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Nelson, BC · Public foundation

Osprey Community Foundation

Support and services for charitable sector.

C$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
79
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$306k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k60 grants · C$155k
  • C$10k–50k17 grants · C$428k
  • C$50k–250k1 grant · C$247k
  • C$250k+1 grant · C$306k
C$2,652
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Kaslo & District Public Library AssociationC$305,535
Vancouver FoundationC$247,234
Kootenay Lake Hospital FoundationC$42,817
Kaslo Community Services SocietyC$37,000
Nelson Community Food CentreC$35,000
Nelson CARES SocietyC$33,000
Nelson Community Services SocietyC$30,891
Kootenay Christian FellowshipC$30,000
Salmo Community Resource SocietyC$30,000
Nelson and District Museum Archives and GalleryC$26,299
Aids Network Kootenay Outreach & Support Society (ANKORS)C$25,990
Zion United ChurchC$21,500
BCSPCAC$20,712
Kootenay Animal Assistance Program SocietyC$19,931
School District #8C$17,498
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$5.3M · 85 repeat orgsC$164k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +54% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

85 repeat relationships — 63 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

85
39

Total granted

C$5.3M
C$130k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+25%

Still filing today

86%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$33k 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

  • VF
    VANCOUVER FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$1.7M · revenue +471%
  • KD
    Kaslo & District Public Library Association
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$333k · revenue +273% · 62% of their budget
  • NC
    Nelson CARES Society
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$318k · revenue +118%

Funded once

  • WK
    West Kootenay Boundary Caregiver Support
    one grant, 2023 · C$24k
  • KA
    KUTENAI ART THERAPY
    one grant, 2020 · C$16k · revenue +24%
  • SN
    SPCA Nelson
    one grant, 2017 · C$16k

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
Kootenay Columbia Trails Society

Establish and maintain a recreational trail network in and around the municipalities of Rossland Trail Warfield Montrose and Fruitvale in British Columbia for self-propelled activities including walking hiking trail running biking and…

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2
The Kootenay Gallery of Art History and Science Society

Present art exhibits of regional provincial and national artists. operate a gift shop for local artists and artisans. hold art related workshops and events for the public.

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3
Key City Theatre Society

Key city theatre society is charitable organization that operates a 600 seat performing arts venue in the east kootenay region of british columbia that supports national regional and community performing arts. the society presents over 30…

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4
Kelowna Summer Theatre Festival Society

Promoting and presenting live outdoor theatre to local audiences, providing training and opportunities for emerging artists, enhancing volunteer and youth involvement in theatre arts

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5
Kelowna Art Gallery Association

We provide exhibitions of contemporary and historical fine art and related public programming.

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6
Friends of the South Slopes

The organization does volunteer trail maintenance within two BC Provincial Parks via a Partnership Agreement. The organization also manages long-term land stewardship within the south slopes of Kelowna with a goal of ensuring access to…

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7
Kelowna Museums Society

Providing the public with educational exhibitions and programs that foster personal participation stimulate curiosity and engage the senses with the cultures histories and possibilities of the okanagan region

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8
Nechako Valley Search and Rescue Society

Providing ground and water search and rescue services and training to residents in north central british columbia

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9
Tlell Watershed Society

Operating of a salmon counting fence for coho and pink salmon in the tlell river watershed. maintenance on interpretative hiking trails in the tlell river watershed. hosting community stewardship activities related to health of the tlell…

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10
Kootenay Library Federation

The federation assists member libraries to improve library service in the Kootenay/Boundary region by the following means: support for an integrated library system promotion of public libraries resource development through consortium…

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11
Kootenay-Columbia Discovery Centre Society

Environmental education programs evens and tours for variety of groups individuals and students to promote wetland conservation and outdoor recreation opportunities in the wetlands of the creston valley wildlife management area

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12
Kootenay Employment Services Society

1. services to job seekers including employment counseling job-seeker resource centre assessments funds for skills training small business development programming wage subsidies group employability and life-skills training work placement…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Kalein Hospice Centre Society and the most unlike its peers is St Andrews Presbyterian Church. 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

