year of Vancouver Foundation, we're considering the "us" as a collective, and the "us" of each individual. How might we invite more people to our community table? How might we connect people to each other for more sharing and new ideas? How might we rally kindness and bright lights, and deploy them to where they're most needed? Since our Second World War-era beginnings, we've always been inspired by how our community comes together to share more vitality and more welcoming spaces. This organization was built to amplify those ideas … following your lead. The better-making of our social fabric comes from you, from little neighbourhood delights to big, long-game e…orts. We convene, connect, and rally together. Since 1943, you've directed us towards 1,800 diverse endowments to share more than $1 billion, to create healthy, vibrant, and livable communities. In this issue, we celebrate our community inspiration over the years and explore how the Foundation's reach has expanded around the province through the decades. We also learn about the unlikely collaborators – a giant of industry and a retired secretary — who lit the ‡rst spark of perpetual giving, and we make the case for unrestricted generosity – the best way to ensure your contributions are relevant and always community inspired – through the ages. Let's keep dreaming, little and big. Vancouver Foundation is situated on the traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

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