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Vancouver, BC · Public foundation

Aqueduct Foundation

Aqueduct Foundation is an independent cause-neutral foundation with donor advised legacy and charity funds.

C$114M
Granted FY2024still arriving
2,222
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$10.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 2222 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k1226 grants · C$3.8M
  • C$10k–50k653 grants · C$13M
  • C$50k–250k259 grants · C$26M
  • C$250k+84 grants · C$71M
C$6,227
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$1.1B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The University of British ColumbiaC$9,982,271
Cornell UniversityC$6,409,387
The Water SchoolC$2,925,000
RBJ Schlegel Family FoundationC$2,700,000
VGH & UBC Hospital FoundationC$2,328,915
Governors of St. Francis Xavier UniversityC$2,225,265
BC Cancer FoundationC$1,894,398
Lennox and Addington County General Hospital FoundationC$1,850,000
Concordia University / Universite ConcordiaC$1,530,500
Simon Fraser UniversityC$1,410,500
BC Parks FoundationC$1,290,000
Charitable Gift Funds Canada FoundationC$1,209,117
Campfire CircleC$1,155,220
St. Paul's Foundation of VancouverC$1,134,000
Sinai Health FoundationC$1,133,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
C$509M · 1644 repeat orgsC$88M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

1644 repeat relationships: 1233 still active in FY2024, 411 since wound down; 113 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1644
243

Total granted

C$509M
C$75M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+12%

Still filing today

95%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$14M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new.

Backed again, and grew

  • TW
    The Water School
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$64M · revenue +327% · 91% of their budget
  • VU
    VHG & UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$24M · revenue +12%
  • TU
    The University of British Columbia
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$22M · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • TY
    The Yousef Haj-Ahmad Family Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · C$12M · 97% of their budget
  • K
    KlassFoundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$10M · revenue +287%
  • LJ
    Lloyd & Jay Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · C$7.9M · revenue -99% · 98% of their budget
How this is measured

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

03Its field
02the grantee network

1880 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1880 of the 2,000 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own CRA returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

150
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
495
Early backer (in before they grew)
1847/1880
Grantees still filing
1379/1880
Grew since first funded

