VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2021
Cultural grants
In 2021 the City of Vancouver made 288 cultural grants totalling $13.2M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.2M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2021.
$13.2M
in grants, 2021
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
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Recipients, 2021
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.2MVancouver Symphony Society$1.1MMuseum of Vancouver$1.1MH R MacMillan Space Centre Society$519kVancouver Maritime Museum$400kVancouver Int’l. Film Festival Society$314kCreative BC$300kVancouver Opera Association$239kShow 269 more
221A Artist Run Centre Society$210kPacific Ballet BC Society$186kVancouver East Cultural Centre$175kArts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$172kVancouver Int’l. Children's Festival$134kVancouver Dance Centre Society$109kASTC Science World Society$105kFirehall Theatre Society$100kFull Circle: First Nations Performance Society$100kCoastal Jazz & Blues Society$90kPush Festival Society$87kBard on the Beach Theatre Society$80kBeaumont Studios Artists Society$80kVancouver Folk Music Festival Society$80kMusic On Main Society$76kBC Artscape Society$75kContemporary Art Gallery Society of BC$75kGrunt Gallery-Visible Arts Society$69kVancouver Int’l. Writers Festival Society$65kDuplex Artists' Society$64kWise Social And Athletic Club$63kBill Reid Foundation$63kSt. James Community Square Society$61kUrban Ink Production Society$60kGreen Thumb Theatre$60kVancouver Creative Space Society$60kGallery Gachet Society$59kLittle Mountain Gallery$59kVancouver Academy Of Music$58kVancouver Society For Early Music$57kBoca Del Lupo Theatre Society$52kIndian Summer Arts Society$51kThe 110 Arts Cooperative$50kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$50kNorman Rothstein Theatre$50kVancouver Out On Screen Film and Video Soc$50kVancouver Bach Choir$49kVancouver Intl. Ctr for Contemporary Asian Art$48kWePress Community Arts Space Society$48kVancouver Recital Society$46kWestern Front Society$46kThe Greater Vanc. Alliance for Arts & Culture$45kGreater Vanc. Professional Theatre Alliance$45kPlaywright's Theatre Centre$45kVancouver Asian Film Festival Society$43kPowell Street Festival Society$42kPride In Art Society$40kVancouver Int’l. Fringe Festival$40kScreaming Weenie Productions Society$38kVIVO Media Arts Ctr Satellite Video Exch Soc$38kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$36kCineworks Independent Filmmakers Society$36kDumb Instrument Dance Society$35kElectric Company Theatre Society$35kTheatre La Seizieme$35kTouchstone Theatre Society$35kVancouver Int’l. Dance Festival$35kSophisticated Laughter Society$35kNeworld Theatre$35kAfro Van Connect Society$34kOr Gallery Society$34kAxis Theatre Society$33kVancouver Co-Operative Radio Education Soc$33kTurning Point Ensemble Society$32kCarousel Theatre Society$32kVancouver New Music Society$32kCanadian Music Centre BC Region$32kKickstart Disability Arts and Culture$31kRaven Spirit Dance Society$31kB.C. Chinese Music Association$30kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$30kChildren's Arts Umbrella Association$30kRealwheels Society$30kRumble Productions Society$30kVancouver Moving Theatre$30kVancouver Native Housing Society$30kVocalEye Descriptive Arts Society$30kAsian-Canadian Special Events Association$30kI. E. Artspeak Gallery Society$29kZee Zee Theatre$29kLatincouver Business & Cultural Society$28kDoxa Documentary Film and Video Festival$28kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$28kAeriosa Dance Society$28kVancouver Latin American Cultural Centre Soc$27kAfrican Friendship Society$27kArtstarts In School$27kMiscellaneous Productions Society$27kDancing on the Edge Festival Society$27kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$27kAll My Relations Indigenous Society$25kCo. Erasga Dance Society$25kEdam Performing Arts Society$25kHealth Arts Society$25kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$25kSavage Production Society$25kTheatre Replacement Society$25kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$25kVancouver Asian Canadian Theatre$25kVines Art Festival Society$25kAssociation of Book Publishers of BC$23kCarnegie Community Centre$23kVancouver Chamber Choir$22kStill Moon Arts Society$22kHoly Crow Arts Society$21kBattery Opera Performing Arts Society$21kMusica Intima Society$21kPacific Theatre$21kCapilano Review Contemporary Arts Society$20kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$20kLe Centre Cultural Francophone$20kLive Biennial of Performance Art Society$20kNew Performance Works Society$20kOpen Access Foundation$20kPink Ink Theatre Productions Association$20kRed Gate Arts Society$20kWen Wei Dance Society$20kWest Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society$20kCity Opera Vancouver$19kMusic In The Morning Concert Society$19kWestern Theatre Conspiracy Arts Society$19kKaren Flamenco Dance Society$18kSound of Dragon Society$18kMade in BC - Dance on Tour Society$18kTara