Vancity’s Shared Success program is driving jobs and stronger communities across B.C

At a time when many British Columbians are feeling pressure from higher everyday costs and communities across the province are focused on resilience, Vancity has released a new report showing how its Shared Success program is delivering value to members and communities. Each year, Vancity returns 30% of its net profits to members and community initiatives through Shared Success. Since 1994, Vancity has shared more than $447 million through the program.  

Over the past 10 years, Vancity’s Shared Success program generated an estimated $189.1 million in economic output, $122 million in GDP, $28.5 million in tax revenue and 1,220 jobs in B.C., driven by $109.8 million invested across 3,607 projects.

One example is Kambo Energy Group, a B.C.-based, BIPOC-led social enterprise working to reduce energy poverty and advance climate equity. Through its Empower Me program, Kambo provides multilingual energy education and coaching for underserved and newcomer communities, while also creating job opportunities for newcomers as Energy Mentors. In 2025, Vancity provided Kambo with a $116,400 Shared Success grant to support this work.

"What sets Vancity apart is their trust-based approach to partnership,” said Yasmin Abraham, President of Kambo Energy Group. “By investing in organizations without imposing a top-down agenda, they enable us to focus on what delivers the greatest impact for our communities. Their support has helped us expand access to climate solutions, reach more households, and create new opportunities for people entering the clean energy workforce.”

As affordability pressures, housing challenges and climate risks grow across B.C., Shared Success is backing community-led solutions that build long-term resilience, creating opportunity, strengthening local capacity and helping communities tackle interconnected challenges.

“Climate change is already increasing costs and risk for communities across B.C.,” said Alison Coates, Director of Climate Strategy and Performance at Vancity. “Through Shared Success, we’re investing in solutions that not only reduce emissions but deliver real economic and community impact, with every dollar generating broader value and helping build more resilient communities.”

Shared Success focuses on four priorities: climate action, affordable housing, equity and Reconciliation, and co-operatives and local economies. Over the past decade, Vancity invested $41.1 million in co-operatives and local economies, $28.4 million in equity and Reconciliation, $20.9 million in climate action, and $19.4 million in affordable housing.  

“Supporting members and communities through Shared Success is part of what makes Vancity different,” said Wellington Holbrook, President and CEO of Vancity. “It’s one of the most impactful ways we live our co-operative model, by sharing our success to support stronger local economies, more inclusive communities and a more sustainable future.”

Additional examples of organizations supported through Shared Success include the Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA), which to date has used Vancity funding to expand asset management capacity and support building condition assessments, portfolio planning and retrofit projects affecting 2,000 households and more than 1,000 housing units, and Scale Collaborative, which helps non-profits diversify revenue and strengthen long-term financial resilience.

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