Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF)
Funding Amount
Up to $50,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- Charities and non-profit organizations
Geography
- Must serve Vancouver residents
Other requirements
- Must be working with vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19
Overview
Geographic Scope: City of Vancouver
Focus Areas:
- Support for charities working with vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19
- Emergency relief and rapid response
- Social services, health services, education, mental health support
- Food security
- Disability services
- LGBTQI2S rights and support
- Immigrant and refugee support
- Violence prevention and support
- Youth services and homelessness
Eligibility:
- Charities and non-profit organizations
- Must be working with vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19
- Must serve Vancouver residents
Funding Source:
- Federal government investment ($350 million nationally)
- Partnering organizations: Community Foundations of Canada (CFC), United Way Centraide Canada (UWCC), Canadian Red Cross (CRC)
- Vancouver Foundation deployed approximately $1.8 million (final total: $2.8 million)
Phases:
- Phase I: Initial emergency response
How to Apply
Application Process
Status: Program is no longer active (COVID-19 emergency response program, 2020)
Application Timeline (2020):
- Phase I: June 2020
- Phase II: Open until October 30, 2020
Note: Specific application procedures not detailed in provided materials. This was a time-limited emergency response program that is no longer available.
What Vancouver Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2020
- Grants in 2020
- 3
- Total given
- $72K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $5,520–$57K
- By dollars: California 78%, Georgia 14%, New York 8%. Top recipient cities: Davis, CA; Atlanta, GA; New York, NY.
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Regents University of California · Davis, CA
Scholarship Research Grant
$57K
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA
Research grant
$10K
The New School · New York, NY
Scholarship
$5,520
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Disaster relief
- Food security
- Homeless
- Mental health
- LGBTQ
- Immigration
- Disabled
- Domestic violence
- Youth programs
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