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Decoda Literacy Foundation

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C$338k
Granted FY2024still arriving
44
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$60k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k33 grants · C$59k
  • C$10k–50k10 grants · C$219k
  • C$50k–250k1 grant · C$60k
C$1,326
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$281k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHOOL DISTRICT #73 (KAMLOOPS/THOMPSON)C$60,461
PROJECT LITERACY CENTRAL OKANAGAN SOCIETYC$44,190
COLUMBIA BASIN ALLIANCE FOR LITERACYC$41,817
CARNEY HILL NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE SOCIETYC$33,916
YELLOWHEAD COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETYC$20,900
ASSOCIATION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSES OF BCC$19,588
CAPILANO UNIVERSITYC$16,095
CARIBOO CHILCOTIN PARTNERS FOR LITERACYC$12,049
SALT SPRING LITERACY SOCIETYC$10,200
MOUNT WADDINGTON FAMILY LITERACY SOCIETYC$10,000
LITERACY SOCIETY OF THE NORTH OKANAGANC$10,000
LITERACY ALBERNI SOCIETYC$9,700
CANUCKS FOR KIDS FUNDC$5,939
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIONC$5,939
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITYC$4,658
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$2.4M · 57 repeat orgsC$46k 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 +32% for the ones you funded once.

57 repeat relationships — 38 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
17

Total granted

C$2.4M
C$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+32%

Still filing today

98%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$18k 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

  • SD
    School District #73 (Kamloops/Thompson)
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$391k · revenue +395% · 62% of their budget
  • PL
    Project Literacy Central Okanagan Society
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$241k · revenue +41%
  • CB
    COLUMBIA BASIN ALLIANCE FOR LITERACY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$215k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • HD
    Hazelton District Public Librarygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$10k · revenue +54%
  • LR
    LITERACY RIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$5k · revenue +31%
  • ES
    Encompass Support Services Society
    one grant, 2017 · C$3k

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
Richmond County Literacy Network Society

Adult literacy learning and employability programs

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2
One to One Literacy Society

One to one offers unique children's literacy programs that supports children to develop their literacy skills and confidence. since 1989 they have provided one-to-one tutoring to children in elementary schools during regular school hours.…

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3
City of Richmond

Richmond public library (rpl) is proud to be an essential source of information and learning for the community. every summer the library partners with the bc summer reading club to offer summer reading programs for kids and teens. year…

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4
Victoria Read Society

Provided students of all ages assessments of and instruction to in basic literacy numeracy English skills to help them with their reading. This includes noisy kids reading club an after school program in elementary schools.

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5
Learning Buddies Network of the Lower Mainland Society

Volunteer tutoring for struggling elementary school children. Learning Buddies Network provides free tutoring in reading and math to BC children who are struggling in these academic areas.

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6
Crowsnest Pass Literacy Foundation

Tutor programs offered by providing one-on-one tutoring to at-risk children in grades 1-6. home visit program supports in-home learning to low literacy families.

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7
Lillooet Area Library Association

Providing public library services to the residents of the district of lillooet squamish lillooet regional district (slrd) areas a and b and the six northern st'at'imc communities tit'q'et tsal'alh sekw'el'was xwisten xaxli'p and…

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8
Valley Adult Learning Association

Ongoing programs: literacy program - upgrading skills in reading writing numeracy and computers

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9
Camosun College

Camosun College is a comprehensive public post-secondary institution providing the community with access to knowledge and skills that are relevant to future economic and social development in the region.

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10
Community Learning Network - an Alberta Association of Leaders in Lifelong Learning

The Community Learning Network (CLN) cultivates and promotes the advancement of community-based learning in Alberta by providing training support and resources to our networks. Based on identified trends needs and issues in community adult…

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11
Learning Disabilities Society of Greater Vancouver

The services include one-to-one tutoring sponsorships for disadvantaged children who require tutoring literacy programs peer leadership programs social skills programs self-help support group for young adults public awareness programs…

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12
Community Learning Association North of Smokey

Delivered levels 1 2 and 3 of adult literacy programs adult learning family literacy cooking classes book bag program and after school programs

