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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation

Providing grants to registered canadian charities who are helping canada move toward a clean economy

C$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
Regions reached
C$415k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k1 grant · C$5k
  • C$10k–50k17 grants · C$225k
  • C$50k–250k15 grants · C$1.4M
  • C$250k+1 grant · C$415k
C$30,000
Median grant
3
Regions reached
C$34M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEAN ECONOMY FUNDC$415,000
CIFARC$150,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCEC$150,000
PEMBINA INSTITUTEC$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIOC$125,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADAC$125,000
EVERYGREENC$100,000
WCS CANADAC$100,000
MARS DISCOVERYC$100,000
CENTRE FOR LAND CONSERVATIONC$75,000
UOTTAWAC$75,000
THE DRAGONFLY FUNDC$75,000
COMMUNITY ENERGY ASSOCIATIONC$50,000
NEIGHBOURS UNITEDC$50,000
MCGILL UNIVERSITYC$50,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Where your grant dollars land — at home and around the world.

Which regions your grants reach

Ontario
C$6.5M
British Columbia
C$985k
Alberta
C$580k
Saskatchewan
C$50k
Quebec
C$50k
Manitoba
C$25k
New Brunswick
C$15k
Nova Scotia
C$10k

Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.

03Your 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$8.3M · 46 repeat orgsC$765k to everyone else

46 repeat relationships — 27 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
34

Total granted

C$8.3M
C$650k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+48%

Still filing today

100%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$115k 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

  • CE
    CLEAN ECONOMY FUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$1.5M · revenue +235% · 29% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
    6× · 2019–2024 · C$615k · revenue +23%
  • NC
    NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADA
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$550k · revenue +101%

Funded once

  • MS
    MUSKOKA STEAMSHIPS & DISCOVERY CENTREgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$100k · revenue +33%
  • TC
    THE CANADIAN CANOE MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · C$50k · revenue -65%
  • TC
    TIDES CANADA
    one grant, 2017 · C$50k

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

04Your 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
Generate Canada Inc.

Generate Canada is a national charity that connects problem-solvers across sectors and value chains to generate solutions to the most complex challenges at the nexus of environment economy and society. The organization’s vision is a strong…

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2
Ecotrust Canada

Supported rural remote and indigenous communities in creating community-led economic development solutions that are thriving sustainable and equitable. our work involved providing technical expertise project management business planning…

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3
The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority / Office De Protection De La Nature De Toronto

TRCA works to protect conserve and restore natural resources within its jurisdiction for the benefit of current and future generations. TRCA provides programs and services that support healthy rivers and shorelines sustainable communities…

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4
International Development Research Centre

Created by Parliament in 1970 IDRC has been committed in supporting research in developing countries undertaken by the people of those countries for their own development. IDRC has five areas of focus: Climate-Resilient Food Systems Global…

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5
Nature Canada / Canada Nature

Nature Canada's mission is to protect and conserve wildlife habitats in Canada by engaging people and advocating on behalf of nature. The organization conducts conservation work which involves supporting community-based efforts to protect…

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6
Nature United/ Nature Unie

Nature united is a canadian charity affiliated with the nature conservancy which works globally to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. we strive for a world where healthy communities and sustainable development drive…

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7
Freshwater Conservation Canada

Freshwater conservation canada is committed to conserving protecting and restoring canada's freshwater ecosystems and their coldwater resources for current and future generations. programs and projects are delivered by our professional…

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8
Nature-Based Solutions Foundation

Protecting canada's most endangered ecosystems by acquiring and managing funds to address key funding gaps through: supporting land-embedded communities and qualified donees with grants and facilitating access to other funding sources to…

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9
Maple Leaf Centre for Action On Food Security

The maple leaf centre for action on food security provided grants to organizations engaged in testing and expanding innovative approaches to food security as well as to those that promoted knowledge sharing and collaboration around food…

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10
Leap Pecaut Centre for Social Impact

LEAP Pecaut Centre for Social Impact initiates and leads multi-sector collaborations to tackle some of society’s biggest problems in education employment and health. Over five years taking their needs and stages of development into…

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11
DataStream Initiative

DataStream Initiative is a charitable organization dedicated to advancing knowledge and collaborative water stewardship. DataStream is an open access platform for hundreds of diverse non-government organizations to share and access…

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12
Canadian Centre for Food and Ecology
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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada and the most unlike its peers is The Dragonfly Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

