
Past Grant Recipients
Each year, NutritionLink Services Society supports community organizations across British Columbia with funding for food and nutrition literacy programs. Below is a list of grant recipients from 2012 to 2025.
2025
$5,000 – Shelbourne Community Kitchen – Accessibility Project – Victoria, BC
$5,000 – Shuswap Food Action (2018) Society – Let Food Bring Us Together (Again) – Shuswap, BC
$4,000 – Burnaby Meals on Wheels – Food Literacy on Wheels – Burnaby, BC
$4,000 – Unbounded Canada Foundation – EcoCooks Club – Metro Vancouver, BC
2024
$10,000 – Cranbrook Boys and Girls Club – Food for Life – Cranbrook, BC
$8,730 – Hope Community Services – Cooking Together – Hope, BC
$5,000 – Fort Nelson Community Literacy Society – Food Literacy and Security – Fort Nelson, BC
$5,000 – Pacific Immigrant Resources Society – Family Food Literacy for Immigrant and Refugee Women – Vancouver, BC
2023
$8,000 – Sen'Pok'Chin School – Osoyoos Indian Band – Fire Fridays – Oliver, BC
$6,500 – Shuswap Food Action Society – Let Food Bring Us Together! – Salmon Arm, BC
$5,000 – Elements Society – EcoCooks School – North Vancouver, BC
$5,000 – W.E. Graham Community Service Society – Intergenerational Cooking – Slocan, BC
$5,000 – YMCA of Northern BC – Food Security to Feed Youth’s Potential – Prince George, BC
$5,000 – Salvation Army – Transitional Housing Wellness Program – Langley, BC
2020
$5,000 – Vancouver Island University Foundation – Snaw-naw-as First Nation Garden of Spiritual Healing and The Garden Café – Nanaimo, BC
$4,085 – Lookout Housing and Health Society – Sakura So Breakfast Project – Vancouver, BC
$4,000 – Association of Neighbourhood Houses – Food Education in the New Normal – Vancouver, BC
$3,600 – John Howard Society of Victoria – C.A.M.S. Nutrition Project – Victoria, BC
2019
$5,000 – Change the World Foundation – Food Re-purposing Program – North Vancouver, BC
$5,000 – DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society – Food Rescue Kitchens – Surrey, BC
$5,000 – Family Services of Greater Vancouver – Seniors' Community Kitchen Program – Vancouver, BC
$4,995 – Nanaimo Foodshare – From Farmer to Family – Nanaimo, BC
$3,300 – Strathcona Community Centre Association – Food Education Programs – Vancouver, BC
$3,150– Sayward Community Health Society – Community Kitchens for Seniors – Sayward, BC
$2,250 – Richmond Family Place Society – Healthy Food 4 Healthy Families – Richmond, BC
2018
$5,500 – MOSAIC – Cooking with Baby & Me – Vancouver, BC
$5,425 – The Salvation Army Harbour Light – Living Skills Cooking Courses (Phases 2 & 3) – Vancouver, BC
$4,800 – The Grendel Group – Grendel’s Lunch Program – Smithers, BC
$4,000 – Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs – Family Outreach Community Kitchen – Kelowna, BC
$4,000 – Cowichan Green Community Foundation – Chow Down Family Cooking Classes – Duncan, BC
2017
$6,500 – Carney Hill Neighbourhood Centre Society – Family Unity/Community Kitchen – Prince George, BC
$6,000 – Cowichan Green Community Foundation – Chow Down Cooking & Preserving Classes – Duncan, BC
$6,000 – Good Food for All – Nutrition Education – Eastside After School Program – Vancouver, BC
$5,000 – Community Connections Society of Southeast BC – Kids Can Cook! – Cranbrook, BC
$4,993 – DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society – Food as a Connector: Community Reconciliation Project – Surrey, BC
$3,000 – Family Services of Greater Vancouver – The Colt Young Parent Program – Vancouver, BC
2016
$6,910 – North Island Community Services Society – Promising Babies Community Kitchen – Port McNeill, BC
$6,000 – Cowichan Green Community Foundation – Chow Down Cooking Classes – Duncan, BC
$5,700 – Collingwood Neighbourhood House Society – The Language of Food – Vancouver, BC
$5,300 – Burnaby Neighbourhood House – Multicultural Seniors Cooking Connections – Burnaby, BC
$5,000 – Covenant House Vancouver – Nutritional Literacy & Meal Program – Vancouver, BC
$3,436 – CityGate Leadership Forum Society – Planted Community Food Network Workshops – Vancouver, BC
$3,207 – Westcoast Family Centres Society – Budget Gourmet – Vancouver, BC
2015
$7,500 – Royal Inland Hospital Foundation – Cook it. Try it. Like it! – Kamloops, BC
$7,068 – Cameray Community Fund – Cameray Community Kitchens – Burnaby, BC
$6,910 – North Island Community Services Society – Promising Babies Community Kitchen – Port McNeill, BC
$6,000 – Nanaimo Food Share Society – Healthy Harvest – Indigenous Foods Group – Nanaimo, BC
$5,000 – Farm Folk City Folk – Stir It Up Youth Community Kitchen – Richmond, BC
2014
$6,120 – Literacy Alberni Society – Gourmet Cooking in a Skillet – Port Alberni, BC
$6,000 – Britannia Community Services Society – Off the Grill Youth Meal Program – Vancouver, BC
$6,000 – Nanaimo Community Kitchens Society – Bellies to Babies and Beyond – Nanaimo, BC
$4,000 – Royal Inland Hospital Foundation – Cook It, Try It, Like It After School Program – Kamloops, BC
$2,000 – St. Hilda’s Anglican Church – Sharing Abundance Co-op Kitchen – Sunshine Coast, BC
$1,650 – UBC – CHIUS – Positive Living Society Community Kitchen – Vancouver, BC
2013
$6,500 – Richmond Food Security Society – Stir It Up Youth Kitchen Program – Richmond, BC
$5,000 – YWCA – Crabtree Corner – Food, Facts and Fun! – Vancouver, BC
$4,500 – Salvation Army Vancouver Harbour Light Centre – Community Kitchen for Seniors – Vancouver, BC
2012
$6,822 – Okanagan Boys & Girls Club – Community Kitchen for At-Risk Youth – Kelowna, BC
$5,000 – Carrier Sekani Family Services – Farms to Family Program – Vanderhoof, BC
$5,000 – Hiiye’yu Lelum (House of Friendship) Society – Cowichan Community Kitchen – Duncan, BC