VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2025
Cultural grants
In 2025 the City of Vancouver made 281 cultural grants totalling $11.3M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.1M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2025.
$11.3M
in grants, 2025
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
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Recipients, 2025
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.1MMuseum of Vancouver$807kH. R. MacMillan Space Centre Society$442kVancouver Maritime Museum$405kDestination Vancouver$400kVancouver East Cultural Centre$167kMusqueam Indian Band$146kArts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$138kShow 257 more
Vancouver International Children's Festival$134kPush Festival Society$98kPacific Ballet BC Society$95kCoastal Jazz & Blues Society$92kVancouver Dance Centre Society$90kFirehall Theatre Society$85kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$80kContemporary Art Gallery$75kVancouver International Film$75kCultural 221A Artist Run Centre Society$70kVancouver Folk Music Festival Society$70kUrban Ink Productions$68kVancouver International Writers$65kGreen Thumb Theatre$64kBard On The Beach Theatre Society$60kChapel Sound Art Foundation$60kVancouver Symphony Society$58kThe Biting School Society$58kGrunt Gallery-Visible Arts Society$58kOdd Meridian Arts Society$55kVancouver Opera Association$55kRumble Productions Society$55kNeworld Theatre$53kPowell Street Festival Society$53kVancouver Society For Early Music$52kOr Gallery Society$52kAll Bodies Dance Project$51kMusic On Main Society$50kSavage Production Society$50kVancouver Out On Screen Film$50kRecorded Movement Society$48kVancouver International Dance Festival$48kIndian Summer Arts Society$47kTouchstone Theatre Society$47kVancouver International Centre$46kWestern Front Society$46kPTC Playwrights Theatre Centre$45kElectric Company Theatre Society$43kThe James Black Gallery Association$43kDance West Network Society$43kBoca Del Lupo Theatre Society$42kBritish Columbia Alliance for Arts$41kI. 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Artspeak Gallery Society$41kBC Artscape Society$40kBill Reid Foundation$40kCarousel Theatre Society$40kSquamish Nation$40kTheatre Replacement Society$40kTsleil-Waututh Nation - Treaty, Lands and Resources Department$40kVancouver International Fringe$40kGallery Gachet Society$39kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$38kGlitch Theatre Society$38kAll My Relations Indigenous Society$38kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$38kSatellite Video Exchange Society$38kWhat Lab Society of Arts$37kNorman Rothstein Theatre$36kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$35kTheatre La Seizieme$35kVancouver Moving Theatre$35kVines Art Festival Society$35kVancouver Latin American Film$34kCanadian Music Centre BC Region$34kAxis Theatre Society$33kOut Innerspace Dance Theatre$33kVancouver Co-Operative Radio$33kDoxa Documentary Film and Video Festival$32kVancouver New Music Society$32kTurning Point Ensemble Society$31kRice and Beans Theatre Society$31kGreater Vancouver Professional$30kHoly Crow Arts Society$30kO.Dela Arts Society$30kPitt Gallery (Unit Pitt Soc. For Arts and Critical Awareness)$30kVancouver Asian Canadian Theatre$30kWePress Community Arts Space Society$30kNative Hip Hop Society$29kArtstarts In School$29kMiscellaneous Productions Society$29kBeaumont Studios Artists Society$28kNew Performance Works Society$28kTime Will Tell Arts Society$28kVancouver Creative Space Society$28kVancouver Choral Arts Society$28kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$26k605 Collective Dance Society$26kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$25kAfro Van Connect Society$25kDancing On The Edge Festival$25kDuplex Artists' Society$25kEdam Performing Arts Society$25kHealth Arts Society$25kKickstart Disability Arts$25kMENA Film Festival Society$25kRaven Spirit Dance Society$25kRuby Slippers Productions$25kScreaming Weenie Productions$25kVan Vogue Jam Arts Society$25kVancouver Asian Film Festival$25kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$25kWestern Theatre Conspiracy$25kBlack Block Association$25kAeriosa Dance Society$24kCo. Erasga Dance Society$24kRadix Theatre Society$24kAssociation of Book Publishers$23kMusica Intima Society$23kVisceral Visions Society$23kZee Zee Theatre$23kCommunity Arts Council Of Vancouver$22kLe Centre Cultural Francophone$22kPride In Art Society$22kCurrently Arts Society$21kPacific Theatre$21kCanadian International Dragon Boat Festival Society$21kCapilano Review Contemporary Arts Society$20kCarnegie Community Centre$20kElektra Choral Society$20kPink Ink Theatre