VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2023
Cultural grants
In 2023 the City of Vancouver made 302 cultural grants totalling $13.7M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.1M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2023.
$13.7M
in grants, 2023
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
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Recipients, 2023
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.1MVancouver Symphony Society$1.6MMuseum of Vancouver$758kH R MacMillan Space Centre Society$494kVancouver Maritime Museum$400kVancouver Opera Association$355kPacific Ballet BC Society$298kVancouver East Cultural Centre$174kShow 284 more
Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$152kCoastal Jazz & Blues Society$147kVancouver International Children's Festival$134kPush Festival Society$111kASTC Science World Society$105kSquamish Nation$105kFull Circle: First Nations Performance Society$100kVancouver Dance Centre Society$95kAll My Relations Indigenous Society$91kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$90kArtstarts In School$89kVancouver Recital Society$76kVancouver International Writers Festival Society$76kContemporary Art Gallery$75kFirehall Theatre Society$75kVancouver International Film Festival Society$75kGrunt Gallery-Visible Arts Society$74k221A Artist Run Centre Society$68kSeismic Shift Arts Society Women$66kArts Umbrella Association$66kVancouver Out On Screen Film & Video Society$64kNew Performance Works Society$63kVancouver International Dance Festival$62kVancouver Bach Choir$62kVancouver Chamber Choir$62kIndian Summer Arts Society$61kBard On The Beach Theatre Society$60kGreen Thumb Theatre$60kHogan's Alley Society$60kOdd Meridian Arts Society$60kOpen Access Foundation$60kVancouver Folk Music Festival Society$60kMusic On Main Society$59kUrban Ink Productions$55kVines Art Festival Society$55kVancouver Moving Theatre$53kVancouver Society For Early Music$52kPTC Playwrights Theatre Centre$52kVIVO Media Arts Centre$50kPowell Street Festival Society$47kWestern Front Society$46kVancouver Academy Of Music$45kPride In Art Society$45kScreaming Weenie Productions$44kVocalEye Descriptive Arts Society$44kBoca Del Lupo Theatre Society$42kI. 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Artspeak Gallery Society$42kBritish Columbia Alliance for Arts$41kBC Artscape Society$40kBill Reid Foundation$40kVancouver International Fringe Festival$40kFriends of Chamber Music$39kGallery Gachet Society$39kNeworld Theatre$39kVancouver Asian Canadian Theatre$39kVancouver International Centre$37kAsian-Canadian Special Events Association$37kCineworks Independent Filmmakers Society$36kMade in BC - Dance on Tour Society$36kOut Innerspace Dance Theatre$36kElectric Company Theatre Society$35kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$35kSavage Production Society$35kTheatre La Seizieme$35kVancouver New Music Society$34kOr Gallery Society$34kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$34kCanadian Music Centre BC Region$34kFuture Leisure Performance Society$34kLittle Mountain Gallery$33kTurning Point Ensemble Society$33kAxis Theatre Society$33kBeaumont Studios Artists Society$33kVancouver Co-Operative Radio Education Society$33kVancouver Creative Space Society$33kCarousel Theatre Society$32kDoxa Documentary Film and Video Festival$32kVancouver Latin American Cultural Centre Society$32kTouchstone Theatre Society$32kWest Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society$31kRaven Spirit Dance Society$30kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$30kGreater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance$30kNorman Rothstein Theatre$30kO.Dela Arts Society$30kRumble Productions Society$30kTheatre Replacement Society$30kWePress Community Arts Space Society$30kVancouver Asian Film Festival$30kMiscellaneous Productions Society$29kCaravan World Rhythms Society$28kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$28kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$28kCarnegie Community Centre$27kCommunity Arts Council Of Vancouver$27kCapilano Review Contemporary Arts Society$26kPunjabi Market Regeneration Collective Society$26kVancouver Pride Society$26k605 Collective Dance Society$26kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$25kAfrican Descent Society BC$25kAfro Van Connect Society$25kDancing On The Edge Festival Society$25kEdam Performing Arts Society$25kHealth Arts Society$25kKickstart Disability Arts$25kRealwheels Society$25kRecorded Movement Society$25kRed Gate Arts Society$25kRuby Slippers Productions$25kWestern Theatre Conspiracy$25kLatincouver Cultural & Business Society$25kAeriosa Dance Society$24kThe Biting School Society$24kCo. Erasga Dance Society$24kVancouver Choral Arts Society$24kRice and Beans Theatre Society$23kAssociation of Book Publishers$23kMusica Intima Society$23kVisceral Visions Society$23kVancouver Metropolitan Orchestra$23kZee Zee Theatre$23kVancouver Men's Chorus$22kLe Centre Cultural Francophone$22kSound of Dragon Society$22kBattery Opera Performing Arts Society$21kPacific Theatre$21kChapel Sound Art Foundation$20kFuture Arts Network Society$20kPink Ink Theatre Productions$20kTara Cheyenne Performance Society$20kTheatre Terrific Society$20kVancouver Int’l Bhangra Celebration Society$20kVancouver