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Halifax, NS · Public foundation

Halifax Youth Foundation

Providing funding to agencies carrying out programs for the benefit of children and youth in nova scotia that are consistent with the objects of the foundation.

C$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
66
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$113k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k11 grants · C$73k
  • C$10k–50k46 grants · C$879k
  • C$50k–250k9 grants · C$564k
C$15,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Children's Aid Foundation of NSC$112,500
IWK Health CentreC$100,000
Home Blooms Social Entrepr. Ventures Inc.C$50,500
Pictou County Roots for Youth SocietyC$50,500
YMCA of Greater Halifax/DartmouthC$50,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater HalifaxC$50,000
Family SOS AssociationC$50,000
SRCF Learning Centre for Halifax Inc.C$50,000
Kids Help PhoneC$50,000
Halifax Regional Centre for Education (2)C$41,500
Phoenix Youth ProgramsC$40,000
North End Community Health AssociationC$40,000
Bread of Life Ministries Assoc.C$33,000
Public Good Society of DartmouthC$32,300
Read To Me! Foundation Inc.C$31,000
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$8.5M · 92 repeat orgsC$61k 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 +15% for the ones you funded once.

92 repeat relationships — 65 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

92
10

Total granted

C$8.5M
C$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+15%

Still filing today

90%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$8k 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

  • YO
    YMCA OF GREATER HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$350k · revenue +117%
  • FS
    FAMILY SOS ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$350k · revenue +152%
  • SL
    SRCF Learning Centre for Halifax Inc.
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$340k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • GC
    GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY ADULT LEARNING ASSOC.
    one grant, 2021 · C$8k · revenue +4%
  • AL
    Adult Learning Association of Cape Breton County
    one grant, 2017 · C$7k
  • RC
    Richmond County Literacy Network
    one grant, 2017 · C$7k

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
Halifax Community Learning Network Association

Hcln offers free basic skills tutoring programs to adults in halifax area from september to june. adult learners are assessed and paired with a volunteer tutor who will work with them once to twice a week. programs take place at branches…

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2
Family Service of Eastern Nova Scotia

Counselling - families couples and individuals educational programs children and youth services

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3
Hants Learning Network Association

Adult learning programs / upgrading - classrooms and tutoring / ged prep / family literacy programs / active living

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4
Literacy Association of Nova Scotia

Promote adult literacy in Nova Scotia visit www.literacyns.ca for more information.

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5
Nova Scotia Community College

The nova scotia community college provides post-secondary education to approximately 20 000 students. covering academic programs across various ares such as: business hospitality health & human services trades & technology applied arts &…

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6
P.E.I. Literacy Alliance Inc.

Ready set learn - tutoring program for kids family literacy workshops essential skills for atlantic fisheries program imigination library

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7
Adult Learning Association of Cape Breton County

The organization provides community based adult learning programs throughout cape breton county. the programs include level 1 and 2 adult literacy ged prepartion and employment readiness.

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8
Learning Disabilities Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc

After school tutoring program summer tutoring program lending library and technology training specialized reading tutoring; specialized math tutoring; navigation and advocacy support; empowerment and awareness; assistive technology…

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9
Queens County Learning Network Society

Level 3 alp (adult learning program) liverpool free adult upgrading equivalent grades 8-10 level 1-2 alp (adult learning program) liverpool free adult upgrading equivalent grades 1-8 online alp (adult learning program) and tutoring…

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10
Regional Independent Students Association

Risa operates two residential homes in dartmouth nova scotia - edwards house and brockwell house - which together provide a safe and supportive environment for up to 14 vulnerable youth. these homes are staffed around the clock by trained…

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11
Independent Living Nova Scotia Association

transitional and pre-employment programming support services for self managed care shared services programming/housing food insecurity programming peer support events self advocacy support

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12
Compass Centre for Self-Directed Learning

The Compass Centre provides self-directed learning opportunities for teens 12-18 years.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nova Scotia Council for the Family and the most unlike its peers is Brunswick Street United Church. 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

