Mink Cares

Since 2007, Mink has worked with a wide variety of charitable organizations to help sponsor their fundraising initiatives which in turn help foster or perpetuate our corporate ideals.

We receive hundreds of requests for community support from a wide range of organizations each year. In order for us to support as many deserving community groups as possible and to better understand our community’s needs, we ask that you read our criteria for community sponsorship below, and if you qualify, complete our application process.

Thank you for your interest in the Mink Cares program. We will only reply to your application if we are able to support your cause. Please note too that we are unable to accept any applications in the month of December. Thank you for your understanding.

Criteria for Community Support

In order to be eligible for community support, the applicant must be a registered Canadian Charity or a registered BC Society and reside in an area in which Mink Chocolates does business. To qualify, the event or project must directly benefit the community. It should also serve one of the following main areas of focus:

  • Arts & Culture
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health & Wellness
  • Sport
  • Youth

Those Ineligible for Support

Applications from the following will not be considered for community support:

  • Organizations unable to demonstrate, in detail, their measures of success
  • Any individual or business endeavors
  • Professional sporting groups
  • Groups who have already received a major donation or sponsorship from Mink in the current year
  • Collection of funds for subsequent redistribution to other charities or individuals
  • Promotion of political organizations and/or affiliated activities
  • Expenses for expeditions or overseas travel
  • Conference or seminars
hands-up


    Close FormOpen Form





























    2024
    Home Sharing Support Society BC; The Kettle Society; Marpole Museum and Historical Society; Threads of Life; DanceHouse One season social; Point Grey Mini School; Sir William Van Horne Elementary PAC; Crohn’s & Colitis Canada; BC & Alberta Guide Dogs; Camp Fircom Society; Seymour Art Gallery; Up In The Air Theatre; Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre; Rainbow Bridge; Pacific Autism Family Network; She Defines Strength Foundation 2024 Glamour Night for Cancer Warrior Princesses; Growing Chefs; Fresh to Families BC Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program for low income families; Portland Hotel Community Services Society Downtown Eastside Women’s Job Training Program.
    2023
    Rainbow Refugee; VGVA; Richmond Therapeutic Riding Association; West Side Family Place; S.U.C.C.E.S.S Social Services Agency BC; Van Horne Elementary School PAC; Crohn’s & Colitis Canada – Fraser Valley West Chapter: BC and Alberta Guide Dogs; YWCA Women of Distinction; Cancer Warrior Princess Glamour Night 2023; Growing Chefs; Fresh to Families BC Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program for low income families; Portland Hotel Community Services Society Downtown Eastside Women’s Job Training Program.
    2022
    VGVA Summer Finale; Crohn’s and Colitis Canada; Haiku Invitational & Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival; Alzheimer Society of BC; YWCA Women of Distinction Awards to support programs for low-income women in Greater Vancouver; Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon; Music Heals Charitable Foundation; Charlene Reaveley Children’s Charity; Richmond Women’s Resource Center; Growing Chefs; Fresh to Families BC Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program for low income families; Portland Hotel Community Services Society Downtown Eastside Women’s Job Training Program.
    2021
    Vancouver General Hospital operating room staff Christmas party; Big Sisters of BC; Dixon Transition Society for women & children fleeing violence; Health & Home Care Society of B C; Vancouver Convention Center Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign Vancouver Coastal Health; Amanda Todd Legacy Society; Wildlife Rescue Association of BC; CKNW Kids Fund; YWCA Women of Distinction; Cancer Warrior Princess High Tea; Charlene Reaveley Children’s Charity; Growing Chefs; Fresh to Families BC Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program for low income families; Portland Hotel Community Services Society Downtown Eastside Women’s Job Training Program.
    2020
    AssistList Association; Greater Heights Learning Academy Snowflake Auction; Dress for Success Vancouver; Variety Club; BC and Alberta Guide Dogs & Autism Support Dogs 2020 Ties & Tails Gala; Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards; BC Centre for Ability Dining for Dreams Gala; The Writer’s Exchange – getting inner-city kids excited about reading, writing and their own potential; JCC Sports Dinner; Cancer Warrior Princess Glamour Night 2020; Growing Chefs; Fresh to Families BC Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program for low income families; Portland Hotel Community Services Society Downtown Eastside Women’s Job Training Program.
    2019
    YWCA Metro Vancouver Staff Holiday Breakfast and Long Service Awards; 6th Annual Dan’s Legacy Chefs’ Charity Dinner; Wildlife Rescue Association of BC; Stevie Schwartzberg Memorial Golf Tournament for Familial Dysautonomia; BC SPCA Surrey Education & Adoption Center; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Growing Chef’s Society; BC Federation of Foster Parent Associations; YWCA Women of Distinction; BC Provincial School for the Deaf; BC and Alberta Guide Dogs; Fresh to Families BC Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program for low income families; Portland Hotel Community Services Society Downtown Eastside Women’s Job Training Program; Ecole Laura Secord Elementary School cross-cultural exchange program. The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada; Glamour Night for Cancer Warrior Princesses; Peace Arch Hospital Foundation; Gaby Davis Foundation Annual Comedy Night to support families affected by childhood cancer.
    2018
    PRISM International; 7th Annual Comedy Night to End Diabetes; Dan’s Legacy Annual Chefs Charity Dinner; Growing Chefs Society; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; United Way Foundation; VocalEye (the first live descriptive arts service for the blind in Canada); Dress For Success Vancouver; Swim Drink Fish Canada; Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival Society; LifeSciences BC; Audain Art Gallery Annual Gala Fundraiser; Ovarian Cancer Canada; YWCA Metro Vancouver Women of Distinction; BC and Alberta Guide Dogs; Canadian Cancer Society BC And Yukon Division Daffodil Ball; CKNW Orphan’s Fund Pink Shirt Day; Glamour Night for Cancer Warrior Princesses; Fresh to Families, part of the BC Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program, a province-wide healthy eating initiative that works with community agencies across BC to support low income families, seniors and expectant mothers with food skills & nutritional programming; East Van Roasters for the Portland Hotel Community Services Society Downtown Eastside Women’s Job Training Program. 
    2017