Latin American Film Festival$20kWen Wei Dance Society$20kWestern Gold Theatre Society$20kVSO School of Music$20kVancouver Independent Music Centre Society$19kVancouver Cantata Society$18kWestern Canada Community Projects Society$18kWhat Lab Society of Arts$18kCinevolution Media Arts Society$18kPacific Legal Education and Outreach Society$18kSnichim Foundation Society$18kMusic In The Morning Concert Society$17kNative Hip Hop Society$17kPitt Gallery$17kUp In The Air Theatre Society$17kDuplex Artists' Society$16kHeritage Vancouver Society$16kSome Assembly Arts Society$16kVancouver Muzewest Concerts Society$15kRedshift Music Society$15kAfrican Friendship Society$15kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists$15kCanoe Cultures Society$15kCity Opera Vancouver$15kDiwali Celebration Society$15kFoolish Operations Society$15kHard Rubber New Music Society$15kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$15kLove Intersections Society$15kMascall Dance Society$15kRadix Theatre Society$15kStill Moon Arts Society$15kTime Will Tell Arts Society$15kVancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society$15kVancouver Poetry House$15kVashaan Music Society$15kBlackout Art Society$15kAll Bodies Dance Society$15kSolid State Community Society - Light Work$15kAstrolabe Musik Theatre Society$14kThe Only Animal Theatre Society$14kDance/Novella Arts Society$14kCraft Council Of British Columbia$14kThe Geist Foundation$14kSecret Lantern Society$13kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$13kEastside Arts Society$13kFillip/Projectile Publishing Society$13kITSAZOO Productions Society$13kOURO Collective Society$13kReel Causes Society$13kHighs and Lows Choral Society$13kBlueridge Chamber Music Society$12kThe Chop Theatre Society$12kCollingwood Neighbourhood$12kThe Response Dance Society$12kThe Search Party Theatre Company Society$12kTaiwanese Canadian Cultural Society$12kMovement Dance Productions Society$11kSophisticated Laughter Society$11kVancouver EatArt Foundation$11kMovement Enterprises Society$11kAmexem Reggae Cultural Society$11kFight With a Stick Hybrid Performance Society$11kJoe Ink Performance Society$11kSubterrain Literary Collective$11kInverso Productions Society$11kThe Vancouver Chopin Society$10kChinese Canadian Military$10kNew Forms Media Society$10kNisga'a Ts'amiks Vancouver Society$10kRacial Equity Screen Office$10kSt. James Community Square Society$10kUnicorn Support Services Society$10kVancouver Adapted Music Society$10kVancouver Cantonese Opera$10kVantage Point Strategies Society$10kWomen In Film & Television$10kMexican Dance Vancouver Society$9kVancouver Int’l Burlesque Festival Association$9kAsian Canadian Writers Workshop Society$9kCurrently Arts Society$9kStrathcona Spatial Sound Society$9kVancouver Jewish Film Festival$9kLittle Mountain Lion Productions$9kHoly Crow Arts Society$9kCorporeal Imago Performing Arts Society$8kVancouver Black Film Festival$8kVancouver Comic Arts Association$8kVan Vogue Jam Arts Society$8kDusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society$8kMitch and Murray Productions$8kNe.Sans Opera and Dance Association$8kChinatown Celebration Society$7kThe Downtown Eastside Women's Association$7kVancouver Chinatown Fndn for Cmty Revitalization$7kB.C. Chinese Music Association$7kKinesis Dance Society$7kYarrow Intergenerational Society$7kVancouver Seniors' Singing Club Association$6kYarilo Contemporary Music Society$6kBurrard Arts Foundation$6kHives for Humanity Society$6kThe James Black Gallery Association$6kKitsilano Neighbourhood House$6kSMI Film Society$6kVancouver Asian Heritage Month$6kVancouver Standing Wave Society$6kBlack Block Association$6kKara-Kata Afrobeat Society of Canada$6kNormie Event Society$6kThe Archive Printmaking Studio Society$5kBritannia Community Centre Society$5kFestival African Heritage Music and Dance$5kGreat Lakes Networking Society of BC$5kInter/Mediate Arts and Education Society$5kItalian Day Festival Society$5kJewish Community Centre$5kKathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts$5kThe Kettle Friendship Society$5kLeaky Heaven Performance Society$5kRaven Theatre Performance Society$5kTurkish Canadian Society$5kVan Dyke March And Festival Society$5kVancouver Urban Food Forest Foundation$5kVetta Chamber Music Society$5kThe Writers' Exchange Society$5kVancouver Chinese Singers Society$5kIMAPON$4kMusic BC Industry Association$4kSound the Alarm: Music/Theatre Society$4kUpstart & Crow Literary Arts Society$4kVancouver Chinatown Generations Society$4kVancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society$4kThe Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival$4kVancouver Improv Festival Society$4kVancouver Improvised Arts Society$4kThe Vancouver Tool Library Cooperative$4kVancouver Street Dance Association$3kErato Ensemble Society$3kThe Frank Theatre Company$3kHeroic Opera Society$3kVancouver Tap Dance Society$3kEast Vancouver Community Music$3kSher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society$3kAfrican Stages Association$3kCentre of Integration for African Immigrants$3kLumiere Festival Vancouver Society$3kOutsiders and Others Art Society$3kNahualli Folklore Society$2kVancouver Pro Musica Society$2kAbout these figures
$228,925 in 2023 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.