VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2018
Cultural grants
In 2018 the City of Vancouver made 322 cultural grants totalling $12.7M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.2M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2018.
$12.7M
in grants, 2018
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
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Recipients, 2018
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.2MVancouver Symphony Society$1.4MMuseum of Vancouver$948kH R MacMillan Space Centre Society$519kVancouver Maritime Museum$400kVancouver Opera Association$384kMusic BC Industry Association$250kBallet BC$245kShow 302 more
Vancouver Internationl Film Festival Society$207kArts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$160kCoastal Jazz and Blues Society$141kVancouver East Cultural Centre$139kVancouver International Children's Festival Soc$127kPush Festival Society$108kASTC Science World Society$105kPacific Ballet Society$100kContemporary Art Gallery Society of BC$96kFull Circle: First Nations Performance Society$95kVancouver Folk Music Festival Society$80kVancouver Dance Centre Society$78kFirehall Theatre Society$75kArtstarts In School$71kChildren's Arts Umbrella Association$70kVancouver International Writers Festival Soc$69kVancouver Chamber Choir$62kBard on the Beach Theatre Society$60kGreen Thumb Theatre$60kCaravan World Rhythms Society$60kUrban Ink Productions$59kGrunt-Visible Arts Society$58kVancouver Society for Early Music$55kSeismic Shift Arts Society Women$49kNeworld Theatre$47kWestern Front Society$46kVancouver Out on Screen Film & Video Society$45kThe Gr. Vanc. Alliance for Arts and Culture Society$45kVancouver Academy of Music$44kIndian Summer Arts Society$44kVancouver Bach Choir$43kPowell Street Festival Society$43k221A Artist Run Centre Society$42kPlaywright's Theatre Centre$40kVancouver Fringe Theatre Society$40kVantage Point$40kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$39kVancouver New Music Society$38kElectric Company Theatre Society$37kVancouver Int'l Ctr for Contemporary Asian Art$37kCineworks Independent Filmmakers Society$36kTheatre La Seizieme$35kTheatre Replacement Society$35kTouchstone Theatre Society$35kScreaming Weenie Productions Society$35kAxis Theatre Society$34kBattery Opera Performing Arts Society$34kCarousel Theatre Society$32kFriends of Chamber Music$32kTurning Point Ensemble Society$31kVancouver Recital Society$30kBoca Del Lupo Theatre Society$30kNorman Rothstein Theatre$30kRumble Productions Society$30kTheatre Terrific Society$30kVIVO Media Arts Ctr Satellite Video Exchange Soc$30kI. E. Artspeak Gallery Society$29kMusic on Main Society$29kOr Gallery$29kNew Performance Works Society$29kFlamenco Rosario Arts Society$28kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$28kBill Reid Foundation$28kCanadian Music Centre BC Region$27kDoxa Documentary Film Festival$26kCanadian Council of the Blind (CCB)$26kKickstart Disability Arts and Culture$26kWest Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society$26kCity Opera Vancouver$25kDancing on the Edge Festival$25kLive Biennial of Performance Art Society$25kVancouver Co-Operative Radio$25kVancouver International Dance Festival Society$25kVancouver Moving Theatre$25kSavage Production Society$24kGallery Gachet Society$24kTheatre for Living$24kVancouver Asian Canadian Theatre$24kVisceral Visions Society$24kWomen In Film & Television Vancouver Society$24kCapture Photography Festival Society$23kVines Art Festival Society$23kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$23kMortal Coil Performance Society$22kPacific Theatre$22kWen Wei Dance Society$22kCarnegie Community Centre Association$22kMade in BC - Dance on Tour Society$22kMusica Intima Society$21kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$21kKwi Awt Stelmexw (KAS Cultural Society)$20kEdam Performing Arts Society$20kHealth Arts Society$20kLe Centre Cultural Francophone Vancouver$20kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$20kMusic In the Morning Concert Soc$20kPink Ink Theatre Productions Association$20kPort Moody Ecological Society$20kRoundhouse Community Centre$20kRungh Cultural Society$20kVancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society$20kVancouver Native Health Society$20kMiscellaneous Productions Society$20kPride In Art Society$19kCraft Council of British Columbia$18kAssociation of Book Publishers of BC$18kPitt Gallery$18kVancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society$18kChapel Sound Art Foundation$18kGreater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance$17kSpring Show Production Organization Soc$17k605 Collective Dance Society$17kOut Innerspace Dance Theatre and Film Society$17kRealwheels Society$17kRedshift Music Society$17kWestern Theatre Conspiracy Arts Society$17kSecret Lantern Society$17kVancouver Cantata Society$17kKaren Flamenco Dance Society$16kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$16kReel to Real Celebration of Moving Images Soc$16kVancouver Latin American Film Festival$16kVancouver Latin American Cultural Centre$16kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$15kAeriosa Dance Society$15kAfrican Descent Society BC$15kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists$15kCo. Erasga Dance Society$15kComm Arts Council of Vanc. & Fearless Festival$15kFillip/Projectile Publishing$15kHard Rubber New Music Society$15kJoe Ink Performance Society$15kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$15kMascall Dance Society$15kNew Forms Media Society$15kOn Main Gallery (On The Cutting Edge Productions)$15kThe Only Animal Theatre Society$15kPangaea Arts Society$15kRadix Theatre Society$15kRuby Slippers Productions