VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2022
Cultural grants
In 2022 the City of Vancouver made 303 cultural grants totalling $14.8M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.1M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2022.
$14.8M
in grants, 2022
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
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Recipients, 2022
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.1MVancouver Symphony Society$1.6MMuseum of Vancouver$758kH R MacMillan Space Centre Society$519kVancouver Maritime Museum$400kPacific Ballet BC Society$353kVancouver Opera Association$314kCreative BC$300kShow 285 more
Vancouver East Cultural Centre$251kVancouver International Film Festival$180kArts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$167kArtstarts In School$166kVancouver International Children's Festival$134kCoastal Jazz & Blues Society$126kASTC Science World Society$105kFull Circle: First Nations Performance Society$104kGreater Vancouver Professional$104kVancouver Dance Centre Society$100kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$96kAeriosa Dance Society$92kPush Festival Society$90kVancouver Recital Society$85kDumb Instrument Dance Society$83kAll My Relations Indigenous Society$82kFirehall Theatre Society$80kVancouver Folk Music Festival Society$80kVancouver International Dance Festival$79kArts Umbrella Association$78kUrban Ink Productions$75k221A Artist Run Centre Society$75kContemporary Art Gallery Society of BC$75kGrunt Gallery-Visible Arts Society$66kMusqueam Indian Band$65kTsleil-Waututh Nation Treaty, Lands, & Rscs Dept$65kVancouver International Writers Festival Society$65kVancouver Out on Screen Film & Video Society$64kBard On The Beach Theatre Society$60kGreen Thumb Theatre$60kVancouver Chamber Choir$60kAfro Van Connect Society$58kCity Opera Vancouver$56kBritish Columbia Alliance for Arts$55kMusic On Main Society$53kVancouver Society For Early Music$52kSavage Production Society$51kVancouver Bach Choir$51kPowell Street Festival Society$50kRecorded Movement Society$50kRumble Productions Society$50kVancouver Asian Canadian Theatre$50kIndian Summer Arts Society$47kPunjabi Market Regeneration Collective Society$46kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$46kBC Artscape Society$45kMortal Coil Performance Society$45kPride In Art Society$45kPTC Playwrights Theatre Centre$45kVancouver Academy Of Music$44kWestern Front Society$44kNeworld Theatre$44kAsian-Canadian Special Events Association$43kWestern Gold Theatre Society$43kO.Dela Arts Society$43kBoca Del Lupo Theatre Society$42kCanadian Music Centre BC Region$42kScreaming Weenie Productions$41kVancouver New Music Society$41kChapel Sound Art Foundation$40kSquamish Nation$40kVancouver International Fringe Festival$40kTurning Point Ensemble Society$38kRice and Beans Theatre Society$38kBill Reid Foundation$38kVIVO Media Arts Centre$38kVancouver International Ctr for Contemp. Asian Art$37kDoxa Documentary Film and Video Festival$36kKickstart Disability Arts and Culture$36kCineworks Independent Filmakers Society$36kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$36kElectric Company Theatre Society$35kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$35kOut Innerspace Dance Theatre$35kTheatre La Seizieme$35kTouchstone Theatre Society$35kVancouver Moving Theatre$35kVines Art Festival Society$35kLatincouver Business & Cultural Society$35kVancouver Asian Film Festival Society$35kOr Gallery Society$34kMiscellaneous Productions Society$34kAxis Theatre Society$33kThe James Black Gallery Association$33kVancouver Co-Operative Radio$33kVancouver Native Housing Society$33kCarousel Theatre Society$32kGallery Gachet Society$32kFriends of Chamber Music$32kWest Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society$32kLive Biennial of Performance Art Society$30kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$30kNorman Rothstein Theatre$30kTheatre Replacement Society$30kVancouver Choral Arts Society$30kVashaan Music Society$30kVocalEye Descriptive Arts Society$30kWePress Community Arts Space Society$30kSound of Dragon Society$29kI. E. Artspeak Gallery Society$29kCaravan World Rhythms Society$28kDancing On The Edge Festival Society$27kVancouver Creative Space Society$27kCommunity Arts Council Of Vancouver$26kAll Bodies Dance Society$26kMusica Intima Society$26kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$25kAlley Theatre Association$25kCapilano Review Contemporary Arts Society$25kEdam Performing Arts Society$25kHealth Arts Society$25kOpen Access Foundation$25kPacific Legal Education and Outreach Society$25kRadix Theatre Society$25kRaven Spirit Dance Society$25kRealwheels Society$25kRuby Slippers Productions$25kVancouver Latin American Cultural Centre Society$25kCo. Erasga Dance Society$24kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$24kAssociation of Book Publishers of BC$23kVisceral Visions Society$23kDelinquent Theatre$23kWestern Theatre Conspiracy Arts Society$23kZee Zee Theatre$23kMade in BC - Dance on Tour Society$22kNew Performance Works Society$22kTara Cheyenne Performance Society$22kBlackout Art Society$22kAllegra Chamber Orchestra Society$22kSophisticated Laughter Society$21kBattery Opera Performing Arts Society$21kPacific Theatre$21kThe Society of We Are