VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2020
Cultural grants
In 2020 the City of Vancouver made 321 cultural grants totalling $13.2M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.2M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2020.
$13.2M
in grants, 2020
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
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Recipients, 2020
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.2MVancouver Symphony Society$1.2MMuseum of Vancouver$773kH R MacMillan Space Centre Society$519kVancouver Maritime Museum$400kArtstarts in School$187kVancouver Opera Association$183kArts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$177kShow 303 more
Vancouver East Cultural Centre$175kVancouver International Children's Festival$134kVancouver Dance Centre Society$115kVancouver International Film Festival Society$108kPush Festival Society$106kASTC Science World Society$105kFull Circle: First Nations Performance Society$100kPacific Ballet BC Society$100kCoastal Jazz & Blues Society$90kBard on the Beach Theatre Society$85kFirehall Theatre Society$85kIndian Summer Arts Society$83kUrban Ink Production Society$81kSquamish Nation$80kVancouver Folk Music Festival Society$80kBallet BC$75kContemporary Art Gallery Society of BC$75kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$75kSavage Production Society$65kVancouver International Writers Festival Society$65kVancouver Latin American Cultural Centre Society$65kBill Reid Foundation$63kChapel Sound Art Foundation$63kVancouver Asian Canadian Theatre$63kVisceral Visions Society$63kWestern Front Society$61kVancouver Society for Early Music$61kGreen Thumb Theatre$60kVancouver International Dance Festival$60kWePress Community Arts Space Society$60kZee Zee Theatre$60kNeworld Theatre$60kRice and Beans Theatre Society$58kVines Art Festival Society$58kNorman Rothstein Theatre$55kRumble Productions Society$55kVancouver International Fringe Festival$55kBC Artscape Society$53kGrunt Gallery-Visible Arts Society$50kVancity Community Foundation$50kVancouver Out on Screen Film and Video Society$50kMusic on Main Society$49kVancouver International Ctr. for Contemporary Asian Art$47kVIVO Media Arts Ctr Satellite Video Exchange Soc$46k221A Artist Run Centre Society$45kThe Greater Vancouver Alliance for Arts & Culture Soc$45kGreater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance$45kPlaywright's Theatre Centre$45kKickstart Disability Arts and Culture$43kBoca Del Lupo Theatre Society$42kMiscellaneous Productions Society$42kPowell Street Festival Society$42kVancouver International Bhangra Celebration Soc$42kCanadian Council of the Blind (CCB)$40kLatincouver Business & Cultural Society$40kNew Performance Works Society$40kPride in Art Society$40kVancouver Moving Theatre$40kTheatre Terrific Society$39kOr Gallery Society$39kDumb Instrument Dance Society$38kSound of Dragon Society$37kTheatre Replacement Society$37kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$37kRed Gate Arts Society$37kVancouver Chamber Choir$37kCineworks Independent Filmmakers Society$36kElectric Company Theatre Society$35kHealth Arts Society$35kLe Centre Cultural Francophone$35kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$35kTheatre La Seizieme$35kTouchstone Theatre Society$35kVancouver New Music Society$35kSeismic Shift Arts Society Women$35kTurning Point Ensemble Society$34kAxis Theatre Society$33kCapilano Review Contemporary Arts Society$33kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$33kSome Assembly Arts Society$33kVancouver Co-Operative Radio Education Soc$33kVancouver Tap Dance Society$33kWest Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society$33k605 Collective Dance Society$32kCarousel Theatre Society$32kWestern Gold Theatre Society$32kCanadian Music Centre BC Region$32kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$31kAfro Van Connect Society$31kChildren's Arts Umbrella Association$30kKwi Awt Stelmexw (KAS Cultural Society)$30kRuby Slippers Productions$30kAsian-Canadian Special Events Association$30kThe Only Animal Theatre Society$29kAeriosa Dance Society$29kI. E. Artspeak Gallery Society$29kWestern Theatre Conspiracy Arts Society$29kDoxa Documentary Film and Video Festival$28kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$28kRecorded Movement Society$28kPacific Legal Education and Outreach Society$28kVancouver Academy of Music$27kDancing on the Edge Festival Society$27kAfrican Descent Society BC$26kEastside Culture Crawl Society$25kEdam Performing Arts Society$25kRaven Spirit Dance Society$25kScreaming Weenie Productions Society$25kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$25kVashaan Music Society$25kWise Social and Athletic Club$25kVancouver Bach Choir$25kGallery Gachet Society$24kVancouver Poetry House$24kAssociation of Book Publishers of BC$23kVancouver Asian Film Festival Society$23kCarnegie Community Centre$23kAll Bodies Dance Society$21kBattery Opera Performing Arts Society$21kMusica Intima Society$21kPacific Theatre$21kCo. Erasga Dance Society$20kHogan's Alley Society$20kLive Biennial of Performance Art Society$20kPink Ink Theatre Productions Association$20kPunjabi Market Regeneration Collective Society$20kRealwheels Society$20kStar System Curation Society$20kVancouver Choral Arts Society$20kVancouver Native Housing Society$20kWen Wei Dance Society$20kVancouver Recital Society$19kMusic in the Morning Concert Society$19kOut Innerspace Dance Theatre and Film Society$18kTara Cheyenne Performance Soc$18kVancouver Latin American Film Festival$18kCaravan World Rhythms Society$17kMortal Coil Performance Society$17kRedshift Music Society$17kVancouver Comic Arts Association$17kSecret Lantern Society$17kVancouver Cantata Society$17kWestern Canada Community Projects Society$16kPitt Gallery$16kSouth Asian Arts Society$16kVancouver Cantonese Opera$16kThe 110 Arts