COVID-19 Cultural Impact Critical Assistance grants
The COVID-19 Cultural Impact Critical Assistance grants provided $2.05 million in critical support to 103 arts and culture organizations that have been impacted by COVID-19 comprising one-time funding, and in-kind access to Vancouver Civic Theatres facilities, to support their restart planning and equity initiatives.
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A vibrant arts and cultural scene is important to any truly livable city.
The City's Cultural Grants Program supports a wide range of arts and cultural activity in Vancouver.
Is your non-profit arts or cultural organization:
- Producing or presenting ongoing arts and cultural activities in Vancouver?
- Planning a cultural project or event?
You may be eligible for funding through the following Cultural Grant streams:
- Project Grants
- Annual Assistance Grants
- Operating Grants
Learn about funding, eligibility, terms and conditions, evaluation criteria, and process for each grant stream, below.
Applicants who are deaf or live with a disability and need support to complete their grant applications may access support to cover the costs of assistance from service providers. Please contact our program staff lead for more information.
What's happening
On September 11, 2019, Vancouver City Council unanimously approved Culture|Shift: Blanketing the City in Arts and Culture Vancouver Culture Plan 2020-2029.
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Project Grants
Is your non-profit arts or cultural organization researching, developing, creating, sharing or presenting a one-time creative project or a time-limited series or season of artistic events?
Project grants support projects and events in any artistic discipline - Indigenous arts and culture, dance, interdisciplinary arts, literary arts, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, music, theatre, visual arts, and heritage.
Projects supported through this program:
- Share stories of the distinct place and diverse cultures and peoples of Vancouver and these unceded lands
- Support heritage or services to the arts and culture sector
- Align with key directions of Culture|Shift, the City’s new Culture plan
Information icon Intake opens January 2021
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Annual Assistance Grants
Is your professional organization in a growth phase of development with a mission to:
- Create, produce, present, and share artistic work in any discipline?
- Provide professional services or space that benefits the arts sector?
Artistic disciplines can include Indigenous arts, community arts, dance, interdisciplinary arts, literary arts, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, music, theatre, and visual arts.
Annual Assistance Grants can offer consistent and reliable support to your organization to:
- Deliver artistic programs or services
- Strengthen organizational infrastructure to support the healthy growth of your organization
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Operating Grants
Is your professional organization in a mature phase of development with a mission to:
- Create, produce, present, and share artistic work in any discipline?
- Provide professional services or space that benefits the arts sector?
Artistic disciplines can include Indigenous arts, community arts, dance, interdisciplinary arts, literary arts, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, music, theatre, and visual arts.
Operating Grants can offer consistent, reliable support to your organization to create and run programs and services that sustain a dynamic arts community.
Grant recipients
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Contact Cultural Services
Location address
Cultural Services
Woodward's Heritage Building
501 - 111 West Hastings St
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4
Mailing address
Cultural Services
453 West 12th Ave
Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4