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Mississauga, ON · Private foundation

Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security

The MAPLE LEAF CENTRE FOR ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY provided grants to organizations engaged in testing and expanding innovative approaches to food security as well as to those that promoted knowledge sharing and collaboration around food security in canada.

C$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
Regions reached
C$300k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k9 grants · C$27k
  • C$10k–50k8 grants · C$140k
  • C$50k–250k11 grants · C$1.3M
  • C$250k+2 grants · C$575k
C$25,000
Median grant
8
Regions reached
C$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE GANDER BAY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN INCC$300,000
MAKEWAY FOUNDATIONC$275,000
FRED VICTORC$190,975
HARVEST MANITOBA INCC$175,000
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRES CANADAC$150,000
FOODSHARE TORONTOC$150,000
THE ALEX COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTREC$106,950
CARREFOUR SOLIDAIRE/RECONTRES-CUISINESC$103,000
PROSPER CANADAC$100,000
THE OTTAWA FOOD BANKC$79,000
L'ARCHE CANADAC$75,000
DISABILITY WITHOUT POVERTYC$75,000
PLAN INSTITUTEC$50,000
UHN FOUNDATIONC$25,000
COMMUNITY SECTOR COUNCIL OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADORC$25,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Where your grant dollars land — at home and around the world.

Which regions your grants reach

Ontario
C$6.9M
British Columbia
C$1.9M
Quebec
C$994k
Manitoba
C$859k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$645k
Alberta
C$343k
Saskatchewan
C$45k
Nova Scotia
C$35k
Yukon
C$25k
Nunavut
C$20k

Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.

03Your 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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$11M · 33 repeat orgsC$1.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +57% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

33 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
18

Total granted

C$11M
C$687k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+13%

Still filing today

97%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$606k went to new ones.

50%100%’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

  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRES CANADA
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$2.3M · revenue +83%
  • MF
    MAKEWAY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$1.3M · revenue ×11
  • FB
    FOOD BANKS CANADA
    2× · 2020–2023 · C$881k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • TJ
    THE JW MCCONNELL FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · C$150k · revenue +8%
  • BC
    BREAKFAST CLUB OF CANADA
    one grant, 2023 · C$125k · revenue -1%
  • FB
    FOOD BANKS CANADA
    one grant, 2022 · C$125k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

04Your 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
Food Banks Mississauga

We lead our agency network to realize a food-secure Mississauga by providing and promoting access to healthy and appropriate food. We provide emergency food so neighbours in need have food TODAY. We advocate for government policies and…

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2
Food for Life Inc.

Food for Life is a regional leader in food rescuing and sharing good surplus food to charities and direct to neighbours ensuring everyone has access to good food. Built on a model of sustainability our unique supply chain works with all…

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3
The Food Bank of Waterloo Region

The food bank of waterloo region (the food bank) acquires coordinates and distributes food to the community food assistance network - a system of 100+ community organizations providing food and support to those in need. these organizations…

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4
Second Harvest Canada Deuxième Récolte Canada

Second harvest is canada's largest food rescue organization and a global thought leader on perishable food recovery. operating at the intersection of hunger relief and environmental protection second harvest rescues perishable…

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5
Central Food Network

Our mission is to relieve poverty by providing food heating supplies & other basic necessities for people who are of low income & in need. We operate two food banks a food distribution hub a Community Cooks meal program & Heat Bank…

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6
The Local Community Food Centre

The organization provides various programs training and support to low-income families to gain access to healthy food.

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7
Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society

Our purpose is to provide essential nourishment over 11 000 individuals in the central okanagan facing financial and food insecurity fostering dignity and hope within the community. through compassion education and advocacy we strive to…

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8
Food Stash Foundation

Food Stash Foundation prevents good food from going to waste and provides dignified food access. The organization rescues over 130 000 pounds of surplus perishable food per month from over 25 local grocery stores wholesalers and farms.…

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9
Grow- Community Food Literacy Centre

Grow's mission is to provide healthy and accessible food for all. grow reduces food insecurity with dignity builds capacity and community fosters sustainability to support health belonging and social justice in niagara falls through food…

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10
Vancouver Food Runners Society

At vancouver food runners our mission is to respond to the unfortunate disconnect between the fact that over 40% of all food produced is wasted or lost while one in nine household in british columbia are food insecure. oue aim is to…

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11
Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank Inc.

