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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

Frederick and Douglas Dickson Memorial Foundation

The foundation gave grants to 6 registered canadian charitable organizations to which the foundation is required to give income each year.

C$435k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$40k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k9 grants · C$55k
  • C$10k–50k25 grants · C$380k
C$10,000
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$8.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - ARTS & SCIENCEC$40,000
THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETYC$25,000
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOLS OF TORONTOC$20,000
DAILY BREAD FOOD BANKC$20,000
FURNITURE BANKC$20,000
VE'AHAVTAC$20,000
THE SALVATION ARMYC$20,000
THE REDWOODC$20,000
CNIBC$15,000
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER TORONTOC$15,000
GENEVA CENTRE FOR AUTISMC$15,000
JESSIE'S THE JUNE CALLWOOD CENTRE FOR YOUNG WOMENC$15,000
NELLIE'SC$15,000
HOME FIRSTC$10,000
ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$10,000
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$3.0M · 45 repeat orgsC$101k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +30% since the first grant, against +30% for the ones you funded once.

45 repeat relationships — 30 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
11

Total granted

C$3.0M
C$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+30%

Still filing today

98%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$28k 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 TORONTO - ARTS & SCIENCE
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$227k · revenue +43%
  • DB
    DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$150k · revenue +315%
  • C
    CNIB
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$145k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • CD
    CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2019 · C$15k · revenue +115%
  • SA
    St. Alban's Boys and Girls Clubgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$10k · revenue +30%
  • TP
    THE PINE PROJECT
    one grant, 2023 · C$10k · revenue -3%

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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Strides Toronto Support Services

Strides Toronto is a multi-service agency providing services to young people from birth to age 29 and their families in Toronto. Strides Toronto provides a range of community residential and treatment services to improve the mental social…

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2
Toronto Youth Development

Educational and sports programs for underprivileged at-risk youth in toronto

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3
Youthlink

Youthlink provides a range of services from prevention to early intervention to treatment for young people between the ages of 12-24 and their families living in the city of toronto. range of services include: * individual family and group…

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4
Central Toronto Youth Services

1. responds to the needs of young people their families and the youth serving community through advocacy research education & direct service programming. 2. provide & offer support & counseling services for youth via groupwork community…

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5
Jewish Vocational Service of Metropolitan Toronto

JVS Toronto plays a vital role in Toronto and York Region ensuring that jobseekers reach their potential at work and employers build the workforce they need to be successful. Programs and services include a mix of general and specialized…

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6
Gerstein Crisis Centre

Gerstein Crisis Centre is a community mental health organization that provides services to adults experiencing a mental health and/or addictions crisis. Our broad range of programs and initiatives includes our Community Mental Health…

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7
Covenant House Toronto

As canada's largest agency serving at risk homeless and trafficked youth covenant house toronto changes lives by providing the widest range of services and support to as many as 350 youth a day. a national leader we educate and advocate…

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8
Housing for Youth in the City of York Corporation

The organization provides a housing facility and related programs for youth. these programs include case management life management housing support and mental health and wellness program.

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9
Child Development Institute

Cdi is a multi-service charitable organization that offers early years and childcare services mental health and counselling services and programs that address gender-based violence. unified under one agency cdi's diverse programming…

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10
Supported Training and Rehabilitation in Diverse Environments

Non-profit community based vocational rehabilitation program servicing the needs of Halton residents facing mental health and addiction issues. Pre-Employment Program offers individuals support and guidance to develop independent…

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11
Community Living Toronto

Community Living Toronto provides a variety of innovative supports to children youth and adults with an intellectual disability and their families. Our person-centered services and supports aim to foster natural community networks and…

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12
Ymca of Greater Toronto

The YMCA of Greater Toronto is a charity that ignites the potential in people helping them grow lead and give back to their communities. For more than 170 years we’ve been tackling the most critical health and social issues in our region.…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Yonge Street Mission and the most unlike its peers is St. Alban's Boys' and Girls' Club. 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

