VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2017
Cultural grants
In 2017 the City of Vancouver made 302 cultural grants totalling $12.1M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.2M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2017.
$12.1M
in grants, 2017
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
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Recipients, 2017
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.2MVancouver Symphony Society$1.4MMuseum of Vancouver$1.1MH R MacMillan Space Centre Society$519kVancouver Opera Association$496kVancouver Maritime Museum$400kBallet BC$240kVancouver International Film Festival$208kShow 285 more
Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$160kPush International Performing Arts Society$128kChildren's Festival (CIAYA)$127kVancouver East Cultural Centre$115kCoastal Jazz & Blues Society$108kArtstarts In School$108kASTC Science World Society$105kPacific Ballet Society$100kVantage Point$100kVancouver Folk Music Festival Society$80kVancouver Dance Centre Society$78kFirehall Theatre Society$75kFull Circle: First Nations Performance Society$75kContemporary Art Gallery Society of BC$70kVancouver International Writers Festival Society$65kVancouver Chamber Choir$64kBard on the Beach Theatre Society$60kGreen Thumb Theatre$60kCaravan Stage Society$59kTheatre La Seizieme$55kVancouver Society for Early Music$55kVancouver Bach Choir$55kArts Umbrella$54kVancouver Academy of Music$49kVancouver Out On Screen Film & Video Society$47kWestern Front Society$46kVancouver International Dance Festival$45kThe Gr. Vanc. Alliance for Arts and Culture Society$45kVancouver Recital Society$40kVancouver International Jazz Festival$40kPlaywright's Theatre Centre$40kVancouver International Fringe Festival$40kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$39kIndian Summer Arts Society$38kAsian-Canadian Special Events Association$38kGrunt-Visible Arts Society$38kVancouver New Music Society$37kVancouver Int'l Ctr for Contemp. Asian Art$37kFriends of Chamber Music$37kCineworks Independent Filmmakers Society$36kMusic on Main Society$36kElectric Company Theatre Society$35kPowell Street Festival Society$35kTouchstone Theatre Society$35kUrban Ink Productions$35kAxis Theatre Society$34kSeismic Shift Arts Society Women$34kNeworld Theatre$33kCarousel Theatre Society$32kTurning Point Ensemble Society$31kBoca Del Lupo Theatre Society$30kNorman Rothstein Theatre$30kRumble Productions Society$30kVIVO Media Arts Ctr Satellite Vide Exchange Soc$30kI. E. Artspeak Gallery Society$29kOr Gallery$29kPink Ink Theatre Productions Association$29kCanadian International Dragon Boat Festival Soc$28kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$28kFlamenco Rosario Arts Society$28kBill Reid Foundation$28kNew Performance Works Society$27kCanadian Music Centre BC Region$27kDancing on the Edge Festival Society$25kTheatre Replacement Society$25kVancouver Co-Operative Radio$25kVancouver Moving Theatre$25kGallery Gachet Society$24kTheatre For Living$24kDoxa Documentary Film and Video Festival$23kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$23k221A Artist Run Centre Society$22kPacific Theatre$22kWen Wei Dance Society$22kMusica Intima Society$21kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$21kEdam Performing Arts Society$20kHealth Arts Society$20kLe Centre Cultural Francophone Vancouver$20kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$20kMusic In The Morning Concert Society$20kVancouver Seniors' Singing Club Association$20kMiscellaneous Productions Society$20kPride In Art Society$19kVancouver Cantata Society$19kAssociation of Book Publishers of BC$18kPitt Gallery$18kVancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society$18kEarly Music Vancouver$17kDoxa Documentary Film Festival$17k605 Collective Dance Society$17kCaravan World Rhythms Society$17kOut Innerspace Dance Theatre and Film Society$17kRealwheels Society$17kRedshift Music Society$17kWestern Theatre Conspiracy Arts Society$17kSecret Lantern Society$17kBattery Opera Performing Arts Society$16kReel to Real Celebration of Moving Images Soc$16kVancouver Latin American Film Festival$16kVancouver Pro Musica Society$15kAeriosa Dance Society$15kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists$15kCity Opera Vancouver$15kCo. Erasga Dance Society$15kComm Arts Council of Vanc. & Fearless Festival$15kCraft Council of British Columbia$15kFight With a Stick/Leaky Heaven Performance Soc$15kFillip/Projectile Publishing$15kHard Rubber New Music Society$15kJoe Ink Performance Society$15kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$15kLive Biennial of Performance Art Society$15kMascall Dance Society$15kNew Forms Media Society$15kThe Only Animal Theatre 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$15kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$14kRaven Spirit Dance Society$14kThe Geist Foundation$14kKickstart Disability Arts and Culture$14kSpring Show Production Organization Society$13kCar Free Vancouver Society$13kCanadian Council of the Blind (CCB)$13kEastside Culture Crawl Society$13kGreater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance$13kITSAZOO Productions Society$13kMovement Enterprises Society$13kCity of Nations Society$13kBC Chinese Music Association$13kThe Chop Theatre Society$12kSubterrain Literary