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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

Allen Family Foundation

The foundation disburses funds to other registered charities

C$268k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k13 grants · C$81k
  • C$10k–50k11 grants · C$188k
C$8,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BELMONT HOUSE FOUNDATIONC$30,000
UPPER CANADA COLLEGEC$25,000
UHN FOUNDATIONC$25,000
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMERC$25,000
CANADA'S NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOLC$20,000
TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC FOUNDATIONC$12,500
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION IN CANADAC$10,000
TORONTO MENDELSSOHN CHOIRC$10,000
WWF CANADAC$10,000
CAMH FOUNDATIONC$10,000
DAILY BREAD FOOD BANKC$10,000
KIDS HELP PHONEC$8,000
THE SHAW FESTIVAL FOUNDATIONC$8,000
THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADAC$8,000
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIOC$7,500
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$2.5M · 39 repeat orgsC$239k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
23

Total granted

C$2.5M
C$189k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+55%

Still filing today

97%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.”

Backed again, and grew

  • DT
    DANCER TRANSITION RESOURCE CENTRE
    4× · 2017–2021 · C$512k · revenue +42% · 42% of their budget
  • TS
    THE STRATFORD FESTIVAL
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$462k · revenue +24%
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$225k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • WC
    Women's College Hospital Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$100k · revenue +132%
  • BC
    Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
    one grant, 2017 · C$50k · revenue -19%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR CANADIAN CITIZENSHIPgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$10k · revenue +104%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matches that aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Toronto Festival of Arts Culture and Creativity

The festival operating under the trade name Luminato presents an annual multi-disciplinary arts festival in Toronto each June. We present both free and ticketed events in theatre classical and contemporary music dance and visual arts by…

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2
The National Ballet of Canada Endowment Foundation

The National Ballet of Canada Endowment Foundation supports the creation promotion presentation education and outreach of Ballet to Canadians through grants to The National Ballet of Canada.

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3
Canada Council for the Arts Conseil Des Arts Du Canada

The Canada Council for the Arts contributes to the vibrancy of a creative and diverse arts and literary scene and supports its presence across Canada and around the world. The Council is Canada’s public arts funder with a mandate to…

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4
Canadian Opera Foundation

Canadian Opera Foundation acquires holds and applies funds to assist in the development of the Canadian Opera Company and any successor organization as determined by the Board of Directors.

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5
Canadian Dance Assembly / L'assemblee Canadienne De La Danse

The Canadian Dance Assembly is a national arts service organization that exists to facilitate the dynamic exchange of information relevant to Canadian professional dace of all forms and aesthetics. We strive to cultivate a strong voice for…

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6
Siminovitch Theatre Foundation

The Siminovitch Prize Foundation celebrates inspires convenes and connects theatre artists on a national stage across disciplines geography and language groups. Its portfolio of programs helps groundbreaking artists thrive creatively and…

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7
Toronto Arts Foundation

Provides finanical support to artists and arts organizations in toronto. offers awards ad commissions recognizing artistic excellence. administers donor-directed funds and special initiatives supporting public engagement artist recognition…

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8
Canadian Association for Theatre Research/Association canadienne de la recherche théâtrale

Promoting scholarly research into theatre and drama through publications and awards; encouraging collection and analysis of canadian theatre materials; maintaining communication network for scholars of theatre and performance; holding and…

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9
National Gallery of Canada Foundation

Assisting the national gallery of canada in the areas of education curatorial research acquisitions and public programs.

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10
Royal Ontario Museum

Opened in 1914 the royal ontario museum showcases art culture and nature from around the world and across the ages. among the top 10 cultural institutions in north america canada's largest and most comprehensive museum is home to a…

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11
Mozart Project

The Mozart Project is a nationally recognized charitable organization inspired by the universality accessibility diversity and beauty of Mozart’s vast repertoire. The Mozart Project operates the Toronto Mozart Players a professional…

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12
The Dance Foundation

The Dance Foundation as the owner of the Scotiabank Dance Centre - Canada's flagship dance facility - is dedicated to ensuring this facility dedicated to dance continues to provide premiere space for dance artists to rehearse create and…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arts Inter-Media Canada/Dance Collection Danse and the most unlike its peers is Peggy Baker Dance Projects. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

02the grantee network

64 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each one resolved to its own CRA returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2024, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 64 of the 68 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/64
Grantees still filing
48/64
Grew since you first funded

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDANCER TRANSITION RESOURCE CENTRE — C$512,000 over 4y, 42% of budgetTHE STRATFORD FESTIVAL — C$461,600 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA — C$225,100 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetChurch of the Redeemer — C$202,400 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetCanada's National Ballet School — C$172,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetToronto General and Western Hospital Foundation — C$161,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBELMONT HOUSE FOUNDATION — C$121,650 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetWomen's College Hospital Foundation — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCANADIAN WOMEN'S STUDIES — C$99,880 over 4y, 18% of budgetTORONTO SUMMER MUSIC FOUNDATION — C$56,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetThe Shaw Festival Foundation — C$56,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetART GALLERY OF ONTARIO — C$52,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBanff Centre for Arts and Creativity — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBook Clubs for Inmates — C$47,210 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetTHE CATHERDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JAMES — C$37,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDANCE COLLECTION DANSE — C$36,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetUPPER CANADA COLLEGE — C$30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA Toronto — C$25,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPEGGY BAKER DANCE PROJECTS — C$25,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CANADIAN CANOE MUSEUM — C$23,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCNIB — C$22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMcGill University — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTORONTO MENDELSSOHN CHOIR — C$15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetST. PAUL'S BLOOR STREET — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TOWNSHIPS PROJECT — C$15,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF ONTARIO — C$14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDAILY BREAD FOOD BANK — C$12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Theatre Centre — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION IN CANADA — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWWF CANADA — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BISHOP STRACHAN SCHOOL — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAMH FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS HELP PHONE — C$8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF ONTARIO — C$7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO — C$7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET BC — C$6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALS SOCIETY OF CANADA — C$6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetQUEEN'S UNIVERSITY — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanadian Women's Foundation — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PRINCESS MARGARET CANCER FOUNDATION (RIDE TO CONQUER ... — C$2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARACHUTE — C$2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMASSEY COLLEGE — C$2,125 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetART OF TIME ENSEMBLE — C$2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARTS ACCESS FUND — C$1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDANCING WITH PARKINSON'S — C$1,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA — C$1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUpper Canada College — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The George Cedric Met…Ontario Arts Foundati…The McLean FoundationHal Jackman FoundationToronto FoundationJackman FoundationLink Charity Canada I…Burgundy Legacy Found…The Jagelber FundBenefAction FoundationThe Fleck Family Foun…The Slaight Family Fo…
The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable FoundationON19.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation · Ontario Arts Foundation/Fondation Des Arts de L'Ontario · The McLean Foundation · Hal Jackman Foundation · Toronto Foundation · Jackman Foundation · Link Charity Canada Inc · Burgundy Legacy Foundation · The Jagelber Fund · BenefAction Foundation · The Fleck Family Foundation · The Slaight Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data — your own annual information return and the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year) — each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010; we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without a BN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-12-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a private foundation under foundations.

Source object 849078738:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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