VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2019
Cultural grants
In 2019 the City of Vancouver made 309 cultural grants totalling $11.8M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.2M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2019.
$11.8M
in grants, 2019
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
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Recipients, 2019
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.2MVancouver Symphony Society$871kMuseum of Vancouver$768kH R MacMillan Space Centre Society$519kVancouver Opera Association$424kVancouver Maritime Museum$400kCreative BC$285kBallet BC$239kShow 290 more
Vancouver International Film Festival$208kArts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$152kVancouver East Cultural Centre$150kCoastal Jazz & Blues Society$146kVancouver International Children's$134kPush Festival Society$107kASTC Science World Society$105kPacific Ballet Society$100kVancouver Dance Centre Society$86kFull Circle: First Nations Performance Society$83kVancouver Folk Music Festival Society$80kFirehall Theatre Society$75kElectric Company Theatre Society$71kContemporary Art Gallery Society of BC$70kGrunt-Visible Arts Society$70kVancouver International Writers Festival Society$69kBard on the Beach Theatre Society$60kGreen Thumb Theatre$60kVancouver Bach Choir$60kVancouver Chamber Choir$58kVancouver Out on Screen Film & Video Society$58kChildren's Arts Umbrella Association$57kVancouver Society for Early Music$56kBeaumont Studios Artists Society$55kUrban Ink Productions$55kIndian Summer Arts Society$54kVancouver Academy of Music$50kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$47kWestern Front Society$46kThe Gr. Vanc. Alliance for Arts and Culture Society$45kSeismic Shift Arts Society Women$45kPowell Street Festival Society$42kVancouver New Music Society$40kThe Banff Centre$40kBoca Del Lupo Theatre Society$40kPlaywright's Theatre Centre$40kVancouver International Fringe Festival$40kMusic on Main Society$39kVancouver Recital Society$39kTurning Point Ensemble Society$38kVIVO Media Arts Ctr Satellite Vide Exchange Soc$38kVancouver Int'l Centre for Contemporary Asian Art$37kFriends of Chamber Music$36kCineworks Independent Filmmakers Society$36kPacific Association of First$35kTheatre La Seizieme$35kTouchstone Theatre Society$35kOr Gallery$34kNeworld Theatre$33kAxis Theatre Society$33kVancouver Co-Operative Radio Education Soc$33kDoxa Documentary Film and Video Festival$32kCarousel Theatre Society$32kCanadian Music Centre BC Region$32kGallery Gachet Society$32kNorman Rothstein Theatre$30kPride in Art Society$30kRumble Productions Society$30kVancouver International Dance Festival$30kVancouver Moving Theatre$30kLatincouver Business & Cultural Society$30kI. E. Artspeak Gallery Society$29kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$28kBill Reid Foundation$28kFlamenco Rosario Arts Society$26kCanadian Council of the Blind (CCB)$26kAsian-Canadian Special Events Association$25k221A Artist Run Centre Society$25kArtstarts in School$25kDancing on the Edge Festival Society$25kEdam Performing Arts Society$25kHealth Arts Society$25kTheatre Replacement Society$25kNew Performance Works Society$25kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$24kAll Bodies Dance Society$24kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$21kVancouver Seniors' Singing Club Association$21kMusica Intima Society$21kPacific Theatre$21kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$21kSavage Production Society$21kBattery Opera Performing Arts Society$20kLe Centre Cultural Francophone Vancouver$20kLive Biennial of Performance Art Society$20kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$20kPink Ink Theatre Productions Association$20kVancouver Asian Canadian Theatre$20kVantage Point$20kWen Wei Dance Society$20kMiscellaneous Productions Society$20kVancouver Latin American Cultural Ctr Society$19kMusic in the Morning Concert Society$19kSound of Dragon Society$19kKwi Awt Stelmexw (KAS Cultural Society)$19kAssociation of Book Publishers of BC$18kKickstart Disability Arts and Culture$18kWePress Community Arts Space Society$18kWest Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society$18kZee Zee Theatre$18k605 Collective Dance Society$17kAeriosa 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$17kVancouver Cantata Society$17kVancouver Latin American Film Festival$16kRice and Beans Theatre Society$16kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists$15kCapilano Review Contemporary Arts Soc$15kCity Opera Vancouver$15kCo. Erasga Dance Society$15kComm. Arts Council of Vanc.