Primary funding for the Project is from the Ministry of Children and Family Development, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Province of BC, United Way of British Columbia, United Way of Southern Vancouver Island, Island Health Authority, and our many other funding partners and the community at large.
Primary Funding for the Project
We are grateful for the support of the Ministry of Children & Family Development (MCFD) and the United Way, without which the James Bay Community Project could not continue to serve so many community members in so many ways.
We also gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of British Columbia.
We would like to thank and acknowledge the City of Victoria. The Project is a recipient of a permissive tax exemption from the City of Victoria in relation to its property tax.
Funding for the JBCP Family Resource Centre comes from:
- Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD)
- Health Canada – CAP-C (Community Action Plan for Children)
- Times Colonist Literacy Fund
- ColdStar Freight Systems (food donations)
- Island Health – Community Wellness Grant
- Short-term grants: ColdStar Freight, Capital Daily Fund, The Gift of Good Food, Sarah Spencer Foundation, The Order of St. John, BC Farmer’s Market Coupon Program, Harbourside Rotary, United Way (via FGCA).
- Donations and fundraising
- Sponsorship
Community Support
All profits from our thrift store – the Community Closet – support programs at the James Bay Community Project. We appreciate your donations of clothing to the Community Closet, and your patronage of the store. The Community Closet is also grateful to local consignment stores Turnabout and the Velvet Crease for their weekly in-kind donations.
Donors 2023-2024
$5,000+
Bruce Chambers
Estate of Willian David English
$1,000-$4,999
Coast Capital Savings & Credit Union
Rory McAlpine
George Jamieson
Jacqui Tacon*
$750-$999
Catharine Brouwer-Read
Rebecca McAlpine*
$500-$749
Gwendolyn Joyce
Mary O’Donoghue
Bryan McNeil
Julia Shaw
$250-$499
Barbara & Paul Best
Philip Calvert
Jennifer Causton
Lauren Clavora
Lynda Cronin
Margaret Doyle
Paul Green
John Hall
Sheila Hartling
Dolores Heeley
Peter Jong
Alan Marcus
Olivia Tarasewicz
Marj Welch
$100-$249
Sylvia Austin
Elissa Bergman
Judith Blackwell
Elizabeth Brereton
Geraldine Bulosan
Gregor Campbell
Robert Carlen
Linda Carlson
Andrea Chan
Irene Clavora
Alyx Clavora
Yvonne Curry
Malcolm Foy
Brian Jones
Keith Kroeker
Grace Lore
Pauline MacKenzie
Evelyn Macpherson
Donald Mason
Sandra McDonald
Susan McLauchlan
Margaret Murphy
Diana Nguyen
Mary J. Norton
Chulhun Park
Elizabeth Peck
Emily Peltier
Derek Pope
Randall Romanin
Winifred Sewell
Melvyn Smith
Kathy St. John
Richard Stursberg
Jane Taylor
John Thomson
Arleigh Trail
Cameron Turner
Catherine van Mossel
Maria van Sloun
Adele Vernon
Sharon Wiener
Dev Yadav
Deanna Young*
$99<
Barbara Armstrong
Paul Battin
Eleanor Beam
Jo-Anne Beeren-Parsons
Lorraine Campbell
Landa Crockatt
James Deitch
Catherine Fulton
Eric Hoffman
Sabine Laubental
Barbara Marshall
Robert Mason
Garth Mayhew
Pat Mcguire
Alexander McKerracher
Richard Morgan
Linda Olsen
Norma Pelikan
Warren Perks*
Michele Phillips
Vladimir Raivitch
Robin & Chris Rohrmoser
Susanne Rosebrock
Herrie ten Cate
Joanne Thibault
Michael Utgaard
Ruth Wall
Richard Warkentin
Donna White
Meah Wojno
Katelyn Wylie
Mona Yuan
*In-Kind Donations
Thank you!
We deeply value and appreciate our many private donors and anonymous donors who respond so generously to our fundraising campaigns and who donate spontaneously throughout the year.
Your generous support helps sustain our work throughout the year so we can continue to provide vital services to your community.
For our fiscal year (April 2023-March 2024) Anonymous Donors collectively gave over $66,000!
Though unnamed, your generosity over this past year has made a huge impact for those in our community.
On behalf of our clients and program participants, thank you so much for doing your part to build a community of connected, resilient people.