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Halifax, NS · Charitable organization

Sisters of Charity - Caritas Retirement Centre

Caritas retirement centre is a unit of the sisters of charity a religious congregation of roman catholic women.

C$13k
Granted FY2024still arriving
44
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
Regions reached
C$1k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

C$200
Median grant
5
Regions reached
C$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHALICE (CANADA)C$1,067
ARCHDIOCESE OF HALIFAX-YARMOUTHC$1,029
NORTH END PARENT RESOURCE CENTREC$1,000
OUT OF THE COLDC$999
FEED NOVA SCOTIAC$856
THE MARGUERITE CENTREC$677
SOULS HARBOURC$615
DEVELOPMENT AND PEACEC$588
CHILDREN BELIEVEC$521
SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAULC$504
OUR LADY'S MISSIONAIRIESC$400
METRO TURNING POINTC$351
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CANADAC$300
MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITYC$272
MI'KMAW NATIVE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETYC$270
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$74k · 40 repeat orgsC$5k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +29% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

40 repeat relationships — 29 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
17

Total granted

C$74k
C$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+15%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
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

  • MS
    MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2018–2024 · C$13k · revenue +37%
  • C(
    CHALICE (CANADA)
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$10k · revenue +25%
  • FN
    FEED NOVA SCOTIA
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$8k · revenue +408%

Funded once

  • EF
    ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY OF MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIAgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · C$500 · revenue +29%
  • PO
    PARISH OF SAINT LEONARD
    one grant, 2023 · C$350 · revenue -55%
  • LC
    L'Arche Canada Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · C$165 · revenue -31%

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
World Vision Canada-Vision Mondiale Canada

World Vision Canada carries out programs in 55 countries which are funded through ongoing private and public funding and focuses on: • Livelihoods: including food environment & climate change and economic empowerment; • Health: including…

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2
Mental Health Research Canada/Recherche En Sante Mentale Canada

Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) is a national charitable organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Canadians by advancing mental health knowledge. Our vision is to create a Canada with better mental health for all…

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3
Humanitarian Coalition /

The Humanitarian Coalition contributes towards alleviating acute human suffering among survivors of humanitarian disasters. As a joint Canadian approach to humanitarian response the Humanitarian Coalition is a 'one-stop-shop' for all…

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4
Habitat for Humanity Canada/Habitat Pour L'humanitÉ Canada

Habitat for Humanity Canada' brings communities together to help families build strength stability and independence through affordable homeownership. In fulfilling this mission we provide resources training and ongoing support to help…

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5
Healthbridge Foundation of Canada

HealthBridge works with partners world-wide to improve health and health equity through research policy and action in the following programming areas: Food and Nutrition: combating hunger and malnutrition and improving food security;…

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6
Oceana Canada

Oceana canada is an independent charity dedicated solely to ocean conservation. oceana canada works with civil society academics fishers indigenous peoples and the federal government to return canada's formerly vibrant oceans to health and…

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7
Cooperation Canada - Coopération Canada

Cooperation Canada is Canada's national association of international development and humanitarian organizations. Cooperation Canada brings together and advocates for effective Canadian international development assistance by convening…

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8
Action contre la faim Acf (Canada) / Action against hunger Acf (Canada)

Action against hunger is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. we save the lives of malnourished children. we ensure everyone can access clean water food training and health…

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9
Oxfam Canada

Oxfam canada this year spanned 21 countries focusing on various humanitarian and development initiatives. in jamaica we address gender-based violence (gbv) through social norm changes and advocacy. in nicaragua we empower civil society for…

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10
Ovarian Cancer Canada/Cancer De L'ovaire Canada

Research: Investing in pan-Canadian and patient-centered research across the full continuum of ovarian cancer from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Our research investments are enabling discoveries by establishing and…

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11
Pih Partners in Health Canada

Partners In Health Canada works in partnership with sister organizations in settings of poverty around the world to bring health and social justice to vulnerable and marginalized communities. We deliver high quality comprehensive health…

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12
Islamic Relief - Ir Canada

Islamic Relief Canada carries out humanitarian and development programs in over 30 countries. Programs include: • Livelihoods focused on climate-adaptive support and/or economic empowerment; • Health including water sanitation and hygiene…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chalice (Canada) and the most unlike its peers is Living Language Institute Foundation. 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

72 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
72/72
Grantees still filing
43/72
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 budgetMOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY — C$13,387 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHALICE (CANADA) — C$10,152 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFEED NOVA SCOTIA — C$7,698 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSociety of Saint Vincent de Paul — C$6,250 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetDEVELOPMENT AND PEACE — C$4,738 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — C$4,500 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetARCHDIOCESE OF HALIFAX-YARMOUTH — C$3,590 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCheburcto Family Centre - Home of the Guardian Angel — C$3,543 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetL'Arche Halifax — C$2,916 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARGUERITE CENTRE — C$2,771 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetADSUM ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN — C$2,532 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL-HOPE COTTAGE — C$1,667 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSOULS HARBOUR — C$1,649 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH END PARENT RESOURCE CENTRE — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOUT OF THE COLD — C$999 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMI'KMAW NATIVE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY — C$950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN BELIEVE — C$894 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY — C$700 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CANADA — C$625 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY — C$605 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLES OEUVRES ET MISSIONS DE DON BOSCO — C$585 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX YOUTH PROGRAMS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — C$562 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY OF MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA — C$500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR LADY'S MISSIONAIRIES — C$450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC MISSIONS IN CANADA — C$435 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE — C$385 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMETRO TURNING POINT — C$351 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARISH OF SAINT LEONARD — C$350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWARD 5 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTRE — C$287 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCanadian Jesuits International — C$260 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN BIBLE SOCIETY — C$255 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRUNSWICK STREET MISSION — C$250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY SHIPS CANADA SOCIETY — C$250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRVIEW RESOURCE CENTRE — C$236 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE CANADA — C$220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANADA HELPS — C$201 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL-HALIFAX PARTICULAR — C$200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIWK HEALTH CENTRE — C$200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURE CONSERVANCY CANADA — C$195 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE — C$195 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCNEWA CANADA — C$190 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetL'Arche Canada Foundation — C$165 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WAR AMPS — C$140 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARKER STREET FOOD AND FURNITURE BANK — C$125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MONASTERY OF MOUNT CARMEL SOCIETY OF THE LITTLE FLOWER — C$125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT VINCENT'S NURSING HOME — C$100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HALIFAX (YWCA HALIFAX — C$100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE CHILDREN — C$90 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

Sisters of Charity Mo…The Community Foundat…United Way Maritimes/…Halifax Association f…Black Family Foundati…J and W Murphy Founda…Congregation of Notre…The Roman Catholic Ep…Corporation of the Si…Mental Health Foundat…Universalist Unitaria…Flemming Charitable F…
Sisters of Charity Mount Saint VincentNS29× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent · The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society · United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes · Halifax Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor · Black Family Foundation · J and W Murphy Foundation · Congregation of Notre Dame Visitation Province Inc. · The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Halifax · Corporation of the Sisters of St Martha · Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia · Universalist Unitarian Church of Halifax · Flemming Charitable 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 72 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 charitable organization under support of religion.

Source object 119151199:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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