Each year VPL staff submit projects for funding. The Board of the Friends reviews the requests and make recommendations to Friends members. These recommendations are voted on at the annual general meeting.
Allocation of Funds for 2016:
| Branch/Department | Title | $ Request |
| Carnegie | Digital Literacy Workshop | $1,460.00 |
| Children’s Library (Central Branch) | Children’s Library Middle Years Space | $2,500.00 |
| Children and Teen Services | Materials to promote new website | $1,850.00 |
| Dunbar | Homework tables for Children’s area | $2,163.00 |
| Information Services / Special Collections | Edwards Collection Digitization Project | $4,444.00 |
| Information Services | Tech Café with Cantonese and Mandarin language speaking support | $3,792.00 |
| Kerrisdale | Children’s Space Revitalization | $4,400.00 |
| Kitsilano | Site Furnishings for Patio | $4,100.00 |
| Programming and Learning | Writer in Residence – Funding for 2016 | $9,250.00 |
| Programming and Learning | Writing & Book Camp 2016 | $3,500.00 |
| Southeast Branches | Active Aging, Active Engaging with Seniors | $2,300.00 |
| Southwest Branches | Young at Heart Tech Café Series | $1,729.00 |
| West Point Grey | Teen Reading/Study Space | $4,500.00 |
| VPL Foundation | Programs, services and spaces at VPL | $20,000.00 |
| nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch | Additions to the Digital Art Project | $1,000.00 |
| TOTAL | $67,000.00 | |