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Cranbrook, BC · Public foundation

Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies

Raising endowment finds to invest and to provide community grants to organizations within the district for the benefit of the community as a whole/

C$598k
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$230k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k34 grants · C$92k
  • C$10k–50k1 grant · C$40k
  • C$50k–250k4 grants · C$466k
C$2,000
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$682k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE VANCOUVER FOUNDATIONC$229,736
WEST KOOTENAY BOUNDARY A I D S NETWORK OUTREACHC$106,652
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS SOCIETY OFC$73,490
KOOTENAY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES SOCIETYC$56,000
ELK VALLEY FAMILY SOCIETYC$40,000
SYMPHONY OF THE KOOTENAYS ASSOCIATIONC$8,683
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 5C$8,292
FRIENDS OF FORT STEELE SOCIETYC$6,500
THE SALVATION ARMY KOOTENAY VALLEY COMMUNITYC$5,884
BLUE LAKE FOREST EDUCATION SOCIETYC$5,758
WILDSIGHTC$4,363
THE CRANBOOK ACHIVES MUSEUM AND LANDMARKC$4,107
KIDSPORT CANADAC$4,000
CRANBROOK FOOD BANK SOCIETYC$3,331
EAST KOOTENAY FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHC$3,155
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$1.8M · 52 repeat orgsC$208k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

52 repeat relationships — 31 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
34

Total granted

C$1.8M
C$151k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+17%

Still filing today

85%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$58k 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

  • TV
    THE VANCOUVER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · C$630k · revenue ×70
  • EK
    EAST KOOTENAY FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$447k · revenue +186% · 36% of their budget
  • WK
    WEST KOOTENAY BOUNDARY A I D S NETWORK OUTREACH
    2× · 2023–2024 · C$113k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • GF
    GOLDEN FOOD BANK SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · C$67k · revenue +23%
  • EV
    ELK VALLEY REGIONAL LAND TRUST SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · C$14k · revenue -99%
  • PA
    PERFORMING ARTS BC
    one grant, 2019 · C$11k · revenue +6%

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
East Kootenay Regional Search and Rescue Society

Support kimberley search and rescue by providing personnel training equipment and financial support. - primary role is to locate and rescue lost and injured persons. - support local authorites during mass casualty incidents and acts of…

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2
Fernie & District Search and Rescue Society

Search and rescue activities in the fernie area under the authority of emergency management and climate readiness bc

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3
Kootenay Columbia Trails Society

Establish and maintain a recreational trail network in and around the municipalities of Rossland Trail Warfield Montrose and Fruitvale in British Columbia for self-propelled activities including walking hiking trail running biking and…

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4
Friends of the South Slopes

The organization does volunteer trail maintenance within two BC Provincial Parks via a Partnership Agreement. The organization also manages long-term land stewardship within the south slopes of Kelowna with a goal of ensuring access to…

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5
British Columbia Crime Stoppers Society

The british columbia crime stoppers society provides educational programs and tip taking program support to 21 local community based crime stoppers programs in the province of british columbia through province wide conferences

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6
Central Okanagan Search & Rescue Society

Providing search and rescue services to the central okanagan regional district including kelowna and surrounding areas. the society also conducts awareness campaigns and public safety information sessions. the society responds to requests…

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7
Kamloops Search and Rescue Society

Working in conjunction with the r.c.m.p. bc ambulance service coroners office and emergency management bc (embc) ksar provides quality care and speedy recovery of those individuals who are lost or injured while enjoying the bc interior…

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8
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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9
Kootenay Career Development Society

o BC Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction: WorkBC Contracts o Province of British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training (now Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills): Retail Trades…

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10
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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11
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - British Columbia

The Marine Conservation Program which plays a leading role in advancing the establishment of a network of marine protected areas (MPAs) across British Columbia. The Northern Terrestrial Conservation Program works collaboratively with…

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12
The Federation of Community Social Services Society of British Columbia

