Grant Recipients for April - December 2020 Community Recipient Approved Operating Assistance: Arts & Cultural Service Organizations Victoria Arts BC $ 57,000 Vancouver ArtStarts in Schools $ 97,420 Vancouver BC Alliance for Arts + Culture $ 50,000 Victoria BC Museums Association $ 66,420 Nelson BC Touring Council $ 70,000 Vancouver British Columbia Choral Federation $ 24,500 Vancouver CADA/West $ 43,000 Vancouver Canadian Music Centre in BC $ 51,860 Vancouver Conseil culturel et artistique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CCAFCB) $ 20,000 vancouver Craft Council of British Columbia $ 31,500 Courtenay Federation of British Columbia Writers $ 20,000 Vancouver Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance $ 20,000 Vancouver Made in BC - Dance on Tour $ 36,000 Rolla Peace - Liard Regional Arts Council $ 20,000 Vancouver The Dance Centre $ 83,500 Kamloops Theatre BC $ 73,400 Vancouver Vancouver Ballet Society $ 20,000 Nelson West Kootenay Regional Arts Council $ 20,000 Operating Assistance: Arts & Cultural Service Organizations Total $ 804,600 Operating Assistance: Arts Periodicals New Westiminster EVENT $ 20,000 Vancouver PRISM international (UBC) $ 20,000 Vancouver Room Magazine $ 24,000 Vancouver SAD Mag $ 20,000 Vancouver SubTerrain Magazine $ 20,000 Vancouver The Capilano Review $ 21,000 Vancouver The Geist Foundation $ 34,500 Victoria The Malahat Review $ 20,000 Operating Assistance: Arts Periodicals Total $ 179,500 Operating Assistance: Book Publishers Vancouver Anvil Press Publishers Inc. $ 34,227 Vancouver Arsenal Pulp Press $ 45,884 Halfmoon Bay Caitlin Press $ 41,330 Vancouver Greystone Books $ 36,167 Madeira Park Harbour Publishing $ 64,241 Victoria Heritage House Publishing $ 32,212 Vancouver New Star Books $ 22,161 Gibsons Nightwood Editions $ 40,032 Surrey Now Or Never Publishing $ 25,341 Victoria Orca Book Publishers $ 69,716 Victoria RMB | Rocky Mountain Books $ 33,198 Vancouver Ronsdale Press $ 24,801 Vancouver Simply Read Books $ 20,000 Vancouver Talonbooks $ 64,000 Penticton Theytus Books $ 20,817 Surrey TouchWood Editions $ 37,467 Vancouver Tradewind Books $ 22,090 Vancouver UBC Press $ 32,316 Operating Assistance: Book Publishers Total $ 666,000 Operating Assistance: Community Arts Organizations Abbotsford Abbotsford Arts Council $ 15,000 Blind Bay Arts Council for the South Shuswap $ 12,000 Ladysmith Arts Council of Ladysmith and District $ 13,000 New Westminster Arts Council of New Westminster $ 25,000 Surrey Arts Council of Surrey $ 15,000 Vernon Arts Council of the North Okanagan $ 15,000 Denman Island Arts Denman $ 12,000 Revelstoke Arts Revelstoke $ 35,000 Sidney ArtSea Community Arts Council $ 15,000 Bella Coola Bella Coola Valley Arts Council $ 10,500 Smithers Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council $ 22,000 Burnaby Burnaby Arts Council $ 25,000 Campbell River Campbell River Arts Council $ 15,000 Chemainus Chemainus Valley Cultural Arts Society $ 22,000 Chetwynd Chetwynd Community Arts Council $ 10,000 Invermere Columbia Valley Arts Council $ 20,000 Fort St James Community Arts Council of Fort St. James $ 12,000 Vancouver Community Arts Council of Vancouver $ 25,000 Williams Lake Community Arts Council of Williams Lake $ 11,000 Courtenay Comox Valley Arts $ 25,000 Duncan Cowichan Valley Arts Council $ 12,000 Cranbrook Cranbrook and District Arts Council $ 9,960 Creston Creston Valley Arts Council $ 11,000 Sicamous Eagle Valley Arts Council $ 11,000 Enderby Enderby and District Arts Council $ 11,000 Fernie Fernie and District Arts Council $ 20,000 Fort St. John Fort St. John Community Arts Council $ 13,000 Gabriola Island Gabriola Arts Council $ 35,000 Queen Charlotte Haida Gwaii Arts Council $ 22,000 Hope Hope & District Arts Council $ 15,000 Hornby Island Hornby Island Arts Council $ 22,000 Kamloops Kamloops Arts Council $ 15,000 Agassiz Kent-Harrison Arts Council $ 13,500 Golden Kicking Horse Culture $ 35,000 Kimberley Kimberley Arts Council - Centre 64 $ 20,000 Burns Lake Lakes District Arts Council $ 15,000 Langley Langley Arts Council $ 11,000 Vancouver Le Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver $ 35,000 Mackenzie Mackenzie Community Arts Centre $ 7,400 Maple Ridge Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Arts Council/ACT Arts Centre $ 15,000 Nanaimo Mid Island Metis Nation $ 22,000 Mission Mission Arts Council $ 13,000 Nelson Nelson and District Arts Council $ 25,000 Merritt Nicola Valley Arts Council (NVCAC) $ 15,000 North Vancouver North Vancouver Community Arts Council (North Van Arts) $ 35,000 Parksville Oceanside Community Arts Council $ 15,000 Oliver Oliver Community Arts Council $ 17,000 Osoyoos Osoyoos and District Arts Council $ 11,000 Ucluelet Pacific Rim Arts Society (PRAS) $ 25,000 Penticton Penticton & District Community Arts Council $ 13,000 Prince Rupert Prince Rupert Community Arts