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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

The 1949 Foundation

The organization receives and maintains a fund or funds and applies all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to charitable organizations that are registered charities under the income tax act (canada).

C$2.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$1.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k30 grants · C$86k
  • C$10k–50k11 grants · C$215k
  • C$50k–250k4 grants · C$250k
  • C$250k+2 grants · C$2.0M
C$5,000
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCOTT MISSIONC$1,100,000
HORIZON EMPOWERS (JIM PESCE)C$895,000
ATWELL CENTREC$100,000
UHN FOUNDATIONC$50,000
HOPE OAKVILLE (LIVING IN THE LIGHT)C$50,000
THE SCOTT MISSIONC$50,000
Individual grant recipientC$40,000
ATWELL CENTREC$25,000
ST.MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$25,000
ST.JOSEPH'S HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATIONC$25,000
WESTERN UNIVERSITY (MEN'S ROWING COACH FUND)C$25,000
KEG SPIRIT FOUNDATIONC$20,000
YOUTH UNLIMITEDC$15,000
THE SALVATION ARMYC$10,000
SHIFRA HOMESC$10,000
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$4.4M · 59 repeat orgsC$2.2M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +23% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

59 repeat relationships — 35 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
39

Total granted

C$4.4M
C$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+12%

Still filing today

92%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’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

  • SM
    SCOTT MISSION
    6× · 2019–2024 · C$1.2M · revenue +139%
  • G(
    GCF (HORIZONS)
    5× · 2019–2023 · C$821k · revenue +28%
  • TG
    TORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · C$271k · revenue +149%

Funded once

  • HC
    HOPE CHURCH MISSISSAUGA
    one grant, 2022 · C$500k · revenue -16%
  • HB
    HOPE BIBLE CHURCH NIAGARA
    one grant, 2023 · C$200k · revenue -49%
  • ZT
    ZOE TORONTO MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2023 · C$56k · revenue +4%

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
The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation

SickKids Foundation has been inspiring our communities since 1972 to invest in improving the lives of children and their families. Donor support is a critical source of funding for the Hospital for Sick Children and in recent years has…

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2
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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3
Fund Homecare Canada

Fund Homecare Canada is a Canadian registered charitable not-for-profit organization dedicated to making in-home care accessible to palliative cancer patients—a critical and prevalent need that is unfortunately out of reach for many. We…

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4
Prostate Cancer Canada

Prostate Cancer Canada has continued to responsibly invest the generous donations of Canadians to develop the most promising studies and minds Canada has to offer in the field of prostate cancer research. We have continued to ensure the…

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5
Cancer Care Ontario

Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) is the provincial government agency responsible for driving health system performance improvement for Ontario's cancer and chronic kidney disease health systems. CCO also supports achievement of Ontario's Wait…

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6
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada

Through the support of donors and volunteers we take action and provide programs for every canadian affected by a brain tumour. we provide information including handbooks storybooks information sheets videos and a comprehensive website and…

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7
Toronto Foundation

The purpose of toronto foundation is to create a more fair and justice society where everyone can thrive by mobilizing those with resources and the will to partner with others. the foundation publishes research including the toronto's…

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8
The Terry Fox Research Institute

The Terry Fox Research Institute ('TFRI') operates as a virtual institute bringing together multi-disciplinary teams of cancer researchers to work on integrated translational research projects. TFRI manages its research granting programs…

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9
Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health Fondation Pharmaprixpour la Santé des Femmes

Shoppers foundation for women's health purpose is to foster health equity for women by increasing access to care and support improving awareness of women's unique health needs and providing support for critical women's health research.…

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10
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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11
Stand Up to Cancer Canada

Funding of Breast Cancer Research Stem Cell Research Metastatic Cancer Research & Pancreatic Cancer Research.

