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Invermere, BC · Public foundation

Columbia Valley Community Foundation

The columbia valley foundation achieved registered charity status in 2001.

C$342k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$128k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k21 grants · C$86k
  • C$10k–50k3 grants · C$36k
  • C$50k–250k2 grants · C$220k
C$5,000
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA VALLEY FOOD & FARMC$128,250
WINDERMERE VALLEY YOUTH CENTRE SOCIETY O/A SUMMIT YOUTH HUBC$91,796
EAST KOOTENAY ADDICTION SERVICES SOCIETY (EKASS)C$15,400
COLUMBIA VALLEY FOOD BANKC$10,816
HOSPICE SOCIETY OF THE COLUMBIA VALLEYC$10,184
COLUMBIA BASIN ALLIANCE FOR LITERACY (CBAL)C$9,750
FRIENDS OF THE INVERMERE PUBLIC LIBRARYC$9,337
VALLEY FITNESS SOCIETYC$8,282
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT 6C$7,300
WINDERMERE DISTRICT FARMERS' INSTITUTE AND LIVESTOCK ASSOCIAC$7,000
FAIRMONT AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUBC$5,800
CHRISTMAS BUREAU OF THE COLUMBIA VALLEYC$5,000
LIVING LAKES CANADAC$5,000
EDGEWATER RECREATION SOCIETYC$4,080
COLUMBIA VALLEY HOUSING SOCIETYC$3,500
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$1.2M · 29 repeat orgsC$418k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships — 19 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
23

Total granted

C$1.2M
C$240k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+43%

Still filing today

83%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$178k 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

  • WV
    WINDERMERE VALLEY YOUTH CENTRE SOCIETY O/A SUMMIT YOUTH HUB
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$233k · revenue +423% · 41% of their budget
  • FD
    FAMILY DYNAMIX ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$192k · revenue +134%
  • CV
    COLUMBIA VALLEY FOOD BANK
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$78k · revenue +367%

Funded once

  • VF
    VANCOUVER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$101k · revenue +47%
  • WV
    WINDERMERE VALLEY YOUTH CENTRE
    one grant, 2022 · C$34k
  • VO
    VILLAGE OF RADIUM HOT SPRINGS
    one grant, 2023 · C$13k

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
Squamish River Watershed Society

Watershed restoration including restoring fish habitat in the upper rivervine systems and the Squamish estuary. Running educational and outreach programming for students and community. Hosting and holding events (Earth Day Rivers Day).…

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2
Bc Spaces for Nature Society

Nature Climate Jobs Solution: Helping meet provincial biodiversity and climate targets in tandem with sustainable development. Field Science Stations: Creating a research network that promotes and enhances BC's world-class protected areas…

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3
Coastal Rivers Conservancy

Coastal Rivers Conservancy (CRC) continued to undertake scientific research to improve knowledge of unique salmon and steelhead populations and habitats within the inner Central Coast of British Columbia. CRC collaborated with government…

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4
Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society

Education and Outreach: Raise awareness and educate the public government agencies and other land managers about invasive species and their impacts and provide a conduit for information on invasive species including identification…

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5
Friends of Cortes Island Society

We carry out ecological monitoring restoration and education programs on cortes island. this includes lake stream marine and wetland stewardship programs involving research monitoring and habitat restoration. we also manage and maintain…

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6
Gorge Waterway Action Society

Preserve and enhance the Gorge Waterway in Victoria BC in Lekwungen territory through environmental and climate education restoration conservation stewardship biological monitoring and community involvement.

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7
Salmon River Enhancement Society

Advocating for and educating about the salmon river and its watershed - langley bc

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8
West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society

Student outreach salmon surveys stream monitoring storm drain marking habitat restoration & rehab operation of a hatchery and annual fry releases ... science public education. instream projects in some years.

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9
South Fraser Regional Science Fair (Sfrsf)
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10
Tsolum River Restoration Society

Water quality regular mine site monitoring planning and advocating for remediation of remaining and new issues. monitoring protection and restoration of fish habitat and communities in the tsolum river watershed. flow monitoring and…

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11
British Columbia Lake Stewardship Society

Bc lake stewardship and monitoring program: provide technical information training and support to volunteers that collect data on provincial lakes; bc lake stewardship engagement initiative; in-person meetings workshops training and audits…

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12
Fresh Air Learning Society Vancouver

Forest And Farm Education Programs For 3-12 Year Olds. Professional Developments For Teachers. Adult And Teen Programs To Develop Their Connection To The Land Forest And Farm

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The B.C. Wildlife Federation and the most unlike its peers is Conrad Kain Centennial 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

