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Hamilton, ON · Public foundation

Hamilton Community Foundation

HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION drives positive change in hamilton by building and managing endowed and other charitable funds and making strategic and effective grants and loans to charitable organizations and initiatives.

C$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
409
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$516k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 409 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k216 grants · C$836k
  • C$10k–50k110 grants · C$2.4M
  • C$50k–250k75 grants · C$6.2M
  • C$250k+8 grants · C$2.9M
C$8,537
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$280M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Bruce Trail ConservancyC$516,134
McMaster UniversityC$391,299
Hamilton Centre for Civic InclusionC$385,245
YWCA HamiltonC$374,952
Niwasa Kendaaswin TegC$335,250
Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School BoardC$311,191
Learning Enrichment FoundationC$300,000
Interval House of HamiltonC$257,349
The Hamilton Burlington SPCAC$205,540
St. Matthew's HouseC$196,255
Hamilton East Kiwanis Boys' and Girls' ClubC$192,175
Empowerment SquaredC$183,000
City of HamiltonC$172,600
Good Shepherd Centres HamiltonC$138,014
Hamilton Foundation for Student SuccessC$135,553
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$79M · 464 repeat orgsC$7.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

464 repeat relationships — 342 still active in FY2024, 122 since wound down; 52 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

464
184

Total granted

C$79M
C$6.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+15%

Still filing today

92%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$727k 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

  • MU
    McMaster University
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$2.8M · revenue +39%
  • BT
    Bruce Trail Conservancy
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$2.1M · revenue +283%
  • YH
    YWCA Hamilton
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$1.8M · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Calgary Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · C$980k · revenue +62%
  • LF
    La Fondation du Grand Montreal - The Foundation of
    one grant, 2021 · C$980k · revenue +10%
  • AC
    Algoma Community Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · C$504k · revenue -84%

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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Hamilton Community Foundation

Hamilton community foundation drives positive change in hamilton by building and managing endowed and other charitable funds and making strategic and effective grants and loans to charitable organizations and initiatives. we facilitate…

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2
Hamilton Health Sciences Research Organization

The Institute's purpose is to solicit receive manage and distribute funds in respect of the advancement of health science research and education and the improvement of patient care in support of legislated and strategic priorities of…

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3
Junior Achievement of Central Ontario

Here at JA Central Ontario we envision a world in which young people have the skillset and mindset to build thriving communities. We want to make sure all young people are economically empowered with the skills confidence and networks to…

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4
Halton Learning Foundation

The Halton Learning Foundation was established to support quality education for students of the Halton District School Board. HLF provides emergency funds for students in need post-secondary scholarships and grants to assist schools that…

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5
Canadian Federation of University Women Hamilton

McMaster University Scholarships - $4000 Hamilton Child and Family Supports (formerly CAS) Bursary - $1000 Mohawk College Bursary - $1000 CFUW Charitable Trust - $128

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6
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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7
Arthouse for Children and Youth

ArtHouse is a Halton-based charitable organization that offers free programs to vulnerable children and youth from 7-17 most particularly to individuals from families who may not have access to arts-related activities. Since 2009 Arthouse…

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8
The Halton Region Conservation Authority

Conservation Halton is a community based environmental agency that protects restores and manages the watershed's conservation areas forests creeks Niagara Escarpment lands source water protection sites and biodiversity through science…

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9
Hamilton Food for Thought

1. provide funding to help other foundations/organizations that support education 2. directly support others in need of assistance

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10
Mental Health Research Canada/Recherche En Sante Mentale Canada

Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) is a national charitable organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Canadians by advancing mental health knowledge. Our vision is to create a Canada with better mental health for all…

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11
Halton Industry Education Council

The Ontario Career Lab: As an innovation center for excellence in career awareness and career development programming for young people The Ontario Career Lab provides workshops events and resources that empower youth to explore various…

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12
Theatre Ontario

Youth theatre and professional theatre training programs, summer courses for adults and youth, professional development seminars, annual festival, showcases for emerging artists, and workshops for community theatres.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighbour to Neighbour Centre (Hamilton) and the most unlike its peers is Saint Monica House. 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

641 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. 641 of the 700 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.

