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Community grants

In 2021 the City of Vancouver made 148 community grants totalling $9.3M; the largest went to Mission Possible Compassionate Ministries Soc ($713k).

Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2021.

$9.3M
in grants, 2021
148 grants · −4.8% on 2020 · 4 of 5 grant categories in 2021

By year, 2011–2025

$4.8M in 2011 · $22.1M in 2025

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Recipients, 2021

Mission Possible Compassionate Ministries Soc$713kCoast Foundation Society (1974)$597kUnited We Can$469kNeighbourhood Organization$411kVancouver School Board$332kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$246kWish Drop-In Centre Society$194kImmigrant Services Society of British Columbia$163k
Show 118 moreEmbers$150kMetro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council Soc$140kLittle Mountain Neighbourhood House Soc$136kThe Kettle Friendship Society$131kVantage Point Strategies Society$123kSouth Vancouver Neighbourhood House Neighbourhood Organization$121kCedar Cottage Neighbourhood House (ANH)$119kWatari Research Association$118kPacific Community Resources Society$108kGordon Neighbourhood House (ANH)$102kMarpole Neighbourhood House$102kStrathcona Community Centre Association$102kWest End Seniors' Network$100kPACE - Providing Alt. Counselling & Educ’n. Soc$94kManagement & Administration$91kDisability Alliance BC Society$88kMarpole Oakridge Family Place$88kDowntown Eastside Neighbourhood House$84kFamily Services of Greater Vancouver$84kMakeway Charitable Society$80kSouth Vancouver Family Place$79kUrban Native Youth Association$78kAboriginal Mother Centre Society$75kPacific Immigrant Resources Society$73kSouth Granville Seniors Centre$71kVancity Community Foundation$70kMount Pleasant Family Centre Society$69kNative Education Centre$67kMosaic - 3 Community Outreach Programs$66kFresh Roots Urban Farm Society$66kThe Aboriginal Front Door Society$66kBattered Women's Support Services$64kDTES Seniors' Centre$64kEastside Family Place Society$63kBritannia Community Centre Society$62kThe Kidsafe Project Society$61kFour Eleven Seniors' Centre Society$60kVancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture$60kYWCA Vancouver Crabtree Corner$59kAunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society$58kBoys And Girls Clubs of South Coast BC$58kTRAC - Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre$56kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre Chinese Seniors Outreach$52kSeniors Projects$50kPeerNet BC$48kSpinal Cord Injury BC$48kRenfrew-Collingwood Seniors' Society$48kFirst Funds Society$45kRed Fox Healthy Living Society$45kVancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society$45kYarrow Intergenerational Society$45kPLEA Community Services Society of BC$42kKiwassa Neighbourhood Services Assocn Community Small Grants Project$42kThunderbird Neighbourhood Association$41kDugout Drop-In Centre Society$41kHope in Shadows Society$40kWest Side Family Place Society$40kDEWC Drop-In Centre$40k211 British Columbia Services Society$38kYouth Program$37kBig Brothers of Greater Vancouver$36kHastings North Business Improvement Assoc$35kHealth Initiative for Men Society$35kIndigenous Community Development$35kSeniors Services Society of BC$33kInner City Safety Society (NICCSS)$31kKitsilano Neighbourhood House Empowered Westside Seniors$31kHastings Family Drop-In Enrichment Centre$30kGood Night Out Vancouver$30kCrisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Ctr of BC$29kGr. Van. Law Students Legal Advice Society$29kThe McCreary Centre Society$28kJustice Education Society of BC$27kFirst United Church Community Ministry Society$25kHelping Spirit Lodge Society$25kLearning Disabilities Association of BC$25kAfro Van Connect Society$25kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood House Frames Films Program$25kHogan's Alley Society$25kLa Boussole, Centre Communautaire Societe$25kSam Sullivan Disability Foundation$25kWarriors Against Violence Society$25kThe Writers' Exchange Society$25kMigrant Workers Centre BC Society$24kReach Community Health Centre$23kSingle Mothers Support Services$22kCanadian Mental Health Association$22kVancouver Second Mile Society Downtown South NBHD Helpers$21kS.U.C.C.E.S.S. Seniors QOL Program$21kDUDES Club Society$20kEquitas - International Centre$20kGallery Gachet Society$20kPHS Community Services Society$20kPovNet Society$20kRaincity Housing & Support Society$20kVancouver Aboriginal Community Policing Ctr Soc$20kThe John Howard Soc.of the Lower Mainland of BC$17kJewish Family Service Agency$16kThe Access Pro Bono Society of BC$15kBC Association of Community$15kHastings Crossing Business Improvement Assoc$15kLiving in Community Society$14kCedar Cottage Food Network Society$13kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House Family Resource Program$11kWavefront Centre for Comm'n. Accessibility$11kAtira Women's Resource Society$10kCarnegie Community Centre$10kJapanese Community Volunteers Association$10kJewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver$10kPacific Legal Education and Outreach Society$10kRay-Cam Community Association$10kSeniors Program$10kVancouver Native Health Society$10kVancouver Native Housing Society$10kVancouver Women's Health$10kPacific Post Partum Support Society$9kHastings North Area Planning Association$8kVancouver Community Network$5k
About these figures

$605,367 in 2021 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.