Cooperative$15kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists BC Chapter$15kCinevolution Media Arts Society$15kCity Opera Vancouver$15kComm. Arts Council of Vanc. & Fearless Festival$15kCraft Council of British Columbia$15kHard Rubber New Music Society$15kJoe Ink Performance Society$15kKababayang Pilipino of BC$15kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$15kMade in BC - Dance on Tour Society$15kMascall Dance Society$15kMetropolitan Cooperative Theatre Society$15kRungh Cultural Society$15kStill Moon Arts Society$15kUp in the Air Theatre Society$15kVancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society$15kVancouver International Burlesque Festival Assoc$15kThe Geist Foundation$14kHoly Crow Arts Society$13kITSAZOO Productions Society$13kNew Forms Media Society$13kNisga'a Ts'amiks Vancouver Society$13kMovement Enterprises Society$12kThe Chop Theatre Society$12kDowntown South Gathering Place Comm. Ctr Assoc$12kGolden Eagle Rising Society$12kSubterrain Literary Collective Society$12kFight With a Stick Hybrid Performance Society$12kStreet Corner Media Foundation$11kFillip/Projectile Publishing Society$11kOther Sights for Artists' Projects Association$11kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$11kFriends of Chamber Music$11kSophisticated Laughter Society$11kAfrica Great Lakes Networking Foundation$10kAllegra Chamber Orchestra Society$10kAlley Theatre Association$10kAphotic Theatre Society$10kCreate Vancouver Society$10kHong Kong Exile Arts Association$10kJudith Marcuse Projects Society$10kMetro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council Soc$10kO.Dela Arts Society$10kOld Hastings Mill Store Museum$10kOURO Collective Society$10kPacific Association of First Nations' Women$10kVancouver Jewish Film Festival$10kVancouver Native Health Society$10kVantage Point Strategies Society$10kWomen in Film & Television Vancouver Society$10kFoolish Operations Society$10kAfrican Stages Association$9kAtira Women's Arts Society$9kOCW Arts & Publishing Foundation$9kAfrican Friendship Society$9kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre$9kDusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society$9kVancouver Pride Society$9kWest Coast Symphony Society$8kDoryphore Independent Curators Society$8kGirls Rock Camp Vancouver$8kItalian Day Festival Society$8kMakeway Charitable Society$8kShang Foundation for Art$8kVancouver Pro Musica Society$8kCanadian International Dragon Boat Festival Society$8kCaribbean African Canadian Social Services$8kChinatown Today Society$8kEast Van Arts & Culture Society$8kMinaq Indigenous Editors Association$8kRadix Theatre Society$8kVancouver Adapted Music Society$8kVancouver Cherry Blossom Festival$8kVetta Chamber Music Society$8kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$7kDiwali Celebration Society$7kPACE - Providing Alt. Counselling & Education Soc$7kAmexem Reggae Cultural Society$6kInstruments of Change Society$6kInterdisciplinary Media Artists Association$6kThe Kettle Friendship Society$6kOscar Performance Society$6kSad Magazine Publishing Society$6kSky Theatre Group Society$6kVancouver Street Dance Association$6kB.C. Chinese Music Association$6kCapture Photography Festival Society$6kArts Assembly Society$5kArts in Action Society$5kCompagnie Vision Selective Art Society$5kHeroic Opera Company$5kHighs and Lows Choral Society$5kKits Point Military History Museum Society$5kLittle Chamber Music Series that Could Society$5kLove Intersections Society$5kThe Response Dance Society$5kThe Society of We Are Canadians Too$5kVancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society$5kVancouver Independent Music Centre Society$5kVancouver Tagore Society$5kYarrow Intergenerational Society$5kJewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver$5kLittle Mountain Neighbourhood House Society$5kRed Fox Healthy Living Society$5kVancouver Heritage Foundation$5kBlackout Art Society$4kThe Vancouver Men's Chorus$4kBold Old(er) Lesbians & Dykes Society$4kLumiere Festival Vancouver Society$4kOn Main on the Cutting Edge Productions Society$4kPacific Immigrant Resources Society$4kVan Dyke March and Festival Society$4kThe Writers' Exchange Society$4kAsian Environmental Association$4kBritannia Community Services Centre$4kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood House$4kThe Hellenic Canadian Congress of BC$4kMarpole Neighbourhood House$4kMt Pleasant Neighbourhood House$4kTurkish Canadian Society$4kBarking Sphinx Performance Society$3kCencerro Arts and Culture Association$3kCentre of Integration for African Immigrants$3kFalse Creek Watershed Society$3kThe James Black Gallery Association$3kThe Last Door Recovery Society$3kMENA Film Festival Society$3kNe.Sans Opera and Dance Association$3kUzumeTaiko Drum Group Society$3kVancouver Community Gamelan Society$3kVancouver Improv Festival Society$3kSouth of Dragon Society$3kVSO School of Music$3kBarbados Cultural Association of BC$3kCatalyst Arts and Health Society$3kKara-Kata Afrobeat Society of Canada$3kReel Causes Society$3kVancouver Seniors' Singing Club Association$3kArtemis Musicians' Society$2kChinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver$2kFalse Creek South Neighbourhood Association$2kFuture Leisure Performance Society$2kPosAbilities Association of BC$2kRoedde House Preservation Society$2kRoundhouse Community Centre$2kSher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society$2kShot of Scotch Dance Society$2kTaiwanese Canadian Cultural Society$2kVancouver Arts Colloquium Society$2kVancouver Asian Heritage Month Society$2kVancouver Israel Folk Dance Society$2kVISAFF South Asian Film Festival Society$2kVancouver Chinese Singers Society$2kYarilo Contemporary Music Society$1kVancouver Cantata Singers$1kPeretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture$1kAbout these figures
$280,705 in 2020 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.