The cambridge food bank provides emergency food assistance to low-income individuals living in cambridge and north dumfries. we also provide a number of programs focusing on health and nutrition for adults families and children. in our…

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12
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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada and the most unlike its peers is Social Planning Council of Sudbury. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

62 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. 62 of the 67 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/62
Grantees still filing
42/62
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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD CENTRES CANADA — C$2,250,000 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetMAKEWAY FOUNDATION — C$1,345,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetFOOD BANKS CANADA — C$880,701 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFOODSHARE TORONTO — C$808,500 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetPROSPER CANADA — C$806,776 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetHARVEST MANITOBA INC — C$435,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTHE FORT WHYTE FOUNDATION INC — C$388,500 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetTHE OTTAWA FOOD BANK — C$303,508 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCARREFOUR SOLIDAIRE/RECONTRES-CUISINES — C$303,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetNOURISH LEADERSHIP — C$300,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetMUNICIPALITIES NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR — C$300,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetSOCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL OF SUDBURY — C$292,500 over 3y, 26% of budgetDEPOT ALIMENTAIRE NDG — C$290,930 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetTHE ALEX COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE — C$282,980 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMAKEWAY CHARITABLE SOCIETY — C$233,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$225,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFRED VICTOR — C$200,975 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGUELPH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE — C$189,684 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE JW MCCONNELL FAMILY FOUNDATION — C$150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBREAKFAST CLUB OF CANADA — C$125,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDAILY BREAD FOOD BANK — C$114,640 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMEAL EXCHANGE — C$100,868 over 2y, 15% of budgetCLAYOQUOT BIOSPHERE TRUST SOCIETY — C$76,564 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetDISABILITY WITHOUT POVERTY — C$75,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetGREATER VANCOUVER FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetL'ARCHE CANADA — C$75,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHOME IS WHERE WE LIVE-LIFE CYCLES PROJECT SOCIETY — C$60,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetPLAN INSTITUTE — C$50,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetYUKON LEARN SOCIETY — C$50,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetSASKATOON FOOD BANK INC — C$45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUHN FOUNDATION — C$45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED ONTARIO — C$45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE'S FOOD INSTITUTE — C$40,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE MINISTRIES INC — C$35,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLES BANQUES ALIMENTAIRES DU QUEBEC — C$35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANKS BC — C$35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CANADA — C$30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SECTOR COUNCIL OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR — C$25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLONDON FOOD BANK — C$25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFEED NOVA SCOTIA — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOOD SHARING ASSOC. — C$20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEDMONTON GLEANERS ASSOCIATION — C$20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUND TIMES — C$20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLETHBRIDGE FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNUNAVUT FOOD BANK — C$20,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetKAMLOOPS FOOD POLICY COUNCIL — C$17,500 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetMOISSON MONTREAL INC — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetI CAN FOR KIDS — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Right To FoodThe J W McConnell Fam…The Medavie Foundatio…Mazon CanadaMakeway FoundationFood Banks Canada/Ban…The Trottier Family F…The Catherine Donnell…The Peter Gilgan Foun…Youth and Philanthrop…H W Siebens Charitabl…Td Friends of the Env…
Right To FoodON19.7× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Right To Food · The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnell · The Medavie Foundation Inc. / la Fondation Medavie Inc. · Mazon Canada · Makeway Foundation · Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada · The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Trottier · The Catherine Donnelly Foundation · The Peter Gilgan Foundation · Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/ Initiative Canada Jeunesse Et Philanthropie · H W Siebens Charitable Foundation · Td Friends of the Environment 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 67 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 organizations relieving poverty.

Source object 742341092:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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