58 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. 58 of the 60 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/58
Grantees still filing
46/58
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$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - ARTS & SCIENCE — C$227,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FIRST FOUNDATION — C$218,000 over 4y, 34% of budgetDAILY BREAD FOOD BANK — C$150,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCNIB — C$145,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REDWOOD — C$125,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetVE'AHAVTA — C$125,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetNellie's — C$120,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHEART & STROKE FOUNDATION — C$103,333 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFURNITURE BANK — C$95,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD REFUGEE SOCIAL MINISTRIES — C$90,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY — C$87,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetThe Yonge Street Mission — C$80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Scott Mission — C$80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVICTIM SERVICES — C$80,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER TORONTO — C$80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRED VICTOR CENTRE — C$80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$77,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBoost Child & Youth Advocacy Centre — C$75,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGENEVA CENTRE FOR AUTISM — C$75,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEW CIRCLES COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$70,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetPACT (CANADIAN FOUNDATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLE — C$68,800 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetBOUNDLESS ADVENTURES ASSOCIATION — C$65,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetAbout Face — C$60,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOLS OF TORONTO — C$60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST — C$60,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY — C$55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetABIONA CENTRE — C$50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH WITHOUT SHELTER — C$40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBARBARA SCHLIFER COMMEMORATIVE CLINIC — C$31,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetYORK UNIVERSITY — C$30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREGENT PARK SCHOOL OF MUSIC FOUNDATION — C$30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSICKKIDS FOUNDATION — C$30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetART HEART COMMUNITY ART CENTRE — C$27,500 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetHospital for Sick Kids — C$27,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJESSIE'S THE JUNE CALLWOOD CENTRE FOR YOUNG WOMEN — C$25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetToronto Search and Rescue - Marine — C$25,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetCHRISTIE REFUGEE WELCOME CENTRE — C$20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFOODSHARE TORONTO — C$20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCANADIAN HEARING SOCIETY — C$17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYORKTOWN FAMILY SERVICES — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE — C$15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE PEER PROJECT - YOUTH ASSISTING YOUTH — C$14,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSt. Alban's Boys and Girls Club — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH EMPLOYMENT SERVICES — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST. JOSEPHS — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PINE PROJECT — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNANKIND — C$7,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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 TORONTO - ARTS & SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FIRST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CNIB ↗
  • Who funds THE REDWOOD ↗
  • Who funds VE'AHAVTA ↗
  • Who funds Nellie's ↗
  • Who funds HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FURNITURE BANK ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD REFUGEE SOCIAL MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY ↗
  • Who funds The Yonge Street Mission ↗
  • Who funds The Scott Mission ↗
  • Who funds VICTIM SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds FRED VICTOR CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Boost Child & Youth Advocacy Centre ↗
  • Who funds GENEVA CENTRE FOR AUTISM ↗
  • Who funds NEW CIRCLES COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds PACT (CANADIAN FOUNDATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLE ↗
  • Who funds BOUNDLESS ADVENTURES ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds About Face ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOLS OF TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST ↗
  • Who funds THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ABIONA CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH WITHOUT SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds BARBARA SCHLIFER COMMEMORATIVE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds YORK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds REGENT PARK SCHOOL OF MUSIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SICKKIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ART HEART COMMUNITY ART CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds Hospital for Sick Kids ↗
  • Who funds JESSIE'S THE JUNE CALLWOOD CENTRE FOR YOUNG WOMEN ↗
  • Who funds Toronto Search and Rescue - Marine ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIE REFUGEE WELCOME CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds FOODSHARE TORONTO ↗

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 Catherine and Max…The McLean FoundationJ.P. Bickell Foundati…Kids Up Front Foundat…F. K. Morrow Foundati…St. Andrew's Charitab…Tippet FoundationThe George Lunan Foun…Toronto FoundationRotary Club of Toront…Robert Kerr FoundationThe Charles H. Ivey F…
The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen FoundationON22.7× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation · The McLean Foundation · J.P. Bickell Foundation · Kids Up Front Foundation (Toronto) · F. K. Morrow Foundation · St. Andrew's Charitable Foundation · Tippet Foundation · The George Lunan Foundation · Toronto Foundation · Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation · Robert Kerr Foundation · The Charles H. Ivey 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 60 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 private foundation under foundations.

Source object 860194299:2024-06-30 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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