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Community grants

In 2017 the City of Vancouver made 151 community grants totalling $8.1M; the largest went to Neighbourhood Organization ($417k).

Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2017.

$8.1M
in grants, 2017
151 grants · +26% on 2016 · 4 of 5 grant categories in 2017

By year, 2011–2025

$4.8M in 2011 · $22.1M in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

Recipients, 2017

Neighbourhood Organization$417kPHS Community Services Society$357kUnited We Can$342kCoast Foundation Society$221kMetro Van. Aboriginal Executive Council Society$198kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$180kWish Drop-In Centre Society$161kUBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems$148k
Show 127 moreMission Possible Compassionate Ministries Soc$140kLittle Mountain Neighbourhood House Society$129kMosaic - 3 Community Outreach Programs$128kThe Kettle Friendship Society$126kImmigrant Services Society of BC$124kPACE - Providing Alt. Counselling & Education Soc$123kCedar Cottage Neighbourhood House$113kGordon Neighbourhood House$100kDirections Outreach Youth Services$99kNative Education Centre$97kStrathcona Community Centre Association$94kPacific Community Resources Society$94kManagement$91kKitsilano Neighbourhood House Neighbourhood Organization$89kRaincity Housing & Support Society$85kPacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)$83kMP Enterprises$80kSouth Vancouver Family Place$79kKiwassa Neighbourhood House$79kDowntown Eastside Neighbourhood$77kMarpole Oakridge Family Place$76kBattered Women's Support Services$75kWatari Research Association$73kVantage Point$73kUrban Native Youth Association$72kTides Canada Initiatives Society$72kAtira Women's Resource Society$70kMount Pleasant Family Centre Society$69kSouth Granville Seniors Centre$69kYouth at Risk program$68kCanadian Mental Health Association$68kInland Refugee Society of BC$67kDowntown Eastside SRO Collaborative Society$66kBoys And Girls Clubs of South Coast BC$65kSt. Paul's Hospital Foundation$60kYWCA Vancouver Crabtree Corner$59kEastside Family Place Society$58kTrac Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre$56kFour Eleven Seniors' Centre Society$55kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood Anti-Stigma Program$55kWest End Seniors' Network$55kMulticultural Helping House Society$53kSeniors Projects$50kBig Sisters of BC Lower Mainland$49kCanadian Paraplegic Association$48kSeniors QOL Program$42kThunderbird Neighbourhood Association$41kDugout Drop-In Centre Society$41kStreet Corner Media Foundation$40kBig Brothers of Greater Vancouver$40kWest Side Family Place Society$40kThe Bloom Group Community Services Soc$40kThe McCreary Centre Society$40kVancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture$40kRed Fox Healthy Living Society$40kVancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)$40kGr. Van. Law Students Legal Advice Soc - UBC$39kPeerNet BC$38k211 British Columbia Services Society$38kDisability Alliance BC Society$38kDTES Seniors' Centre$38kAunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society$35kLu'ma Native BCH Housing Society$35kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House Aboriginal Community$35kSeniors Resource Centre Coordinator$35kVancouver Native Health Society$35kLeave Out Violence (LOVE), BC$35kVancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter$34kLookout Emergency Aid Society$33kSeniors Services Society of BC$33kCanadian Aids Society$32kPLEA Community Services Society of BC$32kNICCSS$31kHastings Family Drop-In Enrichment Centre$30kAboriginal Mother Centre Society$30kVancouver Second Mile Society Downtown South NBHD Helpers$30kCrisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Ctr of BC$29kThe Kidsafe Project Society$29kHealth Initiative for Men Society$28kJustice Education Society of BC$27kFood Network$26kFirst United Church Community Ministry Society$25kHelping Spirit Lodge Society$25kLearning Disabilities Assoc of BC$25kFrames Film$25kSupporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN)$25kReach Community Health Centre$23kHastings North Business Improvement Assoc$23kRenfrew-Collingwood Seniors' Society$23kSingle Mothers Support Services$22kHastings North Area Planning Association$22kPacific Legal Education and Outreach Society$21kVancouver Community Network$21kFirst Funds Society$20kThe John Howard Soc. of the Lower Mainland BC$20kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre Aboriginal Healing and Wellness$20kFamily Services of Greater Vancouver Counselling Program$20kGallery Gachet Society$20kPovNet Society$20kVancouver Aboriginal Comm. Policing Centre Soc$20kVancouver Venture For Diversity Society$20kLa Boussole, Centre Communautaire Societe$20kVancouver Recovery Club$19kRay-Cam Community Association$18kSanctuary Mental Health Society$18kPacific Post Partum Support Society$18kPotluck Cafe Society$17kTheatre For Living$17kCanadian National Institute for the Blind$17kJewish Family Service Agency$16kBritannia Community Centre Society$16kWarriors Against Violence Society$15kChildren of The Street Society$15kHastings Crossing Business Improvement Assoc$15kInner City Safety Society (NICCSS)$15kWestside Food Collaborative$15kThe Writers' Exchange Society$15kHastings Community Association$14kKiwassa Neighborhood Services Association Food Program Coordinator$14kCedar Cottage Food Network Society$11kWestern Institute For The Deaf$11kJapanese Community Volunteers Association$10kJewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver$10kS.U.C.C.E.S.S. Counselling Service for the Chinese Community$10kProvidence Health Care Society$8kForest and The Femme Society$7kKinbrace Community Society$5k
About these figures

$438,462 in 2017 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.