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Victoria, BC · Private foundation

Charlton L Smith Charitable Foundation

Foundation holds and invests funds to enable it to have funds available to provide grants to hospitals universities amateur athletic organizations and other non-profit organizations.

C$167k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$15k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k22 grants · C$93k
  • C$10k–50k6 grants · C$74k
C$5,000
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VICTORIA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FOUNDATIONC$15,000
BC CANCER FOUNDATIONC$15,000
RUGBY CANADAC$12,000
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIAC$12,000
KIDSPORT BCC$10,000
PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR SPORT EXCELLENCE SOCIETYC$10,000
VICTORIA THERAPEUTIC RIDING ASSOCIATIONC$8,000
BROADMEAD CARE SOCIETYC$5,000
COOL AID SOCIETYC$5,000
BELFRY THEATERC$5,000
YMCA OF VANCOUVER ISLANDC$5,000
WITS PROGRAM FOUNDATIONC$5,000
VICTORIA WOMEN'S TRANSITION HOUSE SOCIETYC$5,000
RAINCOAST CONSERVATION FOUNDATIONC$5,000
VICTORIA CONSERVATORY OF MUSICC$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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$1.1M · 35 repeat orgsC$127k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +63% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

35 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
23

Total granted

C$1.1M
C$111k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+14%

Still filing today

86%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$16k 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$96k · revenue +49%
  • RC
    RUGBY CANADA
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$78k · revenue +478%
  • BC
    Broadmead Care Soceity
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$55k · revenue +129%

Funded once

  • JB
    JAMES BAY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · C$18k · revenue +26%
  • SC
    ST.NICHOLAS CHURCH/TC FUND
    one grant, 2022 · C$15k · revenue -32%
  • CF
    CAMOSUN FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · C$10k · revenue +62%

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
Victoria Symphony Society

The Victoria Symphony Society provides orchestral music to southern Vancouver Island. It provides concerts and educates people through its outreach programs and contributes to the artistic and cultural endeavours of different communities.

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2
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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3
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

The role of the vcha is to promote and provide for the physical mental and social well-being of people who live in the vancouver coastal region and through referral from outside the region.

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4
Pacific Public Health Foundation

The pacific public health foundation works in collaboration with the bc centre for disease control (bccdc) and more broadly the health sector to support public health in bc by funding and facilitating evidence-based work that has an…

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5
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre Society

VSAC provides crisis intervention justice-related support services and counselling programs for those affected by sexual assault and/or childhood sexual abuse. The Sexual Assault Response Team provides 24-hour emotional support to recent…

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6
Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation

Comox valley healthcare foundation (cvhf) raises funds through a variety of methods to support the general advancement of healthcare and healthcare related services in the comox valley. cvhf provides funding for medical and diagnotic…

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7
Victoria Heart Institute Foundation

The charity performed an assisted with research and trials in bc dealing with a range of cardiac care studies. the charity accepts grants donations and other funds to carry out the above.

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8
Victoria Visual Arts Legacy Society

Arts scholarships

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9
Vancouver Police Foundation

The vancouver police foundation ('vpf') promotes research education public participation and community awareness of the problems of crime its prevention and the role of the police in helping to build strong vibrant communities. during the…

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10
Victoria Festival of Authors Society

Victoria Festival of Authors is Vancouver Island’s largest annual celebration of books and book lovers. Our hybrid festival offers in-person programming of regional authors most offered by livestream for those viewing from home as well as…

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11
Vancouver Parks and Recreation Foundation
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12
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society

This is Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society's (VAMMR) first year of operations as a registered charity and is a global leader in marine mammal rescue research and rehabilitation. VAMMR responds to over 300 marine mammal…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Victoria Hospice Society and the most unlike its peers is Sidney Concert 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