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12
Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada

Diabetes is one of the fastest growing chronic diseases in Canada with more than four million people living with diabetes in this country. It is a complex chronic condition that impacts a person’s health and overall life in profound ways.…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sim Canada and the most unlike its peers is The Word Guild. 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

89 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. 89 of the 108 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
88/89
Grantees still filing
59/89
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 budgetSCOTT MISSION — C$1,216,500 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetGCF (HORIZONS) — C$821,250 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHOPE CHURCH MISSISSAUGA — C$500,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetTORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$271,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMUSKOKA WOODS YOUTH FOUNDATION — C$270,350 over 3y, 12% of budgetHOPE BIBLE CHURCH NIAGARA — C$200,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetATWELL CENTRE — C$185,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetSPARTAN FOUNDATION-TWU — C$171,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetST MICHAELS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$160,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSLEEPING CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD — C$155,840 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetKEG SPIRIT FOUNDATION — C$132,500 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetST JOSEPH'S HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATION — C$105,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPCC-PREGNANCY CARE CENTRE — C$105,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO — C$100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN RED CROSS — C$85,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY — C$72,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetYOUTH UNLIMITED — C$70,375 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetDRAYTON — C$70,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetZOE TORONTO MINISTRIES — C$55,744 over 1y, 21% of budgetHOPE BIBLE CHURCH OAKVILLE — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTORONTO ALLIANCE CHURCH — C$43,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetBURNING STONE MINISTRIES — C$40,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetSHIFRA HOMES INC. — C$39,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS — C$26,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJOY BIBLE CAMP — C$24,255 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSLEENA'S PLACE — C$22,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFINCA CANADA — C$21,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetROSS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$20,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND HARVEST — C$17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBAYCREST FOUNDATION — C$15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARMONIZERS FOR SPEECH — C$13,500 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetISLINGTON UNITED CHURCH — C$13,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE WAR AMPS — C$12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALS DOUBLE PLAY — C$11,575 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetPREGNANCY & RESOURCES CENTRE — C$11,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBOB RUMBALL FOUNDATION FOR THE DEAF — C$11,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS — C$10,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTRUE NORTH AID — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY — C$10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY — C$9,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERVAL HOUSE — C$8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALS SOCIETY OF CANADA — C$8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING ROCK MINISTRIES — C$8,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTEEN CHALLENGE — C$8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEART & STROKE FOUNDATION — C$8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDOROTHY LEY HOSPICE — C$8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROMISE KEEPERS — C$7,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SANFILIPPO CHILDREN'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION — C$7,000 over 6y, 4.3% 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 SCOTT MISSION ↗
  • Who funds GCF (HORIZONS) ↗
  • Who funds HOPE CHURCH MISSISSAUGA ↗
  • Who funds TORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSKOKA WOODS YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE BIBLE CHURCH NIAGARA ↗
  • Who funds ATWELL CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds SPARTAN FOUNDATION-TWU ↗
  • Who funds ST MICHAELS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SLEEPING CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD ↗
  • Who funds KEG SPIRIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH'S HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PCC-PREGNANCY CARE CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN RED CROSS ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds DRAYTON ↗
  • Who funds ZOE TORONTO MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST FAMILY COMMUNITY CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds HOPE BIBLE CHURCH OAKVILLE ↗
  • Who funds TORONTO ALLIANCE CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds BURNING STONE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds SHIFRA HOMES INC. ↗
  • Who funds DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN ANGEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOY BIBLE CAMP ↗
  • Who funds SLEENA'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds FINCA CANADA ↗
  • Who funds ROSS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST ↗
  • Who funds BAYCREST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HARMONIZERS FOR SPEECH ↗

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.

Link Charity Canada I…Christian Stewardship…Canadian National Chr…Ontario Power Generat…Hydro One Employees' …United Way Golden Hor…Canada GivesCharities Aid Foundat…The Guelph Community …Strategic Charitable …Toronto FoundationThe John & Ellie Voor…
Link Charity Canada IncON11.8× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Link Charity Canada Inc · Christian Stewardship Services · Canadian National Christian Foundation · Ontario Power Generation Employees' and Pensioners' Charity Trust Fund · Hydro One Employees' and Pensioners' Charity Trust Fund · United Way Golden Horseshoe · Canada Gives · Charities Aid Foundation Canada · The Guelph Community Foundation · Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation · Toronto Foundation · The John & Ellie Voortman 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 108 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 2024-10-15, 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 791534118:2024-10-15 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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