Provide educational opportunities in areas of interest to member agencies. encourage partnerships with local communities and contracting ministries.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Connections Society of Southeast Bc and the most unlike its peers is Cranbrook Bugle Band 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

77 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. 77 of the 94 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/77
Grantees still filing
53/77
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 budgetTHE VANCOUVER FOUNDATION — C$630,446 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetEAST KOOTENAY FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH — C$446,621 over 8y, 36% of budgetWEST KOOTENAY BOUNDARY A I D S NETWORK OUTREACH — C$112,830 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONNECTIONS SOCIETY OF — C$99,098 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetGOLDEN FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$67,100 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetKOOTENAY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES SOCIETY — C$57,400 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEAST KOOTENAY ADDICTIONS SERVICES SOCIETY — C$40,884 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetELK VALLEY FAMILY SOCIETY — C$40,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY KOOTENAY VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH — C$32,630 over 8y, 48% of budgetFERNIE WOMEN'S RESOURCE AND DROP IN CENTRE — C$31,825 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetSYMPHONY OF THE KOOTENAYS ASSOCIATION — C$29,914 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetCRANBROOK ARCHIVES MUSEUM AND LANDMARK FOUNDATION — C$24,369 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetBRITISH COLUMBIA SPCA — C$22,904 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 5 — C$22,801 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCRANBROOK FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$17,256 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBLUE LAKE FOREST EDUCATION SOCIETY — C$17,100 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetELK VALLEY REGIONAL LAND TRUST SOCIETY — C$14,185 over 1y, 22% of budgetWILDSIGHT — C$12,329 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS BC — C$10,500 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetKEY CITY THEATRE SOCIETY — C$9,113 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetELK VALLEY SENIORS HOUSING SOCIETY — C$9,065 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBIA BASIN ENVIROMENTAL EDUCATION NETWORK — C$8,203 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSPARWOOD & DISTRICT ARTS AND HERITAGE COUNCIL — C$7,644 over 5y, 30% of budgetCRANBROOK COMMUNITY THEATRE SOCIETY — C$7,544 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetCANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION — C$7,491 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF FORT STEELE SOCIETY — C$6,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCRANBROOK BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB — C$6,272 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTRIANGLE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE — C$6,152 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetHEART AND STORE FOUNDATION OF CANADA — C$6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY — C$6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY — C$6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFERNIE AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY — C$5,836 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCRANBROOK AND DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL — C$5,286 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetELK VALLEY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH — C$5,166 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetFERNIE AND DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL — C$5,064 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFERNIE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSPARWOOD FOOD BANK — C$5,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCOLUMBIA BASIN ALLIANCE FOR LITERACY — C$4,609 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN B.C. FRIENDS OF CHILDREN SOCIETY — C$4,458 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLIVING LAKES CANADA SOCIETY — C$4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJAFFARY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT SOCIETY — C$3,143 over 2y, 27% of budgetELKFORD WOMEN'S TASK FORCE SOCIETY — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCRANBROOK AND DISTRICT SEARCH AND RESCUE — C$3,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetELK RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE — C$2,833 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetELKFORD SEARCH & RESCUE — C$2,678 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF CANADA — C$2,598 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS CLUB OF FERNIE AND DISTRICT — C$2,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCRANBROOK COMMUNITY FOREST SOCIETY — C$2,434 over 2y, 2.7% 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.

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 Western Communiti…Columbia Valley Commu…Kimberley & District …Central Okanagan Foun…Osprey Community Foun…United Way East Koote…Bc Government Employe…West Kootenay Regiona…Le Roi Community Foun…St. Andrew's United C…Creston Valley Gleane…W. C. Kitchen Family …
The Western Communities FoundationAB14.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Western Communities Foundation · Columbia Valley Community Foundation · Kimberley & District Community Foundation · Central Okanagan Foundation · Osprey Community Foundation · United Way East Kootenay · Bc Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust · West Kootenay Regional Arts Council · Le Roi Community Foundation · St. Andrew's United Church · Creston Valley Gleaners Society · W. C. Kitchen Family 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 94 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 888751609:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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