# Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen

> Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen is a VC fund backing Communities and Leisure. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Penticton, Canada
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/community-foundation-of-the-south-okanagan
- Website: https://www.cfso.net/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CFSouthOkanaganSimilkameen/

Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen is a VC fund in Penticton focused on Communities and Leisure. The Community Foundation is a registered charity that helps donors make legacy gifts to support causes they care about. Donations are permanently invested with the income from those investments being granted to more than 80 charities throughout our region each year.In the late 80’s a group of people who supported the Penticton & DistrictCommunity Arts Council began investigating the idea of setting up an arts foundation. After a great deal of research, they decided it was best to pursue the more general idea of a community foundation. Vancouver Foundation was incentivizing the creation of new community foundations by offering to match any donations to a new foundation. With initial donations from the Rotary Club of Penticton, Hong Kong Bank of Canada, and the City of Penticton, the Penticton & District Foundation was created in 1991.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Grant | $10k–$40k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Communities | 2 | 67% |
| Leisure | 1 | 33% |
| Training | 1 | 33% |
| Commercial | 1 | 33% |
| Non Profit | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 1 | 33% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Propolis housing cooperative | Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops. | $1.1M | Debt Financing | Apr 14, 2025 | https://www.propoliscooperative.com/ |
| IndigenEYEZ | IndigenEYEZ was co-founded by Kim Haxton and Kelly Terbasket in 2013. This would not have been possible without the guidance of Partners for Youth Empowerment co-founders Charlie Murphy and Peggy Taylor and the vision and startup capital of Ian Watson. This is the story of how these changemakers found each other at the right time and in the rightplace to ignite the movement that is IndigenEYEZ. | $40K | Grant | Jan 22, 2021 | https://x.com/IndigenEYEZ |
| IndigenEYEZ | IndigenEYEZ was co-founded by Kim Haxton and Kelly Terbasket in 2013. This would not have been possible without the guidance of Partners for Youth Empowerment co-founders Charlie Murphy and Peggy Taylor and the vision and startup capital of Ian Watson. This is the story of how these changemakers found each other at the right time and in the rightplace to ignite the movement that is IndigenEYEZ. | $10K | Grant | Mar 31, 2020 | https://x.com/IndigenEYEZ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BC Interior Community Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bc-interior-community-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Central Okanagan Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/central-okanagan-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Community Foundation of North Okanagan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/community-foundation-of-north-okanagan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shuswap Community Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shuswap-community-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen invest in?

Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen invests primarily in Communities, Leisure and Training startups, most often at Grant and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen's check size?

Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen typically joins rounds of $10k–$40k at Grant. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen participates in.

### When did Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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