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C$775M
Granted FY2024still arriving
35,982
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
Regions reached
C$7.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 35982 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k24649 grants · C$46M
  • C$10k–50k7863 grants · C$195M
  • C$50k–250k3076 grants · C$302M
  • C$250k+394 grants · C$233M
C$2,399
Median grant
14
Regions reached
C$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALGARY INTER - FAITH FOOD BANK SOCIETYC$7,083,516
CALGARY INTER - FAITH FOOD BANK SOCIETYC$7,083,516
Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom CanadiC$4,957,966
Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom CanadiC$4,957,966
EDMONTON GLEANERS ASSOCIATIONC$4,268,761
EDMONTON GLEANERS ASSOCIATIONC$4,268,761
CANADA-UKRAINE FOUNDATIONC$3,442,423
CANADA-UKRAINE FOUNDATIONC$3,442,423
THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DE LA CC$3,224,402
THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DE LA CC$3,224,402
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CANADA MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES CANAC$2,617,038
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CANADA MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES CANAC$2,617,038
FEED NOVA SCOTIA SOCIETYC$2,614,068
FEED NOVA SCOTIA SOCIETYC$2,614,068
FOOD BANKS BRITISH COLUMBIAC$2,593,162
02The need
02

Where the grant dollars land

At home and around the world.

Which regions its grants reach

Ontario
C$1.5B
British Columbia
C$417M
Alberta
C$363M
Quebec
C$169M
Manitoba
C$103M
Nova Scotia
C$79M
Saskatchewan
C$48M
New Brunswick
C$38M
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$19M
Prince Edward Island
C$10M
Northwest Territories
C$6.4M
Yukon
C$5.7M
Nunavut
C$1.5M
How this is measured
Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
C$1.8B · 1995 repeat orgsC$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against -95% for those funded once.

1995 repeat relationships: 1975 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1995
4

Total granted

C$1.8B
C$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
-95%

Still filing today

99%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$888k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new.

Backed again, and grew

  • CI
    CALGARY INTER - FAITH FOOD BANK SOCIETY
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$41M · revenue +80%
  • CF
    CANADA-UKRAINE FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$32M · revenue ×11 · 56% of their budget
  • EG
    EDMONTON GLEANERS ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$27M · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • AA
    AIRDRIE AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · C$644k
  • KI
    KUWASHA INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY
    one grant, 2019 · C$470k
  • TJ
    The Joseph & Antoinette Sorbara Charitable Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · C$415k · revenue -95%
How this is measured

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

04Its field
03the grantee network

1989 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1989 of the 2,000 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own CRA returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

661
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
951
Early backer (in before they grew)
1976/1989
Grantees still filing
1679/1989
Grew since first funded

