VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2016
Cultural grants
In 2016 the City of Vancouver made 286 cultural grants totalling $12.0M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.2M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2016.
$12.0M
in grants, 2016
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
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Recipients, 2016
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.2MVancouver Symphony Society$1.3MVancouver Museum Society$1.2MH R MacMillan Space Centre Society$519kVancouver Maritime Museum$400kVancouver Opera Association$362kBallet BC$244kVancouver International Film Festival$207kShow 264 more
Create Vancouver Society$200kArts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$160kPush International Performing Arts Society$141kCoastal Jazz & Blues Society$132kChildren's Festival (CIAYA)$127kVancouver East Cultural Centre$115kA. S. T. C. Science World Society$105kPacific Ballet Society$100kToronto Artscape Inc$100kVantage Point$100kVancouver Folk Music Festival Society$80kThe Dance Foundation$78kFirehall Theatre Society$75kVancouver Recital Society$71kContemporary Art Gallery Society of BC$70kVancouver Chamber Choir$63kVancouver International Writers Festival Society$62kBard on the Beach Theatre Society$60kGreen Thumb Theatre$60kChildren's Arts Umbrella Association$59kVancouver Bach Choir$57kVancouver Academy of Music$49kVancouver New Music Society$48kWestern Front Society$46kThe Gr. Vanc. Alliance for Arts and Culture Society$45kLumiere Festival Vancouver Society$45kFull Circle: First Nations Performance Society$40kPlaywright's Theatre Centre$40kVancouver International Fringe Festival$40kVancouver Out on Screen Film & Video Society$40kVancouver International Dance Festival$39kVancouver Society for Early Music$38kGrunt-Visible Arts Society$38kVancouver Int'l Ctr for Contemp. Asian Art$37kCineworks Independent Filmmakers Society$36kFriends of Chamber Music$36kElectric Company Theatre Society$35kTheatre La Seizieme$35kTouchstone Theatre Society$35kVIVO Media Arts Ctr Satellite Video Exchange Soc$35kAxis Theatre Society$34kDoxa Documentary Film and Video Festival$34kIndian Summer Arts Society$33kNeworld Theatre$33kCarousel Theatre Society$32kSeismic Shift Arts Society Women$31kTurning Point Ensemble Society$31kNorman Rothstein Theatre$30kPowell Street Festival Society$30kRumble Productions Society$30kCaravan World Rhythms Society$30kI. E. Artspeak Gallery Society$29kOr Gallery$29kFlamenco Rosario Arts Society$28kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$28kUrban Ink Productions$27kCanadian Music Centre$27kDancing on the Edge Festival Society$25kMusic In The Morning Concert Society$25kTheatre Replacement Society$25kVancouver Co-Operative Radio$25kVancouver Moving Theatre$25kAsian-Canadian Special Events Association$24kGallery Gachet Society$24kHeadlines Theatre Co. Society$24kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$24kMusic on Main Society$24kPacific Theatre$22kWen Wei Dance Society$22kMusica Intima Society$21kBill Reid Foundation$20kEdam Performing Arts Society$20kHealth Arts Society$20kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$20kLe Centre Cultural Francophone Vancouver$20kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$20kPink Ink Theatre Productions$20kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$20kNew Performance Works Society$19kVancouver Cantata Society$18kVancouver Chopin Society$18kGreater Vanc. Professional Theatre Alliance$18kPitt Gallery$18kVancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society$18kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$17k605 Collective Dance Society$17kOut Innerspace Dance Theatre and Film Soc$17kPacific Baroque Orchestra Society$17kRealwheels Society$17kRedshift Music Society$17kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$17kWestern Theatre Conspiracy Arts Society$17kSecret Lantern Society$17k221A Artist Run Centre Society$16kBattery Opera Performing Arts Society$16kReel to Real Celebration of Moving Images Soc$16kVancouver Latin American Film Festival$16kVancouver Pro Musica Society$15kAeriosa Dance Society$15kCar Free Vancouver Society$15kCity Opera Vancouver$15kCo. Erasga Dance Society$15kCraft Council of British Columbia$15kDiwali Celebration Society$15kFight With a Stick/Leaky Heaven Performance Soc$15kFillip/Projectile Publishing$15kHard Rubber New Music Society$15kJoe Ink Performance Society$15kLive Biennial of Performance Art Society$15kMascall Dance Society$15kMiscellaneous Productions Society$15kNew Forms Media Society$15kThe Only Animal Theatre Society$15kPride In Art Society$15kRadix Theatre Society$15kRuby Slippers Productions Society$15kScreaming Weenie Productions Society$15kStill Moon Arts Society$15kTheatre Terrific Society$15kUp In The Air Theatre Society$15kKaren Flamenco Dance Society$15kTsleil-Waututh Nation Sacred Trust$15kAlley Theatre Association$14kVSO School of Music$14kSpring Show Production Organization Society$13kAssociation of