Society$15kStill Moon Arts Society$15kUp In the Air Theatre Society$15kVancouver Chopin Society$14kVancouver Pro Musica Society$14kMachinenoisy Dance Society$14kRaven Spirit Dance Society$14kSound of Dragon Society$14kVancouver Cantonese Opera$14kThe Geist Foundation$14kAsian-Canadian Special Events Association$13kEastside Culture Crawl Society$13kITSAZOO Productions Society$13kLove Intersections Society$13kMovement Enterprises Society$13kSouth Asian Arts Society$13kAfrican Friendship Society$12kThe Chop Theatre Society$12kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$12kPacific Immigrant Resources Society$12kPacific Legal Education and Outreach Society$12kSubterrain Literary Collective Society$12kVancouver Native Housing Society$12kAlley Theatre Association$11kKababayang Pilipino of BC$11kVancouver Theatresports League$11kVetta Chamber Music Society$11kSophisticated Laughter Society$10kStanding Wave Society$10kA Fine. Storytelling Society$10kCar Free Vancouver Society$10kChinese Canadian Historical Society$10kHogan's Alley Society$10kOther Sights for Artists' Projects Association$10kSquamish Nation Youth Centre$10kUniversal Limited Performance Society$10kVancouver Jewish Film Centre Society$10kVancouver Seniors' Singing Club Association$10kVSO School of Music$10kDowntown Eastside Centre$10kVancouver Poetry House$10kWePress Community Arts Space Society$10kVancouver International Bhangra Celebration Soc$9kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre$9kHong Kong Exile Arts Association$9kJewish Community Centre of Gr Vancouver$9kNative Daughters of BC$9kOCW Arts & Publishing Foundation$9kVancouver Tap Dance Society$9kBlueridge Chamber Music Society$9kAccess to Media Education Society$9kPACE - Providing Alt. Counselling & Education Soc$9kVancouver Pride Society$9kAction at a Distance Dance Society$8kArts in Action Society$8kCanadian International Dragon Boat Festival Soc$8kFugue Theatre Society$8kThe Helenic Canadian Congress of BC$8kLatincouver Business & Cultural Society$8kLes Productions Figlio Society$8kRice and Beans Theatre Society$8kTides Canada Initiatives Society$8kVancouver Asian Film Festival Society$8kWestern Gold Theatre Society$8kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$7kYarilo Contemporary Music Society$7kCinevolution Media Arts Society$7kDelinquent Theatre$7kDusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society$7kItalian Cultural Centre Society$7kPacific Wildlife Foundation$7kPerforming Arts Lodges (PAL) Vancouver$7kSolo Collective Theatre Society$7kVancouver Cherry Blossom Festival$7kVancouver International Burlesque Festival Assoc$7kSome Assembly Arts Society$7kBritannia Community Services Centre$7kVancouver Adapted Music Society$7kVancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society$6kAsian Canadian Writer's Workshop$6kBabelle Theatre Society$6kDiwali Celebration Society$6kDreamRider Productions Society$6kEartHand Gleaners Society$6kInstruments of Change Society$6kLittle Chamber Music Series that Could Soc$6kShay Kuebler Radical System Arts Society$6kWise Social and Athletic Club$6kThe Writers' Exchange Society$6kAll Bodies Dance Society$6kVancouver Chinese Singers Society$5kBorealis String Quartet Society$5kBarking Sphinx Performance Society$5kBold Old(er) Lesbians & Dykes Society$5kGirls Rock Camp Vancouver$5kHybrid Ancestry Public Arts Society$5kItalian Day Festival Society$5kKathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts Collective Society$5kThe Kettle Friendship Society$5kKinesis Dance Society$5kKiwassa Neighbourhood Services$5kMonster Creative Productions$5kOpen Air Orchestra Society$5kPoetry is Dead Magazines Society$5kSoutheast Asian Cultural Heritage Society$5kSpeakEasy Theatre Company Society$5kTheatre in the Raw Society$5kTomoe Arts Society$5kVancouver Japanese Language School$5kVashaan Music Society$5kErato Ensemble Society$5kCapilano Review Contemporary Arts Society$5kLittle Mountain Neighbourhood House Soc$5kSad Magazine Publishing Society$5kSouth Asian Family Association$5kTaiwanese Cdn Cultural Society$4kBurrardview Community Association$4kFoolish Operations Society$4kVancouver Choral Arts Society$4kVancouver Community Gamelan Society$4kVancouver Tagore Society$4kBurrard Arts Foundation$4kCARFAC BC$4kHighs and Lows Choral Society$4kKitsilano Neighbourhood House$4kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House$4kSky Theatre Group Society$4kTurkish Canadian Society$4kUzumeTaiko Drum Group Society$4kVan Dyke March and Festival Society$4kCompagnie Vision Selective Arts Society$3kThe Last Door Recovery Society$3kMarpole Oakridge Family Place Society$3kTime Will Tell Arts Society$3kVancouver Asian Heritage Month Society$3kVancouver Street Dance Association$3kWorld Rhythms for Youth Society$3kZee Zee Theatre$3kAsian Environmental Association$3kOpen Door Social Services Society$3kTupper Integrated Neighbourhood Greenway Assoc$3kWest End Arts Society$3kCrab - Water for Life Society$2kCentre of Integration for African Immigrants$2kPhuoc Lac Charity Society$2kRay-Cam Co-Operative Association$2kRed Fox Healthy Living Society$2kReel Causes Society$2kThe Tasai Foundation$2kVancouver Arts Colloquium Society$2kVancouver Peace Choir Society$2kVancouver Women's Health Collective$2kWest End Seniors' Network$2kStreetrich Hip Hop Society$2kLatinos In Action Vancouver Foundation$2kSingle Line Theatre Society$2kVancouver Swing Society$2kWest Point Grey Community Association$2kSociety for the Museum of Original Costume$1kBurundian Community Association$1kCircuswest Performing Arts Society$1kDunbar Community Centre Association$1kEast Vancouver Community Music School Soc$1kAbout these figures
$214,331 in 2018 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.