49
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
165
Early backer (in before they grew)
623/641
Grantees still filing
444/641
Grew since you first funded

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetMcMaster University — C$2,834,613 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBruce Trail Conservancy — C$2,137,975 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetYWCA Hamilton — C$1,778,919 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetEmpowerment Squared — C$1,623,631 over 8y, 37% of budgetMaRS Discovery District — C$1,600,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHamilton Health Sciences Foundation — C$1,596,066 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetHamilton Foundation for Student Success — C$1,457,634 over 8y, 53% of budgetNiwasa Kendaaswin Teg — C$1,448,904 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetHamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board — C$1,376,414 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGood Shepherd Centres Hamilton — C$1,251,819 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetHamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion — C$1,191,396 over 6y, 34% of budgetThe Hamilton Burlington SPCA — C$1,127,196 over 8y, 12% of budgetHamilton East Kiwanis Boys' and Girls' Club — C$1,013,527 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetThe Calgary Foundation — C$980,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWindsorEssex Community Foundation — C$980,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Nova Scotia — C$980,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetLa Fondation du Grand Montreal - The Foundation of — C$980,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUnited Way Halton & Hamilton — C$945,979 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetThe John Howard Society — C$937,595 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetYMCA of Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford — C$933,917 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetDr. Bob Kemp Hospice Foundation — C$892,465 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetHamilton Food Share — C$873,613 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetSt. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation — C$860,369 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCompass Community Health — C$806,292 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetArt Gallery of Hamilton — C$798,099 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetSocial Planning & Research Council of Hamilton (SPRC) — C$781,162 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetHamilton Community Legal Clinic — C$732,949 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetHamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (2000) Inc. — C$711,714 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetThe Colin B. Glassco Charitable Foundation for Children — C$702,000 over 8y, 38% of budgetVictoria Foundation — C$680,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Salvation Army Hamilton Booth Centre — C$678,008 over 8y, 62% of budgetNeighbour to Neighbour Centre (Hamilton) — C$676,980 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetEngineers Without Borders (Canada) — C$675,000 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetInterval House of Hamilton — C$673,456 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetSt. Matthew's House — C$655,927 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetLoran Scholars Foundation — C$650,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetMohawk College Foundation — C$623,622 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetCommunity Foundations of Canada — C$615,872 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetThe Equality Effect — C$610,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetWesley Urban Ministries — C$606,542 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetSt. Patrick's Parish — C$579,248 over 8y, 90% of budgetMission Services of Hamilton — C$564,180 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetLearning Enrichment Foundation — C$515,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCommunity Food Centres Canada — C$510,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetLiving Rock Ministries — C$506,093 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetWelcome Inn Community Centre of Hamilton — C$502,685 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetDe dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre — C$493,861 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetKitchener Waterloo Community Foundation — C$490,000 over 1y, 2.8% 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 McMaster University ↗
  • Who funds Bruce Trail Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds YWCA Hamilton ↗
  • Who funds Empowerment Squared ↗
  • Who funds MaRS Discovery District ↗
  • Who funds Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Hamilton Foundation for Student Success ↗
  • Who funds Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg ↗
  • Who funds Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Centres Hamilton ↗
  • Who funds Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion ↗
  • Who funds The Hamilton Burlington SPCA ↗
  • Who funds Hamilton East Kiwanis Boys' and Girls' Club ↗
  • Who funds The Calgary Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WindsorEssex Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation of Nova Scotia ↗
  • Who funds La Fondation du Grand Montreal - The Foundation of ↗
  • Who funds United Way Halton & Hamilton ↗
  • Who funds The John Howard Society ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford ↗
  • Who funds Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Hamilton Food Share ↗
  • Who funds St. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Compass Community Health ↗
  • Who funds Art Gallery of Hamilton ↗
  • Who funds Social Planning & Research Council of Hamilton (SPRC) ↗
  • Who funds Hamilton Community Legal Clinic ↗
  • Who funds Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (2000) Inc. ↗
  • Who funds The Colin B. Glassco Charitable Foundation for Children ↗
  • Who funds Victoria Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Salvation Army Hamilton Booth Centre ↗
  • Who funds Neighbour to Neighbour Centre (Hamilton) ↗
  • Who funds Engineers Without Borders (Canada) ↗
  • Who funds Interval House of Hamilton ↗
  • Who funds St. Matthew's House ↗
  • Who funds Loran Scholars Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Mohawk College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundations of Canada ↗
  • Who funds The Equality Effect ↗

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 Chml Children's F…Burlington Community …Hamilton-Wentworth Re…Incite Foundation for…Greater Hamilton Food…Charity of HopeThe Allen and Milli G…The Charitable Corpor…Patrick J McNally Cha…Sam and Roma Mercanti…Bulldogs Foundation I…Oakville Community Fo…
The Chml Children's FundON38.7× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chml Children's Fund · Burlington Community Foundation · Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Employees Charity Trustpr · Incite Foundation for the Arts · Greater Hamilton Food Share · Charity of Hope · The Allen and Milli Gould Family Foundation · The Charitable Corporation of The Rotary Club of Hamilton AM · Patrick J McNally Charitable Foundation · Sam and Roma Mercanti Foundation · Bulldogs Foundation Inc. · Oakville Community 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 700 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 2024-03-31, 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 130527427:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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