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chilliwack Learning Society and the most unlike its peers is Capilano University. 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 80 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/77
Grantees still filing
58/77
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 budgetSchool District #73 (Kamloops/Thompson) — C$391,032 over 6y, 62% of budgetProject Literacy Central Okanagan Society — C$241,489 over 7y, 24% of budgetCOLUMBIA BASIN ALLIANCE FOR LITERACY — C$215,154 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetCAPILANO UNIVERSITY — C$178,655 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$159,579 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCARNEY HILL NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE SOCIETY — C$130,455 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetSchool District 34 — C$84,999 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy — C$68,894 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetMOUNT WADDINGTON FAMILY LITERACY SOCIETY — C$66,159 over 7y, 29% of budgetHope Community Services — C$65,737 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetComox Valley Community Adult Literacy — C$55,850 over 5y, 19% of budgetYELLOWHEAD COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY — C$46,905 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetKiwassa Neighbourhood House — C$46,896 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCanucks For Kids Fund — C$43,844 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVancouver Public Library Foundation — C$43,844 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCampbell River Community Literacy Association — C$40,265 over 4y, 13% of budgetLITERACY SOCIETY OF THE NORTH OKANGAN — C$39,973 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetHOUSTON LINK TO LEARNING — C$34,590 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetCHILLIWACK LEARNING SOCIETY — C$30,225 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetWISH DROP IN CENTRE SOCIETY — C$29,483 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMISSION LITERACY IN MOTION — C$27,012 over 8y, 10% of budgetLEARNING SERVICES SCHOOL DISTRICT #43 — C$26,419 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSchool District 91 — C$25,567 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH COAST BC — C$25,381 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRICHMOND WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE — C$23,246 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetSALT SPRING LITERACY SOCIETY — C$21,779 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER VANCOUVER — C$21,528 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetENCOMPASS SUPPORT SERVICES SOCIETY — C$17,746 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY EDUCATION & SUPPORT CENTRE — C$16,463 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCOLLINGWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE — C$16,231 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBURNABY NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE SOCIETY — C$13,921 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMARPOLE OAKRIDGE FAMILY PLACE — C$12,845 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBOWEN CHILDEN'S CENTRE SOCIETY — C$12,080 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetLITERACY CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND — C$11,050 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBURNABY PUBLIC LIBRARY — C$11,023 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHazelton District Public Library — C$10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetBOWEN ISLAND ARTS COUNCIL — C$9,735 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetLITERACY ALBERNI SOCIETY — C$9,700 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetLITERACY NEW COWICHAN SOCIETY — C$9,490 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetLITERACY HAIDA GWAII — C$5,590 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetCOAST MOUNTAIN COLLEGE — C$5,525 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLANGLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION — C$5,082 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSTORY STUDIO WRITING SOCIETY — C$5,071 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLITERACY RIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY — C$4,658 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT ST JOHN LITERACY SOCIETY — C$4,172 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH PEACE BUILDING LEARNING TOGETHER — C$4,075 over 6y, 18% of budgetPROGRESSIVE INTER-CULTURAL COMMUNITY — C$3,615 over 4y, 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.

  • Who funds School District #73 (Kamloops/Thompson) ↗
  • Who funds Project Literacy Central Okanagan Society ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA BASIN ALLIANCE FOR LITERACY ↗
  • Who funds CAPILANO UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ↗
  • Who funds CARNEY HILL NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds School District 34 ↗
  • Who funds Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT WADDINGTON FAMILY LITERACY SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Hope Community Services ↗
  • Who funds Comox Valley Community Adult Literacy ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWHEAD COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Kiwassa Neighbourhood House ↗
  • Who funds Canucks For Kids Fund ↗
  • Who funds Vancouver Public Library Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Campbell River Community Literacy Association ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY SOCIETY OF THE NORTH OKANGAN ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON LINK TO LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds CHILLIWACK LEARNING SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WISH DROP IN CENTRE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MISSION LITERACY IN MOTION ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING SERVICES SCHOOL DISTRICT #43 ↗
  • Who funds School District 91 ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH COAST BC ↗
  • Who funds RICHMOND WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds SALT SPRING LITERACY SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER VANCOUVER ↗
  • Who funds ENCOMPASS SUPPORT SERVICES SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY EDUCATION & SUPPORT CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds COLLINGWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds BURNABY NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MARPOLE OAKRIDGE FAMILY PLACE ↗
  • Who funds BOWEN CHILDEN'S CENTRE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds BURNABY PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds Hazelton District Public Library ↗
  • Who funds BOWEN ISLAND ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY ALBERNI SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY NEW COWICHAN SOCIETY ↗

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.

Vancity Community Fou…United Way British Co…United Way of Norther…The Federation of Com…First West FoundationPostmedia Network Fou…Times Colonist Litera…Greater Vancouver Foo…Vancouver FoundationThe Western Communiti…The Hamber FoundationUnited Way Central an…
Vancity Community FoundationBC18.8× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vancity Community Foundation · United Way British Columbia · United Way of Northern British Columbia · The Federation of Community Social Services Society of British Columbia · First West Foundation · Postmedia Network Foundation · Times Colonist Literacy Society · Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society · Vancouver Foundation · The Western Communities Foundation · The Hamber Foundation · United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island

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 80 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 2024-06-30, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a charitable organization under support of schools and education.

Source object 841053333:2024-06-30 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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