84 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. 84 of the 87 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
84/84
Grantees still filing
69/84
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 budgetCLEAN ECONOMY FUND — C$1,455,000 over 8y, 29% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO — C$615,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATURE CONSERVANCY CANADA — C$550,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCIFAR — C$550,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWCS CANADA — C$535,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetEVENGREEN — C$505,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE — C$410,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetUOTTAWA — C$330,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPEMBINA INSTITUTE — C$300,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTHE TRANSITION ACCELERATOR — C$265,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetQUEEN'S UNIVERSITY — C$250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARS DISCOVERY — C$235,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMAKEWAY — C$225,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetECO JUSTICE — C$155,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCOLUMBIA INSTITUTE — C$150,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DRAGONFLY FUND — C$150,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetFARMERS FOR CLIMATE SOLUTION — C$135,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMCGILL UNIVERSITY — C$125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENERGY ASSOCIATION — C$100,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMUSKOKA STEAMSHIPS & DISCOVERY CENTRE — C$100,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetCLEAN PROSPERITY FOUNDATION — C$100,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetCENTRE FOR LAND CONSERVATION — C$85,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetGREEN LEARNING — C$82,500 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetCHARITY INTELLIGENCE CANADA — C$80,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetSMALL CHANGE FUND — C$65,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGREENBELT FOUNDATION — C$59,985 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CANADIAN CANOE MUSEUM — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAKEWAY — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINT'L INST. FOR SUSTAINABLE DEV. — C$50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBOURS UNITED — C$50,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetMUSKOKA WATERSHED — C$50,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetTRUE PATRIOT LOVE FDN — C$45,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMUSKOKA CONSERVANCY — C$45,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetINDSPIRE — C$40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEWATER CANADA — C$35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTRENT UNIVERSITY — C$30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATERSHED WATCH — C$30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPROGRESS PLACE — C$30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJACK.ORG — C$29,985 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMOISSON MAURICIE CENTRE QUEBEC — C$25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAUNT LEAH'S PLACE — C$25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINN FROM THE COLD — C$25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COMPASS — C$25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEVAS — C$25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSASKATOON FOOD BANK — C$25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetREGINA FOODBANK — C$25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDISTRESS CENTRES OF GREATER TORONTO — C$25,000 over 2y, 0.7% 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 CLEAN ECONOMY FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO ↗
  • Who funds NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADA ↗
  • Who funds CIFAR ↗
  • Who funds WCS CANADA ↗
  • Who funds EVENGREEN ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE ↗
  • Who funds UOTTAWA ↗
  • Who funds PEMBINA INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE TRANSITION ACCELERATOR ↗
  • Who funds QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MARS DISCOVERY ↗
  • Who funds MAKEWAY ↗
  • Who funds ECO JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ↗
  • Who funds THE DRAGONFLY FUND ↗
  • Who funds FARMERS FOR CLIMATE SOLUTION ↗
  • Who funds MCGILL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ENERGY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSKOKA STEAMSHIPS & DISCOVERY CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN PROSPERITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE FOR LAND CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds GREEN LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds CHARITY INTELLIGENCE CANADA ↗
  • Who funds SMALL CHANGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds GREENBELT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CANADIAN CANOE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds MAKEWAY ↗
  • Who funds INT'L INST. FOR SUSTAINABLE DEV. ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBOURS UNITED ↗
  • Who funds MUSKOKA WATERSHED ↗
  • Who funds TRUE PATRIOT LOVE FDN ↗
  • Who funds MUSKOKA CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds INDSPIRE ↗
  • Who funds LIFEWATER CANADA ↗
  • Who funds TRENT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WATERSHED WATCH ↗

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.

Ivey FoundationFondation Écho /Echo …The McLean FoundationThe Trottier Family F…The Peter Gilgan Foun…Toronto FoundationThe George Cedric Met…The Chawkers foundati…The Sitka FoundationMakeway FoundationBurgundy Legacy Found…The J W McConnell Fam…
Ivey FoundationON17.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ivey Foundation · Fondation Écho /Echo Foundation · The McLean Foundation · The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Trottier · The Peter Gilgan Foundation · Toronto Foundation · The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation · The Chawkers foundation · The Sitka Foundation · Makeway Foundation · Burgundy Legacy Foundation · The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnell

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 87 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 805805389:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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