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Barrie, ON · Public foundation

Barrie Community Foundation

Disbursing grants to qualified donees and soliciting new endowment funds were the sole activities during the year

C$416k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$82k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k12 grants · C$36k
  • C$10k–50k5 grants · C$104k
  • C$50k–250k4 grants · C$275k
C$6,465
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GILDAS CLUB SIMCOE-MUSKOKAC$82,000
TALK IS FREE THEATREC$74,050
SEASONS CENTRE FOR GRIEVING CHILDRENC$68,625
LAPANI DRAMATIC THEATRE INC (THEATRE BY THE BAY)C$50,700
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY-HURONIA INC.C$37,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BARRIE & DISTRICTC$18,843
YOUTH HAVENC$18,837
RESSCUE LAKE SIMCOE CFC$16,146
CAMPHILL FOUNDATION CANADAC$13,015
SALVATION ARMY BARRIE BAYSIDE MISSIONC$7,100
YOUTH HAVENC$6,465
ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY SINCOE COUNTYC$6,465
SAMARITAN HOUSE MINISTRIES OF SIMCOE COUNTYC$6,240
WOMENS & CHILDREN'S SHELTER BARRIEC$4,275
BARRIE & DISTRICT CHRISTMAS CHEERC$1,650
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$1.6M · 31 repeat orgsC$636k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +38% since the first grant, against +27% for the ones you funded once.

31 repeat relationships — 17 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
43

Total granted

C$1.6M
C$583k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+27%

Still filing today

97%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$53k 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

  • FO
    Friends of Base Borden Museum & Archives
    7× · 2017–2023 · C$607k · revenue ×15
  • BF
    BARRIE FOOD BANK
    5× · 2020–2024 · C$110k · revenue +114%
  • SC
    SEASONS CENTRE FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$110k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • BC
    BARRIE COLTS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · C$136k · revenue +209% · 99% of their budget
  • ES
    Easter Seals of Ontario
    one grant, 2018 · C$45k · revenue +13%
  • RP
    REDWOOD PARK COMMUNITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · C$35k · revenue +192%

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
Children's Aid Foundation of Simcoe County
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2
Children's Treatment Network of Simcoe York

Children's Treatment Network (CTN) supports children and youth with disabilities and developmental needs in their homes communities and schools. CTN provides programs and services including intake service navigation coordinated service…

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3
Victim Services of Simcoe County

Emotional support practical assistance and referral to persons victimized by crime or tragic circumstances

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4
Barrie Community Health Centre

Health care services to the community

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5
Barrie Memorial Hospital Foundation

The purpose of the foundation is to raise capital to help finance the purchase of medical and other equipement for the barrie memorial hospital

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6
Simcoe County District School Board (Scdsb)

Manage a scholarship and trust fund provides financial awards to eligible and selected students. Provide educational services to the students of Simcoe County and receive donations to enhance their learning opportunities.

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7
Community Reach North Simcoe

Community reach north simcoe is a charitable organization that has been offering transportation programs since 2004. with a history of innovative programming in a variety of areas including transportation. the organization has always…

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8
Brain Injury Services of Simcoe County Inc

The purpose of the organization is to provide community-based support to residents and families of simcoe county and muskoka who are living with the effects of an acquired brain injury.

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9
Barrie Community Foundation

Disbursing grants to qualified donees and soliciting new endowment funds were the sole activities during the year

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10
Down Syndrome Association of Simcoe County

1. provide ongoing support to families with members who have down syndrome. 2. provide therapy programs and bursaries for therapy to individuals with down syndrome. 3. provide financial assistance to attend workshops and provide workshops…

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11
Cancer Care Ontario

Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) is the provincial government agency responsible for driving health system performance improvement for Ontario's cancer and chronic kidney disease health systems. CCO also supports achievement of Ontario's Wait…

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12
Variety - the Children's Charity (Ontario)