    Vancouver Symphony; VocalEye; Diabetes Canada Flame of Hope; United Way of BC Poverty to Possibility, All That Kids Can Be, and Stronger Communities initiatives 2017; Kids Up Front; Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival All Access Program; Buck Up for Mental Health in partnership with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC for Covenant House Vancouver; BC Children’s Hospital; BC and Alberta Guide Dogs; YWCA Metro Vancouver Women of Distinction Awards; DTES YWCA Single Mother’s Group; Dress for Success; Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Dash Pub Night Fundraiser; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; BC Federation of Foster Parent Associations; The Foundation for Children with Intestinal and Liver Disorders; Canadian Cancer Society; Forum for Women Entrepreneurs; Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver; Audain Art Gallery One Year Celebration; Van Horne Elementary School PAC; East Van Roasters for the Portland Hotel Community Services Society Downtown Eastside Women’s Job Training Program. 

    2016

    United Way of the Lower Mainland; VocalEye Descriptive Arts Society; Positive Living Society of BC 31st Annual Aids Walk; CKNW Orphans Fund Pink Shirt Day; Odlum Brown Forum for Women Entrepreneurs Gala; East Van Roasters for the Portland Hotel Community Services Society; University of British Columbia Communications Club; Semiahmoo Trail Elementary; C.H.I.L.D. ,The Foundation for Children with Intestinal and Liver Disorders; Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Ball; BC Cancer Agency and BC Children’s Hospital Girls’ Glamour Night; Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association; Vancouver Bach Choir; Dress for Success Vancouver; Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia; Out for Breakfast with Out on Screen for International Day of Pink; Ovarian Cancer Canada; Vancouver International Children’s Festival; Kids Up Front Foundation; Decoda Literacy Foundation Literacy is Life Campaign 2016; YWCA Metro Vancouver Women of Distinction; A Gift From Within – Journey to Save Lives for the BC Transplant Society and Canadian Transplant Association; A Loving Spoonful; Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival Society; 

