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Community grants

In 2016 the City of Vancouver made 145 community grants totalling $6.5M; the largest went to United We Can ($299k).

Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2016.

$6.5M
in grants, 2016
145 grants · +6.9% on 2015 · 4 of 5 grant categories in 2016

By year, 2011–2025

$4.8M in 2011 · $22.1M in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

Recipients, 2016

United We Can$299kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$194kCoast Foundation Society$152kMosaic - 3 Community Outreach Programs$143kWish Drop-In Centre Society$130kUrban Native Youth Association$129kLittle Mountain Neighbourhood House Society$127kThe Kettle Friendship Society$118k
Show 121 moreCedar Cottage Neighbourhood House$113kMP Enterprises$110kDirections Outreach Youth Services$99kGordon Neighbourhood House$98kStrathcona Community Centre Association$96kPacific Community Resources Society$94kVantage Point$89kNICCSS$84kPacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)$83kSouth Vancouver Family Place$79kManagement$77kPACE - Providing Alt. Counselling & Education Soc$76kWatari Research Association$73kNative Education Centre$72kMount Pleasant Family Centre Society$69kSouth Granville Seniors Centre$69kMarpole Oakridge Family Place$69kYouth at Risk program$68kBoys and Girls Clubs of South Coast BC$65kInland Refugee Society of BC$63kMetro Vanc. Aboriginal Executive Council Society$62kHastings North Business Improvement Association$60kYWCA Vancouver Crabtree Corner$59kEastside Family Place Society$58kBattered Women's Support Services$58kDowntown Eastside Neighbourhood House$58kTrac Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre$56kTides Canada Initiatives Society$55kWest End Seniors' Network$55kImmigrant Services Society of BC$54kMulticultural Helping House Society$53kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre Chinese Seniors Outreach$52kSeniors Projects$50kBig Sisters of BC Lower Mainland$49kCanadian Paraplegic Association$48kLu'ma Native BCH Housing Society$45kSeniors QOL Program$42kDugout Drop-In Centre Society$41kBig Brothers of Greater Vancouver$40kWest Side Family Place Society$40kRed Fox Healthy Living Society$40kGr. Van. Law Students Legal Advice Soc - UBC$39kPeerNet BC$38k211 British Columbia Services Society$38kDisability Alliance BC Society$38kVancouver Recovery Club$38kDTES Seniors' Centre$38kAunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society$35kVancouver Assoc. for the Survivors of Torture$35kLeave Out Violence (LOVE), British Columbia$35kVancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter$34kSeniors Services Society of BC$33kPLEA Community Services Society of BC$32kHastings Family Drop-In Enrichment Centre$30kAboriginal Mother Centre Society$30kEmbers$30kVancouver Second Mile Society Downtown South NBHD Helpers$30kCrisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Ctr of BC$29kJustice Education Society of BC$27kFirst United Church Community Ministry Society$25kHelping Spirit Lodge Society$25kLearning Disabilities Assoc Of BC$25kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House Aboriginal Community$25kSupporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN)$25kReach Community Health Centre$23kRenfrew-Collingwood Seniors' Society$23kSingle Mothers Support Services$22kHealth Initiative for Men Society$21kVancouver Community Network$21kFirst Funds Society$20kThunderbird Neighbourhood Associaton$20kThe John Howard Soc. of the Lower Mainland of BC$20kKitsilano Neighbourhood House Seniors Resource Centre Coordinator$20kStreet Corner Media Foundation$20kFamily Services of Greater Vancouver Counselling Program$20kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood House First Youth In Action$20kThe Kidsafe Project Society$20kS.U.C.C.E.S.S. Counselling Service for the Chinese Community$20kLa Boussole, Centre Communautaire Societe$20kARA Mental Health Research$18kSanctuary Mental Health Society$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$16kWarriors Against Violence Society$15kThe Access Pro Bono Society of BC$15kChildren of the Street Society$15kHastings Community Association$15kInner City Safety Society (NICCSS)$15kKiwassa Neighborhood Services Association Food Program Coordinator$15kPotluck Cafe Society$15kSouth Vancouver Neighbourhood House Food Network$15kVancouver Native Health Society$15kRay-Cam Community Association$12kKiwassa Neighbourhood House$12kWestern Institute For The Deaf$11kAtira Women's Resource Society$10kBurrard Arts Foundation$10kCedar Cottage Food Network Society$10kFood Network$10kJapanese Community Volunteers Association$10kJewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver$10kLookout Emergency Aid Society$10kOther Sights For Artists' Project Association$10kPacific Legal Education and Outreach Society$10kPHS Community Services Society$10kPovNet Society$10kVancouver Native Housing Society$10kCarnegie Community Centre$10kCanadian Mental Health Association$7kForest and the Femme Society$7kAsian Environmental Association$7kWomen's Market$6kVancouver Recovery Through Art Society$5kHastings North Area Planning Association$5kThe Bloom Group Community Services Society$4kYMCA of Greater Vancouver$485
About these figures

$901,164 in 2016 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.