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Elora, ON · Public foundation

Centre Wellington Community Foundation

Community foundation

C$83k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$28k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k11 grants · C$25k
  • C$10k–50k3 grants · C$58k
C$1,500
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF GUELPH AND WELLINGTONC$27,650
ART GALLERY OF GUELPHC$20,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CANADAC$10,000
CENTRE WELLINGTON RESOURCE CENTREC$9,500
ELORA CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT EXCELLENCEC$2,265
CMHAC$2,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WATERLOO REGIONC$1,500
THE ELORA SINGERSC$1,500
CENTRE WELLINGTON FOOD BANKC$1,500
THREE CENTURIES FESTIVALC$1,500
LORA CENTRE OF THE ARTSC$1,500
SCIENTISTS IN SCHOOLC$1,455
BG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSC$1,375
UPPER GRAND LEARNING FOUNDATIONC$1,000
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$775k · 26 repeat orgsC$112k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +51% since the first grant, against +8% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 14 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
18

Total granted

C$775k
C$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+8%

Still filing today

92%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$0 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

  • AG
    ART GALLERY OF GUELPH
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$110k · revenue +19%
  • EC
    ELORA CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$78k · revenue +211%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF GUELPH AND WELLINGTON
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$74k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • FA
    FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF GUELPH AND WELLINGTON
    one grant, 2023 · C$38k · revenue -2%
  • TC
    THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MAPLETON
    one grant, 2020 · C$17k
  • TM
    THE MINTO MUNICIPAL SERVICES CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$15k · revenue +268% · 38% of their budget

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
Waterloo - Wellington Autism Services

Providing information on services and supports for individuals and families who have Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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2
United Way Waterloo Region Communities

United Way Waterloo Region Communities is dedicated to helping people live better lives in every one of the seven communities we serve. We are the largest funder of social programs in Waterloo Region second only to government. We are…

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3
The Guelph Community Foundation

The guelph community foundation and its donors strengthen our community by making grants building and maintaining endowment funds and serving our community as a philanthropic resource and partner. grants are disbursed to qualified donees…

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4
Waterloo Region Family Network

Waterloo region network supports families of children youth and adults with special needs both with and without a diagnosis in waterloo region prviding resources and facilitating meaningful connections in all life stages. as a…

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5
Waterloo Community Arts Centre

The centre operates a summer art camp for children every July and August and provides workshops and classes for adults and children throughout the year. The centre organizes art exhibits and performances and provides facilities to other…

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6
Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region

The child witness centre provides support education and advocacy for children and youth who are or may become victims or witnesses of abuse or crime. our advocates at the waterloo region child and youth advocacy centre work as part of a…

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7
Wellington Early Learning Centres Inc
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8
Wellington County Learning Centre

Our charity's programs advance education by providing literacy instruction and essential skills training to youth and adults. We offer free learner centered programming designed to improve reading writing numeracy digital literacy and…

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9
Waterloo Region Community Foundation

Waterloo region community foundation (wrcf) collaborates with partners to ensure our communities are equitable connected and sustainable; and people are thriving. we strengthen local organizations spaces and experiences to increase…

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10
Waterloo-Wellington Science & Engineering Fair

To organize and operate an annual science fair in Waterloo and Wellington counties in the province of Ontario. - To encourage students to participate in the Canada Wide Science Fair. - To encourage and promote the participation of…

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11
John Howard Society of Waterloo - Wellington

Programs include various youth programs such as youth justice and bullying and prevention programs in schools. adult programs include partner assault response back on track programs and many others which follow the mandate of promoting and…

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12
Leadership Waterloo Region

Leadership waterloo region is an educational program for future leaders in waterloo region. the program is designed to identify and nurture potential leaders to develop a network of people who can work to solve community problems and to…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Aid Society of the City of Guelph and the County of Wellington and the most unlike its peers is Scientists in School. 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

41 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. 41 of the 44 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
31/41
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$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetART GALLERY OF GUELPH — C$110,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetELORA CENTRE FOR THE ARTS — C$78,394 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF GUELPH AND WELLINGTON — C$73,520 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetCFC Arctic Foundation — C$65,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS — C$56,225 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetCENTRE WELLINGTON RESOURCE GROUP — C$55,250 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetTHREE CENTURIES FESTIVAL — C$48,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF GUELPH AND WELLINGTON — C$38,450 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetELORA COMMUNITY THEATRE — C$37,500 over 2y, 70% of budgetELORA CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE — C$35,339 over 7y, 39% of budgetCENTRE WELLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$22,753 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFAMILY AND COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT — C$17,760 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetST. JAMES CHURCH — C$17,750 over 3y, 10% of budgetTHE MINTO MUNICIPAL SERVICES CORPORATION — C$15,010 over 1y, 38% of budgetCANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH — C$11,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentre Wellington Food Bank — C$10,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHOPE SPRINGS UNITED CHURCH — C$10,300 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetGUELPH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE — C$10,249 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO — C$8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELORA SINGERS — C$7,750 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPORTAGE ONTARIO — C$7,687 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENTISTS IN SCHOOL — C$7,425 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGUELPH AND WELLINGTON WOMEN IN CRISIS — C$6,375 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KITCHENER WATERLOO ART GALLERY — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVON CANADA — C$4,455 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStrong Start — C$4,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRAMOTH LIFE CENTRE TOTAL — C$4,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKITCHENER WATERLOO SYMPHONY — C$4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT FOREST UNITED CHURCH — C$3,580 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEW GROWTH FAMILY CENTRE INC. — C$3,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetUPPER GRAND LEARNING FOUNDATION — C$3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WATERLOO REGION — C$2,500 over 2y, 20% of budgetELORA ROAD CHRISTIAN FELLOWHSIP INC — C$1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOCUS ON NATURE — C$1,425 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKIDSABILITY — C$1,356 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLINGTON COUNTY 4-H — C$1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetONTARIO PARENTS ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER — C$800 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWELLINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY — C$650 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCAREER EDUCATION COUNCIL GUELPH — C$250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GUELPH — C$250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIN THE PEOPLE AND INFORMATION NETWORK — C$250 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Guelph Community …United Way Community …Waterloo Region Commu…The Fergus-Elora Rota…United Way Waterloo R…Blessings to You Free…Wallenstein Feed Char…The Synod of the Dioc…Mowbray and Doris Sif…Cambridge & North Dum…Central Pentecostal C…The Stonefields Found…
The Guelph Community FoundationON26.5× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Guelph Community Foundation · United Way Community Services of Guelph and Wellington · Waterloo Region Community Foundation · The Fergus-Elora Rotary Foundation · United Way Waterloo Region Communities · Blessings to You Free Center · Wallenstein Feed Charitable Foundation · The Synod of the Diocese of Niagara · Mowbray and Doris Sifton Family Foundation · Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Foundation · Central Pentecostal Church Centre Wellington · The Stonefields Foundation

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 44 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 public foundation under foundations.

Source object 859545295:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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