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Vancouver, BC · Private foundation

Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation

The foundation funds facilitates promotes and carry out activities and programs which are beneficial to the community as a whole.

C$816k
Granted FY2024still arriving
70
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$150k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 70 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k46 grants · C$170k
  • C$10k–50k20 grants · C$296k
  • C$50k–250k4 grants · C$350k
C$5,000
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VANCOUVER OPERA FOUNDATIONC$150,000
MUSIC IN THE MORNINGC$100,000
THE PRISMA FESTIVALC$50,000
VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETYC$50,000
VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETYC$40,000
VANCOUVER OPERA FOUNDATIONC$30,000
VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETYC$25,000
VANCOUVER OPERA FOUNDATIONC$21,000
CALLANISH HEALING RETREATSC$20,000
VANCOUVER SYMPHONY SOCIETYC$15,000
VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETYC$15,000
CITY OPERA VANCOUVERC$10,000
CAUSE WE CARE FOUNDATIONC$10,000
CITY OPERA VANCOUVERC$10,000
ELEKTRA WOMEN`S CHOIRC$10,000
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$3.3M · 45 repeat orgsC$126k to everyone else

45 repeat relationships — 40 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
2

Total granted

C$3.3M
C$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+379%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$101k 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

  • VR
    VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$815k · revenue +26%
  • VO
    VANCOUVER OPERA
    7× · 2017–2023 · C$373k · revenue +2%
  • VO
    VANCOUVER OPERA FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · C$206k · revenue +329%

Funded once

  • OW
    OPERA WEST SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · C$20k · 36% of their budget
  • AS
    ART SONG FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$5k · revenue +49%

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
Victoria Symphony Society

The Victoria Symphony Society provides orchestral music to southern Vancouver Island. It provides concerts and educates people through its outreach programs and contributes to the artistic and cultural endeavours of different communities.

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2
Vancouver Chamber Music Society

Concert performance; outreach concert

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3
Vancouver Philharmonic Society

The Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra is a full symphonic orchestra whose members are amateur musicians and students. The members perform in and manage the orchestra as volunteers. Five concerts of orchestral mostly classical music are…

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4
Vancouver New Music Society

Over the 2023-24 season vancouver new music presented many free community based events. these included community workshops public installations and online presentations. in addition the 2023-24 series included many paid concerts

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5
Phoenix Vocal and Performing Society

For over 40 years the award-winning Phoenix Chamber Choir has provided British Columbians with exceptional innovative and dynamic choral concert experiences featuring primarily a cappella contemporary works of both Canadian and…

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6
Vancouver City Singers Society

Choir programs including rehearsals retreats sing-outs and concerts

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7
The Greater Vancouver Vivaldi Chamber Choir Society

Over the past year the vivaldi chamber choir has enjoyed the return of live rehearsals and performances. we were delighted to see the return of concert-goers and to see many new faces in our audience. the choir produced three live concerts…

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8
Victoria Summer Music Festival Society

The Victoria Summer Music Festival (VSMF) brings local Canadian and international musicians to Victoria to perform high-calibre chamber music. In 2024 the VSMF presented five evening concerts and one afternoon concert during July and…

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9
Victoria Philharmonic Choir Society

The core program is to create fulfilling concert seasons and summer festivals of choral music. Weekly rehearsals train serious amateur singers; 3-4 concerts performed per season; and an educational program to encourage younger…

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10
Pro Musica Society of Vancouver

Vancouver Pro Musica Society's principal activities include presentation and promotion of new works by British Columbia composers. Since its inception in 1986 the organization has proudly presented hundreds of premieres by talented…

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11
Vancouver Jazz Orchestra Society

Conducts a competition to award scholarship to bc youth studying music. provide educational workshops master classes and seminars to young musicians in british columbia.

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12
Vancouver Pops Performing Arts Society

We operate ensembles for choir orchestra and band. we run concert productions 3 times a year that are open to the general public as well as other performances at public venues. 4 contractors and 50 volunteers (600 volunteer hours) run…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vancouver Chamber Choir and the most unlike its peers is Rose Charities. 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

