VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2014
Cultural grants
In 2014 the City of Vancouver made 260 cultural grants totalling $10.8M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.2M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2014.
$10.8M
in grants, 2014
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
Click a year to see its amount.
Recipients, 2014
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.2MVancouver Symphony Society$1.4MVancouver Museum Society$758kH R MacMillan Space Centre Society$519kVancouver Opera Association$411kVancouver Maritime Museum$400kBallet BC$234kThe Arts Club of Vancouver$160kShow 236 more
Vancouver Int'l. Film Festival Society$151kChildren's Festival (CIAYA)$126kVancouver East Cultural Centre$115kToronto Artscape Inc$100kPacific Ballet Society$100kCoastal Jazz & Blues Society$97kA. S. T. C. Science World Society$96kPush Festival Society$85kVancouver Folk Music Festival Society$80kThe Dance Centre$78kFirehall Theatre Society$75kContemporary Art Gallery Society of BC$67kVancouver Int'l. Writers Festival Society$62kVancouver Chamber Choir$59kGreen Thumb Theatre Green Thumb Players Society$58kVancouver Academy of Music$47kWestern Front Society$46kThe Greater Van. Alliance for Arts And Culture Society$45kFriends of Chamber Music$41kPlaywright's Theatre Centre$40kVancouver Int'l. Fringe Festival$40kVancouver Society For Early Music$38kVancouver New Music Society$38kVancouver Out on Screen Film & Video Society$38kGrunt-Visible Arts Society$37kVancouver Int'l. Centre for Contemporary Asian Art$37kVancouver Recital Society$37kSeismic Shift Arts Society Women$36kCineworks Independent Filmmakers Society$36kArts Umbrella$36kTouchstone Theatre Society$35kElectric Company Theatre Society$35kVancouver Bach Choir$35kAxis Theatre Society$34kNeworld Theatre$33kTurning Point Ensemble Society$32kCarousel Theatre Society$32kVancouver Int'l. Dance Festival Society$32kRumble Productions Society$30kI. E. Artspeak Gallery Society$29kOr Gallery$29kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$28kMusic on Main Society$28kBard On The Beach Theatre Society$27kTheatre La Seizieme$27kCanadian Music Centre$27kVIVO Media Arts Ctr Satellite Video Exchange Society$26kTheatre Terrific Society$25kVancouver Co-Operative Radio$25kDancing on The Edge Festival Society$25kTheatre Replacement Society$25kVancouver Moving Theatre$25kHeadlines Theatre Co. Society$24kPride In Art Society$23kNorman Rothstein Theatre$23kOut Innerspace Dance Theatre and Film Society$22kRedshift Music Society$22kWen Wei Dance Society$22kSecret Lantern Society$22kUp In The Air Theatre Society$22kMusica Intima Society$21kCaravan World Rhythms Society$20kThe 605 Collective Dance Society$20kAeriosa Dance Society$20kCity Opera Vancouver$20kLive Biennale of Performance Art Society$20kMiscellaneous Productions Society$20kNew Forms Media Society$20kPink Ink Theatre Productions$20kPowell Street Festival Society$20kRealwheels Society$20kScreaming Weenie Productions Society$20kStill Moon Arts Society$20kEarly Music Vancouver$20kEdam Performing Arts Society$20kHard Rubber New Music Society$20kAssociation of Book Publishers of British Columbia$19kGallery Gachet$19kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$19kDiwali Celebration Society$18kChinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver$18kCeltic Fest Vancouver Society$18kCentre Cultural Francophone Vancouver$18kMusic In The Morning Concert Society$18kBlackbird Theatrical Society$18kVancouver Theatresports League$18kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists$17kThe Documentary Media Society$17kPacific Baroque Orchestra Society$17kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$17kSubterrain Literary Collective Society$17kVancouver Cantata Society$16k221A Artist Run Centre$16kHealth Arts Society$16kVancouver Seniors' Singing Club Association$16kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$16kPacific Theatre$16kPitt Gallery$16kReel To Real Celebration of Moving Images Society$16kBattery Opera PerformingArts Society$15kCar Free Vancouver Society$15kComm. Arts Council of Van. & Fearless Festival$15kFight with a Stick/Leaky Heaven Performance Society$15kFull Circle: First Nations Performance Society$15kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$15kWestern Theatre Conspiracy Arts Society$15kVancouver Int'l. Dance Festival$15kFillip/Projectile Publishing Society$15kJoe Ink Performance Society$15kUrban Ink Productions$15kVancouver Pro Musica Society$14kRuby Slippers Productions Society$14kVancouver Latin American Film