94 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. 94 of the 103 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)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
89/94
Grantees still filing
73/94
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 budgetYMCA OF GREATER HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH — C$350,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY SOS ASSOCIATION — C$350,000 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetSRCF Learning Centre for Halifax Inc. — C$340,000 over 8y, 21% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax — C$340,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetHome Blooms Social Entrepr. Ventures Inc. — C$295,200 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetChildren's Aid Foundation of NS — C$279,000 over 8y, 85% of budgetHALIFAX REGIONAL CENTRE FOR EDUCATION (2) — C$274,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBread of Life Ministries Assoc. — C$262,000 over 8y, 30% of budgetPictou County Roots for Youth Society — C$218,000 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetIWK Health Centre — C$200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Youth Programs — C$190,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetYWCA of Halifax — C$170,747 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetPathways to Education Canada — C$170,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetReat To Me! Foundation Inc. — C$162,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetHalifax Community Investment Fund — C$160,000 over 8y, 100% of budgetNorth End Community Health Association — C$159,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetDALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY (2) — C$154,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKids Help Phone — C$151,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLOVE LEAVE OUT VIOLENCE NS SOCIETY — C$140,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetHome of the Guardian Angel (2) — C$139,281 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetFairview Resource Centre (2) — C$138,755 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetSt. George's YouthNet Society — C$130,000 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Hfx — C$129,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetChisholm Services for Children — C$126,800 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetBrigadoon Children's Camp Society — C$120,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHomeBridge Youth Society — C$118,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCONSEIL SCOLAIRE ACADIEN PROVINCIAL — C$113,918 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVeith House — C$99,200 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetTHE HALIFAX ASSISTANCE FUND — C$98,500 over 8y, 10% of budgetCommunity Care Network Society — C$93,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetEASTER SEALS NOVA SCOTIA — C$92,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBeechville United Baptist Church — C$83,346 over 8y, 13% of budgetPublic Good Society of Dartmouth — C$81,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetDUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INT'L AWARDS-CANADA — C$80,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY CENTRE — C$80,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPAC Autism Nova Scotia Society — C$78,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWard Five Neighborhood Centre — C$75,000 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetCANADIAN PARAPLEGIC ASS'N (NOVA SCOTIA) — C$75,000 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetMusquodoboit Valley Family Resource Centre — C$72,846 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetYARMOUTH COUNTY LEARNING NETWORK — C$71,086 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NOVA SCOTIA — C$70,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetStepping Stone Association — C$70,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetAdsum Association For Women & Children — C$69,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCumberland Public Library — C$66,272 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetCommunity Learning Association North of Smokey — C$64,273 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetDuke of Edinburgh's Awards International - Nova Scotia — C$60,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCOVERDALE COURTWORK SOCIETY — C$57,600 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetNew Dawn Comm. Develop. Educ. Foundation Inc — C$57,000 over 7y, 9.8% 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 YMCA OF GREATER HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SOS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SRCF Learning Centre for Halifax Inc. ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax ↗
  • Who funds Home Blooms Social Entrepr. Ventures Inc. ↗
  • Who funds Children's Aid Foundation of NS ↗
  • Who funds HALIFAX REGIONAL CENTRE FOR EDUCATION (2) ↗
  • Who funds Bread of Life Ministries Assoc. ↗
  • Who funds Pictou County Roots for Youth Society ↗
  • Who funds IWK Health Centre ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Youth Programs ↗
  • Who funds YWCA of Halifax ↗
  • Who funds Pathways to Education Canada ↗
  • Who funds Reat To Me! Foundation Inc. ↗
  • Who funds Halifax Community Investment Fund ↗
  • Who funds North End Community Health Association ↗
  • Who funds DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY (2) ↗
  • Who funds Kids Help Phone ↗
  • Who funds LOVE LEAVE OUT VIOLENCE NS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Home of the Guardian Angel (2) ↗
  • Who funds Fairview Resource Centre (2) ↗
  • Who funds St. George's YouthNet Society ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Hfx ↗
  • Who funds Chisholm Services for Children ↗
  • Who funds Brigadoon Children's Camp Society ↗
  • Who funds HomeBridge Youth Society ↗
  • Who funds CONSEIL SCOLAIRE ACADIEN PROVINCIAL ↗
  • Who funds Veith House ↗
  • Who funds THE HALIFAX ASSISTANCE FUND ↗
  • Who funds Community Care Network Society ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS NOVA SCOTIA ↗
  • Who funds Beechville United Baptist Church ↗
  • Who funds Public Good Society of Dartmouth ↗
  • Who funds DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INT'L AWARDS-CANADA ↗
  • Who funds THE DISCOVERY CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds PAC Autism Nova Scotia Society ↗
  • Who funds Ward Five Neighborhood Centre ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN PARAPLEGIC ASS'N (NOVA SCOTIA) ↗
  • Who funds Musquodoboit Valley Family Resource Centre ↗

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 Community Foundat…United Way Maritimes/…The Windsor FoundationFlemming Charitable F…Sisters of Charity Mo…J and W Murphy Founda…Halifax Association f…Mental Health Foundat…Halifax Protestant In…River Philip Foundati…The Medavie Foundatio…Masonic Foundation of…
The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia SocietyNS37.5× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society · United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes · The Windsor Foundation · Flemming Charitable Foundation · Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent · J and W Murphy Foundation · Halifax Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor · Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia · Halifax Protestant Infants Foundation · River Philip Foundation · The Medavie Foundation Inc. / la Fondation Medavie Inc. · Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotia

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 103 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 896307147:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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