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Caledon, ON · Charitable organization

Circle Acts

Circle Acts raising awareness and donations for other canadian organizations using content and other digital tools to raise awareness and promote donations.

C$11k
Granted FY2023
28
Grants FY2023
5
Regions reached
C$3k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2023 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

C$95
Median grant
5
Regions reached
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Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CANADIAN UNICEF COMMITTEE - COMITE UNICEF CANADAC$2,509
THE CANADIAN RED CROSSC$2,194
CANADA UKRAINE FOUNDATIONC$1,509
TRUE NORTH AIDC$1,177
WATER FIRSTC$771
INSPIREC$499
RAVENS TRUSTC$455
SAVE THE CHILDRENC$335
CIRCLE ACTSC$271
SEED CHANGEC$261
UNHCRC$260
THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT CANADAC$241
INUIT TAPIRIIT KANATAMIC$241
ACTION AGAINST HUNGER CANADAC$95
FOOD BANKS CANADA / BANQUES ALIMENTAIRES CANADAC$95
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$9k · 8 repeat orgsC$9k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +40% since the first grant, against +1% for the ones you funded once.

8 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

C$9k
C$763

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+1%

Still filing today

100%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$8k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
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

  • TN
    TRUE NORTH AID
    2× · 2022–2023 · C$4k · revenue +61%
  • WF
    WATER FIRST
    2× · 2022–2023 · C$2k · revenue +15%
  • HI
    HONOURING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
    2× · 2022–2023 · C$1k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER CANADA
    one grant, 2022 · C$173 · revenue -15%
  • K
    KOCHITAgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$165 · revenue +389%
  • IR
    INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · C$119 · revenue -63%

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.

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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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2
Wcs Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

Wcs canada provides evidence-based expert guidance and policy recommendations to empower decision-makers to take transformative action for wildlife ecosystems and people. through our own research accumulated expertise and understanding of…

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3
The Nature Conservancy of Canada/La Societe Canadienne Pour La Conservation De La Nature

As Canada’s largest environmental charity the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has worked with partners to conserve natural landscapes since 1962. Together we deliver solutions to address the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate…

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4
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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5
Cooperation Canada - Coopération Canada

Cooperation Canada is Canada's national association of international development and humanitarian organizations. Cooperation Canada brings together and advocates for effective Canadian international development assistance by convening…

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6
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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7
World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial Pour La Nature Can Ada

World Wildlife Fund Canada is a national registered charity formed to collect manage and disburse funds through suitable bodies or individuals for the conservation of fauna flora forests landscape water soils and other natural resources in…

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8
World Animal Protection Canada Protection Mondiale des Animaux Canada

World Animal Protection carries out programs to address the systems that cause cruelty and suffering to animals around the globe. We care for and provide sanctuary for captive wildlife that cannot be returned to the wild. We undertake…

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9
United Nations Association in Canada

United Nations Association in Canada engages citizens and decision makers at every level of Canadian society. It invests across generations bringing empathy-based educational resources and opportunities on health citizen education…

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10
Oceana Canada

Oceana canada is an independent charity dedicated solely to ocean conservation. oceana canada works with civil society academics fishers indigenous peoples and the federal government to return canada's formerly vibrant oceans to health and…

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11
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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12
Global Indigenous Development Trust

Global Indigenous Development Trust engages in community economic development training and empowerment partnership building education and advocacy. We work with First Peoples who drive our projects together with industry academic…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action contre la faim Acf (Canada) / Action against hunger Acf (Canada) and the most unlike its peers is Ardrossan Dream Catcher Nature-Assisted Therapy Association. 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

34 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. 34 of the 35 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
22/34
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 budgetTRUE NORTH AID — C$3,997 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCANADIAN UNICEF COMMITTEE - COMITE UNICEF CANADA — C$2,509 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATER FIRST — C$2,261 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CANADIAN RED CROSS — C$2,194 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANADA UKRAINE FOUNDATION — C$1,509 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHONOURING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES — C$1,123 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRAVENS TRUST — C$812 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSPIRE — C$594 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE CHILDREN — C$335 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCIRCLE ACTS — C$271 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSEED CHANGE — C$261 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINUIT TAPIRIIT KANATAMI — C$241 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT CANADA — C$241 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOCHITA — C$165 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — C$146 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS SOCIETY — C$119 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOUNDLESS ADVENTURES ASSOCIATION — C$95 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANKS CANADA / BANQUES ALIMENTAIRES CANADA — C$95 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CANADA MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES CANA — C$95 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY — C$95 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER CANADA — C$95 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREAMCATCHER NATURE-ASSISTED THERAPY — C$94 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTORONTO HUMAINE SOCIETY — C$70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION EYESIGHT CANADA — C$55 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SMILE CANADA FOUNDATION — C$48 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELPAGE CANADA — C$46 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH CANADA — C$46 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBC SPCA — C$46 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION FUND OF CANADA — C$28 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEDERATION OF ONTARIO NATURALISTS — C$24 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN FEED THE CHILDREN — C$12 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — C$6 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRD STUDIES CANADA/ETUDES D'OISEAUX CANADA — C$2 over 1y, 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.

Toronto FoundationThe Calgary FoundationBenefAction FoundationOttawa Community Foun…The Peter Gilgan Foun…United Way British Co…The J W McConnell Fam…United Way East Ontar…Vancity Community Fou…Nicola Wealth Private…Canada GivesStrategic Charitable …
Toronto FoundationON10.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toronto Foundation · The Calgary Foundation · BenefAction Foundation · Ottawa Community Foundation / Fondation Communautaire d'Ottawa · The Peter Gilgan Foundation · United Way British Columbia · The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnell · United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de L'Ontario · Vancity Community Foundation · Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation · Canada Gives · Strategic Charitable Giving 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 35 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 2023-06-01, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2023. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a charitable organization under community resource.

Source object 788978278:2023-06-01 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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