VancouverWho gets paidGrants · 2024
Cultural grants
In 2024 the City of Vancouver made 290 cultural grants totalling $11.0M; the largest went to Vancouver Art Gallery ($2.1M).
Source: City of Vancouver, Statement of Financial Information 2024.
$11.0M
in grants, 2024
By year, 2011–2025
$11.5M in 2011 · $11.3M in 2025
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Recipients, 2024
Vancouver Art Gallery$2.1MMuseum of Vancouver$766kH R MacMillan Space Centre Society$467kVancouver Maritime Museum$400kVancouver East Cultural Centre$174kArts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society$145kVancouver International Children's$134kMusqueam Indian Band$120kShow 262 more
Tsleil-Waututh Nation - Treaty,$105kKokoro Dance Theatre Society$103kPacific Ballet BC Society$100kASTC Science World Society$95kCoastal Jazz & Blues Society$92kVancouver Dance Centre Society$90kArtstarts In School$89kPush Festival Society$80kContemporary Art Gallery$75kFirehall Theatre Society$75kVancouver International Film Festival$75kOdd Meridian Arts Society$72k221A Artist Run Centre Society$70kVancouver International Writers$65kPowell Street Festival Society$63kUrban Ink Productions$61kBard On The Beach Theatre Society$60kGreen Thumb Theatre$60kVancouver Folk Music Festival Society$60kVines Art Festival Society$60kVancouver Symphony Society$58kGrunt Gallery-Visible Arts Society$58kVancouver Opera Association$55kPTC Playwrights Theatre Centre$53kTheatre Replacement Society$53kVancouver Society For Early Music$52kMusic On Main Society$50kVancouver Out On Screen Film$50kIndian Summer Arts Society$49kWestern Front Society$46kVancouver Asian Canadian Theatre$46kPride In Art Society$44kAll My Relations Indigenous Society$43kI. E. Artspeak Gallery Society$43kMalaspina Printmakers' Society$43kBoca Del Lupo Theatre Society$42kBritish Columbia Alliance for Arts$41kBC Artscape Society$40kBill Reid Foundation$40kSquamish Nation$40kVancouver International Fringe$40kKickstart Disability Arts$40kVIVO Media Arts Centre$38kOr Gallery Society$37kVancouver International Centre$37kOut Innerspace Dance Theatre$36kVancouver Latin American Film$36kElectric Company Theatre Society$35kSavage Production Society$35kTheatre La Seizieme$35kVancouver International Dance Festival$35kVancouver Moving Theatre$35kNeworld Theatre$35kWhat Lab Society of Arts$34kCanadian Music Centre BC Region$34kNorman Rothstein Theatre$33kAxis Theatre Society$33kCarnegie Community Centre$33kVancouver Co-Operative Radio$33kCarousel Theatre Society$32kDoxa Documentary Film and Video Festival$32kGallery Gachet Society$32kScreaming Weenie Productions$32kVancouver New Music Society$32kTouchstone Theatre Society$32kChapel Sound Art Foundation$31kAeriosa Dance Society$31kThe James Black Gallery Association$31kTurning Point Ensemble Society$31kBlack Arts Vancouver Society$30kCompaigni V'Ni Dansi Society$30kGreater Vancouver Professional$30kO.Dela Arts Society$30kPitt Gallery (Unit Pitt Soc. For$30kRealwheels Society$30kRecorded Movement Society$30kRumble Productions Society$30kVancouver Asian Film Festival$30kVocalEye Descriptive Arts Society$30kWePress Community Arts Space Society$30kMiscellaneous Productions Society$29kNew Orchestra Workshop Society$28kVancouver Choral Arts Society$28kNew Performance Works Society$27kPunjabi Market Regeneration Collect$26kKidd Pivot Performing Arts Society$25kBeaumont Studios Artists Society$25kDancing On The Edge Festival$25kDuplex Artists' Society$25kEdam Performing Arts Society$25kHealth Arts Society$25kHogan's Alley Society$25kMortal Coil Performance Society$25kRaven Spirit Dance Society$25kRuby Slippers Productions$25kSunset Terrace Arts Society$25kVancouver Creative Space Society$25kVancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra$25kWestern Theatre Conspiracy$25kCo. Erasga Dance Society$24k605 Collective Dance Society$24kVancouver Access Artists Run Centre$24kRice and Beans Theatre Society$23kVancouver Poetry House$23kAssociation of Book Publishers$23kMusica Intima Society$23kVisceral Visions Society$23kZee Zee Theatre$23kCommunity Arts Council Of Vancouver$22kLe Centre Cultural Francophone$22kMade in BC - Dance on Tour Society$22kAIRS Program Society$21kFestival African Heritage Music and$21kPacific Theatre$21kSolid State Community Society$21kAfrican Friendship Society$20kCapilano Review Contemporary Arts$20kPink Ink Theatre Productions$20kStill Moon Arts Society$20kTheatre Terrific Society$20kVancouver Chamber Choir$20kVancouver International Bhangra$20kVancouver Latin American Cultural$20kVashaan Music Society$20kWen