The regional cultural project grants support arts and culture organizations with creation, production, dissemination, audience development, research, project staff and/or administrative capacity building. Project grants are awarded to a maximum of $10,000 each.
| 2025 eligibility criteria | 2025 eligibility criteria | <div class="ExternalClassF9AA916E2E3E4ABFBCDD3F72FA17DE80"><p>Grants are intended to support regional arts and culture projects, not ongoing operational/general expenses.<br></p><p>To qualify for a 2025 grant, the applicant must:<br></p><ul><li>promote arts and culture as its primary purpose, (as opposed to an organization whose function or purpose extends beyond an arts and culture mandate);</li><li>produce and present arts and culture on a regular basis within the Metro Vancouver region;</li><li>be a non-profit society registered under the
<em>BC Societies Act</em> or a non-profit community service cooperative registered under the<em> Community Service Co-operatives </em>section of the<em> BC Cooperatives Act</em> for at least two fiscal years; </li><li>demonstrate stability and resiliency, operating with an annual budget exceeding $75,000 and paid staff; </li><li>be requesting funding for a project where programming will be touring or attracting audiences from across multiple Metro Vancouver member jurisdictions;</li><li>provide a letter of support for the project; and</li><li>obtain project funding from diverse sources, whereby:
<ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li>no more than 30% of the total project budget is proposed to come from Metro Vancouver; and</li><li>at least two other sources of project funding have been identified, including one that is confirmed.<br></li></ul></li></ul><p>Project marketing timelines and project delivery must occur between September 1, 2025 and August 31, 2026. Pre-production planning and work may take place before September 2025.<br></p><p>Organizations may only apply for one grant per year.</p><p>Late and incomplete applications will be disqualified. Applications will only be considered if all required materials are received and time-stamped in Metro Vancouver’s system before the application deadline.</p></div> |
| 2025 selection criteria | 2025 selection criteria | <div class="ExternalClassE4E888B7B69F44F0BED780FFB38AA689"><p>The selection of 2025 projects was based on the following assessment criteria. The relative weight given to each criterion is indicated in brackets.</p><p>
<b>Regional Impact (20%)</b></p><ul><li>Significance of the project in serving and attracting audiences from across the Metro Vancouver region </li><li>Significance of the project in its unique offering to the region’s arts and culture </li></ul><p></p><p>
<strong>Merit (50%)</strong></p><ul><li>Merit of the project, based on past excellence and proven ability of the applicant</li><li>Clearly communicated project goals and relevance to arts and culture in the region</li><li>Demonstrated support of the project (i.e. partnerships, collaborations, sponsorships or in-kind support, staff and volunteers, etc.)</li><li>Marketing, promotion and/or outreach plan to encourage regional participation, awareness and engagement</li><li>Project delivery with resilience to reasonably adjust as necessary</li></ul><p>
<strong>Budget Plan (30%)</strong></p><ul><li>Clear and concise budget plan for reasonable use of grant funding</li><li>Other sources of realistic funding support identified and/or in place</li><li>Requested funds are specific to the proposed project, and are not intended for ongoing operational/general funding</li></ul></div> |
| Conditions | Conditions | <div class="ExternalClass36407C842AF54E7B9CF963B88138B749"><p>Grant recipients must adhere to the following:</p><ul><li>Acknowledge the support of Metro Vancouver on all promotional materials related to the funded project.</li><li>Organizations making significant changes to the information provided in their application must discuss such changes with Metro Vancouver staff prior to implementation. </li><li>Grant recipients are required to <a href="/cultural-grants/Documents/regional-cultural-project-grants-reporting-evaluation-2025.pdf" title="2025 Regional Cultural Project Grants - Reporting and Evaluation">complete a follow-up report</a> for Metro Vancouver. Receipt of this report will be a precondition for consideration of the organization’s future grant applications.</li><li>Information provided in this regional cultural project grant application may be subject to disclosure under the BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. <br></li></ul></div> |