    2015

    Sisterhood of Temple Shalom; United Way Foundation Comedy Night to end Diabetes; Vocal eye / a Chapter of the Canadian Council of the Blind, BC / Yukon; Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign for the United Way; ASTTBC Foundation for STEM Education; Canuck Place Children’s Hospice; 30th Anniversary Aids Walk for Life; Downtown Eastside Mission Possible; North Shore Harvest Project; Reach Child and Youth Development Society; The Elizabeth Bagshaw Women’s Clinic; Canadian Red Cross Western Canada Tiffany Circle Society of Women Leaders; BC Children’s Hospital Foundation A Night of Miracles; Special Olympics BC; Canucks for Kids; Semiahmoo Trail Elementary School Parent Advisory Committee; Lord Nelson Elementary School Parent Advisory Committee; Dress for Success Vancouver; YWCA Metro Vancouver Women of Distinction Awards; Gastrointestinal Society of BC: Heart & Stroke Foundation; Out for Breakfast International Day of Pink; Ronald McDonald House; Room to Read; Learning Disabilities Association of Vancouver; The Cerebral Palsy Association of BC; Covenant House Vancouver; BC Guide Dogs & Autism Support Dogs; 19th Annual Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Ball; Food Banks of BC Basics for Babies; Sauder School of Business at UBC Imprint Conference; Family Services of Greater Vancouver; Tapestry Foundation for Health 2015 Feast of Fortune; Pink Shirt Day; Simon Fraser University Communications Students Union; Jewish Community Center of Greater Vancouver Sports Dinner; East Van Roasters for the PHS Community Services Society; Schick Family Fundraiser.

    2014

    Semiahmoo Rotary Club; United Way Campaign; Sisterhood of Temple Sholom; King George Secondary School 100th Anniversary; Variety – The Children’s Charity; Tickled Pink Dessert Campaign for Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation; Decoda Literacy Foundation; Young Women in Business Vancouver Beyond Pink 2014; Canadian National Institute for the Blind; Learning Disabilities Association of Vancouver; Room to Read; Vancouver Queer Film Festival; Ovarian Cancer Canada; Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life Vancouver; B.C. Guide Dog Services & Autism Support Dogs; Adoptive Families Association of B.C.; B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation; Sir William Van Horne Elementary School Parent Advisory Council; YWCA Women of Distinction Awards; Arts Club Theatre Company; Family Services of Greater Vancouver; PHS Community Services Society; Forum for Women Entrepreneurs; Jewish Community Center of Greater Vancouver Sports Dinner; CKNW Orphan’s Fund; Boys and Girls Clubs of BC; Red Cross Respect Ed; Kids Help Phone

    2013

    Surrey Christmas Bureau, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Blossom Spinal Cord Center; Canadian Diabetes Foundation; BC Special Olympics; Canucks for Kids Fund; Gastrointestinal Society of BC; Arts Umbrella; Richmond Hospital Foundation; Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation; Compassionate Beauty; Canuck Place Children’s Hospice; Campaign for BC Children; United Way Lower Mainland; Big Sisters of BC / Lower Mainland; St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation; Arthritis Society of BC & Yukon; Easter Seals of BC.; Cures for Kids; Vancouver Queer Film Festival; Canadian National Institute for the Blind; Learning Disabilities Association of Vancouver; Room to Read; British Columbia Deaf Sports Federation; YWCA Women of Distinction; Vancouver Writer’s Festival; PricewaterhouseCoopers & Richmond Auto Mall Golf for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice; Salvation Army Freedom Gala; C.H.I.L.D. Foundation; ViaSport BC; Providence Health Care St.; Paul’s Hospital National Nursing Week Charity Barbecue; Richmond Jewish Day School; Beth Tikvah Congregation; B.C. Special Olympics; Young Women in Business; Dress for Success; L’Arche Greater Vancouver; Tapestry Foundation / Scotiabank Feast of Fortune; CKNW Pink Shirt Day; Cause We Care Foundation; Family Services of Greater Vancouver; A portion of the proceeds from the sale of hot chocolate sold at the downtown location between January 15 and February 15 will benefit the Cause We Care Foundation, a Vancouver-based charitable foundation created by women for single mothers and their children in need.

