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Ottawa, ON · Public foundation

Columbus Club - Charitable Foundation

The foundation provides financial support to registered charitable organizations including those providing housing medical health and supportive services.

C$59k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$8k
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.

C$1,500
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$684k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST. PATRICK'S HOME OF OTTAWA FDNC$8,000
SERENITY RENEWAL FOR FAMILIESC$8,000
KATERI NATIVE MINISTRYC$6,500
JERICHO ROAD MINISTRIESC$6,500
THE SALVATION ARMY OTTAWA BETHANY HOPE CENTREC$3,000
ANCOURAC$1,500
CAREFORE HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICESC$1,500
ST. ELIZABETH'S CHURCHC$1,500
OTTAWA SNOWSUIT FUNDC$1,500
MATTHEW HOUSEC$1,500
NELSON HOUSE OF OTTAWA CARLETONC$1,500
INTERVAL HOUSE OF OTTAWAC$1,500
IMMIGRANT WOMEN SERVICES OTTAWAC$1,500
FIRST PLACE OPTIONSC$1,500
DAVE SMITH TREATMENT CENTREC$1,500
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$317k · 43 repeat orgsC$10k to everyone else

43 repeat relationships — 25 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
5

Total granted

C$317k
C$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+51%

Still filing today

98%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$3k 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 OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · C$32k · revenue +146%
  • SE
    ST. ELIZABETH'S CHURCH
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$16k · revenue +128%
  • CH
    CORNERSTONE HOUSING FOR WOMEN
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$16k · revenue +726%

Funded once

  • SB
    ST. BASIL'S PARISH
    one grant, 2019 · C$3k
  • F4
    FIGHT 4 FREEDOM
    one grant, 2022 · C$2k · revenue -36%
  • OW
    OTTAWA WEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · C$1k · revenue +51%

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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Ottawa Inner City Health Inc.

Ottawa inner city health inc. was established to provide health care and social support services to people living in ottawa affected by poverty substance use physical and mental illness. services are provided through a range of programs…

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2
Upstream Ottawa Mental Health Community Support

Provide a choice of permanent affordable housing and or ongoing flexible support to individuals with long-term mental health illness. to assist the individuals to live at their optimal level of functioning within the community.

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3
Options Housing Incorporated

Options bytown is a non-profit organization that provides supportive housing in ottawa on combining affordable housing with on-site counselling training and other services for people who need help to live independently. we help people who…

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4
The Ottawa Mission

We provide emergency shelter services for homeless men which includes lodging meals clothing and laundry facilities. We hold daily chapel services. We operate residential and non residential drug and alcohol addictions treatment programs.…

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5
St. Patrick's Home of Ottawa

St. patrick's home for ottawa is a catholic charitable not-for-profit sponsored by the catholic health sponsors of ontario governed by a volunteer board of directors under the auspices of the ministry of long-term care. the home provides…

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6
Circles of Support and Accountability - Ottawa

Reintegration of former offenders.

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7
Ottawa Independent Living Resource Centre

Provides programs and support in order to enhance the process for empowering individuals with disabilities to direct their own lives and participate fully in the community.

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8
Housing Help Corporation Aide Logement Ottawa-Carleton

The organization is dedicated to working with homeless and low income people and carries out programs and projects with a goal of ensuring more secure affordable housing for them in the ottawa region. it also provides services to assist…

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9
Oxford House Foundation of Canada

Oversees a network of self-run and self-supported homes for recovering alcoholics and addicts

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10
The Canadian Mental Health Association Ottawa Branch

The canadian mental health association ottawa branch aspires to provide client directed services and programs for people with mental health problems and to enchance promote and maintain the mental health of individuals and communities…

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11
The Ottawa Rotary Home

Parent relief and respite care programs with funding provided by the ontario ministry of community and social services and the ontario ministry of youth services. operates respite care and adult residential programs to improve the quality…

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12
Parkway House Ottawa and District

The charity provides and maintains permanent care in a non-medical facility for physically challenged adults.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shepherds of Good Hope and the most unlike its peers is Camp Lau-Ren. 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

