Thank you to all arts and culture organizations that submitted a 2025 application for Metro Vancouver’s regional cultural project grants program. Our application intake is
now closed. Successful grant projects will be announced in August 2025.
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? Staff hosted a webinar on Thursday, April 3, 2025 to 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 questions.
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.