    2012

    Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant in support of The Canadian Cancer Society; The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Vancouver Heritage Foundation; BC Sports Celebrities Festival for Special Olympics BC and Canucks for Kids; Young Women in Business at Simon Fraser University; Legal Services Society for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the United Way Campaign; Vancouver School Board School Age Children and Youth – Substance Use Prevention Initiative; Vancouver Women’s Health Collective. Arts Umbrella Splash 2012; Campaign for BC Children “A Night of Miracles”; Kids UpFront; Canuck Place Children’s Hospice; LACE Campaign for BC Cancer Agency; The Arthritis Society BC & Yukon; Elizabeth Bagshaw Women’s Clinic. Presentation House; Terry Fox Foundation: BC Children’s Hospital Foundation; Sheri Radford for Team diabetes; BC Sport Agency for Sports Medicine Research. Vancouver Queer film Festival. Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange Charity Golf Tournament for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind; Learning Disabilities Association of Vancouver; Room to Read. BC Guide Dog Services; Vancouver International Writer’s Festival; Easter Seals WAVES Regatta; Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance; SportBC; Kidsport Golf Tournament; St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation. Foundation for Children with Intestinal and Liver Disorders (C.H.I.L.D.); HSBC Executive Breakfast for BC Children’s Hospital; PricewaterhouseCoopers & Richmond Auto Mall Charity Golf Tournament for Canuck Place and BC Children’s Hospital; Metro Vancouver YWCA Women of Distinction Awards; CIBC Business Banking for BC Childrens Hospital. 10th AccolAIDS Awards; Variety the Children’s Charity; British Columbia Deaf Sports Federation. Dress for Success Vancouver; Sport BC; L’Arche Greater Vancouver for Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Simon Fraser University Young Women in Business Society. Forum for Women Entrepreneurs 10th Anniversary Gala; Downtown Eastside Women’s Center; Ride to Conquer Cancer; CKNW Orphans’ Fund in support of Boys & Girls Clubs Anti-Bullying Programs; Case IT 2012 (SFU), Japan Exchange and Teaching Alumni Association of BC. Tapestry Foundation for Health Care Lower Mainland, Dice & Ice Gala in support of Canucks for Kids Foundation (Canucks Autism Network, Canuck Place Childrens Hospice, BC Childrens Hospital Foundation).

    2011

    Vancouver Food Bank; Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation “Rockin’ for Research; Vancouver International Dance Festival; Salvation Army “Hope in the City”; B.C. Lung Association; Legal Services Society for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank; PricewaterhouseCoopers for United Way; ShareDDB; Young Women in Business SFU Social Venture Program; Splash 2011 Art Auction & Gala for Arts Umbrella; BC Special Olympics; Canucks for Kids; Kids up Front; BC Paraplegic Association; Rolfe, Benson LLP for the United Way Campaign; Big Sisters of BC, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP for the United Way; MusicFest Vancouver; Ronald McDonald House BC; North Shore JCC / Congregation Har-El; BC Hospital Foundation; Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast; BC Children’s Hospital; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada; Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra; Women Against Violence Against Women; Vancouver Queer Film Festival; Fuck Cancer; BC Paraplegic Association; Prostate Cancer Foundation BC; Easter Seals Regatta; Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada; Simon Fraser University Students in Free Enterprise Dream Auction; KidSport BC; Tiger Williams Charity Golf Tournament, C.H.I.L.D. Foundation, Lower Mainland Red Cross Committee, BMO Vancouver Marathon Alumni Breakfast, BC Childrens Hospital, PWC Golf Tournament for Canuck Place, A Better Life Dog Rescue, Vancouver International Reader’s and Writer’s Festival; B.C. Guide Dog Services, Council of Parent Participation Preschools of B.C., Variety, The Children’s Charity, BC PWA, Young Executives for Success, Fuck Cancer; Western Front Society; Canucks Autism Network; Canuck Place Childrens Hospice; Presentation House 30th Anniversary; Health & Home Care Society of BC; BC SPCA: Sport BC Athlete of the Year; Forum for Women Entrepreneurs BC; Les Dames d’Escoffier; Dixon Transition Society (shelter, guidance and hope for women and children fleeing violence); Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition.

