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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

The Catherine Donnelly Foundation

The Catherine Donnelly Foundation allocates its funding to a combination of programs and projects in its priority areas of Environment Housing and Civic Engagement for Social Change.

C$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
75
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
Regions reached
C$250k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k4 grants · C$23k
  • C$10k–50k62 grants · C$1.9M
  • C$50k–250k8 grants · C$567k
  • C$250k+1 grant · C$250k
C$30,000
Median grant
9
Regions reached
C$63M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipientC$250,000
Healing Through The LandC$124,297
Small Change FundC$105,000
MakeWay Charitable SocietyC$72,848
Finance Engage Sustain/Fiancer Engager SoutenirC$65,000
CHFT Charitable FundC$50,000
Manitoba Food Charter Inc.C$50,000
Environment Funders Canada/Financeurs en EnvironnementC$50,000
Individual grant recipientC$50,000
Canadian Alliance to End HomelessnessC$49,929
The Neighbourhood Land TrustC$49,050
Nimkii Youth CollectiveC$48,000
IlitaqsiniqC$48,000
Individual grant recipientC$48,000
FarmFolk CityFolk SocietyC$45,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Where your grant dollars land — at home and around the world.

Your giving at home — 89% of grant dollars (C$12M). The 11% that went abroad (C$1.5M) is mapped below.

Which regions your grants reach

Ontario
C$5.4M
British Columbia
C$3.1M
Alberta
C$865k
Nova Scotia
C$728k
Quebec
C$488k
Manitoba
C$401k
Nunavut
C$205k
New Brunswick
C$179k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$151k
Saskatchewan
C$104k
Yukon
C$75k
Prince Edward Island
C$25k
Northwest Territories
C$20k

Beyond home — 11% of all-years giving (C$1.5M)

0 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore

International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same T3010 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.

03Your 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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$7.5M · 80 repeat orgsC$5.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +70% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

80 repeat relationships — 30 still active in FY2024, 50 since wound down; 45 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

80
131

Total granted

C$7.5M
C$4.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+23%

Still filing today

95%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$1.7M 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

  • EC
    ECOJUSTICE CANADA SOCIETY
    5× · 2017–2022 · C$650k · revenue +90%
  • MC
    MAKEWAY CHARITABLE SOCIETY
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$479k · revenue +127%
  • JH
    JOHN HUMPRHEY CENTRE FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$395k · revenue +156%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · C$250k
  • FN
    FIRST NATIONS CHILD AND FAMILY CARING SOCIETY OF CANADA
    one grant, 2022 · C$200k
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS CANADA
    one grant, 2022 · C$100k · revenue +3%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

04Your 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
Leap Pecaut Centre for Social Impact

LEAP Pecaut Centre for Social Impact initiates and leads multi-sector collaborations to tackle some of society’s biggest problems in education employment and health. Over five years taking their needs and stages of development into…

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2
Global Indigenous Development Trust

Global Indigenous Development Trust engages in community economic development training and empowerment partnership building education and advocacy. We work with First Peoples who drive our projects together with industry academic…

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3
The Resilience Institute

The organization develops educational programs & conducts active participatory research on climate change & sustainability. Priority program areas include developing the capacity of Indigenous Communities to adapt to climate impacts &…

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4
All One Sky Foundation

All One Sky Foundation takes innovative action on climate change through education and research programs. It focusses on vulnerable populations at the crossroads of climate environment and energy. Key areas of focus are resilience to…

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5
Generate Canada Inc.

