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Hamilton, ON · Public foundation

Charity of Hope

To establish a fund through fundraising and provide income derived to registered charities for the benefit of children in canada and elsewhere in the world.

C$60k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$15k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k7 grants · C$25k
  • C$10k–50k3 grants · C$35k
C$5,000
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$41k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY KIDZ MINISTRYC$15,000
YMCA OF HAMILTON/BURLINGTON/BRANTFORDC$10,000
LIBERTY FOR YOUTHC$10,000
CANADIAN FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATIONC$5,000
THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTRE HAMILTONC$5,000
COMFORT BEARS INC.C$5,000
SHAKESPEARIENCE PERFORMING ARTSC$4,000
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL FEDERATION OF CHAPTERS OF THE COUNCIL FORC$3,500
SUICIDE PREVENTION COMMUNITY COUNICL OF HAMILTONC$1,000
KERR STREET COMMUNITY SERVICESC$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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$734k · 32 repeat orgsC$34k 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 0% for the ones you funded once.

32 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
8

Total granted

C$734k
C$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
0%

Still filing today

100%
75%

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

  • HC
    HAMILTON-WENTWORTH CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
    4× · 2017–2020 · C$84k · revenue +38%
  • LF
    LIBERTY FOR YOUTH
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$70k · revenue +117%
  • CK
    CITY KIDZ MINISTRY
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$70k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • LP
    LITTLE PEOPLES DAY CARE
    one grant, 2022 · C$10k · revenue 0%
  • BF
    BRANT FOOD FOR THOUGHTgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$5k · revenue +59%
  • KN
    KIDS NOW CANADA
    one grant, 2017 · C$5k · revenue -99%

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
Ay Alternatives for Youth Hamilton

Confidential counselling for youth between the ages of 13 & 25 and families experiencing difficulties related to the misuse of tobacco alcohol and other drugs. group counselling programs for children of substance abusing parents; alcohol…

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2
The Hamilton Dream Center

We operate a food and clothing bank serving the needy in the area east of downtown hamilton. we provide life skills training and counselling to the needy. we provide for several school lunch programs and share our excess food and clothing…

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3
FOOD4KIDS Halton

The organization provides healthy food to elementary school students from at-risk low-income or disadvantaged homes with limited or no food during weekend periods.

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4
Neighbour to Neighbour Centre (Hamilton)

Neighbour to neighbour centre (hamilton) runs a number of programs with the purpose to alleviate and prevent poverty by supporting neighbours at risk: [i] - the hamilton community food centre (hcfc) is a welcoming and safe community space…

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5
FOOD4KIDS Toronto

Providing healthy food packages to children aged 4 to 13 in the Toronto region who face food insecurity on weekends and during summer months. The program targets participants with limited or no access to food at home ensuring they receive…

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6
Woodview Mental Health and Autism Services

Woodview mental health and autism services is an accredited children's mental health agency. services are provided to children youth and families facing mental health challenges and to individuals of all ages diagnosed with autism spectrum…

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7
Community Living Hamilton

Community Living Hamilton is an organization providing services and supports to individuals with an intellectual disability and their families. Services include: Community Participation Leisure and Recreation Respite Employment Residential…

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8
Housing Help Centre for Hamilton and Area

Housing help centre - hamilton and area (the 'centre') is a non-profit social service agency that has acted as a portal to housing services since 1988. the centre provides information advocacy and support to people who need housing…

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9
Greater Hamilton Food Share

Emergency food procurement. solicitation and distribution of food obtained from the community and from the food industry. food is distributed to local food banks hot meal programs and child nutrition programs.

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10
Halton Food for Thought

We address the issue of child hunger through the delivery of student nutrition programs in partnership with 152 schools in the halton region. we offer healthy foods in snack and meal programs in a universally accessible non-stigmatizing…

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11
Huron Safe Homes for Youth

Huron safe homes for youth is a consulting referral short term residential crisis intervention program designed for youth (16 years of age and over) and where appropriate their families.

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12
Hamilton & District Extend-a- Family

We match children with developmental disabilities with volunteer familities to enable the children to develop new friends and to give their care givers a period of respite. we organize semi-monthly activities for teens and preteens along…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Children's Aid Society of Hamilton and the most unlike its peers is Bulldogs Foundation Inc.. 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

40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/40
Grantees still filing
30/40
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 budgetHAMILTON-WENTWORTH CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD — C$84,220 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY FOR YOUTH — C$70,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetCITY KIDZ MINISTRY — C$70,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetKERR STREET COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$57,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION — C$50,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHALTON WOMEN'S PLACE — C$35,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetYMCA OF HAMILTON/BURLINGTON/BRANTFORD — C$33,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIVING ROCK MINISTRIES — C$31,595 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGOOD SHEPARD FAMILY CENTRE — C$30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetESSENTIAL AID FAMILY SERVICES ONTARIO — C$23,500 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetELLIOTT HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH — C$22,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY OF HAMILTON — C$20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMFORT BEARS INC. — C$19,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetMISSION SERVICES OF HAMILTON INC. — C$17,872 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BABY DEPOT — C$17,800 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetHAMILTON BULLDOGS FOUNDATION INC. — C$15,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCAMP F.A.C.E.S. — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD 4 KIDS HAMILTON HALTON NIAGARA — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDR BOB KEMP HOSPICE — C$12,640 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHAMILTON-WENTWORTH DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD FOUNDATION — C$12,300 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetANCASTER COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$12,000 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetSHAKESPEARIENCE PERFORMING ARTS — C$11,500 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetHALTON CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD — C$11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE PEOPLES DAY CARE — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCANADIAN FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF HAMILTON SUNSHINE FUND — C$8,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSAFETYNET CHILDREN & YOUTH CHARITIES — C$8,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetONTARIO PROVINCIAL FEDERATION OF CHAPTERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR — C$7,500 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetTHE NAVY LEAGUE OF CANADA (ONTARIO DIVISION) — C$5,500 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetBRANT FOOD FOR THOUGHT — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKIDS NOW CANADA — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHAMILTON ASSOCIATIO FOR RESIDENTIAL & RECREATIONAL REDEVELOP — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF HAMILTON — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHY NOT CITY MISSIONS — C$3,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHALTON SCHOOL BOARD — C$3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE'S CHURCH OF HAMILTON — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD 4 KIDS BRANT/HALIMAND — C$2,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSUICIDE PREVENTION COMMUNITY COUNICL OF HAMILTON — C$2,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetST. VINCENT DE PAUL - PARTICULAR COUNCIL OF BRANT — C$1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAT. LEONARD'S COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$1,500 over 2y, 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.

Hamilton Community Fo…The Chml Children's F…United Way Golden Hor…Hamilton-Wentworth Re…Bulldogs Foundation I…Sam and Roma Mercanti…The Charitable Corpor…Burlington Community …The Roman Catholic Ep…Sydney Wood Purple Bu…The Rotary Club of Br…Oakville Community Fo…
Hamilton Community FoundationON26.2× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hamilton Community Foundation · The Chml Children's Fund · United Way Golden Horseshoe · Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Employees Charity Trustpr · Bulldogs Foundation Inc. · Sam and Roma Mercanti Foundation · The Charitable Corporation of The Rotary Club of Hamilton AM · Burlington Community Foundation · The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario · Sydney Wood Purple Butterfly of Hope Foundation · The Rotary Club of Brantford Sunrise · Oakville Community 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 40 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 2024-08-31, 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 887846087:2024-08-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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