Collective Society$12kTomorrow Collective Arts Society$12kVancouver Chopin Society$12kOther Sights for Artists' Projects Association$12kAlley Theatre Association$11kVSO School of Music$11kVancouver Latin American Cultural Centre$11kVancouver Theatresports League$11kVetta Chamber Music Society$11kStanding Wave Society$10kAccordion Noir Society$10kFugue Theatre Society$10kJewish Community Centre of Gr Vancouver$10kVancouver International Bhangra Celebration Soc$10kVancouver Jewish Film Festival$10kZee Zee Theatre$10kTaiwanese Canadian Cultural Society$10kGolden Panda Intl. Short Film Festival Committee$9kCapture Photography Festival Society$9kLes Productions Figlio Society$9kNative Daughters of BC$9kOCW Arts & Publishing Foundation$9kRice and Beans Theatre Society$9kSolo Collective Theatre Society$9kVancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society$9kVancouver Poetry House$9kVancouver Pride Society$9kWestern Gold Theatre Society$9kArts In Action Society$9kHardline Productions Theatre Society$9kHellenic Congress of BC$9kMaker Foundation$9kPACE - Providing Alt. Counselling & Education Soc$9kSound of Dragon Society$8kBlueridge Chamber Music Society$8kBurrard Arts Foundation$8kDusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society$8kNovember Theatre Society$8kWePress Community Arts Space Society$8kWomen In Film & Television Vancouver Society$8kErato Ensemble Society$8kAccess to Media Education Society$8kVancouver Asian Film Festival Society$8kChildren's Arts Umbrella Association$8kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$8kInstruments of Change Society$8kSome Assembly Arts Society$8kVancouver Tap Dance Society$8kVancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society$7kUzume Taiko Drum Group Society$7kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$7kDelinquent Theatre$7kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre$7kThe Elbow Theatre Society$7kItalian Cultural Centre Society$7kLatincouver Business & Cultural Society$7kMove: the Company (Movement Dance Prod. Soc)$7kRoedde House Preservation Society$7kVancouver Cherry Blossom Festival$7kFighting Chance Productions Society$7kAssociation of United Ukrainian Canadians$7kEartHand Gleaners Society$7kPoetry is Dead Magazines Society$7kThe Writers' Exchange Society$7kVancouver Chinese Singers Society$6kCreativa International$6kDumb Instrument Dance Society$6kKwi Awt Stelmexw (KAS Cultural Society)$6kThe Response Dance Society$6kShay Kuebler Radical System Arts Society$6kSouth Asian Family Association$6kSouth Granville Senior Friendship Centre$6kTomoe Arts Society$6kVancouver Art and Leisure Society$6kVancouver Cantonese Opera$6kHong Kong Exile Arts Association$6kKits Point Military History Museum$6kPHS Community Services Society$6kSouth Asian Arts$6kBorealis String Quartet Society$5kVines Art Festival Society$5kAsian Canadian Writer's Workshop$5kCompagnie Vision Selective Arts Society$5kGirls Rock Camp Vancouver$5kHybrid Ancestry Public Arts Society$5kPangaea Arts Society$5kTeatr Polski-Polish Theatre$5kUrban Native Youth Association$5kWest Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society$5kKiwassa Neighbourhood House$5kAction at a Distance Dance Society$5kArtists for Conservation International Foundation$5kSad Magazine Publishing Society$5kVancouver Tagore Society$5kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House$4kArtists in Our Midst Society$4kAstrolabe Musik Theatre$4kBarking Sphinx Performance Society$4kItalian Day Festival Society$4kJewish Museum and Archives of BC$4kKinesis Dance Society$4kReach Community Health Centre$4kSophisticated Laughter Society$4kCentre culturel francophone de Vancouver$4kVancouvers Writers Festival$4kCuriosity Collider Art-Science Foundation$4kHighs and Lows Choral Society$4kMade in BC - Dance on Tour Society$4kVan Dyke March And Festival Society$4kVancouver Ballet Society$4kVancouver Street Dance Association$4kPacific Community Resources Society$3kTime Will Tell Arts Society$3kVancouver Asian Heritage Month Society$3kWorld Rhythms for Youth Society$3kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood House$3kWest End Seniors' Network$3kThe Postmodern Camerata Society$3kVancouver Recovery Through Art Society$3kCeltic Fest Vancouver Society$3kFoolish Operations Society$3kLatinos In Action Vancouver Foundation$3kLumiere Festival Vancouver Society$3kSociety of Graphic Designers$3kVancouver Arts Colloquium Society$3kWest End Arts Society$3kCrab - Water for Life Society$2kChinese Cultural Centre Of Greater Vancouver$2kVancouver Swing Society$2kAfrica Great Lakes Networking Foundation$2kBoys And Girls Clubs Of South Coast BC$2kCentre of Integration for African Immigrants$2kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$2kMachinenoisy Dance Society$2kOpen Door Social Services Society$2kVancouver Wooden Boat Society$2kVisceral Visions Society$2kWorking Spark Theatre Arts Society$2kCarnegie Community Centre Association$2kKitsilano Neighbourhood House$2kStreetrich Hip Hop Society$2kCircusWest Performing Arts Society$1kSociety for the Museum of Original Costume$1kYarillo Contemporary Music Society$1kDowntown Eastside Neighbourhood House$1kEast Vancouver Community Music School Soc$1kMadskillz Vancouver$1kReel Causes Society$1kAbout these figures
$149,128 in 2017 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.