42 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. 42 of the 59 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/42
Grantees still filing
27/42
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$10kC$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWINDERMERE VALLEY YOUTH CENTRE SOCIETY O/A SUMMIT YOUTH HUB — C$233,163 over 6y, 41% of budgetFAMILY DYNAMIX ASSOCIATION — C$191,971 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetVANCOUVER FOUNDATION — C$100,848 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA VALLEY FOOD BANK — C$78,085 over 7y, 13% of budgetCOLUMBIA VALLEY CHRISTMAS BUREAU — C$70,350 over 7y, 45% of budgetSCHOOL DISTRICT 6 — C$58,050 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE SOCIETY OF THE COLUMBIA VALLEY — C$55,552 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetCOLUMBIA VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL — C$53,411 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetCOLUMBIA VALLEY SEARCH & RESCUE — C$50,986 over 5y, 21% of budgetColumbia House Enhancement Society — C$44,950 over 5y, 18% of budgetCOLUMBIA BASIN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NETWORK (CBEEN) — C$38,291 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA VALLEY GREENWAYS TRAIL ALLIANCE — C$38,217 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE INVERMERE PUBLIC LIBRARY — C$23,239 over 8y, 36% of budgetCBAL — C$18,931 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLake Windermere Ambassadors Society — C$18,920 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetEDGEWATER RECREATION SOCIETY — C$17,511 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetWILDSIGHT — C$16,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetEAST KOOTENAY ADDICTION SERVICES SOCIETY (EKASS) — C$15,400 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLIVING LAKES CANADA — C$13,170 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBIA WETLANDS STEWARDSHIP PARTNERS — C$11,358 over 4y, 59% of budgetRAD RECREATION ADAPTIVE SOCIETY — C$11,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetRADIUM HOT SPRINGS LIBRARY — C$10,882 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA BASIN ALLIANCE FOR LITERACY (CBAL) — C$9,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSteamboat Mountain Music Society — C$8,500 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetBC WILDLIFE FOUNDATION — C$8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSCIENTISTS IN SCHOOL — C$7,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINVEREMERE COMPANION ANIMAL NETWORK SOCIETY (ICAN) — C$6,500 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetWINDERMERE DISTRICT SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE LAKE FOREST EDUCATION SOCIETY — C$4,626 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOLUMBIA LAKE STEWARDSHIP SOCIETY — C$4,350 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetCOLUMBIA VALLEY HOUSING SOCIETY — C$3,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetWCS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY — C$3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINVERMERE FILM FESTIVAL — C$3,500 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN TRENCH NATURAL RESOURCES SOCIETY — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWINDEMERE VALLEY CHILD CARE SOCIETY — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCANADIAN CANCER SOCIRTY — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConrad Kain Society — C$1,000 over 1y, 69% of budgetBC Adaptive Snowsports — C$850 over 1y, 0.2% 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 WINDERMERE VALLEY YOUTH CENTRE SOCIETY O/A SUMMIT YOUTH HUB ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY DYNAMIX ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds VANCOUVER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA VALLEY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA VALLEY CHRISTMAS BUREAU ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL DISTRICT 6 ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE SOCIETY OF THE COLUMBIA VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA VALLEY SEARCH & RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds Columbia House Enhancement Society ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA BASIN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NETWORK (CBEEN) ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA VALLEY GREENWAYS TRAIL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE INVERMERE PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds CBAL ↗
  • Who funds Lake Windermere Ambassadors Society ↗
  • Who funds EDGEWATER RECREATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WILDSIGHT ↗
  • Who funds EAST KOOTENAY ADDICTION SERVICES SOCIETY (EKASS) ↗
  • Who funds LIVING LAKES CANADA ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA WETLANDS STEWARDSHIP PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds RAD RECREATION ADAPTIVE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds RADIUM HOT SPRINGS LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds LAKE WINDERMERE DISTRICT LIONS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA BASIN ALLIANCE FOR LITERACY (CBAL) ↗
  • Who funds Steamboat Mountain Music Society ↗
  • Who funds BC WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCIENTISTS IN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds INVEREMERE COMPANION ANIMAL NETWORK SOCIETY (ICAN) ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Invermere Health Care…Osprey Community Foun…The Calgary FoundationKimberley & District …Le Roi Community Foun…The Canfor Good Thing…Totem Charitable Foun…Bc Government Employe…The Sitka FoundationCommunity Foundations…The McLean Foundation
Community Foundation of the Kootenay RockiesBC14.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies · Invermere Health Care Auxiliary Society · Osprey Community Foundation · The Calgary Foundation · Kimberley & District Community Foundation · Le Roi Community Foundation · The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation · Totem Charitable Foundation · Bc Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust · The Sitka Foundation · Community Foundations of Canada · The McLean 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 59 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 public foundation under foundations.

Source object 882618713:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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