Council $ 15,000 Princeton Princeton Community Arts Council $ 10,000 Pender Island Ptarmigan Arts $ 25,000 Quesnel Quesnel and District Community Arts Council $ 11,000 Rossland Rossland Council for Arts and Culture $ 19,000 Salt Spring Island Salt Spring Arts Council $ 35,000 Surrey Semiahmoo Arts Society $ 15,000 Salmon Arm Shuswap District Arts Council $ 25,000 Silverton Slocan Lake Arts Council $ 12,000 Sooke Sooke Arts Council $ 7,600 Squamish Squamish Arts Council $ 15,000 Vancouver BC Still Moon Arts Society $ 25,000 Summerland Summerland Community Arts Council $ 12,000 Sechelt Sunshine Coast Arts Council $ 25,000 Prince George The Community Arts Council of Prince George & District $ 35,000 Port Alberni The Community Arts Council of the Alberni Valley $ 15,000 Bowen Island The Hearth $ 35,000 Dawson Creek The South Peace Community Arts Council $ 7,500 Tofino Tofino Arts Council $ 21,024 Esquimalt Township Community Arts Council $ 22,000 Trail Trail and District Arts Council $ 35,000 Vancouver Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre Society $ 22,000 Victoria Victoria Arts Council $ 25,000 Vancouver WePress Community Arts Space Society $ 25,000 Langford West Shore Arts Council $ 21,000 West Vancouver West Vancouver Community Arts Council $ 25,000 Whistler Whistler Arts Council (conducting business as Arts Whistler) $ 15,000 Operating Assistance: Community Arts Organizations Total $ 1,449,484 Operating Assistance: Media Arts Organizations Victoria CineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers $ 25,000 Vancouver Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society $ 36,150 Victoria MediaNet/FLUX media gallery $ 26,000 Burnaby Moving Images Distribution $ 30,000 Vancouver The Cinematheque $ 70,760 Vancouver VIVO Media Arts Centre $ 44,376 Vancouver Western Front $ 67,710 Operating Assistance: Media Arts Organizations Total $ 299,996 Operating Assistance: Professional Arts Training Organizations Victoria Canadian College of Performing Arts $ 20,000 Prince George Prince George Conservatory of Music $ 20,000 Powell River PRISMA $ 23,050 Langley Langley Community Music School $ 27,500 Vancouver Arts Umbrella $ 35,000 Vancouver Vancouver Academy of Music $ 95,000 Victoria Victoria Conservatory of Music $ 105,000 Operating Assistance: Professional Arts Training Organizations Total $ 325,550 Operating Assistance: Professional Arts Festivals Vancouver Capture Photography Festival $ 22,000 Vancouver Coastal Jazz and Blues Society $ 95,000 Harrison Hot Springs Harrison Festival Society $ 28,000 Vancouver Indian Summer Arts Society $ 28,000 Victoria Intrepid Theatre $ 69,000 Vancouver LIVE Biennale of Performance Art Society $ 20,000 Vancouver Out On Screen $ 42,000 Vancouver Powell Street Festival Society $ 30,000 Prince George Prince George Folkfest Society $ 20,000 Vancouver PuSh International Performing Arts Festival $ 115,000 Vancouver Queer Arts Festival / SUM Gallery $ 30,000 Salmon Arm Salmon Arm Folk Music Society $ 29,000 Sechelt Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts $ 36,500 Vancouver The Documentary Media Society $ 32,000 Vancouver Vancouver Folk Music Festival $ 50,000 Vancouver Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society $ 40,000 Vancouver Vancouver International Children's Festival Society $ 115,000 Vancouver Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) $ 25,000 Vancouver Vancouver International Film Festival $ 95,000 Vancouver Vancouver Latin American Film Festival $ 26,000 Vancouver Vancouver Poetry House $ 30,000 Vancouver Vancouver Writers Fest $ 56,500 Victoria Victoria BC Ska & Reggae Society $ 20,000 Victoria Victoria Film Festival $ 22,000 Victoria Victoria Jazz Society $ 29,000 Vancouver Vines Art Festival $ 28,000 Vancouver Women In Film and Television Vancouver (WIFTV) $ 30,000 Operating Assistance: Professional Arts Training Organizations Total $ 1,163,000 Operating Assistance: Professional Dance Organizations Vancouver Ballet BC $ 230,000 Kelowna Ballet Kelowna $ 22,000 Vancouver Battery Opera $ 22,000 Vancouver Co.ERASGA $ 25,000 Vancouver Company 605 $ 22,000 Nanaimo Crimson Coast Dance Society $ 32,000 Victoria Dance Victoria $ 43,000 Vancouver DanceHouse $ 26,000 West Vancouver Dancers of Damelahamid $ 28,000 Vancouver EDAM $ 31,000 Vancouver Flamenco Rosario $ 22,000 Vancouver Joe Ink $ 20,000 Vancouver Karen Jamieson Dance $ 25,000 Vancouver Kidd Pivot $ 55,000 Vancouver Kokoro Dance $ 52,000 Vancouver MascallDance $ 22,000 Vancouver New Works $ 22,000 Vancouver Out Innerspace Dance Theatre $ 22,000 Vancouver plastic orchid factory $ 22,000 Vancouver Raven Spirit Dance $ 28,000 Vancouver Tara Cheyenne Performance $ 22,000 Vancouver V'ni Dansi $ 25,000 Vancouver Wen Wei Dance $ 20,000 Operating Assistance: Professional Dance Organizations Total $ 838,000 Operating Assistance: Professional Music Organizations