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Kitchener, ON · Public foundation

Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund

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C$393k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$310k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k17 grants · C$55k
  • C$10k–50k2 grants · C$28k
  • C$250k+1 grant · C$310k
C$3,250
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$78k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIPC$310,000
CHILD WITNESS CENTRE OF WATERLOO REGIONC$18,323
A BETTER TENT CITY OF WATERLOO REGIONC$10,000
KITCHENER-WATERLOO MULTICULTURAL CENTRE INCC$7,500
KIDSABILITY CENTRE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONC$7,164
KITCHENER-WATERLOO YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONC$4,650
WOMEN'S CRISIS SERVICES OF WATERLOO REGIONC$4,500
REACHING OUR OUTDOOR FRIENDS (KITCHENER)C$4,500
NUTRITION FOR LEARNING INCC$3,750
SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT CENTRE OF WATERLOO REGIONC$3,250
WATERLOO REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONC$3,000
FOOD4KIDS WATERLOO REGIONC$3,000
BUSINESS AND EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP OF WATERLOO REGIONC$2,325
STRONG START CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONC$2,325
COMMUNITY SUPPORT CONNECTIONS - MEALS ON WHEELS AND MOREC$2,300
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$2.9M · 13 repeat orgsC$114k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +106% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
19

Total granted

C$2.9M
C$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+106%
+7%

Still filing today

85%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$44k 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

  • HO
    HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$2.6M · revenue +174%
  • KC
    KIDSABILITY CENTRE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2024 · C$106k · revenue +106%
  • GR
    GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2022 · C$66k · revenue +182%

Funded once

  • WE
    WATERLOO EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · C$8k · revenue -59%
  • SM
    ST. MARY OUR LADY OF THE SEVEN SORROWS
    one grant, 2023 · C$8k · revenue +10%
  • CO
    COALITION OF MUSLIM WOMEN OF KW
    one grant, 2022 · C$7k · revenue -23%

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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Waterloo - Wellington Autism Services

Providing information on services and supports for individuals and families who have Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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United Way Waterloo Region Communities

United Way Waterloo Region Communities is dedicated to helping people live better lives in every one of the seven communities we serve. We are the largest funder of social programs in Waterloo Region second only to government. We are…

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Victim Services of Waterloo Region

Victim services of waterloo region believes every victim has the right to heal from a crime or tragic circumstance. our programs create opportunities foster hope and promote safer and healthier communities.

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Waterloo Regional Crime Stoppers
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Waterloo Region Family Network

Waterloo region network supports families of children youth and adults with special needs both with and without a diagnosis in waterloo region prviding resources and facilitating meaningful connections in all life stages. as a…

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Family and Children's Services of the Waterloo Region

The provision of child protection services to the children youth and families of the waterloo region

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Family and Children's Services of the Waterloo Region Employ
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8
Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre Waterloo Wellington

Client centred visiting health and support services to eligible clients of all ages in Waterloo Region and Wellington County. Information and assistance to persons who require placement in a long term facility. Simplified access to…

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9
Waterloo Region District School Board

Issuance of scholarships to waterloo region students

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10
The Literacy Group of Waterloo Region

Provide literacy and essential skills upgrading to adults 16+ years of age. instruction is provided on a 1-to-1 basis as well as in small groups in-person classes and on-line focus programs- workplace skills education training training…

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Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington Branch

Community based mental health services including: mental health promotion and intervention crisis intervention clinical therapeutic services children's (mental health and developmental) adults and seniors programs and community consultant…

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Volunteer Action Centre Waterloo Region

1. increase awareness of the value of volunteering - we promote educate and advocate for volunteerism; we foster a culture of volunteerism within waterloo region. 2. provide easy access for community members to volunteer / participate - we…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region and the most unlike its peers is Shelter Movers. 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

43 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. 43 of the 44 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/43
Grantees still filing
22/43
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 budgetHOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP — C$2,557,124 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetKIDSABILITY CENTRE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — C$105,809 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetGRAND RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$66,368 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$64,624 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHILD WITNESS CENTRE OF WATERLOO REGION — C$27,323 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetHOSPICE OF WATERLOO REGION — C$24,400 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSTRONG START CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION — C$12,325 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetA BETTER TENT CITY OF WATERLOO REGION — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWATERLOO EDUCATION FOUNDATION — C$7,600 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOOD4KIDS WATERLOO REGION — C$7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKITCHENER-WATERLOO MULTICULTURAL CENTRE INC — C$7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN'S CRISIS SERVICES OF WATERLOO REGION — C$7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST. MARY OUR LADY OF THE SEVEN SORROWS — C$7,500 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetCOALITION OF MUSLIM WOMEN OF KW — C$7,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSANCTUARY REFUGEE HEALTH CENTRE — C$6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKITCHENER-CONESTOGA ROTARY CLUB COMMUNITY AID FUND — C$6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT CENTRE OF WATERLOO REGION — C$5,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLEADERSHIP WATERLOO REGION — C$5,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKITCHENER-WATERLOO YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — C$4,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRANE LAKE DISCOVERY CAMP — C$4,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetREACHING OUR OUTDOOR FRIENDS (KITCHENER) — C$4,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEREAVED FAMILIES OF ONTARIO-MIDWESTERN REGION — C$4,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION — C$4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNUTRITION FOR LEARNING INC — C$3,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWATERLOO REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIABETES CANADA — C$2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWATERLOO ROTARY CLUB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — C$2,500 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetCAPACITY CANADA — C$2,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBUSINESS AND EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP OF WATERLOO REGION — C$2,325 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY SUPPORT CONNECTIONS - MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE — C$2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER MOVERS — C$2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Waterloo Region — C$2,100 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetADVENTURE4CHANGE — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBig Brothers, Big Sisters of Waterloo Region — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWATERLOO LUTHERAN SEMINARY — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN CLAY AND GLASS GALLERY — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAUTISM DOG SERVICES — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSUNBEAM CENTRE — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKitchener-Waterloo Conselling Services Inc. — C$1,819 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY JUSTICE INITIATIVES OF WATERLOO REGION — C$1,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIGHLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF WATERLOO REGION — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Waterloo Region Commu…United Way Waterloo R…The Lyle Shantz Hallm…The May Court Club of…The Cowan FoundationCambridge & North Dum…Astley Family Foundat…Social Venture Partne…Abundance CanadaThe Ross and Doris Di…United Way of Kitchen…Gore Mutual Insurance…
Waterloo Region Community FoundationON28.7× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Waterloo Region Community Foundation · United Way Waterloo Region Communities · The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation · The May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloo · The Cowan Foundation · Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Foundation · Astley Family Foundation · Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region · Abundance Canada · The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation · United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area · Gore Mutual Insurance Company 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 44 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 public foundation under foundations.

Source object 801163494:2024-06-30 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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