Generate Canada is a national charity that connects problem-solvers across sectors and value chains to generate solutions to the most complex challenges at the nexus of environment economy and society. The organization’s vision is a strong…

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6
The Catherine Donnelly Foundation

The Catherine Donnelly Foundation allocates its funding to a combination of programs and projects in its priority areas of Environment Housing and Civic Engagement for Social Change. It aims to promote joint action building on one…

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7
Canada West Foundation

The canada west foundation is an independent non-partisan public policy think tank that focuses on the policies that shape the west and by extension canada. through our evidence-based research and commentary we provide practical solutions…

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8
Vancity Community Foundation

VCF delivers funding and develops charitable programs and projects that contribute to economic inclusion social justice and environmental sustainability. Key program areas include: 1) Providing grants to qualified donees in partnership…

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9
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research - Institut canadien des recherches avancées

CIFAR’s research programs are at the heart of its operations designed to push the boundaries of knowledge and create long-term societal impact. Currently CIFAR supports 15 research programs across diverse fields from artificial…

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10
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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11
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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12
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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Native Child and Family Services of Toronto and the most unlike its peers is Raising the Roof Chez Toit. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

217 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. 217 of the 256 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.

10
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
63
Early backer (in before they grew)
214/217
Grantees still filing
146/217
Grew since you first funded

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetECOJUSTICE CANADA SOCIETY — C$650,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetMAKEWAY CHARITABLE SOCIETY — C$479,414 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetJOHN HUMPRHEY CENTRE FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS — C$395,351 over 7y, 12% of budgetSmall Change Fund — C$324,633 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetMI'KMAW NATIVE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY — C$228,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTri Country Women's Centre — C$220,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetSIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY — C$200,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP — C$180,700 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetCANADIAN ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS — C$174,146 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetMAKEWAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — C$172,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetTORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY — C$170,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIlitaqsiniq — C$155,033 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetEnvironment Funders Canada/Financeurs en Environnement — C$152,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetECOTRUST CANADA — C$135,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetPEMBINA FOUNDATION — C$124,150 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetRAISING THE ROOF CHEZ TOIT — C$114,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetSALAL FOUNDATION — C$110,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetInstitute for New Economics Public Interest Research Assoc — C$104,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetWEST COAST ENVIRONMENT LAW RESEARCH — C$100,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS CANADA — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA (NCTR) — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS SOCIETY — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOREST INTERNATIONAL — C$95,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetTHE WOODGREEN FOUNDATION — C$95,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetHALIFAX REFUGEE CLINIC ASSOCIATION — C$90,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetSIERRA CLUB OF BRITISH COLUMBIA FOUNDATION — C$87,950 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetTORONTO HOSTELS TRAINING CENTRE — C$85,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetColumbia Institute — C$85,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetECOLOGICAL FARMERS ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO — C$83,030 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetTHE CIRCLE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST (WIGWAMEN INC.) — C$81,758 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JUR-ED FOUNDATION — C$80,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetLiard Aboriginal Women's Society — C$75,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetAFRIQUE AU FEMININ — C$75,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetSOCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL OF TORONTO — C$70,742 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetLOWERTOWN COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE INC. — C$70,100 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetMISSION EXEKO — C$69,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetWORKING FOR CHANGE — C$65,941 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetLOGIFEM INC. — C$64,410 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR CHANGE LEADERS — C$61,572 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetGreenwood United Church — C$61,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES (CALGARY FOUNDATION) — C$60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL CATHOLIC CLIMATE MOVEMENT (FAITH AND THE COMMON GOOD) — C$58,333 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetTHE JUBILEE FUND INC. — C$57,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetOntario Employment Education and Research Centre — C$57,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetTheatre for living Society — C$56,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetWEST KOOTENAY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE SOCIETY — C$55,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetFirst United Church Community Ministry Society — C$55,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetToronto Association of Neighbourhood Services — C$55,000 over 4y, 3.4% 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.

The Trottier Family F…The J W McConnell Fam…Makeway FoundationThe George Cedric Met…Fondation Écho /Echo …Ivey FoundationNorth Family Foundati…The Sitka FoundationThe Peter Gilgan Foun…The Atkinson Charitab…Clean Economy FundThe McLean Foundation
The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale TrottierQC27.8× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Trottier · The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnell · Makeway Foundation · The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation · Fondation Écho /Echo Foundation · Ivey Foundation · North Family Foundation · The Sitka Foundation · The Peter Gilgan Foundation · The Atkinson Charitable Foundation · Clean Economy Fund · The McLean 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 256 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 2024-08-31, 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 861653624:2024-08-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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