Canadians Too$21kMusic In The Morning Concert Society$21kBlack Arts Vancouver Society$20kCarnegie Community Centre$20kDuplex Artists' Society$20kLe Centre Cultural Francophone$20kPink Ink Theatre Productions$20kTheatre Terrific Society$20kVancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society$20kVancouver Latin American Film Festival$20kWen Wei Dance Society$20k605 Collective Dance Society$19kCircus3 Arts Society$18kDowntown Eastside Women's Centre$18kSome Assembly Arts Society$18kWestern Canada Community Projects Society$18kTaiwanese Canadian Cultural Society$18kBeaumont Studios Artists Society$18kSnichim Foundation Society$18kRedshift Music Society$17kVancouver Comic Arts Association$17kAphotic Theatre Society$17kITSAZOO Productions Society$17kVancouver Cantata Society$17kAfrican Descent Society BC$16kPitt Gallery$16kDiwali Celebration Society$16kAfrican Friendship Society$15kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists BC Chapter$15kCraft Council Of British Columbia$15kFoolish Operations Society$15kHard Rubber New Music Society$15kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$15kMascall Dance Society$15kNormie Event Society$15kRay-Cam Co-Operative Association$15kStill Moon Arts Society$15kUp In The Air Theatre Society$15kVancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society$15kVancouver Independent Music$15kVancouver Poetry House$15kThe Only Animal Theatre Society$14kCanoe Cultures Society$14kGreat Lakes Networking Society of BC$14kVancouver Pride Society$14kWhat Lab Society of Arts$14kVancouver Men's Chorus$14kThe Geist Foundation$14kSecret Lantern Society$13kVancouver Cantonese Opera$13kEastside Arts Society$13kFillip/Projectile Publishing Society$13kOURO Collective Society$13kEthos Lab Educational Society$13kVancouver Area Network Of Drug Users$13kThe Biting School Society$12kThe Chop Theatre Society$12kJoe Ink Performance Society$12kMENA Film Festival Society$12kSubterrain Literary Collective Society$12kVancouver Seniors' Singing Club Association$12kVSO School of Music$12kFight With a Stick Hybrid Performance Society$12kThe Vancouver Chopin Society$11kMovement Enterprises Society$11kFakeKnot Arts Society$11kAmexem Reggae Cultural Society$11kThe Archive Printmaking Studio Society$10kBIDC$10kCurrently Arts Society$10kDundarave Print Workshop & Gallery$10kEartHand Gleaners Society$10kEast Van Arts & Culture Society$10kLove Intersections Society$10kNe.Sans Opera and Dance Association$10kNew Forms Media Society$10kNPC3 National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Centre$10kPersian Culture and Art Institute Association$10kRaven Theatre Performance Society$10kUnicorn Support Services Society$10kVancouver Jewish Film Festival$10kBlueridge Chamber Music Society$10kSolid State Community Society - Light Work$9kOCW Arts & Publishing Foundation$9kVancouver International Burlesque Festival Assoc$9k901 Artists Cooperative$8kDusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society$8kMedusa Theatre Society$8kWomen In Film & Television Vancouver Society$8kChinatown Today Society$8kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$8kHighs and Lows Choral Society$8kMuzewest Concerts Society$8kThe Response Dance Society$8kSeagrass Music Society$8kStrathcona Spatial Sound Society$8kTerminal City Glass Co-Op$8kTime Will Tell Arts Society$8kTomoe Arts Society$8kYarrow Intergenerational Society$8kInstruments of Change Society$7kItalian Day Festival Society$7kKara-Kata Afrobeat Society of Canada$7kReel Causes Society$7kVancouver Adapted Music Society$7kCanadian International Dragon Boat Festival Society$7kMakeway Charitable Society$7kMarpole Museum and Historical Society$6kVancouver Cherry Blossom Festival$6kYarilo Contemporary Music Society$6kB.C. Chinese Music Association$5kThe Black Lab Artist Society$5kCanadian Latinx Theatre Artist$5kCentre of Integration for African Immigrants$5kChinatown Celebration Society$5kCinevolution Media Arts Society$5kEnsemble Theatre Co. Society$5kThe Last Door Recovery Society$5kPosAbilities Association of BC$5kTheatrecorps Art Society$5kVan Dyke March And Festival Society$5kVancouver Asian Heritage Month Society$5kThe Writers' Exchange Society$5kThe Vancouver Writers Fest$5kJewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver$5k"The Haven" Vancouver Transgender Art Society$5kVancouver Improv Festival Society$5kErato Ensemble Society$4kIMAPON$4kLumiere Festival Vancouver Society$4kOn Main On The Cutting Edge Productions Society$4kOutsiders and Others Art Society$4kUzumeTaiko Drum Group Society$4kThe Vancouver Life Drawing Society$4kFolk Star Arts Academy Society$4kCanada International Arts & Music Society$3kSher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society$3kSMI Film Society$3kVancouver Pro Musica Society$3kChinese Canadian Museum Society$3kDance/Novella Arts Society$3kEast Vancouver Community Music School Society$3kVetta Chamber Music Society$3kAfrican Stages Association$2kLamondance Arts Society$2kThe Search Party Theatre Company Society$2kShot of Scotch Dance Society$2kNahualli Folklore Society$2kRed Chamber Cultural Society$2kBorealis String Quartet Society$1kCreate Vancouver Society$1kVancouver Chinatown Generations Society$1kAbout these figures
$337,460 in 2022 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.