& Fearless Festival$15kCraft Council of British Columbia$15kHard Rubber New Music Society$15kJoe Ink Performance Society$15kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$15kMascall Dance Society$15kPacific Legal Education and Outreach Society$15kRaven Spirit Dance Society$15kRuby Slippers Productions Society$15kScreaming Weenie Productions Society$15kStill Moon Arts Society$15kTheatre Terrific Society$15kUp in the Air Theatre Society$15kVancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society$15kVancouver Poetry House$15kVines Art Festival Society$15kVisceral Visions Society$15kThe Only Animal Theatre Society$14kThe Geist Foundation$14kEastside Culture Crawl Society$13kGreater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance$13kITSAZOO Productions Society$13kPitt Gallery$13kVancouver Chopin Society$13kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$13kNew Forms Media Society$13kVancouver Pro Musica Society$12kMovement Enterprises Society$12kVancouver Asian Film Festival Society$12kThe Chop Theatre Society$12kSubterrain Literary Collective Society$12kKaren Flamenco Dance Society$12kFillip/Projectile Publishing Society$11kMagnetic North Theatre Festival$11kStanding Wave Society$10kVancouver Tap Dance Society$10kChapel Sound Art Foundation$10kDelinquent Theatre$10kFight With a Stick/Leaky Heaven Performance Soc$10kNisga'a Ts'amiks Vancouver Society$10kVancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society$10kVancouver Jewish Film Festival$10kAlley Theatre Association$10kCar Free Vancouver Society$10kAtira Women's Resource Society$9kJudith Marcuse Projects Society$9kNative Daughters of BC$9kVancouver International Bhangra Celebration Soc$9kYarrow Intergenerational Society$9kMovement Dance Productions Society$9kDusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society$9kOther Sights for Artists' Projects Association$9kVancouver Pride Society$9kVan. International Burlesque Festival Assoc$8kBlueridge Chamber Music Society$8kAction at a Distance Dance Society$8kInverso Productions Society$8kItalian Day Festival Society$8kOCW Arts & Publishing Foundation$8kTides Canada Initiatives Society$8kCanadian International Dragon Boat Festival Soc$8kChinatown Today Society$8kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre$8kKilljoy Theatre Association$8kPACE - Providing Alt. Counselling & Education Soc$8kRadix Theatre Society$8kVancouver Cherry Blossom Festival$8kVetta Chamber Music Society$8kDiwali Celebration Society$7kDowntown Vancouver Business Improvement Assoc$7kThe Helenic Canadian Congress of BC$7kPerforming Arts Lodges (PAL)$7kWestern Gold Theatre Society$7kSad Magazine Publishing Society$7kSome Assembly Arts Society$7kErato Ensemble Society$7kHeritage Vancouver Society$7kLove Intersections Society$7kVancouver Adapted Music Society$7kSophisticated Laughter Society$6kO.Dela Arts Society$6kAfrican Descent Society BC$6kAmexem Reggae Cultural Society$6kBritannia Community Services Centre$6kCompagnie Vision Selective Arts Society$6kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$6kDumb Instrument Dance Society$6kFoolish Operations Society$6kGirls Rock Camp Vancouver$6kMachinenoisy Dance Society$6kOpen Air Orchestra Society$6kSky Theatre Group Society$6kStaircase XI Theatre Society$6kWomen in Film & Television Vancouver Society$6kThe Postmodern Camerata Society$6kVancouver Chinese Singers Society$6kVancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society$6kVancouver Theatresports League$5kLittle Mountain Lion Productions Assoc$5kB.C. Chinese Music Association$5kBarking Sphinx Performance Society$5kCARFAC BC$5kGreater Vancouver Society To Bridge$5kThe Kettle Friendship Society$5kLes Productions Figlio Society$5kLittle Chamber Music Series That Could Society$5kShift Theatre Society$5kSpeakEasy Theatre Company Society$5kTime Will Tell Arts Society$5kVancouver Community Gamelan$5kVancouver Street Dance Association$5kVashaan Music Society$5kJewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver$5kRecorded Movement Society$5kVancouver Cantonese Opera$5kYayoi Theatre Movement Society$5kB.C. Philharmonic Society$4kJames & Jamesy Performance Society$4kVSO School of Music$4kBold Old(er) Lesbians & Dykes Society$4kCapture Photography Festival Society$4kLumiere Festival Vancouver Society$4kMusic BC Industry Association$4kOn Main on the Cutting Edge$4kThe Response Dance Society$4kVan Dyke March And Festival Society$4kVancouver Comic Arts Association$4kVancouver Tagore Society$4kMigrante BC - Filipino Society$4kHighs and Lows Choral Society$4kInstruments of Change Society$4kTurkish Canadian Society$4kCloudscape Comics Society$3kCanada International Arts & Music Societ$3kGreek Community of East Vancouver$3kThe Last Door Recovery Society$3kSouth Asian Family Association$3kVancouver Choral Arts Society$3kVancouver Improv Festival Society$3kWest Coast Symphony Society$3kWorld Rhythms for Youth Society$3kThe Writers' Exchange Society$3kBorealis String Quartet Society$3kCarnegie Community Centre Association$3kCentre of Integration for African Immigrants$3kFalse Creek Watershed Society$3kOpen Door Social Services Society$3kTomoe Arts Society$3kUzume Taiko Drum Group Society$3kWest End Arts Society$3kWest Point Grey Community Association$3kLangara College Foundation$2kMade in BC - Dance on Tour Society$2kMcLaren Housing Society$2kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House$2kReel Causes Society$2kRoedde House Preservation Society$2kVancouver Israel Folk Dance Society$2kWest End Seniors' Network$2kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$2kKitsilano Showboat Society$2kMadskillz Vancouver$2kPosAbilities Association of BC$2kUniversal Limited Performance Society$2kThe Vancouver Children's Choir$2kYarillo Contemporary Music Society$1kVancouver Native Housing Society$1kBC Artscape Society$1kArts Assembly Society$1kBulgarian-Canadian Society of BC$1kEast Vancouver Community Music School Soc$1kThe James Black Gallery Association$1kVancouver Asian Heritage Month Society$1kVancouver Swing Society$1kVISAFF South Asian Film Festival Society$1kAbout these figures
$200,307 in 2019 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.