49 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. 49 of the 50 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/49
Grantees still filing
39/49
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 OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — C$32,330 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetST. ELIZABETH'S CHURCH — C$16,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetCORNERSTONE HOUSING FOR WOMEN — C$15,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES — C$15,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetKATERI NATIVE MINISTRY — C$15,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetSERENITY RENEWAL FOR FAMILIES — C$14,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCALDWELL FAMILY CENTRE — C$14,100 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetST. PATRICK'S HOME OF OTTAWA FDN — C$14,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetDAVE SMITH TREATMENT CENTRE — C$9,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY OTTAWA BETHANY HOPE CENTRE — C$8,500 over 6y, 26% of budgetOTTAWA SNOWSUIT FUND — C$8,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST MARY'S HOME AND OUTREACH CENTRE — C$8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOTTAWA SALUS CORPORATION — C$7,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBEREAVED FAMILIES OF ONTARIO-OTTAWA REGION — C$7,500 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetST. BRIGID'S SUMMER CAMP — C$7,500 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetANCOURA — C$7,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HOSPICE AT MAYCOURT — C$7,359 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINTERVAL HOUSE OF OTTAWA — C$6,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMATTHEW HOUSE — C$6,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST PLACE OPTIONS — C$6,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDAYBREAK NON-PROFIT SHELTER — C$6,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetIMMIGRANT WOMEN SERVICES OTTAWA — C$5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT OF OTTWAW — C$5,500 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetTHE OTTAWA MISSION — C$5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRETOWN CHURCHES SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE — C$5,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF OTTAWA — C$5,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMAP — C$5,000 over 8y, 34% of budgetST. JOSEPH — C$5,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHARVEST HOUSE — C$5,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WAUPOOS FOUNDATION — C$5,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE OTTAWA FOOD BANK — C$4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL — C$4,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetSHEPHERDS OF GOOD HOPE — C$4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLIVE WORK PLAY — C$3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPOWER TO CHANGE — C$3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF OTTAWA — C$3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLARCHE — C$3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ONTARIO INC. — C$2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetONE WAY MINISTRIES — C$2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOTTAWA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE — C$2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF ONTARIO — C$2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAREFORE HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIGHT 4 FREEDOM — C$1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNELSON HOUSE OF OTTAWA CARLETON — C$1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY — C$1,110 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOTTAWA WEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICE — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAU REN CAMP CORPORATION — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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 OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST. ELIZABETH'S CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE HOUSING FOR WOMEN ↗
  • Who funds JERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds KATERI NATIVE MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds SERENITY RENEWAL FOR FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds CALDWELL FAMILY CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds ST. PATRICK'S HOME OF OTTAWA FDN ↗
  • Who funds DAVE SMITH TREATMENT CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY OTTAWA BETHANY HOPE CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds OTTAWA SNOWSUIT FUND ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S HOME AND OUTREACH CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds OTTAWA SALUS CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BEREAVED FAMILIES OF ONTARIO-OTTAWA REGION ↗
  • Who funds ST. BRIGID'S SUMMER CAMP ↗
  • Who funds ANCOURA ↗
  • Who funds THE HOSPICE AT MAYCOURT ↗
  • Who funds INTERVAL HOUSE OF OTTAWA ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEW HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds FIRST PLACE OPTIONS ↗
  • Who funds DAYBREAK NON-PROFIT SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds IMMIGRANT WOMEN SERVICES OTTAWA ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT OF OTTWAW ↗
  • Who funds THE OTTAWA MISSION ↗
  • Who funds CENTRETOWN CHURCHES SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF OTTAWA ↗
  • Who funds MAP ↗
  • Who funds ST. JOSEPH ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE WAUPOOS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE OTTAWA FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERDS OF GOOD HOPE ↗
  • Who funds LIVE WORK PLAY ↗
  • Who funds POWER TO CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF OTTAWA ↗
  • Who funds LARCHE ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS ONTARIO INC. ↗
  • Who funds ONE WAY MINISTRIES ↗

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.

Ottawa Community Foun…The Incorporated Syno…The Roman Catholic Ep…Grey Sisters of the I…Taggart Parkes Founda…Oblates of Mary Immac…Ontario Realtors Care…The Harry P Ward Foun…Ferguson Family Found…May Court Club of Ott…Ottawa Dragon Boat Fo…Kids Up Front Foundat…
Ottawa Community Foundation / Fondation Communautaire d'OttawaON24.8× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ottawa Community Foundation / Fondation Communautaire d'Ottawa · The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa · The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall · Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception · Taggart Parkes Foundation · Oblates of Mary Immaculate - St Peter's Province · Ontario Realtors Care Foundation · The Harry P Ward Foundation · Ferguson Family Foundation · May Court Club of Ottawa · Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation · Kids Up Front Foundation (Ottawa)

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 50 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 834611162:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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