113 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. 113 of the 136 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.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
113/113
Grantees still filing
79/113
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 FOUNDATION — C$1,711,221 over 7y, 11% of budgetKaslo & District Public Library Association — C$333,194 over 8y, 62% of budgetNelson CARES Society — C$318,019 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetKootenay Lake Hospital Foundation — C$305,502 over 8y, 12% of budgetFRIENDS OF NELSON ELDERS — C$208,328 over 8y, 100% of budgetKootenay Animal Assistance Program Society — C$143,464 over 8y, 22% of budgetKaslo Community Services Society — C$118,967 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetLions Club of Nelson — C$117,068 over 8y, 98% of budgetNelson Community Services Society — C$94,492 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetAids Network Kootenay Outreach & Support Society — C$92,990 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetNelson and District Museum Archives and Gallery and — C$92,416 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetBCSPCA — C$77,221 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL DISTRICT #8 — C$72,528 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNelson Community Food Centre — C$63,849 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetErnie Gare Athletic Scholarship Society — C$52,410 over 8y, 97% of budgetW.E.Graham Community Service Society — C$48,098 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetKALEIN CENTRE — C$42,719 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetSalmo Community Resource Society — C$42,165 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetLiving Lakes Canada — C$39,150 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetKootenay Christian Fellowship — C$38,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetTHE CAPITOL THEATER RESTORATION SOCIETY — C$36,599 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetNelson Civic Theatre Society — C$36,400 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetZion United Church — C$30,550 over 5y, 30% of budgetFriends of the Nelson Municipal Library — C$28,558 over 8y, 36% of budgetLARDEAU VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — C$27,276 over 8y, 28% of budgetKOOTENAY LAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY — C$26,736 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetKaslo Outdoor Recreation & Trails Society — C$26,585 over 7y, 13% of budgetSELKIRK COLLEGE — C$24,677 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetVICTORIA HOSPITAL OF KASLO AUXILIARY SOCIETY — C$22,238 over 7y, 10.0% of budgetKOOTENAY KIDS — C$22,190 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLANGHAM CULTURAL SOCIETY — C$20,680 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetWEST KOOTENAY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE SOCIETY — C$19,797 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetCOLUMBIA BASIN ALLIANCE FOR LITRERACY — C$19,328 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNELSON FINE ARTS CENTRE SOCIETY (OXYGEN) — C$19,100 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetHealth Arts Society — C$18,800 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetRural alternatives Research and Training Society — C$18,200 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetHILLS RECREATION SOCIETY — C$17,760 over 4y, 87% of budgetKUTENAI ART THERAPY — C$16,397 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetKaslo Concert Society — C$15,100 over 7y, 38% of budgetST. ANDREWS UNITED CHURCH — C$13,406 over 3y, 62% of budgetST. ANDREW'S UNITED CHURCH — C$13,369 over 4y, 17% of budgetKOOTENAY BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION — C$12,700 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNELSON & DISTRICT HOSPICE SOCIETY — C$12,636 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetKootenay Lake Independant School Society — C$11,958 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetNELSON HISTORY THEATRE SOCIETY — C$11,616 over 4y, 10% of budgetAssociation of Neighbourhood Houses BC — C$11,040 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKaslo Community Acupuncture Society — C$10,852 over 3y, 14% of budgetColumbia Basin Environmental Education Network — C$10,700 over 8y, 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.

  • Who funds VANCOUVER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Kaslo & District Public Library Association ↗
  • Who funds Nelson CARES Society ↗
  • Who funds Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF NELSON ELDERS ↗
  • Who funds Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society ↗
  • Who funds Kaslo Community Services Society ↗
  • Who funds Lions Club of Nelson ↗
  • Who funds Nelson Community Services Society ↗
  • Who funds Aids Network Kootenay Outreach & Support Society ↗
  • Who funds Nelson and District Museum Archives and Gallery and ↗
  • Who funds BCSPCA ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL DISTRICT #8 ↗
  • Who funds Nelson Community Food Centre ↗
  • Who funds Ernie Gare Athletic Scholarship Society ↗
  • Who funds W.E.Graham Community Service Society ↗
  • Who funds KALEIN CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds Salmo Community Resource Society ↗
  • Who funds Living Lakes Canada ↗
  • Who funds Kootenay Christian Fellowship ↗
  • Who funds THE CAPITOL THEATER RESTORATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Nelson Civic Theatre Society ↗
  • Who funds Zion United Church ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the Nelson Municipal Library ↗
  • Who funds LARDEAU VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds KOOTENAY LAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Kaslo Outdoor Recreation & Trails Society ↗
  • Who funds SELKIRK COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIA HOSPITAL OF KASLO AUXILIARY SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds KOOTENAY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds LANGHAM CULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WEST KOOTENAY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE SOCIETY ↗

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.

The Lions Club of Nel…West Kootenay Regiona…Le Roi Community Foun…The Hamber FoundationKootenay Advocacy Net…Columbia Valley Commu…Community Foundation …Nelson Circle Foundat…Kimberley & District …Central Okanagan Foun…The Roman Catholic Bi…Creston Valley Commun…
The Lions Club of Nelson Charitable TrustBC31× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lions Club of Nelson Charitable Trust · West Kootenay Regional Arts Council · Le Roi Community Foundation · The Hamber Foundation · Kootenay Advocacy Network/Task · Columbia Valley Community Foundation · Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies · Nelson Circle Foundation Trustee M D Berg · Kimberley & District Community Foundation · Central Okanagan Foundation · The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson · Creston Valley Community 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 136 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 public foundation under foundations.

Source object 874925928:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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