53 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. 53 of the 54 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/53
Grantees still filing
36/53
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 budgetVANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY — C$815,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetVANCOUVER OPERA — C$373,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetVANCOUVER OPERA FOUNDATION — C$206,000 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetMUSIC IN THE MORNING — C$182,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetTHE CALLANISH SOCIETY — C$180,000 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetVancouver Symphony Society — C$150,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetElecktra Women's Choir — C$114,000 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetST JAMES MUSIC ACADEMY — C$95,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetThe Turning Point Ensemble of Vancouver — C$85,000 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetMusica Intima Society — C$82,500 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetUniversity of British Columbia — C$77,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VETTA CHAMBER MUSIC AND RECITAL SOCIETY — C$56,000 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetVANCOUVER YOUTH CHOIR — C$52,500 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetTHE PRISMA FESTIVAL — C$50,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetCHOR LEONI MEN'S CHOIR — C$50,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetSWAZI KIDS — C$40,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetHealth Arts Society — C$40,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetBARD ON THE BEACH THEATRE SOCIETY — C$40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVANCOUVER ENCHOR CHOIR SOCIETY — C$39,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetMUSIC ON MAIN SOCIETY — C$36,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetVancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre — C$35,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARTS CENTRE FOUNDATION — C$35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBALLET BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetVANCOUVER MEN'S CHORUS — C$35,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetQUIRING CHAMBER MUSIC CAMP — C$35,000 over 8y, 39% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION — C$30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCITY OPERA VANCOUVER — C$30,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetVANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR — C$30,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetPOWER OF EDUCATION AFRICA — C$30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL — C$25,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetVANCOUVER YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — C$22,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetOPERA WEST SOCIETY — C$20,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetCAUSE WE CARE FOUNDATION — C$20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVancouver Bach Choir — C$20,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetROSE CHARITY CANADA — C$20,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetAVALON RECOVER CENTRE — C$19,800 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY — C$19,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVANCOUVER FOOD BANK — C$17,994 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VANCOUVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR CHORAL SOCIETY — C$17,500 over 7y, 23% of budgetAMABILIS SINGERS — C$17,500 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetPANDORA'S VOX VOCAL ENSEMBLE SOCIETY — C$16,500 over 7y, 10% of budgetNORTH SHORE CELTIC ENSEMBLE — C$16,000 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetVANCOUVER ADAPTIVE MUSIC SOCIETY — C$16,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetTHE HNATYSHYN FOUNDATION — C$15,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetWISH DROP-IN CENTRE SOCIETY — C$14,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE — C$14,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBRITISH COLUMBIA REHABILITATION FOUNDATION — C$11,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetVANCITY HARMONY VANCOUVER`S NEWEST CHOIR — C$10,000 over 1y, 18% 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 VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds VANCOUVER OPERA ↗
  • Who funds VANCOUVER OPERA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC IN THE MORNING ↗
  • Who funds THE CALLANISH SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Vancouver Symphony Society ↗
  • Who funds Elecktra Women's Choir ↗
  • Who funds ST JAMES MUSIC ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds The Turning Point Ensemble of Vancouver ↗
  • Who funds Musica Intima Society ↗
  • Who funds University of British Columbia ↗
  • Who funds THE VETTA CHAMBER MUSIC AND RECITAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds VANCOUVER YOUTH CHOIR ↗
  • Who funds THE PRISMA FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds CHOR LEONI MEN'S CHOIR ↗
  • Who funds SWAZI KIDS ↗
  • Who funds Health Arts Society ↗
  • Who funds BARD ON THE BEACH THEATRE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds VANCOUVER ENCHOR CHOIR SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC ON MAIN SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BALLET BRITISH COLUMBIA ↗
  • Who funds VANCOUVER MEN'S CHORUS ↗
  • Who funds QUIRING CHAMBER MUSIC CAMP ↗
  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION ↗
  • Who funds CITY OPERA VANCOUVER ↗
  • Who funds VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR ↗
  • Who funds POWER OF EDUCATION AFRICA ↗
  • Who funds CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL ↗
  • Who funds VANCOUVER YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds OPERA WEST SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CAUSE WE CARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Vancouver Bach Choir ↗
  • Who funds ROSE CHARITY CANADA ↗
  • Who funds AVALON RECOVER CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds VANCOUVER FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE VANCOUVER CHILDREN'S CHOIR CHORAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds AMABILIS SINGERS ↗

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.

Deux Mille FoundationAlan and Gwendoline P…The Hamber FoundationNicola Wealth Private…Zlc FoundationThe Christopher Found…Vancity Community Fou…R & J Stern Family Fo…United Way British Co…The Andrew Mahon Foun…Diamond FoundationJohn C. Kerr Family F…
Deux Mille FoundationBC25.2× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Deux Mille Foundation · Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation · The Hamber Foundation · Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation · Zlc Foundation · The Christopher Foundation · Vancity Community Foundation · R & J Stern Family Foundation · United Way British Columbia · The Andrew Mahon Foundation · Diamond Foundation · John C. Kerr Family 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 54 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 119034064:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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