Mission-Alignedest. 1989 · Vancouver, BC

Vancity Community Foundation

Open to any Canadian donor.

Community foundation established by Vancity Credit Union (est. 1989). Distinctive for its values-aligned investment mandate: approximately 90% of capital is in socially-responsible investments via Vancity Investment Management, with fossil fuels screened out. Offers both long-term invested funds (endowment-style) and short-term non-invested funds for donors who want faster grant turnover. Vancity membership is not required.

Public foundation organized around a specific mission or values framework (e.g. climate, social justice, Indigenous sovereignty).

Cost calculator

Estimate fees for your scenario. Grants are never reduced by fees — fees apply after each year's granting.

Opening$100,000Annual add$10,000Return5.0%Grant rate5.0%Years10 yr

Total fees over scenario

$18,669

9.8% of contributions

Granted to charities

$71,462

Your giving over the horizon

Ending balance

$167,928

Effective rate: 1.38% at $100K · 1.38% at $1M

See year-by-year breakdown

Year	Contribution	Growth	Granted	Fees	End balance
1	$100,000	$5,000	$5,250	$1,372	$98,378
2	$10,000	$5,419	$5,690	$1,486	$106,621
3	$10,000	$5,831	$6,123	$1,600	$114,730
4	$10,000	$6,236	$6,548	$1,711	$122,707
5	$10,000	$6,635	$6,967	$1,820	$130,555
6	$10,000	$7,028	$7,379	$1,928	$138,276
7	$10,000	$7,414	$7,785	$2,034	$145,872
8	$10,000	$7,794	$8,183	$2,138	$153,344
9	$10,000	$8,167	$8,576	$2,240	$160,696
10	$10,000	$8,535	$8,962	$2,341	$167,928

Minimums

To open a DAF$10,000

$10,000 to $25,000 range across fund types.

Granting rules

FrequencyOngoing

Max grants/yearUnlimited

Capital encroachmentPermitted

Disbursement rule5% CRA minimum

Assets accepted

Cash
Public securities
Life insurance
Bequests

Scale & activity

From T3010 CRA filing · FYE 2024-12-31

Total DAF assets: $71.3M
Annual grants: $4.3M
Actual payout: 6%
DAF accounts: 265
Avg. account: $269,054

CRA registration 892028242RR0001. Payout rate is actual grants divided by total assets over the filing period — a real-world indicator that can differ from the provider's stated disbursement policy.

Fee structure

Admin fee tiers

Balance range	Rate
$0K+· Invested funds expense allocation; published range 1.25%-1.50%, midpoint used	1.38%

Invested (long-term) funds charged a bundled 1.25%-1.50% 'expense allocation.' Short-term non-invested funds charged 4%-5% on an activity/cost-recovery basis. Invested funds target 6.5% long-run return.

Also consider

Mission-AlignedMakeWay Foundation

National public foundation for environmental and social-justice philanthropy (formerly Tides Canada, rebranded June 2020). Every fund's overhead includes integrated philanthropic advisory services — unusual among Canadian DAF providers — and investments are 100% fossil-fuel-free. Launched Canada's first 100% customizable impact-invested DAF (ImpactDAF) in 2019. New funds must align with one of seven organizational priority areas, including Indigenous authority, healthy lands and waters, climate action, and equity-focused philanthropy.

Data sources

Confidence: Published on provider site · Last verified 2026-04-21

Value proposition authored by WellFunded