VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2015
Cultural grants
In 2015 the City of Vancouver made 285 cultural grants totalling $11.4M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.2M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2015.
$11.4M
in grants, 2015
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
Click a year to see its amount.
Recipients, 2015
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.2MVancouver Symphony Society$1.4MVancouver Museum Society$1.0MH R MacMillan Space Centre Society$519kVancouver Maritime Museum$400kVancouver Opera Association$395kBallet BC$281kVancouver Int'l Film Festival$172kShow 264 more
Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$160kChildren's Festival (CIAYA)$127kVancouver East Cultural Centre$115kCoastal Jazz & Blues Society$113kPush International Performing Arts Festival Soc$100kPacific Ballet Society$100kToronto Artscape Inc$100kVantage Point$100kA. S. T. C. Science World Society$96kVancouver 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$61kGreen Thumb Theatre$58kVancouver Bach Choir$55kArtstarts In School$53kEarly Music Vancouver$50kVancouver Academy of Music$48kWestern Front Society$46kFriends of Chamber Music$45kThe Gr. Vanc. Alliance for Arts and Culture Soc$45kIndian Summer Arts Society$45kVancouver Recital Society$45kArts Umbrella$43kPlaywright's Theatre Centre$40kVancouver Int'lFringe Festival$40kGrunt-Visible Arts Society$38kVancouver Int'l Centre for Contemporary Asian Art$37kCineworks Independent Filmmakers Society$36kVancouver New Music Society$35kElectric Company Theatre Society$35kTouchstone Theatre Society$35kVancouver Out on Screen Film & Video Society$35kAxis Theatre Society$34kVancouver Int'l Dance Festival$34kNeworld Theatre$33kTurning Point Ensemble Society$33kCarousel Theatre Society$32kDoxa Documentary Film and Video Festival$30kFull Circle: First Nations Performance Society$30kRumble Productions Society$30kTheatre La Seizieme$30kI. E. Artspeak Gallery Society$29kOr Gallery$29kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$28kNorman Rothstein Theatre$28kBard on the Beach Theatre Society$28kSeismic Shift Arts Society Women$27kCanadian Music Centre$27kVIVO Media Arts Ctr Satellite Video Exchange Soc$26kDancing on the Edge Festival Society$25kPowell Street Festival Society$25kTheatre Replacement Society$25kVancouver Co-Operative Radio$25kVancouver Moving Theatre$25kGallery Gachet Society$24kHeadlines Theatre Co. Society$24kThe Geist Foundation$23kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$22kUrban Ink Productions$22kWen Wei Dance Society$22k221A Artist Run Centre Society$21kMusica Intima Society$21kReel To Real Celebration of Moving Images Soc$21kVancouver Latin American Film Festival$21kWestern Theatre Conspiracy Arts Society$21kCeltic Fest Vancouver Society$20kEdam Performing Arts Society$20kFight With a Stick/Leaky Heaven Performance Soc$20kHealth Arts Society$20kLe Centre Cultural Francophone Vancouver$20kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$20kMusic in the Morning Concert Society$20kMusic on Main Society$20kThe Only Animal Theatre Society$20kPacific Theatre$20kPink Ink Theatre Productions$20kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$20kBill Reid Foundation$19kNew Performance Works Society$19kPangaea Arts Society$17kCaravan World Rhythms Society$17kITSAZOO Productions Society$17kPacific Baroque Orchestra Society$17kRedshift Music Society$17kSecret Lantern Society$17kVancouver Cantata Society$17kBattery Opera Performing Arts Society$16kPitt Gallery$16k605 Collective Dance Society$15kAeriosa Dance Society$15kCar Free Vancouver Society$15kCity Opera Vancouver$15kCo. Erasga Dance Society$15kCraft Council of British Columbia$15kDiwali Celebration Society$15kFillip/Projectile Publishing Society$15kHard Rubber New Music Society$15kJoe Ink Performance Society$15kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$15kLive Biennial of Performance Art Society$15kMascall Dance Society$15kMiscellaneous Productions Society$15kNew Forms Media Society$15kOut Innerspace Dance Theatre and Film Society$15kPride in Art Society$15kRadix Theatre Society$15kRealwheels Society$15kRuby Slippers Productions Society$15kScreaming Weenie Productions Society$15kStill Moon Arts Society$15kUp in the Air Theatre Society$15kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$15kVancouver Pro Musica Society$15kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$14kAssociation of Book Publishers of BC$13kBlackbird Theatrical Society$13kEastside Culture Crawl Society$13kGreater Vanc. Professional Theatre Alliance$13kKickstart Disability Arts and Culture$13kMovement Enterprises Society$13kVancouver Int'l Bhangra Celebration Society$13kSubterrain Literary Collective Society$12kVancouver Seniors' Singing Club Association$12kComm. Arts Council of Vanc. & Fearless Festival$11kSolo Collective Theatre Society$11kItalian Cultural Centre