WINTER GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

VOCM Cares Foundation provides quarterly program funding to local charities with a focus on strengthening communities in Newfoundland and Labrador in the areas of health, education, and safety.

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2024 Approvals

Association for New Canadians

Candlelighters Association NL

Canadian Cancer Society

Community Sector Council

Kids Eat Smart NL 

Lewisporte and Area 50+ Club

Special Olympics

Town of Coachmans Cove Seniors Programs

Westport 50+ Club

YMCA Northeast Avalon

2023 Approvals

Agriculture in the Classroom

Buckmaster’s Circle Community Centre

CNIB

Easter Seals NL

NL Down Syndrome Society

Opera on the Avalon

REAL Program

St. John’s Petty Harbour Aquarium

Vera Perlin Society

Youth 2000 Centre

Arthritis Society Atlantic

Boys and Girls Club Bell Island

Boys and Girls Club St. John’s

Community Centre Alliance

Friendly Fifty Plus Club

Geraldine Rubia Centre

James Hornell Boys and Girls Club

Parkinson Society of Newfoundland and Labrador

Anglican Homes Inc.

Leukemia Lymphoma Society of Canada

Grenfell Foundation Inc.

Health Care Foundation

Public Legal Information Association NL

Sharing our Cultures

St. Patrick’s Mercy Home Foundation

Vine Place Community Centre

Active Living for Older Adults

Diabetes Canada, Camp Douwanna

Shallaway Youth Choir

2022 Approvals 

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Canadian Council for the Blind – EA Baker Chapter

Community Sector Council

The Gathering Place

Grenfell Foundation

Kids Help Phone

Planned Parenthood

Rabbittown Community Centre

Rovers Search and Rescue Inc.

The Murphy Centre

Stella’s Circle

YMCA of NL

Manuels River

Arthritis Society NL

Empower – The Disability Resource Centre

Autism Society, NL (Atlantic)

Eating Disorder Foundation of NL

Macmorran Community Center

Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra

Pottle Center

Smallwood Crescent Community Center

2021 Approvals

Grand Falls Windsor Community Kitchen

Roots of Empathy

St. John’s Status of Women Council

Kidney Foundation

BGC NL

MacMorran Community Centre

Town of Lawn

Chamberlain Park Action Committee

CNIB NL

Candlelighters Association

Agriculture in the Classroom NL

Community Centre Alliance

Diabetes Canada

Easter Seals NL

NL Brain Injury Association

Single Parent Association

Buckmasters Circle

Canadian Red Cross

Lionel Kelland Hospice

NL Foster Families Bursary

Crisis Support Line Training

2020 Approvals

Quidi Vidi Rennies River Development Foundation

Autism Society

Stella’s Circle

Eating Disorder Foundation NL

Diabetes Canada – NL

Grenfell Foundation

MS Society Atlantic

Growing the Voices – Festival 500

NL Prostate Cancer Support Groups

Choices for Youth

Murphy Centre

ALS Society NL

Lions Max Simms Camp

City of St. John’s

Canadian Cancer Society

Canadian Mental Health Association NL

2019 Approvals

Agnes Pratt Home Foundation

Boys and Girls Club St. John’s

Easter Seals NL

Kidney Foundation

MacMorran Community Centre

NL Association for Community Living

Dr. H Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre

Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Candlelighters NL

Diabetes Canada – NL

Hope Air

Manuels River Nature Heritage Society

Public Legal Information Association NL

Canadian Hard of Hearing Association NL

Kids Help Phone

Big Brothers, Big Sisters

NLACL – Association for Community Living

Memorial University of NL Botanical Garden

Arthritis Society NL

Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation

Girl Guides Canada – NL

Kids Eat Smart

NL Foster Families

Home Again Furniture Bank

Gathering Place

NL Sexual Assault and Crisis Prevention Centre

2018 Approvals

Camp Ohana

Diabetes Canada NL

Roots of Empathy

The Candle Lighters Association

The Pottle Centre

The Vera Perlin Society

Buckmasters Circle Community Centre

Community Centre Alliance

Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra

Prostate Cancer Canada – Atlantic Region

Planned Parenthood

Thrive NL

Neighborhood Dance Works

CBS Lions Club

Community Sector Council NL

Ronald McDonald House

Special Olympics NL

The Learning Partnership