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Nanaimo, BC · Charitable organization

The Board of Education of School District No. 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)

Donations received by the School District are used to enhance learning opportunities for our students through a variety of ways such as the acquisition of learning aids resources and materials assistance with extra-curricular activities and field trips support for disadvantaged and needy students and the acquisition and installation…

C$145k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$95k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k18 grants · C$7k
  • C$10k–50k3 grants · C$43k
  • C$50k–250k1 grant · C$95k
C$371
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$269M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NANAIMO LADYSMITH SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONC$95,008
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETYC$15,926
LOAVES AND FISHES COMMUNITY FOOD BANK SOCIETYC$14,637
THE TERRY FOX FOUNDATIONC$12,343
BLUE SEA PHILANTHROPY INC.C$1,850
UNITED WAY BRITISH COLUMBIAC$780
NANAIMO & AREA LAND TRUST SOCIETYC$600
The BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TC$562
CANADAHELPS CANADONC$551
NANAIMO COMMUNITY HOSPICE SOCIETYC$500
MOVEMBER CANADAC$371
KIDS HELP PHONEC$328
BC CANCER FOUNDATIONC$269
NANAIMO FAMILY LIFE ASSOCIATIONC$180
CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION B.C. DIVISIONC$159
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$718k · 28 repeat orgsC$34k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +38% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
33

Total granted

C$718k
C$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+11%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
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

  • NL
    Nanaimo Ladysmith Schools Foundation
    5× · 2019–2024 · C$462k · revenue +203%
  • TT
    THE TERRY FOX FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$85k · revenue +39%
  • LA
    LOAVES AND FISHES COMMUNITY FOOD BANK SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$50k · revenue +270%

Funded once

  • KI
    Kids International Development Society
    one grant, 2021 · C$11k · revenue +1%
  • NF
    Nanaimo Foodshare Society
    one grant, 2023 · C$7k · revenue +2%
  • TC
    The Canadian Center to End Human Trafficking
    one grant, 2023 · C$2k · 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
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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2
Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Great bear rainforest and salish sea 1. wild salmon project - determining the role and importance of salmon in the ecosystem 2. coastal wolf project research - ecological genetic and behavioural study of the coastal wolves 3. grizzly bear…

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3
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society

This is Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society's (VAMMR) first year of operations as a registered charity and is a global leader in marine mammal rescue research and rehabilitation. VAMMR responds to over 300 marine mammal…

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4
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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5
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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6
Wcs Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

Wcs canada provides evidence-based expert guidance and policy recommendations to empower decision-makers to take transformative action for wildlife ecosystems and people. through our own research accumulated expertise and understanding of…

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7
Canucks for Kids Fund

Canucks for Kids Fund dedicates resources and time to qualified charities benefiting children youth and families by focusing on health and wellness social development education and awareness and grassroots hockey. Funding: Core…

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8
British Columbia Humane Society

BC Humane Society is involved with animal welfare at many levels across the province. From heroic acts of rescue to conducting spay and neuter clinics in remote communities to ongoing fundraising events we step up for animals in every…

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9
Bc Women's Health Foundation

Ongoing programs of the BC Women's Health Foundation include: direct mail special events grant applications major gift fundraising and capital campaigns. Donations are primarily used to provide capital equipment and program/research…

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10
British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch

Providing cancer control programs for British Columbia including prevention, screening and early detection, treatments (i.e. curative, supportive care and palliative care), follow up and survivorship, innovation/research and education…

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11
Coastal Rivers Conservancy

Coastal Rivers Conservancy (CRC) continued to undertake scientific research to improve knowledge of unique salmon and steelhead populations and habitats within the inner Central Coast of British Columbia. CRC collaborated with government…

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12
Pacific Wild Alliance

1. save bc wolves - our goal is to ensure that wolves have adequate habitat to continue their critical role as a keystone species. 2. protect pacific herring - we are working with central coast communities to highlight the importance of…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Health Foundation of Vancouver Island and the most unlike its peers is Level the Field Viasport 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

67 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. 67 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/67
Grantees still filing
41/67
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$10kC$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNanaimo Ladysmith Schools Foundation — C$461,981 over 5y, 20% of budgetTHE TERRY FOX FOUNDATION — C$84,631 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES COMMUNITY FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$50,005 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY — C$40,330 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWE CHARITY — C$22,842 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKids International Development Society — C$11,458 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY — C$10,979 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNanaimo Foodshare Society — C$7,090 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCANADAHELPS CANADON — C$6,681 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe CanAssist African Relief Trust — C$5,567 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBlue Sea Philanthropy Inc. — C$4,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRITISH COLUMBIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$4,221 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetE.I.S. The Ecoforestry Institute Society — C$4,047 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetBritish Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to An — C$3,733 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNanaimo Community Hospice Society — C$3,674 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATON — C$1,882 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD VISION CANADA — C$1,820 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHaven Society — C$1,606 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Canadian Center to End Human Trafficking — C$1,507 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFH Canada — C$1,220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJesse's Gift Foundation — C$1,204 over 1y, 11% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND — C$1,192 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNANAIMO & AREA LAND TRUST SOCIETY — C$1,160 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Island Wildlife Recovery Association — C$1,077 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIsland Crisis Care Society — C$1,025 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSalvation Army — C$987 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCharitable Foundation of the Ontario Grocery Industry — C$889 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGabriola Historical and Museum Society — C$800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$780 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanadian Unicef Committe — C$700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeart and Stroke Foundation of Canada — C$651 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRugged Coast Research Society — C$651 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSave the Children Canada — C$645 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBC CANCER FOUNDATION — C$607 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLadysmith Resources Centre Association — C$600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNANAIMO UNIQUE KIDS ORGANIZATION — C$567 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION — C$500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's and Colitis Canada — C$450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Canada Wilderness Committee — C$440 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTessa Beauchamp Foundation Society — C$430 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVancouver Island Crisis Society — C$430 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER CANADA — C$371 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN WISE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — C$335 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS HELP PHONE — C$328 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDISASTER AID CANADA — C$300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY — C$300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNanaimo & District Hospital Foundation — C$300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBC AGRICULTRUE IN THE CLASSROOM FOUNDATION — C$200 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.

Nanaimo Community Fou…United Way Central an…First West FoundationBc Government Employe…The Victoria Foundati…United Way British Co…Telus Employees Chari…Loaves and Fishes Com…Vancouver FoundationThe Western Communiti…Rotary Club of Lantzv…Nicola Wealth Private…
Nanaimo Community FoundationBC23.9× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nanaimo Community Foundation · United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island · First West Foundation · Bc Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust · The Victoria Foundation · United Way British Columbia · Telus Employees Charitable Trust · Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society · Vancouver Foundation · The Western Communities Foundation · Rotary Club of Lantzville Society · Nicola Wealth Private Giving 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 2024-06-30, 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 schools and education.

Source object 107961898:2024-06-30 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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