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Water School: C$63,635,451 over 8y, 91% of budgetVHG & UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: C$23,706,707 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetThe University of British Columbia: C$21,943,535 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBC CANCER FOUNDATION: C$13,251,953 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetThe Yousef Haj-Ahmad Family Foundation: C$12,290,117 over 1y, 97% of budgetConcordia University: C$10,704,402 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBenefaction Foundation: C$9,945,730 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetLloyd & Jay Foundation: C$7,880,000 over 1y, 98% of budgetTHE TORONTO WALDORF SCHOOL FOUNDATION: C$7,276,566 over 3y, 99% of budgetROYALCOLUMBIANHOSPITALFOUNDATION: C$5,568,118 over 5y, 26% of budgetCharitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation: C$5,534,662 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSimon Fraser University: C$5,194,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetRBJ Schlegel Family Foundation: C$4,925,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF KING'S COLLEGE: C$4,557,687 over 6y, 10% of budgetALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: C$4,349,057 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetThe Hospital for Sick Children Foundation: C$4,229,655 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetHAMNETT P. HILL FAMILY FOUNDATION: C$4,113,033 over 1y, 100% of budgetTheGoverningCouncilOfTheUniversityOfToronto: C$3,832,860 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House Vancouver: C$3,701,951 over 8y, 14% of budgetYMCA of Greater Toronto: C$3,365,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetAnxiety Canada Association: C$3,125,000 over 8y, 79% of budgetL'ARCHE CANADA: C$3,115,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Toronto: C$3,092,866 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetKruyne Family Foundation: C$3,071,399 over 1y, 50% of budgetSTABLE HARVEST FARMS: C$3,052,475 over 2y, 72% of budgetGovernors of St. Francis Xavier University: C$2,958,064 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetThe Salvation Army Alberta & Northern Territories Division: C$2,894,141 over 8y, 82% of budgetBc Parks Foundation: C$2,882,380 over 5y, 10% of budgetToronto General & Western Hospital Foundation: C$2,635,244 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetDoctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans: C$2,539,223 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCanadian Men's Health Foundation: C$2,501,000 over 6y, 27% of budgetBEEDIE LUMINARIES FOUNDATION: C$2,500,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetThe Canadian Red Cross Society - La Société: C$2,475,806 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Nature Conservancy Of Canada / La Societe: C$2,440,737 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Victoria: C$2,421,726 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PRINCESS MARGARET CANCER FOUNDATION: C$2,369,995 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SCOTIAMCLEOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: C$2,272,497 over 3y, 81% of budgetChimp: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada): C$2,263,406 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetThe Quarin Family Foundation: C$2,247,854 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMcMaster University: C$2,246,524 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSt. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver: C$2,140,886 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetAlberta Cancer Foundation: C$2,095,867 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetTHEHEALTHCAREFOUNDATIONOFST.JOHN'SINC.: C$2,020,500 over 2y, 27% of budgetSURREY HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: C$2,011,493 over 2y, 20% of budgetVancityCommunityFoundation: C$2,005,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetCLENCH HOUSE FOUNDATION: C$1,989,511 over 1y, 82% of budgetCampfire Circle: C$1,984,042 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK: C$1,952,728 over 8y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds The Water School ↗
  • Who funds VHG & UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The University of British Columbia ↗
  • Who funds BC CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Yousef Haj-Ahmad Family Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Concordia University ↗
  • Who funds KlassFoundation ↗
  • Who funds Benefaction Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FraserValleyREALTORSCharitableFoundation ↗
  • Who funds Lloyd & Jay Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE TORONTO WALDORF SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROYALCOLUMBIANHOSPITALFOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Simon Fraser University ↗
  • Who funds FondationEdwardPeterGallagheretNicoleLeclerc ↗
  • Who funds RBJ Schlegel Family Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF KING'S COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HAMNETT P. HILL FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TheGoverningCouncilOfTheUniversityOfToronto ↗
  • Who funds Covenant House Vancouver ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Greater Toronto ↗
  • Who funds Anxiety Canada Association ↗
  • Who funds L'ARCHE CANADA ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Toronto ↗
  • Who funds Kruyne Family Foundation ↗
  • Who funds STABLE HARVEST FARMS ↗
  • Who funds Governors of St. Francis Xavier University ↗
  • Who funds The Salvation Army Alberta & Northern Territories Division ↗
  • Who funds Bc Parks Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Sloara Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Men's Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BEEDIE LUMINARIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Canadian Red Cross Society - La Société ↗
  • Who funds The Nature Conservancy Of Canada / La Societe ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The ScotiaMcLeod Char…The Rogan FoundationClench House Foundati…The Shen Family Chari…Viewpoint FoundationJarislowsky Fraser Pa…The Slaight Family Fo…Hal Jackman FoundationThe Douglas Family Fo…Butterfield Family Fo…Nick & Lynn Ross Char…The Gordon and Lorrai…
The ScotiaMcLeod Charitable FoundationON15.6× affinity77 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The ScotiaMcLeod Charitable Foundation · The Rogan Foundation · Clench House Foundation · The Shen Family Charitable Foundation · Viewpoint Foundation · Jarislowsky Fraser Partners Foundation / Fondation des associés de Jarislowsky Fraser · The Slaight Family Foundation · Hal Jackman Foundation · The Douglas Family Foundation · Butterfield Family Foundation · Nick & Lynn Ross Charitable Foundation · The Gordon and Lorraine Gibson Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data, the funder’s own annual information return, and from the multi-year returns of the 2000 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010, read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the 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 public foundation under foundations.

Source object 866087034:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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