    2010

    Minerva Foundation for BC Women; Les Clefs d’Or BC Region; Seymour Heights Elementary School; Association of Broadcast Communicators; Juvenile Diabetes Rockin’ For Research (Vancouver and Edmonton); Women in Leadership Foundation; BC Special Olympics; Hastings Elementary Community School; Pacific Assistance Dogs Society: The Salvation Army “Hope in the City”; Legal Services Society of BC supporting the Vancouver Food Bank; The Ascenta Foundation for Health and Education Outreach; Canuck Place Childrens Hospice; Splash 2010 Arts Umbrella; Elizabeth Bagshaw Society; Ronald McDonald House; Pret a Port Nuit for Breast Cancer; BCAMA; Women in View; Banfield Pavilion Extended Care at VGH, PricewaterhouseCoopers supporting The United Way; Heenan Blaikie LLP supporting Covenant House; BMO Boolathon in support of Kids Help Phone; MusicFest Vancouver; The Lace Campaign to support BC Cancer Agency Cervical Cancer Screening Program; Canadian Mental Health Association of B.C.; Dressed for Success; Eurocenters 20th Anniversary; Vancouver Queer Film Festival; Variety – The Children’s Charity of B.C.; Vancouver Heritage Foundation; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada / Team in Training / BC & Yukon Chapter; Vancouver International Writers Festival; Wish Upon a Star for BC Cancer Society; Richmond Hospital Foundation; Big Sisters of BC; FWEBC The Entrepreneurs Affair; Chefs for Urban Agriculture; B’ocuse d’or Canadian Culinary Foundation; 13th Annual Peak Awards Women in Finance; BC Guide Dog Services Autism Support Dogs; S.P.E.C., Van Horne Elementary PAC, University of British Columbia Midwifery Graduation Committee; PricewaterhouseCoopers/Richmond Auto Mall 25th Annual Charity Golf Tournament; Langara Family YMCA; 9th Annual BCPWA AccolAIDS; Looking Glass Foundation; Vancouver Heritage Foundation; Arts Club Theatre Company; Council of Parent Participation Preschools BC; C.H.I.L.D. Foundation; Doctors Without Borders; Arts Umbrella

    2009

    Cures for Kids; Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra; Kids Up Front; Rosewood Village Arts Club; West Coast Book Prize Society, CH.I.L.D. Foundation for Children with Intestinal & Liver Disorders; Canucks Autism Network; Shannon Ross running the BMO Vancouver Marathon for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; Global Agents for Change; Performing Arts Lodge Vancouver; Beauty Night Vancouver; Zajac Ranch for Children

    2008

    Union Gospel Mission; Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver; Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland; BC Professional Firefighters Burn Fund; Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation; Breakfast for Learning – Canadian Living Foundation; Easter Seals 24 Hour Relay; Kiwanis BC; BC Guide Dog Services; Make A Wish Foundation; The Terry Fox Foundation; Covenant House Vancouver

    2007

    CKNW Orphan’s Fund; Ronald McDonald House; Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society; The Western Canadian Pediatric AIDS Society Camp Moomba; Heart & Stroke Foundation; BC Children’s Hospital; BC Cancer Foundation; Stanley Park Tree Fund; BC SPCA