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCALGARY INTER - FAITH FOOD BANK SOCIETY: C$40,674,490 over 7y, 21% of budgetCANADA-UKRAINE FOUNDATION: C$31,592,059 over 8y, 56% of budgetEDMONTON GLEANERS ASSOCIATION: C$26,637,211 over 8y, 16% of budgetTHE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DE LA: C$23,752,784 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetFEED NOVA SCOTIA SOCIETY: C$16,386,301 over 8y, 23% of budgetDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CANADA MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES CANA: C$15,184,267 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY BRITISH COLUMBIA DIVISION: C$13,642,816 over 8y, 92% of budgetCanadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadi: C$11,618,576 over 7y, 55% of budgetSIM CANADA: C$11,092,976 over 8y, 25% of budgetMASJID-E FAROOQ-E AZAM MISSISSAUGA: C$9,152,660 over 8y, 57% of budgetFOOD BANKS BRITISH COLUMBIA: C$8,564,674 over 8y, 33% of budgetLONDON AND AREA FOOD BANK INC: C$8,194,175 over 7y, 21% of budgetTORONTO YOUTH FOR CHRIST: C$8,161,838 over 8y, 40% of budgetNEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH CANADA: C$8,110,872 over 8y, 13% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE IN CANADA: C$6,877,710 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetOVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP: C$6,537,029 over 8y, 30% of budgetARCHWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY: C$6,420,537 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetTHE ROMAN CATHOLIC EPISCOPAL CORPORATION OF THE DIOCESE OF H: C$6,361,399 over 8y, 58% of budgetYOUTH WITH A MISSION (BC) SOCIETY: C$6,118,326 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetToronto Foundation: C$6,051,180 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetGREATER HAMILTON FOOD SHARE: C$6,023,459 over 7y, 11% of budgetLIFEWATER CANADA: C$5,943,854 over 7y, 70% of budgetDAILY BREAD FOOD BANK: C$5,905,775 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetY.E.S.S.: YOUTH EMERGENCY SHELTER SOCIETY OF EDMONTON: C$5,880,498 over 8y, 27% of budgetCANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY - SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER: C$5,326,278 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFOODSHARE TORONTO: C$5,269,664 over 8y, 15% of budgetDAVID MCANTONY GIBSON FOUNDATION: C$5,225,226 over 8y, 16% of budgetINDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS SOCIETY: C$4,959,341 over 5y, 17% of budgetOEUVRES ET MISSIONS DON BOSCO / DON BOSCO MISSIONS OFFICE: C$4,782,768 over 8y, 58% of budgetCANADIAN UNICEF COMMITTEE - COMITE UNICEF CANADA: C$4,780,623 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTO: C$4,762,321 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetST CLEMENT'S PARISH/LA PAROISSE ST-CLEMENT: C$4,729,774 over 8y, 97% of budgetTHE NOVA SCOTIA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY: C$4,646,049 over 8y, 14% of budgetHOPE MISSION: C$4,581,355 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetSouls Harbour Rescue Mission: C$4,556,859 over 8y, 22% of budgetHarvest Manitoba Inc.: C$4,317,763 over 8y, 35% of budgetFRED VICTOR CENTRE: C$4,302,314 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetCharities Aid Foundation Canada: C$4,275,792 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetNATIONAL CATHOLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL: C$4,201,317 over 8y, 32% of budgetPARTNERS IN MISSION FOOD BANK: C$4,160,828 over 8y, 26% of budgetST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH: C$3,906,089 over 8y, 83% of budgetHEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA / FONDATION: C$3,880,114 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE SOCIETY: C$3,715,126 over 7y, 45% of budgetLAKESHORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTRE INC.: C$3,628,777 over 8y, 67% of budgetNORTHERN LIGHTS WILDLIFE SOCIETY: C$3,620,125 over 8y, 76% of budgetTHE INCORPORATED SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE OF OTTAWA: C$3,569,490 over 8y, 81% of budgetOttawa Community Foundation / Fondation Communautaire d': C$3,532,990 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetArabian Muslim Association: C$3,359,712 over 8y, 14% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CALGARY INTER - FAITH FOOD BANK SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CANADA-UKRAINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EDMONTON GLEANERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DE LA ↗
  • Who funds FEED NOVA SCOTIA SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CANADA MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES CANA ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY BRITISH COLUMBIA DIVISION ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadi ↗
  • Who funds SIM CANADA ↗
  • Who funds MASJID-E FAROOQ-E AZAM MISSISSAUGA ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANKS BRITISH COLUMBIA ↗
  • Who funds LONDON AND AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds TORONTO YOUTH FOR CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH CANADA ↗
  • Who funds THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE IN CANADA ↗
  • Who funds OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP ↗
  • Who funds ARCHWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE ROMAN CATHOLIC EPISCOPAL CORPORATION OF THE DIOCESE OF H ↗
  • Who funds Shelter Canada ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH WITH A MISSION (BC) SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Toronto Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GREATER HAMILTON FOOD SHARE ↗
  • Who funds LIFEWATER CANADA ↗
  • Who funds DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Y.E.S.S.: YOUTH EMERGENCY SHELTER SOCIETY OF EDMONTON ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY - SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER ↗
  • Who funds FOODSHARE TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds DAVID MCANTONY GIBSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds OEUVRES ET MISSIONS DON BOSCO / DON BOSCO MISSIONS OFFICE ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN UNICEF COMMITTEE - COMITE UNICEF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds ST CLEMENT'S PARISH/LA PAROISSE ST-CLEMENT ↗
  • Who funds THE NOVA SCOTIA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY ↗
  • Who funds HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Souls Harbour Rescue Mission ↗
  • Who funds Harvest Manitoba Inc. ↗
  • Who funds FRED VICTOR CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds Charities Aid Foundation Canada ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Glammis Baptist ChurchKapasi International …Victory Christian Chu…Youth for Christ Como…Emergency Medical Ser…The Miracle Channel A…LOVE: Leave Out Viole…Mountain Bible ChapelColleen Findlay Found…The Catholic Parish o…Kings Presbyterian Ch…The Steven Young Trust
Glammis Baptist ChurchON2.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Glammis Baptist Church · Kapasi International Relief and Education Assistance (K.I.R.E.A.) · Victory Christian Church (Fort St James) Society · Youth for Christ Comox Valley · Emergency Medical Services (Ems) Foundation · The Miracle Channel Association · LOVE: Leave Out Violence/LOVE: Vivre Sans Violence · Mountain Bible Chapel · Colleen Findlay Foundation · The Catholic Parish of Holy Family · Kings Presbyterian Church · The Steven Young Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data, the funder’s own annual information return, and from the multi-year returns of the 2000 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010, read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-06-30, 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 896568417:2024-06-30 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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