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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

Rbc Foundation/Rbc Fondation

To receive and transfer funds to other charities registered under the income tax act or qualified donees as defined in the income tax act.

C$86M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,387
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
Regions reached
C$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 1387 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k372 grants · C$1.6M
  • C$10k–50k532 grants · C$11M
  • C$50k–250k406 grants · C$39M
  • C$250k+77 grants · C$34M
C$25,000
Median grant
12
Regions reached
C$69M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTOC$2,000,000
PATHWAYS TO EDUCATION CANADAC$1,283,333
CANADIAN OLYMPIC FOUNDATION/ FONDATIONC$1,250,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada/Les repairesC$1,000,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND CANADA/FONDS MONDIAL POUR LAC$1,000,000
DataStream InitiativeC$850,000
CANADIAN OLYMPIC FOUNDATION/ FONDATION OLYMPIQUEC$846,555
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA - LA SOCIETE CANADIENNEC$775,000
Nature United/Nature UnieC$750,000
IISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc.C$700,000
Centraide du Grand MontrealC$685,000
AquaactionC$666,666
Universities Canada/Universites CanadaC$642,600
BRAIN CANADA FOUNDATION / FONDATION BRAIN CANADAC$616,666
CHILDREN'S AID FOUNDATION OF CANADAC$600,000
02The need
02

Where the grant dollars land

At home and around the world.

Which regions its grants reach

Ontario
C$308M
Quebec
C$60M
British Columbia
C$48M
Alberta
C$47M
Manitoba
C$18M
Nova Scotia
C$12M
Saskatchewan
C$10M
New Brunswick
C$6.9M
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$3.8M
Yukon
C$460k
Nunavut
C$378k
Prince Edward Island
C$369k
Northwest Territories
C$266k
How this is measured
Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
C$480M · 1705 repeat orgsC$22M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

1705 repeat relationships: 963 still active in FY2024, 742 since wound down; 55 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1705
240

Total granted

C$480M
C$17M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+18%

Still filing today

96%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$5.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new.

Backed again, and grew

  • CO
    CANADIAN OLYMPIC FOUNDATION/ FONDATION
    5× · 2017–2024 · C$7.6M · revenue +43% · 25% of their budget
  • UC
    Universities Canada
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$7.3M · revenue +144%
  • UW
    United Way/Centraide
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$6.4M · revenue ×12

Funded once

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CANADA
    one grant, 2023 · C$1.8M
  • JC
    JA Canada
    one grant, 2020 · C$950k
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CANADA-LES GRANDS FRERES GRAND
    one grant, 2020 · C$750k · revenue -10%
How this is measured

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

04Its field
03the grantee network

1885 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1885 of the 2,000 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own CRA returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

53
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
584
Early backer (in before they grew)
1845/1885
Grantees still filing
1478/1885
Grew since first funded

