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Pointe-Claire, QC · Private foundation

Ferguson Family Foundation

To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to qualified donnees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the income tax act (canada).

C$95k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k34 grants · C$75k
  • C$10k–50k2 grants · C$20k
C$2,000
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOTHER THERESA CATHOLIC SCHOOLC$10,000
ATHENS FOOD BANKC$10,000
WEST ISLAND MISSIONC$5,000
PEARSON EDUCATION FOUNDATIONC$5,000
OUR HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATIONC$5,000
ATHENS FOOD BANKC$5,000
PROKIDSC$4,500
CHARLESTON LAKE EVNIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONC$4,000
KURLING FOR KIDS FOUNDATIONC$4,000
NOVA WEST ISLANDC$3,500
UPSTREAM OTTAWAC$3,000
CAPITAL CITY CONDORSC$2,500
GOOD NEIGHBOURS FOOD BANKC$2,000
STITTSVILLE FOOD BANKC$2,000
SOCIETY FOR DISTRICT #1 COMMUNITY CENTERC$2,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Where your grant dollars land — at home and around the world.

Your giving at home — 88% of grant dollars (C$364k). The 12% that went abroad (C$49k) is mapped below.

Beyond home — 12% of all-years giving (C$49k)

0 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore

International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same T3010 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.

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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$309k · 40 repeat orgsC$62k 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 +29% for the ones you funded once.

40 repeat relationships — 27 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
36

Total granted

C$309k
C$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+29%

Still filing today

98%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$16k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22’23’24
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

  • AF
    ATHENS FOOD BANK
    3× · 2022–2024 · C$30k · revenue +37%
  • MT
    MOTHER THERESA CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    6× · 2018–2024 · C$29k · revenue +53%
  • AD
    ATHENS DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL
    6× · 2018–2024 · C$23k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • LA
    LEEDS AND GRENVILLE INTERBAL HOUSE
    one grant, 2022 · C$5k · revenue +14%
  • RT
    RUSSELL TOWNSHIP-SPLASH PADgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$3k · revenue +72%
  • RL
    ROYAL LEPAGE MONTREAL WOMENS SHELTERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$3k · revenue +29%

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.

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Ronald McDonald House Ottawa Maison Ronald McDonald Ottawa

The charity provides accommodation and support to families of seriously ill children including oncology patients who are undergoing treatment at the children's hospital of eastern ontario.

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2
The Ottawa Hospital/L'hopital D'ottawa

The ottawa hospital is a three-campus hospital model with two full service campuses (civic and general). the objective of the hospital is to provide quality patient care through education and research and is dedicated to improving the…

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3
Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation/Fondation Du Cancer De La Region D'ottawa

The ottawa regional cancer foundation is a supportive cancer care champion. we harness the power of our community to deliver life changing results for those affected by cancer. we offer a community cancer hub a single portal for local…

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4
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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5
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute/ Institut De Recherche De L'hopital D'ottawa

The ottawa hospital research institute is an independent health research facility closely affiliated with the ottawa hospital and the university of ottawa committed to excellence in the creation of scientific knowledge that contributes to…

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6
The Ottawa Food Bank/La Banque D'alimentation D'ottawa

During this fiscal period the ottawa food bank (ofb) has actively pursued its mission to combat food insecurity through a range of charitable programs. the organization operates as a non-profit providing both fresh and non-perishable food…

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7
Dalhousie Food Action Group Inc

The charity runs a community food bank in the West Centretown (former Dalhousie Ward) section of Ottawa ON for residents who reside within a defined catchment zone. Clients are eligible to access food and groceries once per month.

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8
Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l'Outaouais

L'organisme offre des services de santé et de services sociaux à la population de l'outaouais. il offre également de services d'hebergement aux personnes âgées et des services de réadaptation à des clientèles particulières.

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Fondation Santé Outaouais Outaouais Health Foundation

Versements des dons au cnetre integré de santé et des services sociaux de l'outaouais (cissso) afin que ce dernier puisse réaliser certains de ses projets d'achats d'équipements et de services jugés prioritaires au bien-être de la…

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10
Ottawa Neighbourhood Services

Ottawa Neighbourhood Services specializes in the collection and resale of previously owned goods that are donated by the community. ONS offers these articles as a free relief service to individuals in distress through disaster or in…

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11
Meals On Wheels / La Popote Roulante (Ottawa)

Meals and wheels is a food service program delivering both hot and frozen meals to frail seniors persons with disabilities and those convalescing enabling to remain in their home as long as possible.