Festival$14kCraft Council of British Columbia$13kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$13kMaker Foundation$13kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House$13kVancouver Int'l. Bhangra Celebration Society$13kVancouver Jewish Film Festival$13kEastside Culture Crawl Society$12kGreater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance$12kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$12kThe Only Animal Theatre Society$12kAccordion Noir Society$12kSolo Collective Theatre Society$11kTomorrow Collective Arts Society$11kCo. Erasga Dance Society$11kRadix Theatre Society$11kArts In Action Society$10kGordon Neighbourhood House$10kJewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver$10kKhalsa Diwan Society$10kKickstart Disability Arts and Culture$10kMandala Arts And Culture Society$10kPAL Vancouver Studio Theatre$10kRoundhouse Community Centre Association$10kVancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society$10kVancouver Pride Society$10kThe Virtual Stage Arts Society$10kDoxa Documentary Film Festival$10kCanadian International Dragon Boat Festival Society$9kCircuswest Performing Arts Society$9kKitsilano Neighbourhood House$9kMascall Dance Society$9kNative Daughters Of BC$9kHorseshoes & Hand Grenades Theatre Society$9kLatinos In Action Vancouver Foundation$9kNative Education Centre$9kBill Reid Foundation$8kMachinenoisy Dance Society$8kPacific Association of First Nations' Women$8kBritannia Community Services Centre$8kChildren's Arts Umbrella Association$8kCollingwood NeighbourhoodHouse Society$8kIMAPON$8kMade in BC - Dance on Tour Society$8kSafe Amplification Site Society$8kSunset Community Association$8kVancouver Cherry Blossom Festival$8kVancouver Chinatown BIA Society$8kVancouver En Francais Association$8kItalian Cultural Centre Society$7kArtists' Legal Outreach and Education Society$7kThe Elbow Theatre Society$7kITSAZOO Productions Society$7kKiwassa Neighbourhood House$7kLes Productions Figlio Society$7kThe Response Dance Society$7kStanding Wave Society$7kVancouver Adapted Music Society$7kVetta Chamber Music & Recital Society$7kVancouver Int'l. Children's Festival Society$7kVancouver Asian Film Festival Society$7kFugue Theatre$6kIndian Summer Arts Society$6kVancouver Tap Dance Society$6kSophisticated Laughter Society$6kVancouver Chopin Society$6kAboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia$5kAsian Canadian Writer's Workshop (ACWW)$5kBarking Sphinx Performance Society$5kCanadian Council of the Blind (CCB)$5kCloudscape Comics Society$5kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$5kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre$5kJewish Museum and Archives of BC$5kLatincouver Business & Cultural Society$5kLittle Chamber Music Series That Could Society$5kMarta Marta Hop Society$5kOpen Door Social Services Society$5kRaven Theatre Performance Society$5kVancouver Japanese Language School$5kVancouver Society of Storytelling$5kZee Zee Theatre$5kAsian Canadian Special Events Association$5kAtira Women's Resource Society$4kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$4kHybrid Ancestry Public Arts Society$4kPatrick Street Productions$4kPoetry is Dead Magazines Society$4kRaven Spirit Dance Society$4kTomoe Arts Society$4kTwenty-Something Theatre$4kVancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society$4kVancouver Independent Music Centre Society$4kVancouver Int'l. Sculpture Biennale$4kVancouver Poetry House$4kVancouver Urban Spaces Initiative (VUSI)$4kWestern Gold Theatre Society$4kMulticultural Helping House Society$4kOCW Arts & Publishing Foundation$4kSad Magazine Publishing Society$4kVancouver Chinese Singers Society$3kVancouver Westside Theatre Society$3kRailtown Cultural Enhancement Association$3kCARFAC BC$3kChinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver$3kFalse Creek Watershed Society$3kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood House$3kThe Geist Foundation$3kVancouver Design Nerds Society$3kWest End Seniors' Network$3kThe Vancouver Children's Choir Choral Society$3kTaiwanese Cdn Cultural Society$3kCarnegie Community Centre Association$3kArtQuake Society$2kCrab - Water For Life Society$2kSouth Granville Sen’r Friendship Ctr- Spanish Outreach$2kCantonese Opera Society of BC$2kEnvironmental Youth Alliance$2kDunbar Residents Association$1kBorealis String Quartet Society$1kAwkward Stage Productions Society$1kVancouver Int'l. Song Institute Society$1kYarilo Contemporary Music Society$1kDowntown Eastside Neighbourhood House$1kAbout these figures
$281,040 in 2014 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.