Community Foundation North Okanagan is a North Okanagan community foundation that pools donor gifts and distributes grants across arts, education, environment, health, recreation, and social services. It offers multiple grant programs and flexible funding for local charities, nonprofits, and community projects. View Community Foundation of the North Okanagan (CFNO)'s website for more information.
Community Foundation North Okanagan is a place-based community foundation serving the North Okanagan region. Its model combines donor-advised, designated, field-of-interest, scholarship, and flexible grantmaking funds to support local charities, nonprofits, and community-led projects.
The foundation states that it pools charitable gifts, invests endowments, and uses the earnings to make grants. It also provides flow-through or responsive funding when immediate community needs arise. This positions CFNO as both a steward of long-term philanthropic capital and a distributor of timely local support.
CFNO’s grantmaking spans arts and culture, education, environment, health and recreation, and social services. Its current grant pages show support for registered charities, CRA-recognized qualified donees, partner-delivered applications, and individual residents through neighbourhood microgrants. The organization also supports bursaries, scholarships, and strategic funding pools that can respond between regular cycles.
The foundation publishes annual reports, grant totals, and examples of funded projects. The site also outlines application timelines, eligibility rules, and reporting expectations for recipients, showing a structured grantmaking process with public-facing accountability.
Founded in 1975, CFNO says it has granted millions of dollars to charities in the region and continues to build community resilience through donor collaboration, convening, and grantmaking. Its website highlights recent grants, funded organizations, and local impact stories that demonstrate an ongoing distribution of funds across the North Okanagan.