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North York, ON · Private foundation

M.E.H. Foundation

The foundation receives and maintains donations and disburses a portion thereof and/or the income therefrom to: a) any charitable organization or organizations or charitable foundation or foundations in canada that are 'registered charities' as defined by the income tax act (canada); and b) 'qualified donees' as defined by the income…

C$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$192k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k4 grants · C$21k
  • C$10k–50k19 grants · C$330k
  • C$50k–250k9 grants · C$850k
C$20,000
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TORONTO KIWANIS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBSC$192,411
WATER FIRST EDUCATION AND TRAINING INC./L'EAU D'ABORD ED.C$150,000
THE STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF CANADAC$132,250
CANADIAN FRIENDS OF INTERLOCHENC$75,000
JUMP MATHC$75,000
CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONC$70,000
YORK UNIVERSITYC$55,000
NATIVE WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF TORONTO INC.C$50,000
NA-ME-RES (NATIVE MEN'S RESIDENCE)C$50,000
THE LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATIONC$40,000
FRED VICTOR CENTREC$20,000
NANNY ANGEL NETWORK INC.C$20,000
THE STREET HAVEN AT THE CROSSROADSC$20,000
RIGHT TO PLAY INTERNATIONALC$20,000
INN FROM THE COLD INC.C$20,000
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$6.2M · 33 repeat orgsC$369k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships — 25 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
7

Total granted

C$6.2M
C$81k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+46%

Still filing today

97%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$288k 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

  • SF
    Stratford Festival
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$1.0M · revenue +24%
  • TK
    TORONTO KIWANIS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
    4× · 2021–2024 · C$635k · revenue +16%
  • JM
    JUMP Math
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$600k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • GC
    GREENWOOD COLLEGE SCHOOL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$25k · revenue +767%
  • CN
    Christie/Ossington Neighbourhood Centregraduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$20k · revenue +273%
  • OC
    OBERLIN COLLEGE
    one grant, 2019 · C$14k

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
Ywca Toronto

YWCA works to transform the lives of women girls and gender diverse people who face systemic violence discrimination and poverty in Toronto by operating: -Housing programs including transitional housing for women and children experiencing…

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2
Toronto Youth Development

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

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3
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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4
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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5
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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6
Houses Opening Today Toronto Inc

Providing affordable accommodation to marginalized families and individuals and providing supports to meet their complex needs.

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7
Youth Without Shelter Terra House North Toronto Emergency Residence and Referral Agency

Youth without shelter is a 53 bed residence for homeless youth aged 16-24. in addition to shelter and food the following services are provided: mental health counselling life skills training employment services personal clothing and…

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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
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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10
Fernie Youth Services

Fernie Youth Services provides residential and non-residential treatment and support to at risk youth in the Greater Toronto Area. During the year it operated 1 group home and 1 special education classroom. Through Youth Transition…

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11
FOOD4KIDS Toronto

Providing healthy food packages to children aged 4 to 13 in the Toronto region who face food insecurity on weekends and during summer months. The program targets participants with limited or no access to food at home ensuring they receive…

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12
Turning Point Youth Services

Prepare and assist adolescents and young adults in the 12-18 age group to live independently in the community. full time residential care for adolescents under custody order under the young offenders act (ontario) operate an emergency…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Aid Foundation of Canada and the most unlike its peers is Birthday Wonders. 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

45 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. 45 of the 47 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
29/45
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 budgetStratford Festival — C$1,034,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTORONTO KIWANIS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS — C$634,852 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetCanadian Friends of Interlochen — C$630,860 over 8y, 71% of budgetJUMP Math — C$600,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetYORK UNIVERSITY — C$440,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNa-Me-Res (Native Men's Residence) — C$400,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetCENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — C$350,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Law Society Foundation — C$320,000 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetST CLEMENT'S SCHOOL — C$160,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWATER FIRST EDUCATION AND TRAINING INC./L'EAU D'ABORD ED. — C$150,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCHESS INSTITUTE OF CANADA — C$150,000 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetJessies, The June Callwood Centre for Young Women — C$140,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetGOOD FOOT SUPPORT SERVICES — C$140,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetRIGHT TO PLAY INTERNATIONAL — C$120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE STREET HAVEN AT THE CROSSROADS — C$120,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE STOP COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRE — C$100,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MUS SHELTER CORPORATION — C$90,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNANNY ANGEL NETWORK INC — C$90,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTORONTO REFUGEE COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT HOMES AND SERVICES — C$90,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetChildren's Aid Foundation of Canada — C$80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGreenwood College School — C$75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSt.George's College Foundation — C$60,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetACTORS FUND OF CANADA — C$60,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNATIVE WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF TORONTO INC. — C$50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF RUBY — C$50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GOOD NEIGHBOURS CLUB — C$45,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWOODGREEN RED DOOR FAMILY SHELTER — C$40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRESTORATIVE JUSTICE HOUSING ONTARIO — C$40,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetST. JOHN THE COMPASSIONATE MISSION — C$25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGREENWOOD COLLEGE SCHOOL FOUNDATION — C$25,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFirst Book / Le premier livre — C$25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARGARET'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES INC. — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIsrael Cancer Research Fund (Toronto) — C$20,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S BOOKBANK AND LITERACY FOUNDATION — C$20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetChristie/Ossington Neighbourhood Centre — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRED VICTOR CENTRE — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKAWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINN FROM THE COLD INC. — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLAY-UP YOUTH BASKETBALL — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBIRTHDAY WONDERS — C$10,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetGROWING NEIGHBOURHOODS FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSECOND CHANCE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC. — C$8,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetNORTH SHORE SEARCH AND RESCUE — C$5,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE HAMMER BAND - FROM VIOLENCE TO VIOLINS — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMultiple Sclerosis Society of Canada — C$2,000 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.

Toronto FoundationRobert Kerr FoundationJewish Foundation of …J.P. Bickell Foundati…Mazon CanadaThe George Lunan Foun…The Catherine and Max…Kids Up Front Foundat…The Azrieli Foundatio…Youth and Philanthrop…The Peter Gilgan Foun…St. Andrew's Charitab…
Toronto FoundationON17.8× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toronto Foundation · Robert Kerr Foundation · Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto · J.P. Bickell Foundation · Mazon Canada · The George Lunan Foundation · The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation · Kids Up Front Foundation (Toronto) · The Azrieli Foundation/La Fondation Azrieli · Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/ Initiative Canada Jeunesse Et Philanthropie · The Peter Gilgan Foundation · St. Andrew's Charitable 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 47 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 private foundation under foundations.

Source object 848701355:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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