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Community grants

In 2015 the City of Vancouver made 138 community grants totalling $6.0M; the largest went to United We Can ($339k).

Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2015.

$6.0M
in grants, 2015
138 grants · −3.8% on 2014 · 4 of 5 grant categories in 2015

By year, 2011–2025

$4.8M in 2011 · $22.1M in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

Recipients, 2015

United We Can$339kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$170kMosaic - 3 Community Outreach Programs$141kWish Drop-In Centre Society$130kLittle Mountain Neighbourhood House Society$124kVantage Point$114kCedar Cottage Neighbourhood House$111kThe Kettle Friendship Society$110k
Show 115 moreDirections Outreach Youth Services$98kPacific Community Resources Society$92kGordon Neighbourhood House$89kPacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)$82kSouth Vancouver Family Place$79kNICCSS$79kHastings North Business Improvement Association$78kProviding Alt. Counselling & Educn Soc (PACE)$75kManagement$74kWatari Research Association$72kMount Pleasant Family Centre Society$68kSouth Granville Seniors Centre$68kYouth at Risk Program$67kBoys And Girls Clubs of South Coast BC$64kMarpole Oakridge Family Place$63kStrathcona Community Centre Association$60kInland Refugee Society of BC$59kYWCA Vancouver Crabtree Corner$58kEastside Family Place Society$57kNative Education Centre$57kUrban Native Youth Association$56kThe Aboriginal Front Door Society$56kDowntown Eastside Neighbourhood House$56kFour Eleven Seniors' Centre Society$55kBattered Women's Support Services$54kWest End Seniors' Network$54kImmigrant Services Society of BC$53kMulticultural Helping House Society$53kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre Chinese Seniors Outreach$52kTrac Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre$51kSeniors Projects$50kBig Sisters of BC Lower Mainland$49kCanadian Paraplegic Association$48kSeniors QOL Program$42kThunderbird Neighbourhood Association$41kDugout Drop-In Centre Society$40kBig Brothers of Greater Vancouver$40kWest Side Family Place Society$40kRed Fox Healthy Living Society$40kGr. Vanc. Law Students Legal Advice Soc - UBC$39k211 British Columbia Services Society$38kDisability Alliance BC Society$38kDTES Seniors' Centre$38kVancouver Recovery Club$38kCoast Foundation Society$37kThe Kidsafe Project Society$36kPeerNet BC$35kS.U.C.C.E.S.S. Counselling Service for the Chinese Community$35kPLEA Community Services Society of BC$35kAunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society$35kLeave Out Violence (LOVE) British Columbia$34kVancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter$34kSeniors Services Society of BC$32kEmbers$32kAboriginal Mother Centre Society$30kDTES Street Market Society$30kHastings Family Drop-In Enrichment Centre$30kMetro Vanc. Aboriginal Executive Council Society$30kVancouver Assoc. for the Survivors of Torture$30kVancouver Second Mile Society Downtown South NBHD Helpers$30kCrisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Ctr of BC$29kCanadian Mental Health Association$28kJustice Education Society of BC$27kFirst United Church Community Ministry Society$25kHelping Spirit Lodge Society$25kLearning Disabilities Assoc of BC$25kARA Mental Health Research$24kKiwassa Neighbourhood House$23kReach Community Health Centre$23kRenfrew-Collingwood Seniors' Soc$22kSingle Mothers Support Services$22kVancouver Community Network$21kFirst Funds Society$20kHealth Initiative for Men Society$20kSupporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN)$20kFamily Services of Greater Vancouver Counselling Program$20kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood House First Youth in Action$20kThe John Howard Soc. of the Lower Mainland of BC$20kKitsilano Neighbourhood House Seniors Resource Centre$20kLu'ma Native BCH Housing Society$20kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House Aboriginal Community$20kPivot Legal Society$20kLa Boussole, Centre Communautaire Societe$20kRay-Cam Community Association$18kPacific Post Partum Support Society$18kHeadlines Theatre Co. Society$17kCanadian National Institute for the Blind$17kJewish Family Service Agency$16kBritannia Community Centre Society$16kWestside Food Collaborative$16kMPA - Motivation Power & Achievement Society$16kThe Access Pro Bono Society of BC$15kChildren of the Street Society$15kWarriors Against Violence Society$15kHastings Community Association$15kInner City Safety Society (NICCSS)$15kKiwassa Neighborhood Services Association Food Program Coordinator$15kPotluck Cafe Society$15kSanctuary Mental Health Society$15kSouth Vancouver Neighbourhood House Food Network$15kWestern Institute for the Deaf$10kAtira Women's Resource Society$10kCarnegie Home Ground$10kCedar Cottage Food Network Society$10kFood Network$10kJapanese Community Volunteers Association$10kJewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver$10kPovNet Society$10kHastings North Area Planning Association$9kAsian Environmental Assoc.dba Hua Foundation$8kArtists' Legal Outreach and Education Society$7kTetra Society of North America$5kPurple Thistle Arts in Action Society$4kThe Bloom Group Community Services Society$4kVancouver School Board$3k
About these figures

$814,928 in 2015 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.