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Richmond, BC · Public foundation

Boston Pizza Foundation

Gifts to qualified donees

C$1.1M
Granted FY2022
221
Grants FY2022
10
Regions reached
C$620k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2022 · 221 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under C$10k215 grants · C$249k
  • C$10k–50k3 grants · C$70k
  • C$50k–250k2 grants · C$194k
  • C$250k+1 grant · C$620k
C$734
Median grant
10
Regions reached
C$411k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIVE DIFFERENTC$620,000
ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATIONC$131,677
WENDAT COMMUNITY PROGRAMSC$62,233
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION OF MANITOBAC$49,999
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE FRASER VALLEYC$10,000
MOVEMENT CENTRE OF MANITOBA INC.C$10,000
IWK HEALTH CENTRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONC$9,041
THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF NORTH ISLANDC$8,415
HEART BEATS CHILDREN'S SOCIETY OF CALGARYC$7,554
HEARTS FOR HEALTHCAREC$6,268
CANADIAN RED CROSSC$5,916
HARVEST MANITOBA INCC$5,898
HOSPITALS OF REGINA FOUNDATION INC.C$5,232
CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISMC$5,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS SOCIETY OF CALGARY AND AREAC$4,922
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

Which regions your grants reach

Ontario
C$3.4M
Quebec
C$2.6M
Manitoba
C$1.3M
British Columbia
C$1.0M
Alberta
C$984k
Saskatchewan
C$107k
Nova Scotia
C$50k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$21k
New Brunswick
C$13k
Yukon
C$12k
Prince Edward Island
C$819
Northwest Territories
C$604

Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.

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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$9.7M · 353 repeat orgsC$1.6M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +34% for the ones you funded once.

353 repeat relationships — 135 still active in FY2022, 218 since wound down; 82 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

353
481

Total granted

C$9.7M
C$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+34%

Still filing today

94%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$79k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
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

  • LD
    LIVE DIFFERENT
    6× · 2017–2022 · C$2.2M · revenue +31% · 29% of their budget
  • KH
    KIDS HELP PHONE
    5× · 2017–2021 · C$1.5M · revenue +177%
  • JD
    JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · C$802k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS OF CANADAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$361k · revenue +34%
  • BF
    BENEFACTION FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$250k · revenue +724%
  • BS
    B.C. SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · C$230k · revenue -10%

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
Mountain Plains Family Service Society of Edmonton

Programs that place children referred by childrens services into foster homes and provide support to both the children and the foster family

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2
Children's Health Foundation

Children's health foundation raises and grants funds to support specialized healthcare research and rehabilitation services and programs for infants children and youth

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3
Threshold Housing Society

The Society continues to provide long-term transitional housing for youth ages 16-25 at risk of becoming homeless. Two housing programs are offered based on the ability of the individual to live independently. A Life Skills component helps…

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4
Canadian Mental Health Association Vernon and District Branch

Mental Health Awareness and Educational programs: Mental Health First Aid SafeTalk Assist and Suicide Awareness courses; therapeutic programs for individuals experiencing mental health issues; subsidized meal programs; job support and life…

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5
Casa Mental Health

CASA Mental Health delivers holistic culturally safe wrap-around mental health services to Albertans aged 3 - 18 and their families. Major programs include Residential and Day Programs that consist of CASA House Preschool Day Programs…

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6
Sunshine Coast Community Services Society

Family Youth & Children's Services programs are family-centered inclusive and promote active participation in supporting pregnant women new moms parents caregivers children and youth. We also provide programs in prevention intervention and…

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7
Children's Aid Foundation of Canada

Programs support 3 priority popuations: families at risk children in care and youth in transition. families at risk receive supports to strength the family unit and address any safety concerns so that fewer children and youth enter into or…

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8
Ottawa Humane Society

The ottawa humane society is a safe haven for homeless animals and a community leader creating learning opportunities and engaging with the community to help pet owners better care for animals. the ohs reaches out to children and youth –…

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9
Central Alberta Humane Society (for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

Operates a shelter for companion animals including: adoption surrender rescue rehabilitation pet therapy humane education emergency boarding low income spay/neuter pet food bank

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10
Hull Services

Hull services is a multi-service organization that offers a range of evidence-based and evidence-informed programs that support children youth adults and families to overcome challenges and build resilience. hull programs and services…

