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GRANTS
About Respiratory Grants
TB Vets, through the generosity of donors, is proud to fund dozens of grants to institutions across British Columbia. Hospitals, universities, search & rescue teams, and related institutions are invited to apply for a grant to purchase respiratory equipment or fund research, training and/or programs that support respiratory causes.
Applications are now closed for 2019. Please check back for updates on Grant Applications for 2020.
Grant Submissions Due: Friday, June 12, 2020
Grant Decisions Made By: Friday, August 14, 2020
Grant Notifications Issued By: Friday, August 28, 2020
Recent Grant Award Recipients
2019 Respiratory Grant Award Recipients
BC Women’s Health Foundation
$
40,000
Maquet Servo-n Neonatal Ventilator
British Columbia Institute of Technology (Burnaby Campus)
$
13,975
Juno Patient Manikin with Wound Care Kit
Bulkley Valley Health Care & Hospital Foundation
$
5,660
GlideScope Blade
$
3,500
Bronchoscope
Burnaby Hospital Foundation
$
47,351
Pulmonary Function Analyzer (Body Box)
Canuck Place Children’s Hospice (Glen Brae Manor)
$
4,987
Masimo Radical Pulse Oximeter
$
445
Vacu-Aide Portable Suction Pump
Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation
$
7,800
Medela Thopaz Plus Portable Digital Chest Drainage System
Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (Mission Memorial Hospital)
$
40,000
Hamilton-T1 Transport Ventilator
Kelowna General Hospital Foundation
$
20,000
Expanded Respiratory PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) Testing
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital & Health Foundation
$
20,000
GlideScope Video Laryngoscope
Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation
$
40,000
Hamilton-T1 Transport Ventilator
Lions Bay Search and Rescue Society
$
2,360
EMMA Capnograph with Waveform Display
$
713
EMMA Airway Adapter
$
934
2 x Ferno D Lite Carbon Fibre 870 Oxygen Tanks
$
1,979
3 x Nonin Connect Elite Smart Wireless Pulse Oximeters
Lions Gate Hospital Foundation
$
40,000
Hamilton-T1 Transport Ventilator & Respironics V60 BiPAP Machine
Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
$
21,868
Respironics V60 BiPAP
Peace Arch Hospital Foundation
$
36,500
Hamilton G5 Ventilator
Queen’s Park Healthcare Foundation
$
8,000
Oxygen Replacement Mobile Tanks and Individual Compressors
Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation
$
32,500
Acute Care Mechanical Ventilator
Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation
$
40,000
Respiratory Research (Dr. Steve Reynolds)
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
$
24,300
Hamilton-T1 Transport Ventilator
South Cariboo Health Foundation (100 Mile District Hospital)
$
32,000
Hamilton-T1 Transport Ventilator
Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation (University Hospital of Northern BC)
$
13,451
Auto CPAP Machines, AirCurve 10 ASV Machines, AirCurve 10 CPAP ST
Squamish Hospital Foundation
$
53,204
Hamilton-T1 Transport Ventilator
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation
$
32,400
Olympus BF-Q190 Bronchoscope
Surrey Hospital Foundation
$
40,000
Bronchial Thermoplasty System for Asthma Treatment
Thompson Rivers University Foundation
$
12,000
Bursaries for 8 Respiratory Therapy Students
$
400
Ed Eberlein / TB Vets Endowment Scholarship
University of British Columbia (The Lung Centre)
$
12,749
tremoFlo C-100 Airwave Oscillometry System & EasyOne Pro Spirometer
Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation
$
29,000
GlideScope Video Laryngoscope
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
$
45,000
TB Research (Dr. Yossef Av-Gay)
$
40,600
TB Ward Recreation Therapy
Victoria Hospitals Foundation (Royal Jubilee Hospital)
$
30,000
Maquet Servo-U Ventilator
2018 Respiratory Grant Award Recipients
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre Foundation
$
30,000
Maquet Servo-n Neonatal Ventilator
Burnaby Hospital Foundation
$
26,000
Drager Evita Infinity V500 Ventilator
Campbell River Hospital Foundation
$
30000
Hamilton T1 Transport Ventilator
Canuck Place Children’s Hospice
$
1,342
Pulse Oximeters
Delta Hospital & Community Health Foundation
$
10,462
AIRVO Unit, Optiflow Unit, Vital Sign Monitor
East Kootenay Foundation for Health
$
20,000
Hamilton T1 Transport Ventilator
Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation
$
25,000
