The board of the Heritage Legacy Fund recently voted to maintain their grants budget.As the worldwide economic crisis continues, the effects are rippling throughout the institutions of our society. The damage has been devastating. While individuals have seen the stock market implosion shrink their retirement fund by tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, the impact on the capital of some large foundations has been in the tens or hundreds of millions.
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Ten grants approved by the Heritage Legacy Fund board on April 8 brought the total since the program started four years ago to more than $1 million. This does not include the million-dollar BC150 – Heritage Legacy Fund program of last December.The latest grants included both repairs and a new sign for historic Bassett House in Okanagan Falls, the home of the local Heritage and Museum Society. Grants of $25,000 each will assist the Regional District...
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In a dramatic finish to B.C.’s 150th anniversary year, the Heritage Legacy Fund awarded grants to over 50 community projects.  Ranging from exhibits to special events and upgrades for heritage facilities, the projects will take place in 37 B.C. communities over the next three months.The $1 million BC150-Heritage Legacy Fund Program was launched on December 3, 2008 by Bill Bennett, provincial Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts. ...
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A new funding program for heritage, BC150-Heritage Legacy Funding, was announced by the Honourable Bill Bennett, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts at Emily Carr House in Victoria on Wednesday, December 03, 2008. The new program, to be administered by the Heritage Legacy Fund of BC Society, provides up to $20,000 to non-profit societies, charitable organizations and local governments.  No matching funds are required. The total allocation...
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A grant of up to $25,000 from the Heritage Legacy Fund is helping this fall to put a new roof on the former Bank of Montreal building in New Denver, now the Silvery Slocan Museum.Situated on the shore of Slocan Lake, surrounded by the Selkirk Mountains, the small rural community of New Denver was founded in 1892 by silver miners. Built in 1897, the imposing Bank of Montreal building has stood at the heart of New Denver for 111 years as a community landmark.
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