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Ottawa, ON · Private foundation

The Bloodroot Fund

Distributed funds to other charities at the discretion of the directors.

C$591k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$270k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k10 grants · C$53k
  • C$10k–50k13 grants · C$209k
  • C$50k–250k1 grant · C$60k
  • C$250k+1 grant · C$270k
C$10,000
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIOC$270,000
KATERI NATIVE MINISTRY OF OTTAWAC$60,000
TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOUNDATIONC$30,000
CHURCH OF ST. COLUMBAC$27,000
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHONOLYC$20,000
HARVEST HOUSE MINISTRIESC$20,000
THE OTTAWA MISSIONC$20,000
CODE (COUNCIL OF ONTARIO DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION)C$15,000
SERENITY RENEWAL FOR FAMILIESC$14,000
L'ARCHE CANADAC$12,500
OXFAM CANADAC$10,000
INTERVAL HOUSE OF OTTAWAC$10,000
FIGHTING BILNDNESS CANADAC$10,000
CONERSTONE HOUSING FOR WOMENC$10,000
ALEXANDER SOCIETY OF INCLUSIVE ARTSC$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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$2.3M · 35 repeat orgsC$312k to everyone else

35 repeat relationships — 19 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
29

Total granted

C$2.3M
C$244k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+40%

Still filing today

100%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$68k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’22’23’24
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

  • CH
    CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO
    4× · 2019–2024 · C$546k · revenue +61%
  • KN
    KATERI NATIVE MINISTRY OF OTTAWA
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$302k · revenue +30% · 48% of their budget
  • BA
    Boundless Adventures Association
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$111k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • HF
    Habitat for Humanity National Capital Region
    one grant, 2017 · C$30k · revenue +23%
  • AI
    Amnesty International
    one grant, 2017 · C$30k · revenue -99%
  • JH
    John Howard Society of Canada
    one grant, 2017 · C$25k

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.

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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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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
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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4
Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women

We focus on efforts in three key areas: 1. prevention-engaging with individuals and public institutions across the community to share the best practices for preventing gender-based violence and supporting community-wide prevention efforts;…

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5
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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6
International Development Research Centre

Created by Parliament in 1970 IDRC has been committed in supporting research in developing countries undertaken by the people of those countries for their own development. IDRC has five areas of focus: Climate-Resilient Food Systems Global…

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7
Oxfam-Quebec

Œuvrer en appui aux populations des pays en développement en soutenant des activités de développement structurés qui visent à établir l'autosuffisance durable des populations partenaires dans le respect de leurs valeurs. Réaliser des…

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8
Fh Canada

Food for the Hungry (FH) Canada part of the global FH family is a Christian not-for-profit organization dedicated to ending poverty worldwide. With partners across Canada and the world FH walks alongside vulnerable communities throughout…

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9
Cuso International

Cuso International is a Canadian not-for-profit international cooperation and development organization that works to create economic and social opportunities for marginalized groups in Africa Latin America the Caribbean and Canada.…

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10
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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11
Children International Canada

Children international canada carries out its charitable activities for the purpose of breaking generational poverty for the children they serve. this is done by delivering high-impact programs in four crucial areas: health education…

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12
Kinvia

Kinvia previously known as Canadian Feed The Children is an international non-governmental organization supporting children youth and their communities in overcoming systemic barriers to their rights to nutritious and culturally…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Services of Ottawa and the most unlike its peers is Alexander Society for Inclusive Arts. 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

65 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. 65 of the 70 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)
65/65
Grantees still filing
48/65
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 budgetCHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO — C$546,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKATERI NATIVE MINISTRY OF OTTAWA — C$301,900 over 6y, 48% of budgetBoundless Adventures Association — C$110,500 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetDoctors without Borders Canada — C$109,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRETOWN CHURCHES SOCIAL ACTIONCOMMITTEE — C$100,600 over 5y, 10% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOUNDATION — C$90,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHURCH OF ST. COLUMBA — C$78,300 over 6y, 55% of budgetOTTAWA INNERCITY MINISTRIES — C$65,300 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetOXFAM CANADA — C$64,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetALEXANDER SOCIETY FOR INCLUSIVE ARTS — C$63,800 over 6y, 86% of budgetCanadian Parks and Wilderness Society — C$59,300 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCHEO Mental Health Program — C$56,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZEN ADVOCACY OF OTTAWA - CARLETON — C$48,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCanadian Unicef Committee — C$46,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINTERVAL HOUSE OF OTTAWA — C$46,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSHEPHERDS OF GOOD HOPE — C$46,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHARVEST HOUSE MINISTRIES — C$40,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS — C$38,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOTTAWA FOOD BANK — C$35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH/LES AMIS DE LA TERRE — C$34,800 over 3y, 12% of budgetCODE (COUNCIL OF ONTARIO DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION) — C$30,450 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity National Capital Region — C$30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmnesty International — C$30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRIGHT TO PLAY INTERNATIONAL — C$26,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetL'ARCHE CANADA — C$25,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCamp Misquah — C$22,600 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetMAISON D'AMITE (HOLIDAY PARTY) — C$21,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE OTTAWA MISSION — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChristie Lake Kids — C$19,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSERENITY RENEWAL FOR FAMILIES — C$19,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetOttawa Humane Society — C$18,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChild Haven international — C$18,300 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND L'INSTITUT NAT — C$16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShepherds of Good Hope Foundation — C$15,800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCAMPFIRE CIRCLE — C$15,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRoyal Ottawa Hopsital — C$11,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWateraid — C$11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINDSPIRE — C$10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONERSTONE HOUSING FOR WOMEN — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNiqinik Nuatsivik - Nunavut Food Bank — C$10,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetIMPACT BRIDGES GROUP INC. — C$10,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetCANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTDH CANADA INC. — C$10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetENGLISH LANGUAGE TUTORING FOR THE OTTAWA COMMUNITY — C$9,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OTTAWA — C$8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetQayuqtuvik Society — C$8,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetQUEENSWAY CARLETON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRON'S AND COLITIS CANADA — C$7,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Ottawa Community Foun…Taggart Parkes Founda…The Harry P Ward Foun…The Minto Greenberg L…Danbe Foundation Inc.Crabtree Foundation F…The Incorporated Syno…Wcpd FoundationOntario Realtors Care…The Roman Catholic Ep…Ottawa-Carleton Distr…Five B Family Foundat…
Ottawa Community Foundation / Fondation Communautaire d'OttawaON22.7× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ottawa Community Foundation / Fondation Communautaire d'Ottawa · Taggart Parkes Foundation · The Harry P Ward Foundation · The Minto Greenberg Legacy Foundation · Danbe Foundation Inc. · Crabtree Foundation Fondation Crabtree · The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa · Wcpd Foundation · Ontario Realtors Care Foundation · The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall · Ottawa-Carleton District School Board · Five B Family 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 70 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 private foundation under foundations.

Source object 140704701:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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