Quesnal Scholarship & Bursaries

• City: Quesnel

Applications for scholarships and bursaries are accepted after January 1 in the New Year. Deadline for application is April 30. Awards are made at the end of June.  The scholarship and bursary awards are made at arm’s length, the recipient cannot be related to the donor and the selection of the award is made in a fair and transparent process.

• Applicants must be Quesnel and area residents.
• All applications must include a Cover Letter

To apply, click on the Fund name to activate a fillable pdf (manual completion of a printed form is also acceptable)

Submission can be via email to [email protected] (we recommend you scan and email your application rather than forwarding a completed pdf - they may get blanked out in transmission) or by regular mail to the following address:

Quesnel Community Foundation, Attn Scholarships & Bursaries, PO Box 4158, Quesnel, BC, V2J 3J2  

The Quesnel Community Foundation, established in 2001, exists to meet the needs of our community through the growth and management of permanent endowment funds.

Our goal is to use the income generated to promote the well being of our community by providing grants to charitable organizations. We as responsible volunteers are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life within our community.

The Quesnel Community Foundation is a member of Community Foundations of Canada, and advised by one of North America's biggest and most successful foundations, the Vancouver Foundation.

The Quesnel Community Foundation believes:

• We have both an opportunity and a responsibility to provide leadership in the spirit of giving
• The endowment fund is a resource to benefit the people of Quesnel, and we commit to manage these funds in a responsible manner
• In an open, respectful, and ethical approach towards all who come in contact with the Foundation
• Our policies, programs and practices should enable and encourage human growth and dignity, inclusiveness, fairness and the equality of all people
• In working as a link within the charitable sector to strengthen community capacity and volunteerism, and to find solutions to mutual challenges
• In partnerships that seek consensus and respect the integrity and autonomy of participants.
• In encouraging and nurturing pride in our community