Building a stronger community, together! $206,000+ of grants
As of the 2023 granting cycle, in excess of $230,000 has been granted to Hornby Island non-profit groups, by the Hornby Community Fund. The chart to the left depicts the balance between sectors of the granting decisions to 20 Outside the pie chart, adjacent to the sector pie piece, the recipient groups are identified.
And the Envelope, please...
What are the parameters?
Annual interest income from the investments is distributed by the local Community Board. Within the confines of "community fund" regulations, the Advisory Board has developed and maintained criteria for disbursement of the grants. The grants are given for community projects on Hornby Island.
Where has the money gone?
Historically, at the Hornby Fall Fair the Advisory Board members present the annual Grants. In 2019 a shift was made to go online, and the cheques are now issued directly from our host organization, the Comox Valley Community Foundation..
HISTORIC GRANTING BREAKDOWN:
There is now close to $600,000 in the endowment fund. The investment income on this amount funds our granting, in perpetuity. So this capital gives us the ability to continue to grant meaningful amounts every year going forward. Our goal is to get the capital balance to $1.5 million by 2035 through donations and bequests.
Our granting ability increases with every dollar donated to the capital account so we are very grateful to all past and future donors for making this fund such a powerful source of support for the good works of Hornby non-profits.
Between 2002 and 2023, $230,313. has been granted from General Funds. (additional funds go to the "donor accounts", where the interest is for a specific purpose. There are two Donor Funds. The first is for the Festival Society (since 2020, grants shown below were paid out prior to the Donor Fund being established) for their operations and the second is the Bruce Fairbairn Fund (an annual bursary for a music student).
Additionally, since partnering with the Comox Valley Community Foundation, the success rate for our local organizations, for their funding, has been enhanced.
The annual Book Sale Team, also entrusts distribution of those proceeds to the Community Fund process.
Here are the sectors, and the specific organizations, that have received grants, between 2002 and 2023:
Hornby Island Community Fund
Grant Distributions Summary, 2002 to 2023
Excludes Donor Funds & Comox Valley Fdn.
Includes Book Sale $ distributions
Arts & Culture, $44,340
- Hornby Island Festival *Donor Fund since 2020 12,390.00
- Hornby Island Arts Council 18,800.00
- Hornby Island Quilters 1,000.00
- Hornby Island Radio Society 6,850.00
- Hornby Island Blues Society 3,650.00
- No Horses Music Society 1,300.00
- Wild Indigo Theater 350.00
Education, $59,322
- Hornby Daycare Society 7,370.00
- Natural History 13,300.00
- Hornby Island Education Society 38,652.00
Health & Wellbeing, $32,676
- Hornby Island Fire Rescue 1,400.00
- Hornby Island ( former Elder) Housing Society 20,176.00
- Hornby Island Clinic 2,000.00
- Hornby Island Cats Society 650.00
- Hornby Denman Health Care Society 3,350.00
- Hornby Island Emergency Preparedness 5,100.00
Environment, $25,100
- Heron Rocks Friendship Centre 7,550.00
- Groundwater Institute 500.00
- Conservancy Hornby Island (CHI) 14,050.00
- Hornby Island Recycling Committee 2,250.00
- HIRRA Broom Eradication Project 750.00
Economic & Social Justice, $49,672
- Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Centre 4,000.00
- The Spark 5,000.00
- HICEEC 500.00
- First Edition 500.00
- Island Growers 800.00
- H.I. Farmland Trust 13,500.00
- Island Secure Housing Association 24,372.00
- New Horizons 1,000.00
Recreation, $19,203
- Hornby Recreation 250.00
- Hornby Island Hall Committee 500.00
- Hornby Island Athletic Association 13,350.00
- Hornby Dragon Boat 2,800.00
- Hornby Island Tennis Association 2,303.00