Book Publishers of BC$13kBlackbird Theatrical Society$13kEastside Culture Crawl Society$13kITSAZOO Productions Society$13kKickstart Disability Arts and Culture$13kMovement Enterprises Society$13kVancouver International Bhangra Celebration Soc$13kThe Virtual Stage Arts Society$13kVancouver Latin American Cultural Centre$12kThe Chop Theatre Society$12kKwi Awt Stelmexw (KAS Cultural Society)$12kSubterrain Literary Collective Society$12kVancouver Asian Canadian Theatre$12kComm. Arts Council of Vanc. & Fearless Festival$11kThe Geist Foundation$11kVancouver Theatresports League$11kEarly Music Vancouver$10kFugue Theatre Society$10kAccordion Noir Society$10kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists$10kCanadian Council of the Blind (CCB)$10kJewish Community Centre of Gr Vancouver$10kMaker Foundation$10kNative Daughters of BC$10kVancouver Jewish Film Festival$10kVancouver Pride Society$10kVetta Chamber Music Society$10kGujarati Society of BC$10kCanadian International Dragon Boat Festival Soc$9kSolo Collective Theatre Society$9kTomoe Arts Society$9kVancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society$9kVancouver Poetry House$9kSound of Dragon Society$9kArts In Action Society$9kStanding Wave Society$8kBleeding Heart Theatre Society$8kDelinquent Theatre$8kThe Elbow Theatre Society$8kItalian Cultural Centre Society$8kLes Productions Figlio Society$8kOCW Arts & Publishing Foundation$8kVancouver Cherry Blossom Festival$8kVancouver New Year's Eve Celebration Society$8kZee Zee Theatre$8kAll Bodies Dance Society$8kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$8kHardline Productions Theatre Society$8kInstruments of Change Society$8kMachinenoisy Dance Society$8kSouth Granville Senior Friendship Centre$8kTsleil-Waututh Nation - Treaty, Land & Res. Dept$8kVancouver Tap Dance Society$8kVancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society$7kErato Ensemble Society$7kCapture Photography Festival Society$7kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$7kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre$7kDusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society$7kGrandview Community Association$7kTides Canada Initiatives Society$7kTwenty-Something Theatre$7kVancouver Asian Film Festival Society$7kWestern Gold Theatre Society$7kLatincouver Business & Cultural Society$7kSouth Asian Family Association$7kYarilo Contemporary Music Society$6kBarking Sphinx Performance Society$6kBritannia Community Services Centre$6kCreativa International$6kKol Halev Performance Society$6kPoetry is Dead Magazines Society$6kRice and Beans Theatre Society$6kTeatr Polski-Polish Theatre$6kVancouver Adapted Music Society$6kVancouver Cantonese Opera$6kVines Art Festival Society$6kWomen In Film & Television Vancouver Society$6kSad Magazine Publishing Society$5kBorealis String Quartet Society$5kCreative Dominion Society$5kGirls Rock Camp Vancouver$5kKinesis Dance Society$5kLittle Chamber Music Series That Could Soc$5kMarta Marta Hop Society$5kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House$5kNICCSS$5kOpen Door Social Services Society$5kPacific Legal Education and Outreach Soc$5kRaven Spirit Dance Society$5kShay Kuebler Radical System Arts Society$5kVancouver Taiko Society$5kVisceral Visions Society$5kWest Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society$5kWise Social and Athletic Club$5kVancouver Seniors' Singing Club Assocation$4kVancouver Writers Festival$4kBold Old(er) Lesbians & Dykes Society$4kHybrid Ancestry Public Arts Society$4kItalian Day Festival Society$4kJewish Museum and Archives of BC$4kMaraya Cultural Projects Society$4kUzumeTaiko Drum Group Society$4kEnvironmental Youth Alliance$4kVan Dyke March And Festival Society$4kVancouver Chinese Singers Society$3kVancouver Ballet Society$3kTaiwanese Canadian Cultural Society$3kB.C. Chinese Music Association$3kBlueridge Chamber Music Society$3kCJSF Radio 90.1FM$3kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood House$3kKorean Senior Citizens' Society$3kStaircase XI Theatre Society$3kVancouver Asian Heritage Month Society$3kWest End Seniors' Network$3kWorld Rhythms for Youth Society$3kVancouver Swing Society$3kChinese Cultural Ctr of Greater Vancouver$3kPacific Community Resources Society$3kCrab - Water for Life Society$2kCarnegie Community Centre Association$2kCity of Nations Society$2kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$2kKitsilano Neighbourhood House$2kThe Last Door Recovery Society$2kMade in BC - Dance on Tour Society$2kSociety of Graphic Designers$2kStreetrich Hip Hop Society$2kVancouver Israel Folk Dance Society$2kVancouver Wooden Boat Society$2kWorking Spark Theatre Arts Society$2kDowntown Eastside Neighbourhood House$2kBC Metis Federation Society$2kCentre of Integration for African Immigrants$2kUnited Black Canadian Community Assoc$2kAwkward Stage Productions Society$1kRailtown Cultural Enhancement Association$1kEast Vancouver Community Music School Soc$1kAbout these figures
$178,150 in 2016 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.