Society$11kVancouver Theatresports League$11kVancouver Chopin Society$10kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists$10kHellenic Congress of BC$10kJewish Community Ctr of Greater Vancouver$10kMaker Foundation$10kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House$10kOther Sights for Artists' Projects Association$10kTheatre Terrific Society$10kVancouver Jewish Film Festival$10kVancouver Pride Society$10kVisceral Visions Society$10kAsian-Canadian Special Events Association$10kTaiwanese Cdn Cultural Society$10kPatrick Street Productions$10kCanadian Int’l Dragon Boat Festival Society$9kNative Daughters of BC$9kVancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society$9kDelinquent Theatre$9kLatinos in Action Vancouver Foundation$9kAccess to Media Education Society$8kAsian Canadian Writer's Workshop (ACWW)$8kBC Recreation & Parks Association$8kRaven Theatre Performance Society$8kShameless Hussy Production Society$8kTwenty-Something Theatre$8kVancouver Poetry House$8kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$8kUrban Crawl Performance Society$8kVancouver Cherry Blossom Festival$8kCapture Photography Festival Society$7kChildren's Arts Umbrella Association$7kJewish Museum and Archives of BC$7kKiwassa Neighbourhood House$7kMachinenoisy Dance Society$7kSome Assembly Arts Society$7kStanding Wave Society$7kTides Canada Initiatives Society$7kVancouver En Francais Association$7kVetta Chamber Music & Recital Society$7kSophisticated Laughter Society$7kArtists' Legal Outreach and Education Society$7kBarking Sphinx Performance Society$7kVancouver Asian Film Festival Society$7kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$6kAccordion Noir Society$6kCanadian Council of the Blind (CCB)$6kFugue Theatre$6kNative Education Centre$6kOCW Arts & Publishing Foundation$6kRaven Spirit Dance Society$6kSatellite Gallery Association$6kTomoe Arts Society$6kVancouver Adapted Music Society$6kVancouver Asian Canadian Theatre$6kCloudscape Comics Society$6kCompagnie Vision Selective Arts Society$6kVancouver Tap Dance Society$6kVancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society$5kMovement Dance Productions Society$5kAccess to Music Foundation$5kaMillion BaZillion Arts Society$5kBritannia Community Services Centre$5kCreativa International$5kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre$5kIMAPON$5kJudith Marcuse Projects Society$5kLatincouver Business & Cultural Society$5kOsimous Theatre$5kPoetry is Dead Magazines Society$5kRaincity Housing & Support Society$5kThe Response Dance Society$5kRoundhouse Community Centre Association$5kSound of Dragon Society$5kSouth Asian Family Association$5kStanley Park Ecology Society$5kVancouver Community Gamelan Society$5kVancouver Independent Music Centre Society$5kAsian Canadian Studies Society$5kWestern Gold Theatre Society$5kYarilo Contemporary Music Society$4kChinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver$4keartHand Gleaners Society$4kHardline Productions Theatre Society$4kHong Kong Exile Arts Association$4kHybrid Ancestry Public Arts Society$4kKinesis Dance Society$4kMaraya Cultural Projects Society$4kOpen Door Social Services Society$4kSad Magazine Publishing Society$4kUzumeTaiko Drum Group Society$4kVancouver Creative Space Society$4kB.C. Chinese Music Association$4kCARFAC BC$4kMonster Creative Productions$4kPacific Association of First Nations' Women$4kVan Dyke March And Festival Society$4kVancouver Latin American Cultural Centre$3kVancouver Writers Festival$3kVancouver Chinese Singers Society$3kComm. Based Research Ctr for Gay Men's Health$3kEnsemble Theatre Company$3kRice and Beans Theatre Society$3kShay Kuebler Radical System Arts Society$3kVancouver Urban Spaces Initiative (VUSI)$3kVillage Vancouver Transition Society$3kRailtown Cultural Enhancement Association$3kBorealis String Quartet Society$3kCantonese Opera Society of BC$3kEnvironmental Youth Alliance$3kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood House$3kVancouver Indigenous Media Arts$3kWest End Seniors' Network$3kCrab - Water for Life Society$2kCarnegie Community Centre Association$2kChinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver$2kCity of Nations Society$2kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$2kItalian Day Festival Society$2kKitsilano Neighbourhood House$2kLumiere Festival Vancouver Society$2kSimon Fraser Campus Radio Society$2kSociety of Graphic Designers$2kVancouver Asian Heritage Month Society$2kVancouver Israel Folk Dance Society$2kVancouver Wooden Boat Society$2kCentre of Integration for African Immigrants$2kDowntown Eastside Neighbourhood House$2kPacific Community Resources Society$2kTupper Integrated Nhbd Greenway Assoc$2kVSO School of Music$1kAwkward Stage Productions Society$1kDunbar Residents Association$1kMonsoon Soc. for the Cult'l. Arts of SE Asia$1kTime Will Tell Arts Society$1kAbout these figures
$261,953 in 2015 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.