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Coquitlam, BC · Private foundation

Spencercreo Finca Foundation

C$643k
Granted FY2019
45
Grants FY2019
2
Regions reached
C$102k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2019 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under C$10k30 grants · C$57k
  • C$10k–50k10 grants · C$201k
  • C$50k–250k5 grants · C$386k
C$2,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$375k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER VANCOUVERC$101,675
YO BRO YOUTH INITIATIVE SOCIETYC$100,500
CULTIVATE CANADA SOCIETYC$82,725
MOM 2 MOM CHILD PROVERTY INITIATIVEC$51,000
NEIL SQUIRE SOCIETYC$50,000
THE KETTLE SOCIETYC$45,000
COVENANT HOUSE VANCOUVERC$30,344
PLEA COMMUNITY SERVICESC$30,000
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIAC$25,000
BC SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS FOUNDATIONC$15,016
SIERRA CLUB OF BC FOUNDATIONC$15,000
COMPASSION FRUIT SOCIETYC$10,232
WEST COAST FAMILY CENTRESC$10,000
BC MARINE TRAILS NETWORKC$10,000
RAINCOAST CONSERVATION FOUNDATIONC$10,000
02Your 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
Vancouver Foundation

Vancouver Foundation leverages the generosity of donors towards projects initiatives and organizations working to create meaningful and lasting impact on our communities. We continued delivering a number of grant programs and initiatives…

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2
Big Sisters of B.C. Lower Mainland

Since 1960 Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland has been committed to enhancing the confidence self-esteem and well-being of girls through supportive friendships with caring women through three core programs: • Big and Little Sister Program:…

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3
Pacific Public Health Foundation

The pacific public health foundation works in collaboration with the bc centre for disease control (bccdc) and more broadly the health sector to support public health in bc by funding and facilitating evidence-based work that has an…

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4
Farmfolk/Cityfolk Society

FarmFolk CityFolk is British Columbia’s oldest and largest food and agriculture charity. We have been passionately committed to strengthening sustainable food systems where people and the planet thrive since 1993. We take a…

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5
Streetohome Foundation

Streetohome Foundation is changing lives and building better futures by working with the private sector to broker and leverage new funding innovative ideas and opportunities for collaboration between public and non-profit sectors to…

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6
Vancouver Food Runners Society

At vancouver food runners our mission is to respond to the unfortunate disconnect between the fact that over 40% of all food produced is wasted or lost while one in nine household in british columbia are food insecure. oue aim is to…

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7
Nutritionlink Services Society

Nutritionlink services society (nls) promotes and enhances eating choices for people and communities in british columbia. nls works in collaboration with others to enhance individuals' ability to make healthy food choices. nls supports the…

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8
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Victoria Capital Region

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria Capital Region offers 4 different mentoring programs developed in response to identified social issues or challenges impacting local children and families. We have established mentoring support in 14…

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9
Ymca Bc Properties Foundation

YMCA BC Properties Foundation provides grants to fund and support the YMCA BC (YMCA). The YMCA is a charity dedicated to strengthening the foundations of communities. They do this by nurturing the potential of children teens and young…

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10
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - British Columbia

The Marine Conservation Program which plays a leading role in advancing the establishment of a network of marine protected areas (MPAs) across British Columbia. The Northern Terrestrial Conservation Program works collaboratively with…

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11
Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation

Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation is an independent charity that supports Metro Vancouver Regional Parks. With the number of park visitors rapidly rising we work to fill the gaps in public funding to ensure our parks remain…

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12
United Way British Columbia

Ongoing Programs United Way British Columbia delivers programs resources and supports to people in need across our province. We support healthy caring and inclusive communities by strengthening vital connections to help ensure the health…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is B.C. Social Venture Partners Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Neil Squire Society. 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

43 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/43
Grantees still filing
37/43
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 budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER VANCOUVER — C$101,675 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYO BRO YOUTH INITIATIVE SOCIETY — C$100,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetCULTIVATE CANADA SOCIETY — C$82,725 over 1y, 25% of budgetMOM 2 MOM CHILD PROVERTY INITIATIVE — C$51,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetNEIL SQUIRE SOCIETY — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE KETTLE SOCIETY — C$45,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPLEA COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$31,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE VANCOUVER — C$30,344 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBC SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS FOUNDATION — C$15,016 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB OF BC FOUNDATION — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOMPASSION FRUIT SOCIETY — C$10,232 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWEST COAST FAMILY CENTRES — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBC MARINE TRAILS NETWORK — C$10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetRAINCOAST CONSERVATION FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBREAKFAST CLUB — C$6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OFSCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 41 (BURNABY) — C$6,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHIVES FOR HUNANITY — C$6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEVA CANADA SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVANCOUVER OPERA ASSOCIATION — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT #37 (DELTA) — C$4,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBC CANCER FOUNDATION — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETTER LIFE FOUNDATION — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF CANADA — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRESH ROOTS URBAN FARM SOCIETY — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetURBAN NATIVE YOUTH ASSOCIATION — C$1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTS CLUB OF VANCOUVER THEATRE FOUNDATION — C$1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROWING CHEFS SOCIETY — C$1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSALVATION ARMY — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA LOVING SPOONFUL — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER VANCOUVER FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREST AND THE FEMME SOCIETY — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARD ON THE BEACH THEATRE SOCIETY — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS — C$1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION — C$500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWRITERS EXCHANGE — C$500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE SEA PHILANTHROPY — C$250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER CANADA — C$200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER TO BE ADVENTURE — C$105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETRO VANCOUVER CRIME STOPPERS — C$100 over 1y, 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.

Spencercreo FoundationVancity Community Fou…Nicola Wealth Private…United Way British Co…Vancouver FoundationDiamond FoundationRaymond James Canada …Zlc FoundationThe Hamber FoundationBlue Planet LinksOcean Wise Conservati…The Annual Foundation
Spencercreo FoundationBC29.2× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Spencercreo Foundation · Vancity Community Foundation · Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation · United Way British Columbia · Vancouver Foundation · Diamond Foundation · Raymond James Canada Foundation · Zlc Foundation · The Hamber Foundation · Blue Planet Links · Ocean Wise Conservation Association · The Annual 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 43 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 2019-12-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2019. 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 FY2019, the most recent year this charity itemized its gifts to donees.

Source object 733201529:2019-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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