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St. John'S, NL · Private foundation

Patten Family Foundation Inc.

The patten family members donate their funds through the family foundation to intended recipients such that the annualized amount donated can be easily tracked.

C$188k
Granted FY2023
19
Grants FY2023
2
Regions reached
C$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2023 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under C$10k12 grants · C$55k
  • C$10k–50k7 grants · C$133k
C$5,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$420
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JANEWAY CHILDEREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$30,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADAC$25,000
ASSOCIATION FOR NEW CANADIANSC$23,000
SINGLE PARENT ASSOCIATION OF NEWFOUNDLANDC$20,000
IRIS HIRBY HOUSE FOUNDATIONC$12,500
ST. KEVIN'S PARISHC$12,500
RUAH COUNCELLING CENTERC$10,000
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLANDC$5,805
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY S.P.C.A.C$5,000
MURPHY CENTER INC.C$5,000
THE GATHERING PLACEC$5,000
PERSISTANCE THEATRE COMPANYC$5,000
ALZHIMER'S SOCIETY OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADORC$5,000
SCOUTS CANADAC$5,000
CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION NEWFOUNDLAND DIVISIONC$5,000
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$387k · 12 repeat orgsC$252k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +40% since the first grant, against +6% for the ones you funded once.

12 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
13

Total granted

C$387k
C$124k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+6%

Still filing today

100%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$129k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23
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

  • NC
    NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADA
    5× · 2018–2023 · C$100k · revenue +101%
  • LD
    LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRAD
    2× · 2020–2021 · C$46k · revenue +108%
  • CO
    COLONY OF AVALON
    4× · 2017–2020 · C$40k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • CC
    COMMUNITY CENTRE ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$25k · revenue +52%
  • LK
    LIONEL KELLAND HOSPICE
    one grant, 2021 · C$25k · revenue -52%
  • CC
    Canadian Cancey Society
    one grant, 2017 · C$25k · revenue +6%

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
Newfoundland and Labrador Search and Rescue Association Inc

Operates to support coordinate develop inform promote and implement search rescue and emergency responses to save lives

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2
The Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador

The community foundation of newfoundland and labrador is a public foundation created by and for the people of newfoundland and labrador. cfnl's vision is thriving newfoundland and labrador communities where everyone belongs. cfnl supports…

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3
Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Foundation Newfoundland and Labrador Inc

The Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Foundation is a provincial charity raising funds to enhance cancer treatment and supportive care programs for cancer patients in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Foundation purchases cancer treatement…

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4
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Newfoundland and Labrador)

The spca nl is an animal welfare organization that provides leadership education and consistent voice on matters that promote and improve the welfare of animals. we care for shelter animals in need prevent cruelty and encourage responsible…

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5
Spinal Cord Injury Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.

To support persons with spinal cord injuries and other physical/mental challenges to achieve independence self reliance and full community participation. These support services include peer support rehabilitation counselling…

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6
Newfoundland and Labrador Education Foundation Inc.

Provides grants to schools and teachers to enhance educational programs and activities. also provide scholarships to students to further their education.

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7
Als Society of Newfoundland & Labrador Corporation

Provides emotional support to people living with ALS their families and caregivers through support groups and client visits. Assist clients and families through referrals through counseling training and support. Acts as a resource center…

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8
Municipalities Newfoundland & Labrador Inc.

The purpose of the organization is to assist communities in their endeavour to achive and sustain strong and effective local government thereby improving the quality of life for all the people of this province. The overall objectives of…

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9
Newfoundland and Labrador Lung Association Inc

Health Education, public awareness, smoking cessation

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10
Central Regional Integrated Health Authority

The central regional integrated health authority is a scheduled regional health authority under the regional authorities act chapter r-71 statutes of newfoundland & labrador. it operates acute care long term care facilities as well as…

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11
United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.

United Way Newfoundland and Labrador works to advance the common good and create opportunities for a better life for the people of our province. Our vision for Newfoundland and Labrador is a province where all of our neighborhoods are…

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12
Newfoundland Railway - Coastal Museum Foundation Inc.

To operate a non-profit railway museum

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alzheimer Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc and the most unlike its peers is Grand Bank United 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

36 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. 36 of the 38 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
25/36
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 budgetNATURE CONSERVANCY CANADA — C$99,999 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROAYL NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT — C$75,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetLEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRAD — C$45,511 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetCOLONY OF AVALON — C$40,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetJANEWAY CHILDEREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNew World Theatre Project Inc — C$30,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY CENTRE ALLIANCE — C$25,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE — C$25,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetLIONEL KELLAND HOSPICE — C$25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCanadian Cancey Society — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSINGLE PARENT ASSOCIATION OF NEWFOUNDLAND — C$23,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR NEW CANADIANS — C$23,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeniors Resource Centre Assoc NL Inc — C$20,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetST. KEVIN'S PARISH — C$12,500 over 1y, 26% of budgetIRIS HIRBY HOUSE FOUNDATION — C$12,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetRUAH COUNCELLING CENTER — C$10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGRAND BANK UNITED CHURCH — C$10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetALZHIMER'S SOCIETY OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR — C$10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCENTRAL NORTHEAST HEALTH FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCHOICES FOR YOUTH — C$9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST COAST TRAIL — C$7,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNEWMAN SOUND — C$7,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetMEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND — C$5,805 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGNES PRATT HOME FOOUNDATION INC. — C$5,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetCANCER CARE FOUNDATION NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY S.P.C.A. — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION NEWFOUNDLAND DIVISION — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPERSISTANCE THEATRE COMPANY — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSCOUTS CANADA — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMURPHY CENTER INC. — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY OF CANADA — C$3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMANUALS RIVER NATURAL HERITAGE SOCIETY — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST. JOHN COUNCIL NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR INC — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBURIN PENINSULA SPCA — C$500 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

United Way of Newfoun…Vocm CaresGill Ratcliffe Founda…Williams Family Found…Redpoll FoundationThe Congregation of t…ClanMac FoundationYMCA of Northeast Ava…Pentecostal Assemblie…The Northpine Foundat…Hindu Temple (St John…Rotary Club of St Joh…
United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.NL23.1× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc. · Vocm Cares · Gill Ratcliffe Foundation · Williams Family Foundation Inc. · Redpoll Foundation · The Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation · ClanMac Foundation · YMCA of Northeast Avalon Inc. · Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation · The Northpine Foundation · Hindu Temple (St John's) Association Corporation · Rotary Club of St John's East Foundation Inc.

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 38 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 2023-12-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2023. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a private foundation under foundations.

Possibly out of date. A more recent return (FY2024) is on record, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this charity itemized its gifts to donees.

Source object 832063663:2023-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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