Terrace Community Foundation spring grant cycle - Open for applications.
Apply by May 1 for Foundation financial support. Details and application forms are on the Grant Application page.

Vital Signs: Building a better, more resilient community.
Vital Signs, a program originated by the Community Foundations of Canada, combines data collection and local knowledge to identify community strengths and issues, and over time track progress in resolving those community challenges. With support from local governments and local organizations, the Foundation is exploring ways to deliver a Vital Signs program for Terrace and area. Read more about this local Vital Signs project here.

April 8: This month marks 10 years since establishment of the Terrace Community Foundation. Created by the City of Terrace, supported financially at its inception by the Northern Development Initiative Trust, the Terrace Foundation now has an Endowment Fund of $750,000, plus administers community grants on behalf of the City, and several times a conduit for industry partners and their community development programs. Read our one page summary on 10 years of fundraising and grant giving.

Dec 30: A $500 grant from the Lemiski & Schmidt Families Fund is given to the Terrace Transition House.
In photo (L-R): Lisa Schmidt, Ksan Society Transition House; Norm Parry, Terrace Community Foundation; Ron and Karleen Lemiski, Lemiski/Schmidt Families Fund

Grant Writer Available for Community Groups

Revised Aug 19: The City of Terrace has secured funding for the Terrace Grant Writing Support Pilot Program, an initiative that will help increase city revenues while also providing assistance and support to local not-for-profit associations within the city. The funding will support the City of Terrace to contract the services of a professional grant writer for a year through the pilot program, which will be administered with assistance from the Terrace Community Foundation and with financial support from Northern Development Initiative Trust and LNG Canada.
​
The City will work with the Terrace Community Foundation to streamline the application and evaluation process to ensure community groups in Terrace get the support they need. The second intake for grant writer support applications closed July 31, with future intakes expected to be announced quarterly. An online application form and downloadable form are available at the City of Terrace and Community Foundation websites.

Download the media release here.

​Follow this link for the Online and downloadable PDF application forms.

Terrace Community Foundation: Covid-19 Emergency Funding

March 31 (updated May 22): The Terrace Community Foundation has set aside up to $17,000 in funding to assist community response to the Covid-19 virus emergency. For this fund, the Foundation is waiving some of its application and reporting requirements and will accept applications at any time for the foreseeable future. Community non-profit organizations may use the online Terrace Community Foundation grant application form or send a written request on the organization’s letterhead. The funding request should identify the applicant (individuals are not eligible), describe the project to which the funding will be directed, anticipated outcomes in mitigating Covid-19 impacts within the community and other funding sources.

​This funding has been assembled from Terrace Community Foundation funds and contributions to the Foundation by LNG Canada and the Suncor Energy Foundation. Where feasible, recognition of the funding source(s) for a grant award will be appreciated.

​What we do

The Terrace Community Foundation is an apolitical, philanthropic organization whose purpose is to raise funds and bring donors to the table to build a resilient, resourceful, caring community. 

In turn, we provide grants to community groups and organizations that cover a broad spectrum of needs that include (but are not limited to) recreation, health, the arts, the environment, education etc. 

We offer a variety of possibilities that allow donors to target specific or broad areas of interest. Endowment funds will provide support in perpetuity so that your investment today will still be providing benefits years into the future. All donations will receive a tax receipt. All monies will remain in our community to benefit our community.

We work with the Prince George Community Foundation for the investment of our funds and to share in their expertise. 
Terrace Community Foundation 2020 Summary of Activities
Terrace Community Foundation 2019 Summary of Activities
Terrace Community Foundation 2018 Summary of Activities

​Formation of our Foundation

​On April 13, 2011 the City of Terrace formed the Terrace Community Foundation, a corporation without share capital under the Canada Corporations Act.  The Terrace Community Foundation is governed by a board of directors. The Terrace Community Foundation has an endowment fund agreement with the Prince George Foundation who manages and distributes grants and charitable receipts as directed.

The Terrace Community Foundation created our endowment fund with funds from the Northern Development Initiative Trust Community Foundations Matching Grants program. This program provides municipalities or regional districts with up to $50,000 from a Regional Development account in matched funding to assist with the establishment of a dedicated endowment within a registered community foundation. Every dollar raised within the community is matched up to a total of $50,000. The City of Terrace provided $50,000 giving us a $100,000 endowment fund.  To-date our endowment fund has grown to over $565,000.00! We provide grants from the interest earned on this base amount.

In the news...

April 7/21: Dare to Dream music program in Terrace gets a huge lift with a Foundation Named Fund. Media Release
TCF establishes new grant cycles
File Size: 1041 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File
City of Terrace grants now with TCF
File Size: 448 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

PLATINUM LEGACY SPONSORS
City of Terrace
Chances Terrace
Henry & Rose Dreger
Dr. Colleen Froese
LNG Canada
Northern Development Initiative Trust

GOLD LEGACY SPONSORS
Donnie Clark
Coastal GasLink/TransCanada Pipelines
Shell Canada
Terrace Community Forest
​​
SILVER LEGACY DONORS
BC Hydro
Bill & Helene McRae
Carol Schmidt
Skeena Track Fund

BRONZE LEGACY DONORS
Norman Dreger & Suzanne VandeVelde
Seabridge Gold

​FOUNDATION BUILDERS
Aqua Plumbing & Heating Ltd.
JG Fluor BC LNG JV
Doug Foster
Ron & Karleen Lemiski
Bob & Carole Marcellin
Minerals North Conference 2013
Norm & Kathleen Parry
Grant Schmidt
Tony Walker
Andrew Webber
3100 Kalum St.  Terrace, BC  V8G 4L1
TerraceCommunityFoundation@gmail.com

Learn more about Community Foundations:
www.cfc-fcc.ca