52 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. 52 of the 63 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/52
Grantees still filing
35/52
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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA — C$96,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVictoria Hospice Society — C$86,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetRUGBY CANADA — C$77,500 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetBroadmead Care Soceity — C$55,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT ST. MARY FOUNDATION — C$46,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVICTORIA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FOUNDATION — C$45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPower to Be Adventure Therapy Society — C$40,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSHELBOURNE COMMUNITY KITCHEN SOCIETY — C$40,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetVICTORIA THERAPEUTIC RIDING ASSOCIATION — C$37,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetYMCA OF VANCOUVER ISLAND — C$35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetVICTORIA CONSERVANCY OF MUSIC — C$35,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER VICTORIA SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 — C$33,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOUR PLACE SOCIETY — C$28,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVICTORIA WOMEN'S TRANSITION HOUSE SOCIETY — C$28,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVICTORIA FOUNDATION - RAPID RELIEF FUND — C$28,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROCK SOLID FOUNDATION — C$25,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetBC CANCER FOUNDATION — C$25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEARSON COLLEGE — C$20,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVICTORIA BRAIN INJURY SOCIETY — C$20,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetNature Trust of British Columbia — C$18,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES BAY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION — C$17,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUNIVERSAL JAZZ ADVOCATES AND MENTORS SOCIETY — C$17,000 over 7y, 40% of budgetST.NICHOLAS CHURCH/TC FUND — C$15,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetELDERCARE FOUNDATION — C$15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetVICTORIA EPILEPSY & PARKINSON'S CENTRE — C$15,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetPACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR SPORT EXCELLENCE SOCIETY — C$15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOOL AID SOCIETY — C$13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBELFRY THEATER — C$12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBACKPACK BUDDIES — C$12,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCAMOSUN FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVICTORIA HOSPITALS FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATHLETICS CANADA FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTAKE A HIKE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — C$9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetO.R.C.C.A DENTAL CLINIC SOCIETY — C$8,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budget9-10 CLUB SERVING SOUP TO THE HUNGRY — C$6,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetRAINCOAST CONSERVATION FOUNDATION — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUMARA GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT CARE SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBALFOUR'S FRIENDS FOUNDATION — C$5,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetPARKINSON WELLNESS PROJECT — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCanadian Red Cross Society — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIDNEY CONCERT SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetNEED2 SUICIDE PREVENTION & SUPPORT — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVANCOUVER ISLAND COMPASSION DOGS — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVICTORIA FILM FESTIVAL — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION FREEDOM PAWS CANADA SOCIETY — C$3,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS CANADA — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetABBEYFIELD HOUSES SOCIETY OF DUNCAN — C$2,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPacific Training Centre for the Blind Society — C$2,000 over 1y, 2.6% 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 UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA ↗
  • Who funds Victoria Hospice Society ↗
  • Who funds RUGBY CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Broadmead Care Soceity ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT ST. MARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Power to Be Adventure Therapy Society ↗
  • Who funds SHELBOURNE COMMUNITY KITCHEN SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIA THERAPEUTIC RIDING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF VANCOUVER ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIA CONSERVANCY OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER VICTORIA SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 ↗
  • Who funds OUR PLACE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIA WOMEN'S TRANSITION HOUSE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIA FOUNDATION - RAPID RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds ROCK SOLID FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BC CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEARSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIA BRAIN INJURY SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Nature Trust of British Columbia ↗
  • Who funds JAMES BAY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSAL JAZZ ADVOCATES AND MENTORS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ST.NICHOLAS CHURCH/TC FUND ↗
  • Who funds ELDERCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIA EPILEPSY & PARKINSON'S CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR SPORT EXCELLENCE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds COOL AID SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BELFRY THEATER ↗
  • Who funds BACKPACK BUDDIES ↗
  • Who funds CAMOSUN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIA HOSPITALS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ATHLETICS CANADA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TAKE A HIKE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds O.R.C.C.A DENTAL CLINIC SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds 9-10 CLUB SERVING SOUP TO THE HUNGRY ↗
  • Who funds RAINCOAST CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗

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 Victoria Foundati…Bc Government Employe…First West FoundationThe Sisters of Saint …Sovereign Order of St…The Hamber FoundationVancity Community Fou…United Way Southern V…Allen & Loreen Van de…Raymond James Canada …University of VictoriaRotary Club of Victor…
The Victoria FoundationBC27.9× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Victoria Foundation · Bc Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust · First West Foundation · The Sisters of Saint Ann · Sovereign Order of St. John Victoria Commandery Foundation · The Hamber Foundation · Vancity Community Foundation · United Way Southern Vancouver Island · Allen & Loreen Van de Kerk Hove Family Foundation · Raymond James Canada Foundation · University of Victoria · Rotary Club of Victoria - Harbourside 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 63 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 889858940:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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