Wei Dance Society$20kChinatown Celebration Society$19kItalian Cultural Centre Society$18kRaven Theatre Performance Society$18kVancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society$18kSnichim Foundation Society$18kCaravan World Rhythms Society$17kDusty Flowerpot Cabaret Society$17kThe Only Animal Theatre Society$17kUp In The Air Theatre Society$17kVancouver Independent Music$17kMusic In The Morning Concert Society$16kKaren Jamieson Dance Society$16kRedshift Music Society$15kVancouver Cantata Society$15kSecret Lantern Society$15kArtemis Musicians' Society$15kCanadian Alliance of Dance Artists$15kCity Opera Vancouver$15kCreative BC$15kDiwali Celebration Society$15kDundarave Print Workshop & Gallery$15kFoolish Operations Society$15kFuture Arts Network Society$15kHard Rubber New Music Society$15kMascall Dance Society$15kRadix Theatre Society$15kSound of Dragon Society$15kTime Will Tell Arts Society$15kThe Chop Theatre Society$14kPublik Secrets Art Society$14kSome Assembly Arts Society$14kCanoe Cultures Society$14kThe Geist Foundation$14kLove Intersections Society$14kNisga'a Ts'amiks Vancouver Society$14kPort Moody Ecological Society$14kVancouver Cantonese Opera$14kEastside Arts Society$13kITSAZOO Productions Society$13kBlackout Art Society$13kAphotic Theatre Society$13kCurrently Arts Society$13kEnable: Arts Society$13kCraft Council Of British Columbia$12kDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Society$12kFuture Leisure Performance Society$12kMENA Film Festival Society$12kStrathcona Spatial Sound Society$12kThe Biting School Society$12kJoe Ink Performance Society$12kFillip/Projectile Publishing$12kHighs and Lows Choral Society$11kGender Equity in Media Society$11kVancouver Street Dance Association$11kVancouver Comic Arts Association$11kAll Bodies Dance Society$10kAmexem Reggae Cultural Society$10kThe Archive Printmaking Studio Society$10kAsian-Canadian Special Events Assoc$10kBlack Block Association$10kBlueridge Chamber Music Society$10kCorporeal Imago Performing Arts Society$10kKCH Collective Society$10kNew Forms Media Society$10kOn Main On The Cutting Edge$10kRed Gate Arts Society$10kUnicorn Support Services Society$10kVancouver Adapted Music Society$10kVancouver Black Film Festival$10kMovement Enterprises Society$10kSubterrain Literary Collective$10kAsian Canadian Writers Workshop Society$9kTerminal City Glass Co-Op$9kVan Vogue Jam Arts Society$9kVancouver Jewish Film Festival$9kAfrican Descent Society BC$9kHoly Crow Arts Society$9kBarking Sphinx Performance Society$8kMakeWay Charitable Society$8kOr Festival Theatre Society$8kVancouver Improv Festival Society$8kVancouver Pride Society$8kVancouver Tap Dance Society$8kVetta Chamber Music Society$8kWestern Gold Theatre Society$8kAsian Environmental Association$8kKathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts$8kLeaky Heaven Performance Society$8kOCW Arts & Publishing Foundation$8kVIVA Alliance Society$8kCollingwood Neighbourhood$7kMUZEWEST CONCERTS SOCIETY$7kVancouver Improvised Arts Society$7kThe Standing Wave Society$7kVancouver Dyke March and Festival$7kThe Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival$7kBritannia Community Centre Society$6kThe Response Dance Society$6kAsian Canadian Studies Society$6kChinese Canadian Museum Society$6kGreat Lakes Networking Society$6kOpera Lirica Society$6kPandora's Collective Outreach$6kReel Causes Society$6kSad Magazine Publishing Society$6kSky Theatre Group Society$6kVancouver Chinatown Foundation$6kLittle Mountain Lion Productions As$6kMedusa Theatre Society$6kGreater Vancouver Society To Bridge$6kYarrow Intergenerational Society$6kDisability Signal Association$5kFade To Black Entertainment Society$5kIndige-Girl Comedy Society$5kInter/Mediate Arts and Education Society$5kOutsiders and Others Art Society$5kPromethean Theatre Society$5kRun N Gun Filmmakers Society$5kStage to Page Performance Society$5kTurkish Canadian Society$5kBecoming-Chimera Arts Society$5kHistoric Joy Kogawa House Society$4kJewish Community Centre$4kSandstone Creative Arts Society$4kTaiwanese Canadian Cultural Society$4kUnited Filipino Canadian$4kUpstart & Crow Literary Arts Society$4kVancouver Cherry Blossom Festival$4kVantage Point Strategies Society$4kFakeKnot Arts Society$3kYarilo Contemporary Music Society$3kPoetry Canada Society$3kLittle Mountain Gallery$3kCentre of Integration for African$3kSMI Film Society$3kThe Writers' Exchange Society$3kHeritage Vancouver Society$2kAbout these figures
$510,000 in 2024 went to recipients whose names could be a person's; they are counted here and not named.