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Community grants

In 2019 the City of Vancouver made 155 community grants totalling $8.7M; the largest went to Neighbourhood Organization ($551k).

Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2019.

$8.7M
in grants, 2019
155 grants · +11% on 2018 · 3 of 5 grant categories in 2019

By year, 2011–2025

$4.8M in 2011 · $22.1M in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

Recipients, 2019

Neighbourhood Organization$551kVancouver School Board$495kMission Possible Compassionate Ministries Soc$399kCoast Foundation Society$360kUnited We Can$286kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$235kImmigrant Services Society of BC$191kEmbers$185k
Show 130 moreMetro Van. Aboriginal Executive Council Society$175kWish Drop-In Centre Society$159kLittle Mountain Neighbourhood House Society$131kThe Kettle Friendship Society$122kCedar Cottage Neighbourhood House$120kWest End Seniors' Network$117kMosaic - 3 Community Outreach Programs$108kGordon Neighbourhood House$101kDirections Outreach Youth Services$99kStrathcona Community Centre Association$97kDowntown Eastside SRO Collaborative Society$95kPacific Community Resources Society$94kManagement$91kPACE - Providing Alt. Counselling & Education$84kPacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)$83kMarpole Oakridge Family Place$83kSouth Vancouver Family Place$79kVantage Point$79kDowntown Eastside Neighbourhood House$78kUrban Native Youth Association$77kNICCSS$76kWatari Research Association$75kFour Eleven Seniors' Centre Society$75kBattered Women's Support Services$75kMount Pleasant Family Centre Society$74kSouth Granville Seniors Centre$71kTides Canada Initiatives Society$69kYouth at Risk program$68kPeerNet BC$63kYWCA Vancouver Crabtree Corner$59kEastside Family Place Society$58kBritannia Community Centre Society$56kTrac Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre$56kThe Aboriginal Front Door Society$56kSeniors Projects$50kFirst Funds Society$50kSouth Vancouver Neighbourhood House Buddy Board$50kVancity Community Foundation$50kJewish Family Service Agency$50kBig Sisters of BC Lower Mainland$49kCanadian Paraplegic Association$48kAboriginal Mother Centre Society$45kPHS Community Services Society$45kFresh Roots Urban Farm Society$45kThe Kidsafe Project Society$43kSeniors QOL Program$42kRed Fox Healthy Living Society$42kThunderbird Neighbourhood Association$41kDugout Drop-In Centre Society$41kBig Brothers of Greater Vancouver$40kVancouver Aboriginal Comm. Policing Centre Soc$40kWest Side Family Place Society$40kPacific Association of First Nations' Women$40kRaincity Housing & Support Society$40kVancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture$40kLookout Emergency Aid Society$40kMulticultural Helping House Society$40kGr. Van. Law Students Legal Advice Soc - UBC$39k211 British Columbia Services Society$38kDisability Alliance BC Society$38kDTES Seniors' Centre$38kYouth Program$37kHastings Family Drop-In Enrichment Centre$37kAunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society$35kHealth Initiative for Men Society$35kSeniors Services Society of BC$33kNative Education Centre$33kPLEA Community Services Society of BC$32kVancouver Second Mile Society Downtown South NBHD Helpers$30kCrisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Ctr of BC$29kBC Poverty Reduction Coalition$28kCanadian Mental Health Association$28kAtira Women's Resource Society$28kJustice Education Society of BC$27kVancouver Community Network$27kCarnegie Community Centre Association$27kSupporting Women's Alternatives Network$26kFirst United Church Community Ministry Soc$25kHelping Spirit Lodge Society$25kLearning Disabilities Assoc of BC$25kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood Frames Films Program$25kLu'ma Native BCH Housing Society$25kKiwassa Neighbourhood Services Assoc Community Small Grants Project$23kReach Community Health Centre$23kRenfrew-Collingwood Seniors' Society$23kFamily Services of Greater Vancouver Decolonization and Indigenization Soc'l Srvcs$23kSingle Mothers Support Services$22kWorking Together Vancouver$21kThe John Howard Soc. of the Lower Mainland BC$20kStreet Corner Media Foundation$20kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre Aboriginal Healing and Wellness$20kGallery Gachet Society$20kGood Company Communications Inc$20kHastings North Business Improvement Assoc$20kTogether We Can Society$20kLa Boussole, Centre Communautaire Societe$20kSanctuary Mental Health Society$18kPacific Post Partum Support Society$18kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House Aboriginal Community Development Program$18kPotluck Cafe Society$17kVancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter$17kWarriors Against Violence Society$15kChildren of the Street Society$15kFood Affair$15kThe Access Pro Bono Society of BC$15kHastings Crossing Business Improvement Assoc$15kInner City Safety Society (NICCSS)$15kPacific Legal Education and Outreach Society$15kThe Writers' Exchange Society$15kFood Program$14kWestside Food Collaboration$14kKitsilano Neighbourhood House Empowered Westside Seniors$13kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House$13kMigrant Workers Centre BC Society$13kFood Network$11kHastings North Area Planning Association$11kFamily Resource Program$11kWestern Institute for the Deaf$11kCheck Your Head: The Youth Global$10kJapanese Community Volunteers Association$10kJewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver$10kPovNet Society$10kProvidence Health Care Society$10kRay-Cam Community Association$10kS.U.C.C.E.S.S. Counselling Service for the Chinese Community$10kSeniors Program$10kVancouver Aboriginal Friendship$10kVancouver Counselling Program$10kCedar Cottage Food Network Society$6kKinbrace Community Society$5k
About these figures

$516,040 in 2019 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.