Respironics V680 BiPAP Machine
Honour House Society
$
2,000
Frontline First Responders
Kelowna General Hospital Foundation
$
15,000
CPAPs, BiPaP AVAP
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital & Health Foundation
$
20,000
Hamilton T1 Transport Ventilator
Langley Memorial Hospital Foundation
$
25,000
Maquet Servo-n Ventilator Platform
Nicola Valley Health Care Endowment Foundation Society
$
5,893
Suction Regulators, Air Flow Meters, Laerdal Suction Unit
North Shore Rescue
$
18,000
Zoll X Series Defibrillator
Peace Arch Hospital Foundation
$
31,280
Bronchoscope
Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation
$
40,000
Respiratory Research (Dr. Steve Reynolds)
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
$
20,500
GlideScope Video Laryngoscope
South Cariboo Health Foundation
$
3,000
AIRVO Ventilator
South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation
$
15,000
Respironics V60 Ventilator
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation
$
20,908
Upgraded DLCO (Diffusing Lung Capacity for Carbon Monoxide) Module
Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation
$
40,000
COPD Smoking Cessation Program
Technical Evacuation Advanced Aero Medical (TEAAM) Society
$
18,000
EMV, Portable Ventilator Autopulse System
Thompson Rivers University
$
12,000
Respiratory Therapy Education Bursaries
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
$
45,000
TB Research
$
40,600
TB Ward Recreation Therapy
$
12,000
Heated Lilly Pneumotach Spirometer System
Victoria Hospitals Foundation
$
25,000
Pulmonary Function Machine
2017 Respiratory Grant Award Recipients
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre Foundation
$
40,000
Video Laryngoscope System
Burnaby Hospital Foundation
$
40,000
Negative Pressure Room
Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation
$
9,000
Giraffe Infant Star T-Piece Resuscitation Units, GCX Pivot Arm
Delta Hospital Foundation
$
22,445
Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP)
Dr. R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foundation (Mills Memorial Hospital)
$
20,000
Mobile C-Arm
Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation
$
25,000
680 BiPAP Ventilator and Neopuff; AIRVOs
East Kootenay Foundation for Health (Elk Valley Hospital)
$
18,776
Fernie Hamilton T1 Transport Ventilator
Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (Chilliwack Hospital)
$
18,000
Respironics V60 BiPap
Greater Victoria Eldercare Foundation (Aberdeen Hospital)
$
5,000
AIRVO 2 Humidifiers
Honour House Society
$
1,000
Frontline First Responders
Kelowna General Hospital Foundation
$
25,000
FujiFilm Sonosite Edge II Ultrasound
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation
$
20,000
V60 Ventilator
North Shore Rescue
$
7,570
Frontline First Responders
Peace Arch Hospital & Community Health Foundation
$
30,000
PB 980 Ventilator
Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation
$
30,000
Radial EBUS Bronchoscope
Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation
$
45,000
Hamilton C3 Ventilator
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
$
15,000
Bronchoscopes Intubation of Vancouver
South Cariboo Health Foundation
$
3,000
AIRVO Optiflow
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation
$
10,000
Astral 150 Ventilator
Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation
$
40,000
COPD Smoking Cessation Program
Technical Evacuation Advanced Aero Medical Society (TEAAM)
$
23,338
Defibrillator
Thompson Rivers University
$
20,000
Respiratory Educational Awards and Training Equipment
University of British Columbia (Respiratory Medicine)
$
20,000
Respiratory Educational Awards and Training Equipment
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
$
40,000
TB Research & TB Ward Recreation Therapy
2016 Respiratory Grant Award Recipients
BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)
$
5,000
Sponsorship for TB Physician Attendance
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre Foundation
$
25,000
Ultrasound Respiratory Probes
Campbell River Hospital Foundation
$
12,846
GlideScope Laryngoscope
Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation
$
12,399
Portable GlideScope Laryngoscope
Honour House Society
$
1,000
Frontline Heroes
Kelowna General Hospital Foundation
$
12,512
Neopuff Infant Resuscitators
Kootenay Boundary Hospital Foundation
$
15,000
Infant Ventilator
Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation
