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. The 2025 total allocation budget is $300,000.
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Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 12:00 pm: Information session for interested applicants
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Monday, April 28, 2025 at 4:00 pm: Deadline to apply
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May - June: Received applications reviewed by Metro Vancouver staff
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July: Review and adjudication by Metro Vancouver’s Finance Committee; final grant allocations approved by the Metro Vancouver Regional District Board
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August: Communication to all applicants, including dissemination of cheques for successful grants
Information session for interested applicants
Interested in applying for a 2025 regional cultural project grant? Join the online information session on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 12:00 pm until 1:00 pm.
Staff will provide an overview of the application and adjudication process, offer guidance and tips for submitting a stronger application, review common errors seen in the past, and answer your questions.
Register for the session
Grant application
Applying for a grant involves two steps:
- Fill out and submit the online application form
Apply for the cultural grant
- Upon submission of your application form, instructions and your application ID number will be provided for you to also send us support materials:
- Most recent financial statements signed by the appropriate Board executive
- Letter(s) of support – maximum of five; at least one should be from a project collaborator or funding source
Deadline and submission
Complete applications must be received by 4:00 pm on Monday, April 28. Applications will only be considered if all required materials are received and time-stamped in Metro Vancouver’s system before the application deadline.
If you have any questions about the application process or eligibility of your proposed project, email
CulturalGrants@metrovancouver.org or contact Sarah Faucher at 604-456-8828.