The Roxy Theatre’s electrical facilities were upgraded thanks to a Vancouver Foundation grant.

The Roxy Theatre’s electrical facilities were upgraded thanks to a Vancouver Foundation grant.

Registered charities in Greater Victoria received more than $900,000 last year from the Vancouver Foundation, Canada’s largest community foundation with assets of nearly $1 billion.

Now, the foundation wants to dish out even more dollars through its revamped field of interest grants that offer up to $75,000 per year for social innovations.

“Although we are called Vancouver Foundation, we have a provincial mandate,” said Jon Garner, communications manager for grants and community initiatives.

Charities and other qualified organizations are invited to find out more about three new types of field of interest grants aimed at innovative projects in arts and culture, education and training, environment and health, and social development before the May 15 deadline.