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12
Ottawa Paw Pantry

We provide pet food to low-income pet owners in the Ottawa community. Our volunteers raise funds purchase and distribute pet food and supplies including direct delivery to our mobility-challenged clients.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Les Services Communautaires On Rock Inc. On Rock Community Services Inc. and the most unlike its peers is St. Brigid's Summer Camp. 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

76 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. 76 of the 85 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)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/76
Grantees still filing
56/76
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 budgetATHENS FOOD BANK — C$30,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetMOTHER THERESA CATHOLIC SCHOOL — C$29,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetATHENS DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL — C$23,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOUR HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION — C$18,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBROCKVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL — C$16,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNOVA WEST ISLAND — C$15,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHOSPICE GREATER SAINT JOHN — C$13,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWEST ISLAND MISSION — C$11,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPEARSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION — C$11,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCHARLESTON LAKE EVNIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION — C$9,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBOURS FOODBANK — C$9,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetKURLING FOR KIDS FOUNDATION — C$9,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetUPSTREAM OTTAWA — C$8,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetE.S.C. PAUL DESMARAIS — C$7,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetKANATA FOOD CUPBOARD — C$6,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetON ROCK COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — C$6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE FOOD BANK — C$5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSJVS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — C$5,010 over 4y, 45% of budgetLEEDS AND GRENVILLE INTERBAL HOUSE — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST. PATRICK'S FALLOWFIELD — C$5,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetSTITTSVILLE FOOD BANK — C$5,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetST. BRIGID'S SUMMER CAMP — C$4,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MUNCIPALITY OF CHESTER — C$4,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetVALORIS FOUNDATION FOUNDATION PRESCOTT-RUSSELL — C$4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWEST ISLAND WOMEN'S CENTRE — C$3,100 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRUSSELL TOWNSHIP-SPLASH PAD — C$3,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetNELSON HOUSE — C$3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST. VERONICA'S PARISH — C$3,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRIDEAUWOOD ADDICTION & FAMILY SERVICES — C$3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROYAL LEPAGE MONTREAL WOMENS SHELTER — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOTTAWA INTERCITY MINISTRIES — C$3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOTTAWA HUMAINE SOCIETY — C$2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL CITY CONDORS — C$2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetECOLE SECONDAIRE CATHOLIQUE - EMBRUN — C$2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER ACTION — C$2,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE ROYAL OTTAWA MENTAL HEALTH — C$2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBENEDICT LABRE HOUSE — C$2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJUSTICE CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTION — C$2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSCHOOLBOX — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLIGHT HOUSE FOOD BANK SOCIETY CHESTER — C$2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCHESTER & AREA FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMINWAASHIN LODGE — C$2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOTTAWA NETWORK FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY — C$2,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR DISTRICT #1 COMMUNITY CENTER — C$2,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMATTHEW HOUSE — C$2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIE LAKE KIDS — C$2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWEST ISLAND ASSISTANCE FUND — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST. MARY'S HOSPITAL — C$1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Incorporated Syno…Ottawa Community Foun…Taggart Parkes Founda…The Walter and Friedl…The Minto Greenberg L…Columbus Club - Chari…The Roman Catholic Ep…Ottawa-Carleton Distr…Danbe Foundation Inc.The Tenaquip Foundati…The Graham Family Fou…Ottawa Dragon Boat Fo…
The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of OttawaON19.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa · Ottawa Community Foundation / Fondation Communautaire d'Ottawa · Taggart Parkes Foundation · The Walter and Friedl Stenger Foundation · The Minto Greenberg Legacy Foundation · Columbus Club - Charitable Foundation · The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall · Ottawa-Carleton District School Board · Danbe Foundation Inc. · The Tenaquip Foundation / la Fondation Tenaquip · The Graham Family Foundation · Ottawa Dragon Boat 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 85 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 private foundation under foundations.

Source object 746119320:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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