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Langley, BC · Private foundation

Centra Cares Foundation

We give funding to local charities

C$300k
Granted FY2024still arriving
85
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
Regions reached
C$105k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 85 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k77 grants · C$114k
  • C$10k–50k7 grants · C$81k
  • C$50k–250k1 grant · C$105k
C$500
Median grant
4
Regions reached
C$637k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE BC AND YUKONC$105,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES ALBERTAC$20,000
CANUCK'S AUTISM NETWORKC$10,500
BASICALLY BABIESC$10,000
LANGLEY COMMUNITY HEALTHC$10,000
MAMAS FOR MAMASC$10,000
SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT CENTRE (SALAL SVSC)C$10,000
VANCOUVER ISLAND MENTALC$10,000
FAITH & LOVE CHILDREN'S MINISTRYC$7,540
LANGLEY SENIOR RESOURCE SOCIETYC$7,500
STARS AIR AMBULANCEC$7,500
CANUCK PLACE CHILDREN S HOSPICEC$5,000
NIGHTSHIFT STREET MINISTRIESC$5,000
CANADIAN RED CROSSC$5,000
TOUR DE CUREC$5,000
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$707k · 49 repeat orgsC$423k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +65% since the first grant, against +45% for the ones you funded once.

49 repeat relationships — 25 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 59 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
102

Total granted

C$707k
C$233k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+45%

Still filing today

100%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$190k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’22’24
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

  • CP
    CANUCK PLACE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE
    3× · 2018–2024 · C$187k · revenue +75%
  • TE
    THE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF CANADA
    4× · 2017–2022 · C$33k · revenue +26%
  • LS
    LANGLEY SENIOR RESOURCE SOCIETY
    2× · 2020–2024 · C$33k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • MF
    Make-A-Wish Foundation of BC and Yukon
    one grant, 2017 · C$46k
  • ES
    EASTER SEALS BC/YUKON
    one grant, 2022 · C$15k · revenue -2%
  • TB
    THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$12k · revenue +112%

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
British Columbia Humane Society

BC Humane Society is involved with animal welfare at many levels across the province. From heroic acts of rescue to conducting spay and neuter clinics in remote communities to ongoing fundraising events we step up for animals in every…

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2
British Columbia Mental Health Society Branch

The British Columbia Mental Health Society Branch (BCMHS) provides a diverse range of provincial specialized one-of-a-kind services for adults across the province; as well as provincial leadership for system-wide planning, research and…

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3
Homelessness Services Association of Bc

The society provides support to and enhance the capacity of organizations in bc that serve the homeless and those at risk of homelessness. the society provides training to front line shelter workers throughout the province. there are…

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4
Big Sisters of B.C. Lower Mainland

Since 1960 Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland has been committed to enhancing the confidence self-esteem and well-being of girls through supportive friendships with caring women through three core programs: • Big and Little Sister Program:…

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5
United Way British Columbia

Ongoing Programs United Way British Columbia delivers programs resources and supports to people in need across our province. We support healthy caring and inclusive communities by strengthening vital connections to help ensure the health…

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6
Streetohome Foundation

Streetohome Foundation is changing lives and building better futures by working with the private sector to broker and leverage new funding innovative ideas and opportunities for collaboration between public and non-profit sectors to…

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7
Variety - the Children's Charity of Bc

Programs undertaken to deliver life-saving and life-enhancing grants for equipment therapy and services to children in BC who have special needs along with their families and supporting organizations. Variety funds renovations equipment…

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8
Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society

The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide healthy food to those in need. The Society provides food support to approximately 16 000 children adults and seniors monthly through its…

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9
Victoria Humane Society

The Victoria Humane Society is involved with animal welfare at many levels in the Victoria region and across the province. From heroic acts of rescue to conducting spay and neuter clinics in remote communities to ongoing fundraising events…

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10
British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch

Providing cancer control programs for British Columbia including prevention, screening and early detection, treatments (i.e. curative, supportive care and palliative care), follow up and survivorship, innovation/research and education…

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11
Farmfolk/Cityfolk Society

FarmFolk CityFolk is British Columbia’s oldest and largest food and agriculture charity. We have been passionately committed to strengthening sustainable food systems where people and the planet thrive since 1993. We take a…

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12
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Society Branch

The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) provides provincial and national leadership in public health through surveillance, detection, treatment, prevention and consultation services. The Centre investigates and evaluates the occurrence…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canadian Mental Health Association Vancouver-Fraser Branch and the most unlike its peers is Abreast in a Boat Society. 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

203 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. 203 of the 210 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)
59
Early backer (in before they grew)
201/203
Grantees still filing
120/203
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$10kC$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCANUCK PLACE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE — C$186,804 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE BC AND YUKON — C$105,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFaith and Love Children's Ministry — C$90,506 over 5y, 30% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of BC and Yukon — C$46,480 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF CANADA — C$33,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLANGLEY SENIOR RESOURCE SOCIETY — C$32,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT CENTRE (SALAL SVSC) — C$32,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLANGLEY HOSPICE SOCIETY — C$27,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES ALBERTA — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLANGLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH — C$19,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSurrey Food Bank Society — C$17,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMAMAS FOR MAMAS — C$15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS BC/YUKON — C$14,904 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetTOUR DE CURE — C$14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN RED CROSS — C$14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLangley Food Bank Society — C$13,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCENTRAL OKANAGAN COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — C$12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES FOOD BANK — C$12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MUSTARD SEED — C$12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCANUCK'S AUTISM NETWORK — C$12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS SOCIETY — C$12,423 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNIGHTSHIFT STREET MINISTRIES — C$11,300 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLifewater Canada — C$11,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Services of Greater Vancouver — C$10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOPSITAL FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChurch in the Valley — C$10,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetVANCOUVER ISLAND MENTAL — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSurrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBASICALLY BABIES — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSalvation Army Gateway of Hope — C$9,335 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetHANDS IN SERVICE — C$8,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetThe Samaritan's Purse Canada — C$7,835 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTARS AIR AMBULANCE — C$7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER VANCOUVER FOUNDATION — C$7,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCLOVERDALE SENIOR CITIZENS HOUSING SOCIETY — C$7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHope Haven Canada Ministries — C$7,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE CASCADA SOCIETY FOR — C$7,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE VANCOUVER — C$7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetABREAST IN A BOAT SOCIETY — C$7,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetACTS OF KINDNESS SOCIETY — C$6,406 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSCHOOL DISTRICT NO 36 — C$6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLooking Glass Foundation — C$6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HOME DEPOT CANADA FOUNDATION — C$6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCANADA-UKRAINE FOUNDATION — C$5,003 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION POSSIBLE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL CANADA — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION CANADA — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH — C$5,000 over 3y, 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.

Ocean Wise Conservati…First West FoundationVancity Community Fou…Nicola Wealth Private…Bc Government Employe…United Way British Co…Wesmont FoundationThe Hamber FoundationChris-Spencer Foundat…Beyond Bc Greenhouse …Cknw Kids' FundUnited Way Southern V…
Ocean Wise Conservation AssociationBC24.7× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ocean Wise Conservation Association · First West Foundation · Vancity Community Foundation · Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation · Bc Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust · United Way British Columbia · Wesmont Foundation · The Hamber Foundation · Chris-Spencer Foundation · Beyond Bc Greenhouse Charitable Foundation · Cknw Kids' Fund · United Way Southern Vancouver Island

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 210 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 2024-12-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a private foundation under foundations.

Source object 816974984:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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