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTO: C$11,154,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetCANADIAN OLYMPIC FOUNDATION/ FONDATION: C$7,620,493 over 5y, 25% of budgetUniversities Canada: C$7,257,932 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetUnited Way/Centraide: C$6,432,900 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CANADA/LES REPAIRES JEUNESSE DU CA: C$5,953,804 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetPLAN INTERNATIONAL CANADA INC.: C$5,057,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA: C$4,050,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetPATHWAYS TO EDUCATION CANADA: C$3,769,499 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND CANADA/FONDS MONDIAL POUR LA: C$3,701,000 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetCentraide du Grand Montreal: C$3,552,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S AID FOUNDATION: C$3,427,050 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING MCGILL UNI: C$3,211,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CANADA-LES GRANDS FRERES: C$3,016,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetAQUA FORUM: C$2,963,332 over 7y, 53% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA - LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE: C$2,906,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetIDRF (International Development and Relief Foundation): C$2,824,000 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetShad Canada: C$2,750,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetTAKING IT GLOBAL YOUTH ASSOCIATION: C$2,750,000 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetRIDEAU HALL FOUNDATION / FONDATION RIDEAU HALL: C$2,605,000 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetSwim Drink Fish Canada: C$2,578,999 over 7y, 55% of budgetPRINCE'S CHARITIES CANADA: C$2,270,000 over 6y, 32% of budgetJack.org: C$2,265,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetNPower Canada: C$2,250,000 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetWE Charity: C$2,213,630 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCanadian Institute for Advanced Research-Institut canadien: C$2,198,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetKIDS HELP PHONE / JEUNESSE J' ECOUTE: C$2,181,400 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetJA CANADA: C$2,144,928 over 3y, 24% of budgetUniversity of Waterloo: C$2,096,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBRAIN CANADA FOUNDATION / FONDATION BRAIN CANADA: C$2,095,866 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetTHE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION: C$2,040,964 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSKILLS/COMPETENCE CANADA CORPORATION: C$2,040,000 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetACTUA: C$2,000,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetCENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: C$1,953,625 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetThe Apathy is Boring Project: C$1,950,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetYORK UNIVERSITY: C$1,937,142 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc.: C$1,916,333 over 5y, 12% of budgetTRUE PATRIOT LOVE FOUNDATION: C$1,893,500 over 7y, 19% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF GUELPH: C$1,858,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way British Columbia: C$1,844,600 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION IN CANADA: C$1,813,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetUniversity of Montreal: C$1,785,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNature United/Nature Unie: C$1,567,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetTHE NATURAL STEP(CANADA) INC.: C$1,566,665 over 7y, 20% of budgetCanada Learning Code Inc. / Canada en Programmation Inc.: C$1,550,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetQUEEN'S UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON: C$1,535,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFONDATION DE L'HÔPITAL SAINTE-JUSTINE: C$1,524,900 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTORONTO GENERAL AND WESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: C$1,523,125 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetASHOKA CANADA: C$1,505,000 over 6y, 50% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN OLYMPIC FOUNDATION/ FONDATION ↗
  • Who funds Universities Canada ↗
  • Who funds United Way/Centraide ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CANADA/LES REPAIRES JEUNESSE DU CA ↗
  • Who funds PLAN INTERNATIONAL CANADA INC. ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS TO EDUCATION CANADA ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND CANADA/FONDS MONDIAL POUR LA ↗
  • Who funds Centraide du Grand Montreal ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S AID FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING MCGILL UNI ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CANADA-LES GRANDS FRERES ↗
  • Who funds AQUA FORUM ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA - LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE ↗
  • Who funds IDRF (International Development and Relief Foundation) ↗
  • Who funds Shad Canada ↗
  • Who funds TAKING IT GLOBAL YOUTH ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds RIDEAU HALL FOUNDATION / FONDATION RIDEAU HALL ↗
  • Who funds Swim Drink Fish Canada ↗
  • Who funds PRINCE'S CHARITIES CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Jack.org ↗
  • Who funds NPower Canada ↗
  • Who funds WE Charity ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Institute for Advanced Research-Institut canadien ↗
  • Who funds KIDS HELP PHONE / JEUNESSE J' ECOUTE ↗
  • Who funds JA CANADA ↗
  • Who funds University of Waterloo ↗
  • Who funds BRAIN CANADA FOUNDATION / FONDATION BRAIN CANADA ↗
  • Who funds THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SKILLS/COMPETENCE CANADA CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ACTUA ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Apathy is Boring Project ↗
  • Who funds YORK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds IISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc. ↗
  • Who funds TRUE PATRIOT LOVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ↗
  • Who funds United Way British Columbia ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION IN CANADA ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

United Way of Canada …The London Drugs Foun…Fondation Sandra Schm…The Canadian Mental H…The Tong and Geraldin…The Kpmg Foundation/L…Waterloo Regional Hea…The Art Starts in Sch…Cpa Education Foundat…Enactus CanadaThe Joyce Family Foun…The Medavie Foundatio…
United Way of Canada - Centraide CanadaON13.5× affinity71 shared granteesties to 3 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Canada - Centraide Canada · The London Drugs Foundation · Fondation Sandra Schmirler Foundation · The Canadian Mental Health Association · The Tong and Geraldine Louie Family Fondation · The Kpmg Foundation/La Fondation Kpmg · Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundation · The Art Starts in Schools Society · Cpa Education Foundation · Enactus Canada · The Joyce Family Foundation · The Medavie Foundation Inc. / la Fondation Medavie Inc.

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data, the funder’s own annual information return, and from the multi-year returns of the 2000 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010, read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-10-31, 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 892704859:2024-10-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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