Cheyenne Performance Soc$18kVancouver Latin American Film Festival$18kHard Rubber New Music Society$18kKwi Awt Stelmexw (KAS Cultural Society)$18k605 Collective Dance Society$17kBurrard Arts Foundation$17kCaravan World Rhythms Society$17kOut Innerspace Dance Theatre and Film Soc$17kRedshift Music Society$17kVancouver Cantata Society$17kAccess to Media Education Society$16kPacific Association of First Nations' Women$16kPitt Gallery$16kRice and Beans Theatre Society$16kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists BC Chapter$15kComm. Arts Council of Vancouver Festival$15kCraft Council of British Columbia$15kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$15kMascall Dance Society$15kPacific Legal Education and Outreach Society$15kRuby Slippers Productions$15kTheatre Terrific Society$15kUp In The Air Theatre Society$15kVancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society$15kVancouver Poetry House$15kVisceral Visions Society$15kThe Only Animal Theatre Society$14kDiwali Celebration Society$14kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre$14kThe Geist Foundation$14kVancouver Men's Chorus$13kSecret Lantern Society$13kEastside Culture Crawl Society$13kITSAZOO Productions Society$13kMovement Enterprises Society$12kThe Chop Theatre Society$12kFoolish Operations Society$12kJoe Ink Performance Society$12kSome Assembly Arts Society$12kSubterrain Literary Collective Society$12kWestern Canada Community Projects Society$12kVSO School of Music$12kFight With a Stick Hybrid Performance Society$12kBlueridge Chamber Music Society$11kFillip/Projectile Publishing Society$11kVancouver Tagore Society$11kAlley Theatre Association$10kThe Archive Printmaking Studio Society$10kThe Biting School Society$10kCircuswest Performing Arts Society$10kEast Van Arts & Culture Society$10kFederation of Russian Canadians$10kLove Intersections Society$10kNew Forms Media Society$10kNPC3 National Pilipino Canadian$10kRadix Theatre Society$10kThe Toast Collective Arts Society$10kVancouver Jewish Film Festival$10kVantage Point Strategies Society$10kWestern Gold Theatre Society$10kVancouver Tap Dance Society$10kAmexem Reggae Cultural Society$9kCanadian Int’l. Dragon Boat Festival Soc$9kCreate Vancouver Society$9kEartHand Gleaners Society$9kOURO Collective Society$9kOCW Arts & Publishing Foundation$9kVancouver Pride Society$9kAfrican Descent Society BC$8kAphotic Theatre Society$8kKitsilano Neighbourhood House$8kProductions 2PAR4 Society$8kVancouver Choral Arts Society$8kThe Vancouver Chopin Society$8kGreat Lakes Networking Society of BC$8kHope in Shadows Society$8kSad Magazine Publishing Society$8kVetta Chamber Music Society$8kYarilo Contemporary Music Society$7kA Better Life Foundation$7kArts Assembly Society$7kCanadian Latinx Theatre Artist$7kDusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society$7kFrog Hollow Neighbourhood House$7kHighs and Lows Choral Society$7kItalian Day Festival Society$7kOutsiders and Others Art Society$7kVancouver Adapted Music Society$7kVancouver Int’l. Bhangra Celebration Society$7kEthos Lab Educational Society$7kVancouver Comic Arts Association$7kInstruments of Change Society$6kMakeway Charitable Society$6kTaiwanese Canadian Cultural Society$6kVancouver Independent Music Centre Society$6kBC Philharmonic Society$5kCapture Photography Festival Society$5kChinatown Today Society$5kCollingwood Neighbourhood House Society$5kKinesis Dance Society$5kMedusa Theatre Society$5kMENA Film Festival Society$5kMonster Creative Productions$5kMortal Coil Performance Society$5kO.Dela Arts Society$5kSher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society$5kSound the Alarm: Music/Theatre Society$5kStar System Curation Society$5kTime Will Tell Arts Society$5kUnibrow Arts Society$5kVancouver Asian Heritage Month Society$5kVancouver Community Gamelan Society$5kVancouver Hack Space (VHS)$5kVancouver Theatresports League$5kFriends of Chamber Music$5kCentre of Integration for African Immigrants$5kSeagrass Music Society$5kTheatre of Fire Society$5kVancouver Seniors' Singing Club Association$4kErato Ensemble Society$4kFuture Leisure Performance Society$4kGood Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir$4kJewish Community Ctr of Greater Vancouver$4kJewish Museum and Archives Of BC$4kThe Kettle Friendship Society$4kLittle Chamber Music Series That Could Soc$4kLumiere Festival Vancouver Society$4kReel Causes Society$4kVancouver Arts Colloquium Society$4kVancouver Brass Collective Society$4kPosAbilities Association of BC$4kUzumeTaiko Drum Group Society$4kThe James Black Gallery Association$3kKababayang Pilipino of BC$3kSimon Fraser Campus Radiio Society$3kThe Writers' Exchange Society$3kAllegra Chamber Orchestra Society$3kStanding Wave Society$3kVISAFF South Asian Film Festival Society$3kCloudscape Comics Society$2kPhoenix Vocal and Performing Society$2kVancouver Improv Festival Society$2kAfrican Stages Association$2kNahualli Folklore Society$956Vancouver Pro Musica Society$740About these figures
$215,164 in 2021 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.