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Burlington, ON · Public foundation

Burlington Community Foundation

BURLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (bcf) was established in 1999 by and for the people of burlington.

C$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
120
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 120 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k80 grants · C$229k
  • C$10k–50k35 grants · C$635k
  • C$50k–250k5 grants · C$399k
C$5,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Halton Region ConservationC$100,000
Compassion Society Of HaltonC$100,000
The Central Canadian District of the Christian and MissionaC$85,560
BurlingtonGreen Environmental Association Inc.C$63,463
Restorations Second Stage HomesC$50,206
West Plains United ChurchC$47,771
The Colin B Glassco Charitable FoundationC$32,243
Hamilton Philharmonic OrchestraC$30,000
ArtHouse for Children and YouthC$28,317
City of BurlingtonC$28,287
Central Public SchoolC$25,000
Farley FoundationC$23,707
The Parish Church of St. LukeC$23,000
Halton Women's PlaceC$22,999
Centre for Diverse LearnersC$22,863
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$6.8M · 142 repeat orgsC$645k to everyone else

142 repeat relationships — 93 still active in FY2024, 49 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

142
64

Total granted

C$6.8M
C$320k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+31%

Still filing today

96%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$325k 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

  • BR
    BURLINGTON ROTARY COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$713k · revenue +31%
  • RB
    ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$599k · revenue +10%
  • CS
    Compassion Society Of Halton
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$305k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • DC
    DISTRESS CENTRE HALTONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · C$25k · revenue +33%
  • OS
    ONTARIO SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN (EASTER SEALS)graduated
    one grant, 2021 · C$22k · revenue +32%
  • TP
    THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. LUKE
    one grant, 2022 · C$20k · revenue -11%

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
Hamilton Health Sciences Research Organization

The Institute's purpose is to solicit receive manage and distribute funds in respect of the advancement of health science research and education and the improvement of patient care in support of legislated and strategic priorities of…

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2
Hamilton Community Foundation

Hamilton community foundation drives positive change in hamilton by building and managing endowed and other charitable funds and making strategic and effective grants and loans to charitable organizations and initiatives. we facilitate…

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3
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation ('HHSC') is a family of five hospital sites and five specialized facilities in Hamilton and West Niagara. HHSC operates McMaster Children's Hospital Hamilton General Hospital Juravinski Hospital and…

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4
Uhn Foundation

We raise fund for research education and the enhancement of patient care at Toronto General and Western hospitals as well as Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Michener Institute of Education at UHN. Together with our donors we are…

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5
Junior Achievement of Central Ontario

Here at JA Central Ontario we envision a world in which young people have the skillset and mindset to build thriving communities. We want to make sure all young people are economically empowered with the skills confidence and networks to…

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6
Mental Health Research Canada/Recherche En Sante Mentale Canada

Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) is a national charitable organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Canadians by advancing mental health knowledge. Our vision is to create a Canada with better mental health for all…

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7
The Hospital for Sick Children

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is a health-care community dedicated to improving the health of children. Our mission is to provide the best in family-centred compassionate care to lead in scientific and clinical advancement and…

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8
Canadian Federation of University Women Hamilton

McMaster University Scholarships - $4000 Hamilton Child and Family Supports (formerly CAS) Bursary - $1000 Mohawk College Bursary - $1000 CFUW Charitable Trust - $128

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9
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Foundation

The toronto rehabilitation institute foundation's mission is to raise grant and steward funds to support the mission of the toronto rehabilitation institute (which is part of the university health network) to develop solutions for people…

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10
Sunnybrook Research Institute

Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) is the research arm of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center (SHSC) a teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. The vision of SRI is to invent the future of health care. Our main…

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11
Homewood Research Institute

Homewood research institute (hri) is an independent national charity dedicated to research that transforms mental health and substance use treatment in canada and around the world. we work with some of north america's most influential…

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12
Hamilton Association for Residential & Recreational Redevelopment Programs

HARRRP runs community centres in Hamilton, ON that provide free programs and services to neighborhood residents. They are community hubs where people meet in structured and casual ways to engage in educational, artistic, recreational,…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alzheimer Society Foundation of Brant Haldimand Norfolk Hamilton Halton and the most unlike its peers is Myriad Ensemble. 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

