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Waterloo, ON · Private foundation

Astley Family Foundation

The foundation was established on december 1 2005 to receive and maintain a fund and to apply all or part of the principal and income there from time to time to charitable organizations that are registered charities under the income tax act.

C$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$250k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k1 grant · C$9k
  • C$10k–50k14 grants · C$361k
  • C$50k–250k13 grants · C$785k
  • C$250k+1 grant · C$250k
C$38,500
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NETWORKC$250,000
HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIPC$120,000
THE WORKING CENTREC$85,000
MUSLIM SOCIAL SERVICESC$70,000
CHILD WITNESS CENTREC$60,000
MARILAC PLACEC$50,000
LUTHERWOODC$50,000
KIDSABILITYC$50,000
SHAD CANADAC$50,000
PORCHLIGHT COUNSELLING AND ADDICTION SERVICESC$50,000
CAPACITY CANADAC$50,000
SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS WR - SVP TEENSC$50,000
CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION GRAND RIVER BRANCHC$50,000
SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT CENTRE OF WATERLOO REGIONC$50,000
ADVENTURE4CHANGEC$38,500
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$6.3M · 41 repeat orgsC$952k to everyone else

41 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
18

Total granted

C$6.3M
C$662k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+41%

Still filing today

93%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$290k 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

  • HO
    HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$670k · revenue +110%
  • WL
    WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY DONOR-ADVISED
    2× · 2017–2022 · C$575k · revenue +22%
  • SA
    SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT CENTRE OF WATERLOO REGION
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$360k · revenue +189%

Funded once

  • GR
    GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · C$250k · revenue +53%
  • SS
    Stratford Shakespearean Festival Endowment Foundation
    one grant, 2018 · C$100k · revenue +18%
  • PM
    PARKWOOD MENNONITE HOME INC
    one grant, 2021 · C$50k · revenue +13%

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
Waterloo - Wellington Autism Services

Providing information on services and supports for individuals and families who have Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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2
Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre Waterloo Wellington

Client centred visiting health and support services to eligible clients of all ages in Waterloo Region and Wellington County. Information and assistance to persons who require placement in a long term facility. Simplified access to…

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3
Heartwood Place

Provide safe affordable and adequate housing to three sites in the region of waterloo

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4
Victim Services of Waterloo Region

Victim services of waterloo region believes every victim has the right to heal from a crime or tragic circumstance. our programs create opportunities foster hope and promote safer and healthier communities.

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5
Family and Children's Services of the Waterloo Region Employ
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6
Leadership Waterloo Region

Leadership waterloo region is an educational program for future leaders in waterloo region. the program is designed to identify and nurture potential leaders to develop a network of people who can work to solve community problems and to…

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7
Social Development Centre Waterloo Region

Provide information and referral of social services Undertake social research Provide support and services for the charitable sector Our primary pillars are Housing & Homelessness Grassroots Infrastructure and Lived Expertise. Our service…

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8
Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region

Emergency shelter services - provide emergency shelter for abused women and children crisis phone counselling - provide over the phone counselling to abused women and children crisis support - provide short term financial suppoer to abused…

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9
Waterloo Community Arts Centre

The centre operates a summer art camp for children every July and August and provides workshops and classes for adults and children throughout the year. The centre organizes art exhibits and performances and provides facilities to other…

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10
Family and Children's Services of the Waterloo Region

The provision of child protection services to the children youth and families of the waterloo region

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11
Waterloo Public Library

We provide all residents of Waterloo Region library services such as: - books magazines A/V materials e-books reference services - children and adult programs computer access - info e-resources

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12
John Howard Society of Waterloo - Wellington

Programs include various youth programs such as youth justice and bullying and prevention programs in schools. adult programs include partner assault response back on track programs and many others which follow the mandate of promoting and…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way Waterloo Region Communities and the most unlike its peers is The Elora Singers. 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

59 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. 59 of the 62 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/59
Grantees still filing
44/59
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$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP — C$670,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetWILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY DONOR-ADVISED — C$575,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetK-W SYMPHONY FOUNDATION INC — C$445,000 over 6y, 50% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT CENTRE OF WATERLOO REGION — C$360,000 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetChild Witness Centre — C$308,000 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetGRAND RIVER HOSPITAL CORPORATION — C$250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMENNOHOMES INC — C$250,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY JUSTICE INITIATIVES — C$233,500 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetRECEPTION HOUSE - WATERLOO REGION INC. — C$225,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetLUTHERWOOD — C$205,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetADVENTURE4CHANGE — C$196,650 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetUNITED WAY WATERLOO REGION COMMUNITIES — C$190,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS WR-SVP TEENS — C$175,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetTHE WORKING CENTRE — C$170,850 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetK-W YMCA Endowment Foundation — C$150,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetWoolwich Counselling Centre — C$140,000 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetLANGS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — C$140,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetMUSLIM SOCIAL SERVICES — C$140,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetKitchener-Waterloo Counselling Services Incorporated — C$133,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCMHA WATERLOO REGION — C$130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAPACITY CANADA — C$100,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetKIDSABILITY — C$100,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetStratford Shakespearean Festival Endowment Foundation — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPORCHLIGHT COUNSELLING AND ADDICTION SERVICES — C$100,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSHAD CANADA — C$100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOSPICE OF WATERLOO REGION — C$80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMARILAC PLACE — C$75,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetKITCHENER WATERLOO AG — C$60,158 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SITERS WATERLOO REGION — C$60,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetPARKWOOD MENNONITE HOME INC — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKEEP YOUR HEAD UP FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetYWCA — C$50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKITCHENER PUBLIC LIBRARY — C$45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRE FOR CHRISTIAN STUDIES CANADA INCORPORATED — C$43,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetSUPPORTIVE HOUSING OF WATERLOO — C$40,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCAMINO WELLBEING & MENTAL HEALTH — C$38,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKW MULTICULTURAL CENTRE — C$38,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOALITION OF MUSLIM WOMEN — C$38,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO-RACIAL EQUITY FUND — C$37,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGrand River Hospital — C$35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOneRoof — C$35,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetWATERLOO REGION DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD — C$34,500 over 1y, 16% of budgetSTRATFORD FESTIVAL — C$33,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKINBRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION RACIAL EQUITY FUND — C$31,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF WATERLOO REGION — C$30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDRAYTON ENTERTAINMENT INC. — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN ONTARIO ABORIGINAL HEALTH ACCESS CENTRE — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION CANADA INC. — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Waterloo Region Commu…United Way Waterloo R…The Lyle Shantz Hallm…The Cowan FoundationCambridge & North Dum…Kitchener-Conestoga R…The Food Bank of Wate…Social Venture Partne…United Way of Kitchen…The May Court Club of…Trinity United ChurchThe Ross and Doris Di…
Waterloo Region Community FoundationON36.2× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Waterloo Region Community Foundation · United Way Waterloo Region Communities · The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation · The Cowan Foundation · Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Foundation · Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund · The Food Bank of Waterloo Region · Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region · United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area · The May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloo · Trinity United Church · The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable 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 62 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 815040548:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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