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Community grants

In 2012 the City of Vancouver made 124 community grants totalling $4.9M; the largest went to United We Can ($144k).

Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2012.

$4.9M
in grants, 2012
124 grants · +1.7% on 2011 · 3 of 5 grant categories in 2012

By year, 2011–2025

$4.8M in 2011 · $22.1M in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

Recipients, 2012

United We Can$144kWish Drop-In Centre Society$110kVancouver Volunteer Centre$109kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood$109kCollingwood NHBD House Society$109kVancouver Second Mile Society: DTES NHBD Helpers$99kCedar Cottage NHBD House$93kThe Kettle Friendship Society$93k
Show 97 moreMosaic - 3 Community Outreach Programs: Community Development$79kHastings Community Association: Community Events$76kPIRS$76kYouth at Risk Program$67kMount Pleasant Family Centre Society$67kStrathcona Community Association$65kBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver$62kManagement$62kWatari Research Association$61kGordon Neighbourhood House$59kSouth Vancouver Family Place$57kYWCA Vancouver: Crabtree Corner$57kEastside Family Place Society$56kFour Eleven Seniors' Centre Society: Info and Referral$55kInland Refugee Society of BC$53kMulticultural Helping House Society$52kBattered Women's Support Services$48kBig Sisters of BC Lower Mainland$48kCanadian Paraplegic Association$48kWest End Seniors' Network$48kImmigrant Services Society of BC$48kS.U.C.C.E.S.S. - Bridging The Gap Family Service: Counselling Service for the Chinese Comm$47kUrban Native Youth Association$46kDowntown Eastside Women's Ctr Association: Chinese Seniors Outreach$46kDowntown Eastside NHBD House$45kThe Aboriginal Front Door Society$45kVietnamese Family Counselling Project$44kGreater Van. Law Students Legal Advice Soc - UBC$44kKiwassa Neighbourhood House$43kMarpole Oakridge Family Place Society$42kSouth Vancouver NHBD House: Seniors Projects$41kSouth Granville Seniors Centre: Other$40kDugout Drop-In Centre Society$40kThunderbird NHBD Association$40kBig Brothers of Greater Vancouver$40kWest Side Family Place Society$39kBC Coalition of People With Disability$37kMarpole-Oakridge Area Council$37kPacific Community Resources Society: Broadway Youth Resource Centre$36kThe Kidsafe Project Society$35kVancouver Rape Relief And Women's Shelter$33k211 British Columbia$32kDTES Seniors' Centre$32kVancouver Recovery Club$32kPeerNet BC$32kPFAME: Qmunity GAB Youth Services$31kQmunity Gay & Lesbian Services$31kHive Vancouver Society$30kRed Fox Healthy Living Society$29kEmbers$29kJustice Education Society of BC$26kUrban Native Indian Education Society$26kPLEA Community Services Society of BC$26kNICCSS$26kVancouver Community Network$25kFamily Services of Greater Vancouver: Counselling Program$25kVancouver Assoc for the Survivors of Torture$24kJapanese Comm. Volunteers Association$24kVancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)$24kCrisis Interven. & Suicide Prev. Ctr for Gr. Van$23kLearning Disabilities Assn of BC$23kKiwassa Neighborhood Services: Youth Programs$23kSingle Mothers Support Services$21kLittle Mountain NHBD House Society: Early Years Project$21kSeniors Housing Information Program$20kHastings North BIA$18kHastings North Area Planning Association$18kFirst Funds Society$18kHastings North BIA-Public Safety Initiative$18kPivot Legal Society$18kPacific Post Partum Support Society$18kRenfrew-Collingwood Seniors' Society$17kHeadlines Theatre Co. Society$16kCanadian National Inst. For the Blind$16kJewish Family Service Agency$16kPurple Thistle-Arts in Action Society$15kHealth Initiative for Men Society$15kSupporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN)$15kLa Boussole, Centre Communautaire Society$15kMPA - Motivation Power & Achievement Soc$11kMount Pleasant Neighbourhood House: Family Drop-In$10kKitsilano Neighbourhood House: Seniors Link$10kTetra Society of North America$10kWestern Institute For The Deaf$10kThe Access Pro Bono Society of BC$10kAdult Learning Development Assoc$10kChildren of the Street Society$10kWarriors Against Violence Society$10kPhilippine Women Centre of BC$9kCarnegie Home Ground$9kYour Local Farmers Market Society$9kBritannia Community Centre Society$9kCanadian Mental Health Association$8kTaiwanese Canadian Cultural Society$8kLearning is First (LIFT)$6kVancouver Tap Dance Society$2kCedar Cottage Food Network Society$1k
About these figures

$945,588 in 2012 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.