Funding Round-Up: Upcoming City of Vancouver Grant Opportunities

Below is a round-up of upcoming City of Vancouver funding opportunities and their deadlines. Click on each respective grant for more information.

Theatre Rental Grants
The Theatre Rental Grant (TRG) program offers financial assistance to arts and cultural organizations to use and produce a cultural event in well-equipped venues.
Application status: Now available
Deadline: November 1, 2017

Public Art Community Grants
The City of Vancouver provides grants up to $20,000 to support small-scale public art projects produced by Vancouver-based organizations working with practicing artists and communities.
Application status: Now available
Deadline: November 8, 2017

Cultural Project Grants
Cash grants available to support professional non-profit arts organizations with creating, presenting, or producing a one-time creative project or a time-limited series or season of artistic events for the public in Vancouver.
Application status: October 23, 2017
Deadline: December 6, 2017

Cultural Operating and Annual Assistance Grants
Cultural Operating and Annual Assistance Grants are cash grants to support professional established non-profit arts and cultural organizations with annual programs and services and operations.
Application status: October 23, 2017
Deadline: December 6, 2017

Activation of Underutilized Vancouver Civic Theatres Spaces Grants
In-kind grants to support non-profit arts and cultural organizations as well as local community groups with a social, cultural, artistic, health and wellness or food sustainability mandate.
Application status: November 1, 2017
Deadline: Ongoing, until 100% of resources are allocated

Community Arts Grants
Cash grants or in-kind support to help cover the costs of planning or producing a community-engaged art project, community celebration/festival, temporary public art project or parade.
Application status: Mid-January 2018
Deadline: March 7, 2018

Cultural Infrastructure Grants
Cash grants to help arts and cultural non-profit organizations plan for, buy, build, renovate, or expand a cultural space.
Application status: Closed
Deadline: Spring 2018