This March, Disability Alliance BC is officially launching our monthly donor club, called the Advocats.
Advocats are supporters of DABC who choose to give monthly.
Monthly donations sustain our disability rights work all year long and allow DABC to plan ahead, respond when it matters, and continue advocating for the rights and dignity of people with disabilities in our community. Any amount you choose to give makes a difference.
We invite you to become an Advocat and join a growing community committed to disability rights and justice. As a token of our appreciation, monthly donors will receive an Advocats pin of their choosing.
To learn more, see our fun pins and become an Advocat, click here.
It’s DAF Day Canada: a national moment encouraging donors who give through Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) to activate their generosity and support frontline work like ours. #DAFDay
If you have a DAF, you can recommend a grant to Disability Alliance BC today. It’s easy—and it means we can keep showing up for people with disabilities in BC.
To give through your DAF, contact your fund sponsor or advisor. Or use WellFunded.io to search for us and make a pledge. Our Registered Charity # is 106777758. If you don’t have a DAF, your support still goes a long way. Give here: https://give-can.keela.co/dabc. Can’t donate? Please help spread the word by sharing this post.
Thank you for your generosity and your belief in our mission.
Please note that Disability Alliance BC will be closed for the holidays from Monday, December 23rd, 2024 – Friday, January 3rd, 2025. Our office will reopen on Monday, January 6th. During this time, we will only be responding to very urgent messages. All other messages will receive a response as soon as possible after we reopen.
Year-End Fundraising Update
Between the spirit of holiday gifting and annual tax planning, December is THE top month for charitable giving each year, accounting for more than a quarter of donations annually to all nonprofits. With the postal strike having put a hold on donations by mail during this usually busiest time for philanthropy, we’re calling on you, our online supporters, to help us bridge this gap with a strong fundraising finish to 2024.
So far this year, thanks to your support DABC has raised $26,647.25 from 263 individual donations. That’s an awesome groundswell of goodwill that has us within reach of a record-breaking $30,000 from 300 donors!
Will you join us now in making this DABC’s best fundraising year ever? No donation is too large or too small to make a difference for people living with disabilities. You can donate here: https://give-can.keela.co/dabc.
With the new Canada Disability Benefit looming on the horizon in 2025, our advocacy is reaching new heights of urgency and impact as the disability community grows and policies strain to meet increasing needs.
Some accomplishments we couldn’t have achieved without your support this year include: updating our online tool for those applying for the Disability Tax Credit, advocating for the removal of the spousal cap for those on provincial disability assistance (and the Province agreeing to work on this as noted in their 2024 Poverty Reduction Strategy), and translating our Help Sheets and CPP-D Guidesinto four other languages: Arabic, Persian, Punjabi and Spanish.
We send our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for being a part of our movement, and appreciate any and all financial support at this important time for the disability community and movement for inclusion and equity across BC.
From all of us here at DABC, wishing you and yours a happy and peaceful holiday season!
