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Port Rowan, ON · Charitable organization

Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada

Birds Canada is a leading national charitable organization dedicated to bird conservation.

C$143k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
Regions reached
C$46k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k35 grants · C$70k
  • C$10k–50k2 grants · C$73k
C$1,372
Median grant
7
Regions reached
C$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipientC$46,000
American Ornithological SocietyC$26,732
Nature NBC$8,000
Migration Research Foundation Inc - McGill Bird ObservatoryC$7,387
Norfolk Field NaturalistsC$7,148
ESF College Foundation IncC$5,000
Prince Edward Point Bird ObservatoryC$4,845
Vaseux Lake Bird ObservatoryC$4,545
Ontario StreamsC$4,000
The Georgian Bay Trust FoundationC$3,500
Calgary Bird Banding SocietyC$3,011
Society of Canadian OrnithologistsC$3,000
Ontario Field OrnithologistsC$2,798
Bruce Peninsula Bird ObservatoryC$2,602
Durham Region Field NaturalistsC$2,460
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Where your grant dollars land — at home and around the world.

Your giving at home — 76% of grant dollars (C$421k). The 24% that went abroad (C$133k) is mapped below.

Which regions your grants reach

Ontario
C$225k
British Columbia
C$79k
Quebec
C$47k
Alberta
C$39k
New Brunswick
C$11k
Manitoba
C$9k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$4k
Saskatchewan
C$2k
Nova Scotia
C$234

Beyond home — 24% of all-years giving (C$133k)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
USC$32k · 2 grants
GBC$10k · 1 grant

International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same T3010 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.

03Your 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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$443k · 73 repeat orgsC$111k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +27% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

73 repeat relationships — 30 still active in FY2024, 43 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
34

Total granted

C$443k
C$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+11%

Still filing today

67%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$50k went to new ones.

50%100%’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

  • NF
    NORFOLK FIELD NATURALISTS
    6× · 2019–2024 · C$44k · revenue ×18 · 52% of their budget
  • MR
    MIGRATION RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (MCGILL)
    6× · 2019–2024 · C$38k · revenue +158%
  • OS
    OKANAGAN SIMILKAMEEN CONSERVATION ALLIANCE
    6× · 2019–2024 · C$36k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • SH
    Sanatorium Historique Lac Édouard
    one grant, 2023 · C$24k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · C$21k
  • LF
    LA FABRIQUE DE LA PAROISSE DE SAINT-DAVID
    one grant, 2023 · C$6k · revenue -40%

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

04Your 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
The Langley Field Naturalists Society

Presentations and brochures on nature and environmental subjects citizen science projects - bioinventory studies and bird counts offer public guided walks and nature interpretation

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2
Bird Ecology and Conservation Ontario

1. Research to advance the conservation of songbird species at risk in agricultural landscapes; and 2. Research to improve our understanding of the distribution abundance and productivity of songbird species at risk.

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3
Thunder Bay Field Naturalists Club

1. birding programs- thunder bay cape observatory (tcbo) bluebird recovery program other species at risk 2. conservation / stewardship - nature reserves acqusitions / preservation ontario heritage trust orchard reserve monitoring 3.…

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4
Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada

Birds Canada is a leading national charitable organization dedicated to bird conservation. Every day our thousands of caring donors 100+ passionate staff and 70 000+ outstanding Citizen Science volunteers are taking action to help us…

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5
Ottawa Bird Count
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6
The Pembroke Area Field Naturalists

1. Surveying local bird populations and providing data to Bird Studies Canada. 2. Gathering data for butterfly studies by conducting two annual Butterfly Counts in Renfrew County. 3. Contributing odonata data to the Toronto Entomologists…

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7
Ontario Nature Inc.

1) the federation of ontario naturalists (operating as ontario nature) protects ontario's wild species and wild spaces through conservation education and public engagement. 2) the federation of ontario naturalists (operating as ontario…

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8
Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists

Nature Nova Scotia (also known as the Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists) exists to aid in the communication and cooperation among naturalists natural history societies and other nature-focused groups in Nova Scotia. We profile and…

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9
Island Nature Trust

land acquisition through donation and purchase application of protection to those lands stewardship and management to retain ecological integrity protection and monitoring of species-at-risk nature education and engagement programs…

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10
Kingston Field Naturalists

We own and protect 842 acres of wildlife habitat. we provide natural history programs for adults and children. we conduct scientific studies and monitor wildlife. we maintain and publish wildlife counts and observations.

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11
Squamish Environmental Conservation Society

Discovery Walks: provides guided nature walks at locations in the Squamish Valley suspended since March 2020 because of COVID-19 and now under review. EagleWatch: monitors Bald Eagle population wintering in the Squamish Valley since 1995.…

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12
Ingersoll District Nature Club

The club acts as year-round stewards of the lawson nature reserve owned by ontatio nature. our volunteers maintain trail system safety remove invasive species feed winter birds conduct bird counts and