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11
Beam Foundation

BEAM Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to improving the mental health and wellbeing of kids & youth in Calgary Alberta. Our mission is to provide accessible and affordable wellness programs to children and youth who are…

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12
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Victoria Capital Region

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria Capital Region offers 4 different mentoring programs developed in response to identified social issues or challenges impacting local children and families. We have established mentoring support in 14…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camrose Neighbor Aid Center Inc. and the most unlike its peers is ItinÉRance ZÉRo. 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

891 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. 891 of the 916 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)
290
Early backer (in before they grew)
861/891
Grantees still filing
710/891
Grew since you first funded

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetLIVE DIFFERENT — C$2,210,630 over 6y, 29% of budgetKIDS HELP PHONE — C$1,535,697 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetRICK HANSEN FOUDNATION — C$870,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION — C$801,770 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION — C$658,110 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS OF CANADA — C$361,300 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetBENEFACTION FOUNDATION — C$250,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetB.C. SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS FOUNDATION — C$230,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetWENDAT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS — C$196,204 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCANCERCARE MANITOBA FOUNDATION INC. — C$126,421 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCANUCKS FOR KIDS FUND — C$100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION OF MANITOBA — C$99,999 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIWK HEALTH CENTRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — C$58,453 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG FOUNDATION INC. — C$58,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY — C$56,878 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMERRYMOUNT CHILDRENS CENTRE — C$55,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE FRASER VALLEY — C$50,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetBOARD EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 70 — C$41,959 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMOVEMENT CENTRE OF MANITOBA INC. — C$37,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetST. JOHN COUNCIL FOR MANITOBA — C$35,548 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S REHABILITATION FOUNDATION — C$32,603 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetMOVEMENT CENTRE OF MANITOBA INC — C$30,218 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBIG HEARTED MAVERICKS FOUNDATION — C$29,076 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetHEARTS FOR HEALTHCARE — C$26,844 over 5y, 28% of budgetCANCERCARE MANITOBA — C$23,577 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN TIRE JUMPSATRT CHARITIES — C$22,720 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS SOCIETY OF CALGARY AND AREA — C$22,403 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF NORTH ISLAND — C$20,923 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMIRA — C$20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUPPORTED TRAINING AN REHABILITATION IN DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT — C$19,719 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGIVE KIDS A CHANCE CHARITY INC. — C$19,331 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF YUKON — C$19,248 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS CANADA — C$19,240 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCALGARY POLICE FOUNDATION — C$18,751 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDCAN THE CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH ASSOCIATION — C$18,725 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetNOELLE'S GIFT TO CHILDREN — C$18,529 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetTHUNDER BAY CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND — C$16,578 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetBC SPCA — C$16,315 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTURGEON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$15,513 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE LIVES HERE ANIMAL RESCUE SOCIETY — C$15,337 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetFONDATION DU CLUB DE HOCKEY CANADIEN POUR L'ENFANCE — C$15,307 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$15,141 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.23 — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY OWEN SOUND CORPS — C$14,884 over 6y, 27% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ALBERTA ASSOCIATION — C$14,797 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFONDATION DU CEGEP SAINT JEAN SUR RICHELIEU — C$13,747 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION — C$13,738 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — C$12,500 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.

Big Brothers Big Sist…Mealshare Aid Foundat…Alberta Blue Cross He…Food Banks Alberta As…Atco Gas Employees' C…The Western Communiti…Royal Lepage Shelter …Edmonton Oilers Commu…Sasktel Telcare Emplo…Doane Grant Thornton …Ontario Realtors Care…Shoppers Foundation f…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada-Les Grands Freres Grands Soeurs Du CanadaON20.2× affinity32 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada-Les Grands Freres Grands Soeurs Du Canada · Mealshare Aid Foundation · Alberta Blue Cross Hearts of Blue · Food Banks Alberta Association · Atco Gas Employees' Community Service Fund · The Western Communities Foundation · Royal Lepage Shelter Foundation · Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation · Sasktel Telcare Employees Charity Trust · Doane Grant Thornton Foundation · Ontario Realtors Care Foundation · Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health Fondation Pharmaprixpour la Santé des Femmes

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 916 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 2022-12-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2022. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a public foundation under foundations.

Possibly out of date. A more recent return (FY2024) is on record, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this charity itemized its gifts to donees.

Source object 895935898:2022-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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