Variety-The Children's Charity (Ontario) aims to break down barriers to accessibility for education sport fitness and improve the quality of life for individuals with a disability in Ontario. Areas of focus include specialized programs…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Barrie Native Friendship Centre and the most unlike its peers is Scientists in School. 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

65 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. 65 of the 77 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)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/65
Grantees still filing
49/65
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 budgetFriends of Base Borden Museum & Archives — C$606,682 over 7y, 10% of budgetBARRIE COLTS FOUNDATION — C$135,975 over 1y, 99% of budgetBARRIE FOOD BANK — C$110,050 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetSEASONS CENTRE FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN — C$109,725 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetGILDAS CLUB SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — C$104,200 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetTALK IS FREE THEATRE — C$89,050 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetEASTER SEALS — C$88,182 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetYOUTH HAVEN — C$62,422 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetLAPANI DRAMATIC THEATRE INC (THEATRE BY THE BAY) — C$59,200 over 2y, 15% of budgetDAVID BUSBY STREET CENTRE — C$45,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetEaster Seals of Ontario — C$44,900 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWOMENS & CHILDREN'S SHELTER BARRIE — C$43,725 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetBARRIE & DISTRICT CHRISTMAS CHEER — C$39,350 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY-HURONIA INC. — C$37,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Canada — C$37,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetREDWOOD PARK COMMUNITIES — C$34,913 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY SIMCOE COUNTY — C$32,409 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYMCA SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — C$30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE SIMCOE — C$26,774 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSALVATION ARMY BARRIE BAYSIDE MISSION — C$26,350 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetCAMPHILL FOUNDATION CANADA — C$25,385 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetVimy Foundation — C$25,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BARRIE & DISTRICT — C$22,464 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetGROVE PARK HOME — C$20,025 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROTARY CLUB OF BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST — C$20,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetGREAT GRACE MINISTRIES — C$20,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetRESSCUE LAKE SIMCOE CF — C$16,146 over 1y, 11% of budgetLake Simcoe Conservation Foundation — C$15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCANDLELIGHTERS SIMCOE — C$15,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE MINISTRIES OF SIMCOE COUNTY — C$12,360 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE GILBERT CENTRE FOR SOCIAL & SUPPORT SERVICES — C$12,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetStarlight Children's Foundation — C$11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSmile Zone Foundation — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCanadian Cancer Society — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAY COURT CLUB OF BARRIE — C$10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetCATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES OF SIMCOE COUNTY — C$9,950 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMacLaren Art Gallery — C$8,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRAINBOWS FOR ALL CHILDREN CANADA INC. — C$7,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBARRIE LITERARY COUNCIL — C$7,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCOLLINGWOOD AREA - SPECIAL OLYMPICS ONTARIO — C$6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCanadian Harvard Aircraft Assoication — C$6,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY SIMCOE MUSKOKA — C$6,057 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCAMPHILL COMMUNITIES ONTARIO INC. — C$5,990 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetC.O.P.E — C$5,250 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetEnvironmental Action Barrie — C$5,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetVeteran's Voices Canada — C$4,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBARRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD — C$3,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLOWING HEARTS COMMUNITY GIVE AND GET CENTRE — C$3,500 over 1y, 5.9% 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.

United Way Simcoe Mus…The Albarrie Foundati…The Tonglen FoundationSimcoe County Distric…The Rotary Club of Ba…Innisfil Community Fo…The Legacy for You Fo…The Community Foundat…Honda Canada Foundati…The Barrie Colts Foun…Doane Grant Thornton …Hydro One Employees' …
United Way Simcoe MuskokaON24.5× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way Simcoe Muskoka · The Albarrie Foundation · The Tonglen Foundation · Simcoe County District School Board (Scdsb) · The Rotary Club of Barrie Ontario Canada Inc. · Innisfil Community Foundation · The Legacy for You Foundation · The Community Foundation of Orillia and Area · Honda Canada Foundation · The Barrie Colts Foundation · Doane Grant Thornton Foundation · Hydro One Employees' and Pensioners' Charity Trust Fund

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 77 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 2024-03-31, 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 844126276:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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