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Thomas Field Naturalist Club Inc. and the most unlike its peers is La Fabrique De La Paroisse De Saint-David. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the 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 114 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/65
Grantees still filing
42/65
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$10kC$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNORFOLK FIELD NATURALISTS — C$44,138 over 6y, 52% of budgetMIGRATION RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (MCGILL) — C$37,763 over 6y, 11% of budgetOKANAGAN SIMILKAMEEN CONSERVATION ALLIANCE — C$36,267 over 6y, 14% of budgetPRINCE EDWARD POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY — C$30,142 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetONTARIO FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS — C$27,996 over 6y, 10% of budgetCALGARY BIRD BANDING SOCIETY — C$21,912 over 6y, 9.5% of budgetTORONTO AND REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY (TOMMY THOMPSON) — C$20,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRUCE PENINSULA BIRD OBSERVATORY — C$14,326 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetBEAVERHILL LAKE BIRD OBSERVATORY — C$13,217 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetROCKY POINT BIRD OBSERVATION SOCIETY — C$12,128 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMACKENZIE NATURE OBSERVATORY — C$11,945 over 6y, 40% of budgetFATAL LIGHT AWARENESS PROGRAM — C$11,398 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetDurham Region Field Naturalists — C$10,238 over 6y, 44% of budgetDELTA MARSH BIRD OBSERVATORY — C$8,812 over 6y, 100% of budgetNature NB — C$8,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHALIMAND BIRD OBSERVATORY — C$7,266 over 6y, 30% of budgetBC SPACES FOR NATURE SOCIETY — C$7,185 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetLA FABRIQUE DE LA PAROISSE DE SAINT-DAVID — C$6,084 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetOntario Streams — C$4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHICKSON'S WOOD LAND TRUST (THICKSON'S WOOD HERITAGE FDN) — C$3,765 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetTATLAYOKO LAKE BIRD OBSERVATORY — C$3,596 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetThe Georgian Bay Trust Foundation — C$3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR INCORPORATED — C$3,494 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetSociety of Canadian Ornithologists — C$3,119 over 2y, 46% of budgetHamilton Naturalists' Club — C$2,855 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTORONTO ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB — C$2,804 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetWATERLOO REGION NATURE — C$2,572 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetSOUTH PEEL NATURALISTS' CLUB — C$2,077 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetHammond River Angling Association Inc — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATURE LONDON (MCIIWRAITH FIELD NATURALISTS) — C$1,852 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetINNIS POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY — C$1,609 over 4y, 41% of budgetNATURE SASKATCHEWAN (LMBO) — C$1,505 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA — C$1,481 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH OKANAGAN NATURALISTS' CLUB — C$1,402 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetLES AMIS DE LA RÉS NAT ST-FRANCOIS — C$1,326 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOWEN SOUND FIELD NATURALISTS — C$1,249 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetPENINSULA FIELD NATURALISTS' — C$1,236 over 6y, 13% of budgetONTARIO EASTERN BLUEBIRRD SOCIETY — C$714 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetPELEE ISLAND BIRD OBSERVATORY — C$656 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLONG POINT BASIN LAND TRUST — C$638 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST. THOMAS FIELD NATURALIST CLUB INC. — C$592 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBC NATURE — C$510 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetESSEX COUNTY NATURE — C$505 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSaint John Naturalists Club Inc — C$500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWild Bird Care Centre — C$449 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALLAN BROOKS NATURE CENTRE — C$440 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — C$395 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSKOKA FIELD NATURALISTS — C$379 over 4y, 15% 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.

  • Who funds NORFOLK FIELD NATURALISTS ↗
  • Who funds MIGRATION RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (MCGILL) ↗
  • Who funds OKANAGAN SIMILKAMEEN CONSERVATION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds PRINCE EDWARD POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds ONTARIO FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY BIRD BANDING SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds TORONTO AND REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY (TOMMY THOMPSON) ↗
  • Who funds BRUCE PENINSULA BIRD OBSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds BEAVERHILL LAKE BIRD OBSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY POINT BIRD OBSERVATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MACKENZIE NATURE OBSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds FATAL LIGHT AWARENESS PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds Durham Region Field Naturalists ↗
  • Who funds DELTA MARSH BIRD OBSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds Nature NB ↗
  • Who funds HALIMAND BIRD OBSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds BC SPACES FOR NATURE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LA FABRIQUE DE LA PAROISSE DE SAINT-DAVID ↗
  • Who funds Ontario Streams ↗
  • Who funds THICKSON'S WOOD LAND TRUST (THICKSON'S WOOD HERITAGE FDN) ↗
  • Who funds TATLAYOKO LAKE BIRD OBSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds The Georgian Bay Trust Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NATURE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Society of Canadian Ornithologists ↗
  • Who funds Hamilton Naturalists' Club ↗
  • Who funds TORONTO ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB ↗
  • Who funds WATERLOO REGION NATURE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH PEEL NATURALISTS' CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Hammond River Angling Association Inc ↗

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.

Td Friends of the Env…Nature Canada / Canad…The McLean FoundationThe Gosling FoundationFondation Écho /Echo …World Wildlife Fund C…Ontario Land Trust Al…The Schad FoundationThe Sitka FoundationThe Nature Conservanc…Hamilton Naturalists'…Toronto Ornithologica…
Td Friends of the Environment FoundationON17.7× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Td Friends of the Environment Foundation · Nature Canada / Canada Nature · The McLean Foundation · The Gosling Foundation · Fondation Écho /Echo Foundation · World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial Pour la Nature Can Ada · Ontario Land Trust Alliance Inc. · The Schad Foundation · The Sitka Foundation · The Nature Conservancy of Canada/La Societe Canadienne Pour la Conservation de la Nature · Hamilton Naturalists' Club · Toronto Ornithological Club

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 114 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 charitable organization under educational orgs n.e.c..

Source object 119024313:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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