Productions$20kPunjabi Market Regeneration Collect$20kRed Gate Arts Society$20kStill Moon Arts Society$20kTheatre Terrific Society$20kVancouver International Bhangra$20kVancouver Latin American Cultural$20kWen Wei Dance Society$20kAIRS Program Society$19kCity Opera Vancouver$19kSolid State Community Society$18kBlackout Art Society$18kChinatown Together Arts and Culture$18kVancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society$18kVancouver Chamber Choir$18kWestern Gold Theatre Society$18kSnichim Foundation Society$18kPublik Secrets Art Society$17kCaravan World Rhythms Society$17kThe Only Animal Theatre Society$17kUp In The Air Theatre Society$17kVancouver Independent Music$17kMusic In The Morning Concert Society$16kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$16kSecret Lantern Society$15k901 Artists Cooperative$15kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists$15kDundarave Print Workshop & Gallery$15kFoolish Operations Society$15kForm Association$15kFuture Arts Network Society$15kHard Rubber New Music Society$15kHogan's Alley Society$15kLittle Mountain Gallery$15kMascall Dance Society$15kMortal Coil Performance Society$15kOther Sights For Artists' Projects Association$15kPopcorn Galaxies Theatre Society$15kSound of Dragon Society$15kVancouver Poetry House$15kFuture Leisure Performance Society$15kThe Chop Theatre Society$14kSome Assembly Arts Society$14kVancouver Cantata Society$14kThe Geist Foundation$14kProtect The Burrard Inlet Society$14kEastside Arts Society$13kITSAZOO Productions Society$13kCraft Council Of British Columbia$12kBritannia Community Centre Society$12kDiwali Celebration Society$12kDusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society$12kGender Equity in Media Society Vancouver$12kHighs and Lows Choral Society$12kYarilo Contemporary Music Society$12kFillip/Projectile Publishing$12kAsian Canadian Writers Workshop Society$11kJoe Ink Performance Society$11kGreat Lakes Networking Society of BC$11kThe Archive Printmaking Studio Society$10kAsian-Canadian Special Events Association$10kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$10kKCH Collective Society$10kNew Forms Media Society$10kNisga'a Ts'amiks Vancouver Society$10kTaiwanese Canadian Cultural Society$10kTerminal City Glass Co-Op$10kUnicorn Support Services Society$10kThe Vancouver Horror Show Film Fest$10kWestern Canada Community$10kSubterrain Literary Collective$10kChinatown Today Society$9kFluxing Recreational Artists Unifyiying Dreams Society$9kLeaky Heaven Performance Society$9kMovement Enterprises Society$9kVancouver Jewish Film Festival$9kBelle Spirale Dance Projects Society$8kChinatown Celebration Society$8kMakeWay Charitable Society$8kPandora's Collective Outreach$8kRaagaverse Cultural Society$8kRaven Theatre Performance Society$8kRenegade Arts Society$8kStrathcona Community Centre Association$8kVancouver International Mountain$8kVantage Point Strategies Society$8kThe Dōjin Japanese Arts Society$8kLittle Chamber Music Series$8kOCW Arts & Publishing Foundation$8kRacial Equity Screen Office$8kThe Search Party Theatre Company Society$8kSmall File Media Society$8kThe Standing Wave Society$8kVancouver Pride Society$8kVancouver Street Dance Association$8kVancouver Urban Food Forest$8kAphotic Theatre Society$7kBecoming-Chimera Arts Society$7kBlueridge Chamber Music Society$7kFakeKnot Arts Society$7kThe Group Multimodal Research Guild$7kOURO Collective Society$7kNormie Event Society$7kReel Causes Society$7kVancouver Taiko Society$7kVancouver Cherry Blossom Festival$6kVancouver Chinatown Foundation for Community Revitalization$6kVancouver Improv Festival Society$6kCircollective Society for Circus$6kFade To Black Entertainment Society$5kOpen Air Orchestra Society$5kOr Festival Theatre Society$5kOutsiders and Others Art Society$5kPublic Disco Society$5kRun N Gun Filmmakers Society$5kSad Magazine Publishing Society$5kTemporary Frames Arts Society$5kUpstart & Crow Literary Arts Society$5kVancouver Black Film Festival$5kVancouver Chinese Instrumental$5kVIVA Alliance Society$5kThe Writers' Exchange Society$5kKurdish Cultural Society of BC$5kItalian Day Festival Society$5kSMI Film Society$5kConnection Salon Artists Collective$4kThe Society of We Are Canadians Too$4kTurkish Canadian Society$4kUnited Filipino Canadian$4kIndian Classical Music Society of Vancouver$4kVancouver Adapted Music Society$4kThe Royal Scottish Country Dance Society$3kCentre of Integration for African$3kComunidad Mexicana en Vancouver$3kDimasalang III International Artist$3kEast Vancouver Community Music$3kFree the Fern Stewardship Society$3kKinesis Dance Society$3kAbout these figures
$415,000 in 2025 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.