Back in 1999, a group of volunteers within the community wanted to create a fundraiser to raise funds that would be designated to purchasing an accessible taxi van, so that individuals with mobility impairments in the Town of Richmond Hill would have more access to transit through the Richmond Hill Transit system.

At that time, each municipality in York Region ran their own transit system. There was a similar organization that was already incorporated in the Town of Markham, and their example was helpful with a track record of raising funds on an annual basis to purchase wheelchair accessible vans for transit in the Town of Markham. From that point, the idea was formed to create a Richmond Hill Mobility and Accessibility Foundation. The founders of this foundation wanted to raise funds so that individuals could move more freely in the Town of Richmond Hill via the transit services.

The foundation also wanted to broaden the scope of the mandate of their sister organization in Markham and outside municipalities, by moving beyond just transit services and funding equipment and any services that would help break down barriers for people with disabilities and try to create a barrier free community. In time, the transit services of York Region were amalgamated under what is now known as York Region Transit and since that capital funding has provided the purchase of several accessible vans for transit.