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East York, ON · Public foundation

Clean Economy Fund

Works with charitable foundations and qualified donees to maximize the scale and impact of philanthropic investments in support of a clean and prosperous canadian economy.

C$744k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • C$10k–50k4 grants · C$118k
  • C$50k–250k6 grants · C$626k
C$50,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INSTITUTE FOR NEW ECONOMICSC$200,000
ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCEC$150,000
SMALL CHANGE FUNDC$105,000
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOC$70,700
CARLETON UNIVERSITYC$50,000
CLEAN PROPERITY FOUNDATIONC$50,000
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITYC$40,000
TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITYC$30,000
FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIPC$25,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCEC$23,032
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$2.1M
British Columbia
C$2.0M
Quebec
C$882k
Manitoba
C$349k
Alberta
C$255k
New Brunswick
C$113k
Northwest Territories
C$25k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$5k

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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$3.8M · 13 repeat orgsC$2.2M 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 +33% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
28

Total granted

C$3.8M
C$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+33%

Still filing today

92%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$599k 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

  • SF
    Simon Fraser University
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$1.3M · revenue +43%
  • CU
    CARLTON UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2018–2024 · C$506k · revenue +11%
  • II
    International Institute for Sustainable Development
    2× · 2019–2021 · C$249k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • TF
    TROTTIER FAMILY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · C$285k · revenue +36%
  • MU
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · C$162k · revenue +6%
  • CC
    CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF NEW BRUNSWICKgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$113k · revenue +35%

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
L'Institut international de Montréal pour l'environnement / the Montreal international institute for the environment
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2
Eprf Energy Probe Research Foundation

The foundation conducts and publishes research to educate canadians on environmental issues. it promotes the democratic process by encouraging individual responsibility and accountability and it strives to help canada contribute to global…

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3
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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4
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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5
The Fraser Institute

Carry out research on the following topics; Fiscal and Economic Policy Environmental Policy Energy & Natural Resources Policy Health Studies Economic Freedom publish books monographs & digital monographs on each topics. Hold conferences…

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6
Greenpeace Canada Education Fund

* to conduct research on climate change environmental protection ecological conservation and preservation environmental science and renewable energy; *to publicize conducted research to the general public to increase understanding of the…

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7
Canadian Climate Institute L'institut climatique du Canada

1. to advance education by: a) conducting research relating to climate change and publishing the results of such research to the public; and b) producing and publishing educational materials resources and other supports designed to…

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8
The Canadian Climate Forum Le Forum Canadien Du Climat
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9
The Pollution Probe Foundation

Transportation: We develop tools to support rail decarbonization & monitor decarbonization efforts & best practices. We support the installation of new EV charging stations through a funding program which provides up to 50% of purchase &…

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10
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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11
Academy for Sustainable Innovation Canada

To-advance-education-by-developing-and-delivering-workshops -classes -courses -mentorship-training -lectures-and-seminars-on-a-variety-of-topics-related-to-environmental-sustainability-and-the-importance-of…

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12
Canadian Energy Research Institute
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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Alberta Ecotrust Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Toronto Metropolitan University. 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

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 47 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
26/41
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$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSimon Fraser University — C$1,326,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCARLTON UNIVERSITY — C$505,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetC4C CANADA — C$450,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetCOLUMBIA INSTITUTE — C$415,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetTROTTIER FAMILY FOUNDATION — C$285,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Institute for Sustainable Development — C$249,030 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NEW ECONOMICS — C$200,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetLA FONDATION EN ENVIRONNEMENT ET DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE — C$170,000 over 2y, 94% of budgetMCGILL UNIVERSITY — C$162,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEED CHANGE — C$150,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE — C$150,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetUniversity of Calgary — C$135,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRYERSON UNIVERSITY — C$130,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION COUNCIL OF NEW BRUNSWICK — C$112,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetSMALL CHANGE FUND — C$105,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ONTARIO PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION — C$100,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetEQUITERRE — C$85,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO — C$70,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST KOOTENAY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE SOCIETY — C$70,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetCLEAN PROPERITY FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetECOJUSTICE CANADA SOCIETY — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP — C$50,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFAITH & THE COMMON GOOD/LA FOI ET LE BIEN COMMUN — C$50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE OF CANADA — C$50,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetPembina Foundation — C$49,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetFONDATION ECHO-LOGIE INC. — C$45,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetYOUTH CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL — C$40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION — C$40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSALAL — C$40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMAKE WAY FOUNDATION — C$35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPolytechnique Foundation — C$35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONME — C$32,500 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetALBERTA ECOTRUST FOUNDATION — C$30,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOXFAM CANADA — C$30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT CANADA — C$25,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetECOLOGY NORTH — C$25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE — C$23,032 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATURAL STEP — C$18,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR INCORPORATED — C$5,000 over 1y, 28% 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 Trottier Family F…Ivey FoundationThe J W McConnell Fam…Fondation Écho /Echo …The Catherine Donnell…Makeway FoundationThe George Cedric Met…North Family Foundati…The Peter Gilgan Foun…Chisholm Thomson Fami…The McLean FoundationNature Canada / Canad…
The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale TrottierQC23.8× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Trottier · Ivey Foundation · The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnell · Fondation Écho /Echo Foundation · The Catherine Donnelly Foundation · Makeway Foundation · The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation · North Family Foundation · The Peter Gilgan Foundation · Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation · The McLean Foundation · Nature Canada / Canada Nature

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 47 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 2024-03-31, 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 891932428:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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