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The City of Vancouver provides grants to support Vancouver based arts and cultural spaces operated by non-profit cultural societies, co-ops, registered charities, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, and səlilwətaɬ or Urban Indigenous non-profit organizations.
| Key Dates for small, CIG, and Affordable Spaces grants: January 6, 2026: Statement of Intent to Apply (SOI) opens January 13, 2026: Grant Portal opens for applications February 11, 2026: Deadline to submit your organization’s Statement of Intent to Apply form (SOI). March 4, 2026: Full applications due for the Affordable Spaces Grants, Cultural Infrastructure Grants (CIG), and the Small Grants for Cultural Spaces. |
Grant Information:
Affordable Spaces Grants:
Grants up to $40,000 for facility operating costs for local non-profit space operators who provide subsidized affordable space for Vancouver-based artists and/or cultural organizations.
Cultural Infrastructure Grants (CIG):
Matching grants up to $250,000 for capital building-based projects including:
- Space planning and research
- Acquisition (purchase), renovation, or expansion of an arts and cultural facility
Small Grants for Cultural Spaces:
Grants up to $25,000 to provide improved capital building-based funding support for:
- Space planning and research
- Building improvements and accessibility upgrades
- Mentorships between organizations or between organizations and professionals to support planning, knowledge sharing, and capacity building related to cultural space
Eligible applicants for any cultural spaces grant program:
Cultural spaces grant programs may be available to provincially registered, Vancouver-based (within Vancouver city limits) non-profit societies or cooperatives in good standing External website, opens in new tab, and/or federally-registered charitable organizations with a publicly stated culture-first vision, mission, and/or mandate having an independent, active governing body composed of volunteers.
We strongly encourage applications from xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, səlilwətaɬ, and urban Indigenous non-profit organizations
How to Apply:
Applicants must submit a Statement of Intent to Apply form (SOI) to access the full application for Cultural Spaces grants – see grant stream descriptions below.
Please contact the planner below for access to the SOI, which opens January 6, 2026:
Minna Schendlinger | minna.schendlinger@vancouver.ca | 604-873-7211
