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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

Hodgson Family Foundation

Makes donations to qualified donees such as ontario hospitals medical research youth programs and shelters for homeless etc.

C$3.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
63
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$2.2M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 63 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k14 grants · C$80k
  • C$10k–50k43 grants · C$859k
  • C$50k–250k5 grants · C$485k
  • C$250k+1 grant · C$2.2M
C$15,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADAC$2,238,468
PRINCESS MARGARET CANCER FOUDNATIONC$150,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADAC$150,000
GEORGIAN BAY FOREVERC$75,000
FRED VICTORC$60,000
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOLS OF TORONTOC$50,000
BIRDS CANADAC$45,000
SECOND HARVESTC$40,000
STAYWELL PATIENT ACCOMODATIONSC$40,000
THE BOUNDLESSC$40,000
SALMON COAST SOCIETYC$36,212
WILDLIFE PRESERVATION CANADAC$30,000
CHILDREN'S AID FOUNDATION OF CANADAC$30,000
THE LEACOCK FOUNDATIONC$30,000
PALLIUM CANADAC$25,000
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$6.9M · 63 repeat orgsC$467k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +39% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

63 repeat relationships — 49 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
25

Total granted

C$6.9M
C$306k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+22%

Still filing today

98%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$161k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
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

  • NC
    NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADA
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$2.7M · revenue +144%
  • PM
    PRINCESS MARGARET CANCER FOUDNATION
    5× · 2018–2024 · C$687k · revenue +62%
  • TB
    THE BOUNDLESS
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$200k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • SM
    Stevenson Memorial Hospital Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$34k · revenue +162%
  • PF
    PORTAGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$28k · revenue +42%
  • I
    INDSPIREgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$25k · revenue +40%

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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The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority / Office De Protection De La Nature De Toronto

TRCA works to protect conserve and restore natural resources within its jurisdiction for the benefit of current and future generations. TRCA provides programs and services that support healthy rivers and shorelines sustainable communities…

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2
Toronto Artscape Foundation

To increase the public's understanding of arts and culture through education and to provide support for development of various facilities in which artistic and cultural events takes place. core programs include: community access program:…

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3
Toronto Youth Development

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

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4
Toronto Foundation

The purpose of toronto foundation is to create a more fair and justice society where everyone can thrive by mobilizing those with resources and the will to partner with others. the foundation publishes research including the toronto's…

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5
Toronto Botanical Garden

To enable Toronto Botanical Garden's mission vision and values: Mission Toronto Botanical Garden connects people and plants fostering sustainable communities and developing reciprocal relationships with nature through lifelong learning.

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6
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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7
Uhn Foundation

We raise fund for research education and the enhancement of patient care at Toronto General and Western hospitals as well as Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Michener Institute of Education at UHN. Together with our donors we are…

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8
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Foundation

The toronto rehabilitation institute foundation's mission is to raise grant and steward funds to support the mission of the toronto rehabilitation institute (which is part of the university health network) to develop solutions for people…

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9
Outward Bound Canada

OBC delivers experiential education programs that cultivate resilience leadership connections and compassion through inspiring journeys of self discovery in the natural world. The majority of our programs take place while travelling…

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10
Toronto Arts Foundation

Provides finanical support to artists and arts organizations in toronto. offers awards ad commissions recognizing artistic excellence. administers donor-directed funds and special initiatives supporting public engagement artist recognition…

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11
Wcs Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

Wcs canada provides evidence-based expert guidance and policy recommendations to empower decision-makers to take transformative action for wildlife ecosystems and people. through our own research accumulated expertise and understanding of…

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12
Leap Pecaut Centre for Social Impact

LEAP Pecaut Centre for Social Impact initiates and leads multi-sector collaborations to tackle some of society’s biggest problems in education employment and health. Over five years taking their needs and stages of development into…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Neighbourhood Group Community Services and the most unlike its peers is Pacific Wildlife Foundation. 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

99 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. 99 of the 101 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)
98/99
Grantees still filing
65/99
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 budgetNATURE CONSERVANCY CANADA — C$2,728,468 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetPRINCESS MARGARET CANCER FOUDNATION — C$687,002 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOUNDLESS — C$200,345 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetFRED VICTOR — C$197,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST — C$190,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOLS OF TORONTO — C$172,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetGEORGIAN BAY FOREVER — C$150,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetPathways to Education Canada — C$135,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSALMON COAST FIELD STATION SOCIETY — C$131,695 over 4y, 19% of budgetDUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA — C$130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBIRDS CANADA — C$130,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNYO CANADA — C$121,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetWILDLIFE PRESERVATION CANADA — C$109,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetTORONTO WILDLIFE CENTRE — C$100,400 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetOPERA ATELIER — C$100,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetEVA'S INITIATIVES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH — C$85,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSTAYWELL PATIENT ACCOMODATIONS — C$80,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWellspring London and Region — C$80,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetCHRISTIE REFUGEE WELCOME CENTRE — C$74,600 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE LEACOCK FOUNDATION — C$71,250 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTRAILS YOUTH INITIATIVE — C$71,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetSHAD CANADA — C$60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE STOP COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRE — C$60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetONTARIO NATURE — C$53,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGREENBELT FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH WITHOUT SHELTER — C$50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S AID FOUNDATION OF CANADA — C$50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPALLIUM CANADA — C$50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCAMPFIRE CIRCLE — C$45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPHILIP AZIZ CENTRE FOR HOSPICE CARE/EMILY'S HOUSE — C$45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWOODGREEN COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$44,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF YORK REGION — C$41,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFATAL LIGHT AWARENESS PROGRAM (FLAP) CANADA — C$40,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budget360KIDS SUPPORT SERVICES — C$40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — C$37,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTREES FOR LIFE — C$35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVISIONS OF SCIENCE — C$35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetStevenson Memorial Hospital Foundation — C$33,563 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNEW CIRCLES COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$32,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetOSTEOPOROSIS CANADA — C$31,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH EMPLOYMENT SERVICES — C$30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTRE OF YORK REGION — C$30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDOG GUIDES — C$28,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPORTAGE FOUNDATION — C$28,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINDSPIRE — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCNIB FOUNDATION — C$22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARBOURFRONT CENTRE — C$21,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRenascent Foundation — C$20,000 over 2y, 0.3% 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.

J.P. Bickell Foundati…The Catherine and Max…The McLean FoundationJackman FoundationKids Up Front Foundat…The George Lunan Foun…Toronto FoundationF. K. Morrow Foundati…The Henry White Kinne…Robert Kerr FoundationFondation Écho /Echo …Canada Gives
J.P. Bickell FoundationON32.6× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J.P. Bickell Foundation · The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation · The McLean Foundation · Jackman Foundation · Kids Up Front Foundation (Toronto) · The George Lunan Foundation · Toronto Foundation · F. K. Morrow Foundation · The Henry White Kinnear Foundation · Robert Kerr Foundation · Fondation Écho /Echo Foundation · Canada Gives

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 101 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 2024-11-30, 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 872692496:2024-11-30 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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