$
5,000
Portable GlideScope Laryngoscope
Lions Gate Hospital Foundation
$
3,780
Neopuff Infant Resuscitators
North Shore Rescue
$
29,000
Portable GlideScope Laryngoscope
Peace Arch Hospital & Community Health Foundation
$
30,000
T1 Portable Ventilator
Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation
$
25,000
V680 Ventilators
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
$
16,000
Ventilators Double Branches
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation
$
28,000
Diagnostic Bronchoscope
Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation
$
40,000
Super Dimension Bronchoscopy
Tapestry Foundation for Health Care
$
30,080
Bronchoscopes
Thompson Rivers University
$
12,000
Respiratory Therapy Education Awards
Vancouver General Hospital – TB Vets Ward
Recreation Therapy Program
Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation
$
16,300
High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
$
86,640
TB Research
Victoria Hospitals Foundation
$
25,000
Specialized Ventilators
2015 Respiratory Grant Award Recipients
BC Children’s Hospital Foundation
$
10,000
Life Pulse High Frequency Jet Ventilator
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
$
25,000
Carefusion Infant Flow SiPAP Comprehensive System
Burnaby Hospital Foundation
$
40,000
Puritan Bennett PB980 ICU Ventilator and Philips Respironics V680 Ventilator
Dawson Creek & District Hospital Foundation
$
22,261
Philips Respironics V60 Ventilator
Delta Hospital Foundation
$
20,000
Puritan Bennett PB980 ICU Ventilator
Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation
$
23,000
Philips Respironics V60 Ventilator
East Kootenay Foundation for Health
$
43,000
Hamilton T-1 Transport Ventilator / G5 Ventilator
Honour House Society
$
2,000
Veterans & First Responders in Care
Kelowna General Hospital Foundation
$
13,500
Children’s Asthma Day Camp, 50 Inhaler Spacing Devices, Portable Spirometry Testing Software
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
$
26,500
Hamilton C2 Ventilator
Mills Memorial Hospital – Dr. R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foundation
$
30,000
Puritan Bennett PB980 Ventilator
Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation
$
23,594
LTV 1200 Ventilator System
Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation
$
30,000
BiPAP V60 Ventilator
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
$
35,000
Hamilton T-1 Transport Ventilator
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation
$
30,000
Carefusion Master Screen Body Diffusion System
Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation
$
42,128
Laptop Spirometers-Lung Clinic / Oxygen Blenders-Neonatal
Thompson Rivers University Foundation
$
12,000
Bursaries for Respiratory Therapy Education
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
$
1,000
LTE Wireless Rocket Sticks for Isolated Long-Term Patients
$
40,600
Tuberculosis Research TB Ward Recreation Therapy
2014 Respiratory Grant Award Recipients
BC Lung Association
TB Vets Sponsorship – 19th Annual Conference International Union Against Tuberculosis
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre Foundation
Newborn Intensive Care Oscillating Ventilator
Burnaby Hospital Foundation
Neonatal Infant/Pediatric Ventilator
Honour House Society
Samaritan PAD 350P Defibrillator
Kelowna General Hospital Foundation
Endobronchial Ultrasound Video Scope
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation
Emergency Room Portable Transport Ventilator
Peace Arch Hospital & Community Health Foundation
Intensive Care Unit BiPAP Ventilator
Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation
Radial EBUS Ultrasound Probe
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
Respiratory Pediatric Bronchoscopy Instruments
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation
Ultrasonix Touch Portable Ultrasound
Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation
Neonatal Intensive Care Jet Ventilator
TB Vets Sponsorship – 19th Annual Conference International Union Against Tuberculosis
TB Vets Sponsorship – Canadian Tuberculosis Committee Symposium
Thompson Rivers University Foundation
Bursaries – Respiratory Therapists
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
Life Sciences Research
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation / Vancouver General Hospital TB Ward
Recreation Therapy Program