213 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. 213 of the 230 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
207/213
Grantees still filing
148/213
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 budgetBURLINGTON ROTARY COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC — C$712,636 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS — C$598,833 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetJOSEPH BRANT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$451,881 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetCompassion Society Of Halton — C$304,951 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetHAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION — C$213,919 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetST CHRISTOPHER'S ANGLICAN CHURCH — C$189,742 over 8y, 26% of budgetFOOD FOR LIFE CANADA — C$170,410 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBurlington Community Foundation — C$168,801 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON — C$152,140 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetUNITED WAY HALTON & HAMILTON — C$148,252 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetREACH OUT CENTRE FOR KIDS — C$120,885 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetHALTON WOMEN'S PLACE — C$115,737 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBurlingtonGreen Environmental Association Inc. — C$111,629 over 5y, 20% of budgetSymphony on the Bay — C$108,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIVING BURLINGTON — C$106,793 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLEARNING DISABLITIES ASSOCIATION OF HALTON — C$104,784 over 7y, 11% of budgetArtHouse for Children and Youth — C$101,728 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetThe Halton Region Conservation — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COLIN B GLASSCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN — C$97,243 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetBURLINGTON MUSEUMS FOUNDATION — C$92,254 over 4y, 38% of budgetHamilton Philharmonic Orchestra — C$88,449 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetBURLINGTON TEEN TOUR BAND BOOSTERS INC — C$88,396 over 5y, 25% of budgetThe Central Canadian District of the Christian and Missiona — C$85,560 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY HALTON/ MISSISSAUGA — C$80,250 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetYMCA OF HAMILTON/BURLINGTON/BRANTFORD — C$77,054 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRestorations Second Stage Homes — C$75,206 over 2y, 14% of budgetCANADIAN RED CROSS — C$75,122 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHALTON LEARNING FOUNDATION — C$71,416 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES-BURLINGTON — C$67,289 over 8y, 49% of budgetShifra Homes Inc — C$65,484 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetMCMASTER UNIVERSITY — C$64,471 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLiberty for Youth — C$63,500 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetACCLAIM HEALTH — C$58,735 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND — C$57,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ONTARIO LYRIC OPERA (9255451 CANADA ASSOCIATION — C$54,000 over 6y, 33% of budgetHALTON FOOD FOR THOUGHT — C$48,709 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetWest Plains United Church — C$47,771 over 1y, 21% of budgetTHE BRUCE TRAIL CONSERVANCY — C$44,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY — C$43,051 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBROTT MUSIC FESTIVAL — C$42,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL — C$40,008 over 6y, 36% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO — C$37,809 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSAVIS — C$37,799 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTelling Tales — C$34,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetTOTTERING BIPED THEATRE INC. — C$33,434 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetTHE CEDARBROOK SOCIETY (DARING HOME FOR KIDS) — C$33,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWELLINGTON SQUARE UNITED CHURCH — C$33,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetDARE TO BE YOU CHARITY — C$32,000 over 3y, 18% 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 BURLINGTON ROTARY COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds JOSEPH BRANT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Compassion Society Of Halton ↗
  • Who funds HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST CHRISTOPHER'S ANGLICAN CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR LIFE CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Burlington Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY HALTON & HAMILTON ↗
  • Who funds REACH OUT CENTRE FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds HALTON WOMEN'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds BurlingtonGreen Environmental Association Inc. ↗
  • Who funds Symphony on the Bay ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LIVING BURLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING DISABLITIES ASSOCIATION OF HALTON ↗
  • Who funds ArtHouse for Children and Youth ↗
  • Who funds The Halton Region Conservation ↗
  • Who funds THE COLIN B GLASSCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON MUSEUMS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON TEEN TOUR BAND BOOSTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Central Canadian District of the Christian and Missiona ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HALTON/ MISSISSAUGA ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF HAMILTON/BURLINGTON/BRANTFORD ↗
  • Who funds Restorations Second Stage Homes ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN RED CROSS ↗
  • Who funds HALTON LEARNING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES-BURLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds Shifra Homes Inc ↗
  • Who funds MCMASTER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Liberty for Youth ↗
  • Who funds ACCLAIM HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ONTARIO LYRIC OPERA (9255451 CANADA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HALTON FOOD FOR THOUGHT ↗
  • Who funds West Plains United Church ↗
  • Who funds THE BRUCE TRAIL CONSERVANCY ↗

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.

Oakville Community Fo…Hamilton Community Fo…The Rotary Club of Bu…The Rotary Club of Bu…United Way of OakvilleRotary Club of Burlin…United Way Golden Hor…The Chml Children's F…The May Court Club of…The United Way of Mil…JTC Heersink Foundati…Incite Foundation for…
Oakville Community FoundationON38.5× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Oakville Community Foundation · Hamilton Community Foundation · The Rotary Club of Burlington Central Trust Fund · The Rotary Club of Burlington-Lakeshore Trust Fund · United Way of Oakville · Rotary Club of Burlington North Foundation Inc. · United Way Golden Horseshoe · The Chml Children's Fund · The May Court Club of Oakville · The United Way of Milton · JTC Heersink Foundation · Incite Foundation for the Arts

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 230 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 857812739:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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