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Westmount, QC · Private foundation

The Cole foundation/La Fondation Cole

The Cole Foundation supports research and care in pediatric and young adult leukemia and lymphoma in the Montreal area through the funding of doctoral and post-doctoral Fellowships Transition grants for early-career researchers and also through the funding of social services support for patients and their families at Montreal area…

C$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
60
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$331k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 60 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k27 grants · C$98k
  • C$10k–50k27 grants · C$699k
  • C$50k–250k3 grants · C$160k
  • C$250k+3 grants · C$916k
C$11,085
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$40M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FONDATION HÔPITAL MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONTC$331,000
UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTREALC$314,616
STE-JUSTINE HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$270,000
JEWSIH GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$60,000
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETYC$50,000
CEDARS CANCER FOUNDATIONC$50,000
Individual grant recipientC$45,500
INFINITHÉÂTREC$45,500
LEUCANC$40,000
MONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$40,000
BLACK THEATRE WORKSHOPC$38,900
ORANGE NOYÉEC$36,000
FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUESC$35,150
MCGILL UNIVERSITYC$33,750
PLAYWRIGHTS' WORKSHOP MONTREALC$32,000
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$13M · 108 repeat orgsC$700k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +41% since the first grant, against +26% for the ones you funded once.

108 repeat relationships — 47 still active in FY2024, 61 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

108
45

Total granted

C$13M
C$475k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+26%

Still filing today

94%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$225k 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

  • UD
    University de Montreal
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$2.7M · revenue +38%
  • SH
    STE-JUSTINE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$1.4M · revenue +77%
  • FH
    FONDATION HÔPITAL MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$1.2M · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • CH
    Centre Hospitalier de l'University de Montrealgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$50k · revenue +39%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · C$35k
  • SR
    Silk Road Institute
    one grant, 2023 · C$35k

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
Compagnie Trans-Theatre

Promotion de la culture théâtrale

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2
La Compagnie De Theatre Il Va Sans Dire

Production d'oeuvres théâtrales

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3
La compagnie dramatique du québec

La société est un organisme qui a pour but de créer de produire et de diffuser des oeuvres théâtrales pour un public adulte.

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4
Theatre Ubu Inc

Conception et présentation de pièces de théâtre

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5
Théâtre Connexion

Administrer un théâtre et promouvoir ainsi que produirer des artistes auteurs et interprètes indépendants régionaux nationaux et internationaux.

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6
Théâtre du Rideau Vert

Présentation de productions théâtrales

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7
Théâtre la Catapulte

Festivals groupe d'artiste de spectacles etc.

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8
Cahiers De Theatre Jeu Inc.

Production de quatre numéros de la revue de théâtre jeu.

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9
Montreal Danse

Créer produire et diffuser des oeuvres chorégraphiques

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10
Fondation Pour L'avancement Du Theatre Francophone Au Canada

Programme de bourses et de remise de prix d'excellence

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11
Théâtre Dérives Urbaines

Création production et diffusion de pièces de théâtre principalement dans la région de l'outaouais

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12
La Fondation Du Theatre Nouveau Monde

La fondation du théâtre du nouveau monde constituée en vertue de la partie iii de la loi sur les compagnies du québec gère une salle de spectacle produit et diffuse des oeuvres théàtrales.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Theatre La Chapelle Inc and the most unlike its peers is Volte 21. 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

143 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. 143 of the 166 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
37
Early backer (in before they grew)
138/143
Grantees still filing
110/143
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 budgetUniversity de Montreal — C$2,749,100 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSTE-JUSTINE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$1,407,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetFONDATION HÔPITAL MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT — C$1,241,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetMCGILL UNIVERSITY — C$974,376 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY — C$605,244 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$460,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$387,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetGEORDIE PRODUCTIONS — C$199,700 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetLEUCAN — C$180,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAIDE OF GREAT MONTREAL — C$165,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL THEATER SCHOOL — C$155,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMcGill University Health Centre Foundation — C$152,800 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFESTIVAL TRANSAMERIQUE — C$147,150 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetDESTA — C$147,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetCONSEIL DES ARTS DE MONTREAL — C$139,540 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTEESRI DUNIYA THEATRE — C$128,970 over 6y, 12% of budgetBlack Theatre Workshop — C$127,900 over 5y, 12% of budgetImago Theatre — C$125,075 over 6y, 23% of budgetBLUE METROPOLIS FOUNDATION — C$125,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetBLACK THEATRE WORKSHOP — C$110,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNOVA MONTREAL — C$108,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetTerres en Vues — C$103,700 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCOMPAGNIE JEAN DUCEPPE INC. — C$103,450 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetINSTITUT DE CANCER DE MONTREAL — C$100,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetLA PHARE — C$96,300 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCentaur Theatre — C$90,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetINFINITHÉÂTRE — C$86,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetLa Chapelle Theatre — C$85,750 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetMAINLINE THEATRE — C$74,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetSIMONIQUES THÉATRE — C$72,800 over 3y, 88% of budgetCHEZ DORIS — C$67,600 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetESPACE LIBRE — C$64,700 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetTHEATRE I.N.K. — C$64,055 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetDIVERSITÉ ARTISTIQUE MONTREAL — C$55,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetTerry Fox Research Institute — C$54,450 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTheatre Motus — C$54,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetCentre Hospitalier de l'University de Montreal — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL — C$50,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCEDARS CANCER FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEGAL CENTRE — C$50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPORTE PAROLE THEATRE — C$47,750 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHEATRE OSMOSE — C$47,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTheatre d'Aujourd'hui — C$45,400 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSMALL CHANGE FUND — C$45,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHERITAGE MONTREAL — C$44,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetJAMAIS LU — C$43,800 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetHEADWATERS HEALTH FOUNDATION — C$43,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPEACE NETWORK FOR SOCIAL HARMONY — C$42,500 over 6y, 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.

  • Who funds University de Montreal ↗
  • Who funds STE-JUSTINE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FONDATION HÔPITAL MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT ↗
  • Who funds MCGILL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GEORDIE PRODUCTIONS ↗
  • Who funds LEUCAN ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAIDE OF GREAT MONTREAL ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL THEATER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds McGill University Health Centre Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FESTIVAL TRANSAMERIQUE ↗
  • Who funds DESTA ↗
  • Who funds CONSEIL DES ARTS DE MONTREAL ↗
  • Who funds TEESRI DUNIYA THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds Black Theatre Workshop ↗
  • Who funds Imago Theatre ↗
  • Who funds BLUE METROPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLACK THEATRE WORKSHOP ↗
  • Who funds NOVA MONTREAL ↗
  • Who funds Terres en Vues ↗
  • Who funds COMPAGNIE JEAN DUCEPPE INC. ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUT DE CANCER DE MONTREAL ↗
  • Who funds LA PHARE ↗
  • Who funds Centaur Theatre ↗
  • Who funds INFINITHÉÂTRE ↗
  • Who funds La Chapelle Theatre ↗
  • Who funds MAINLINE THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds SIMONIQUES THÉATRE ↗
  • Who funds CHEZ DORIS ↗
  • Who funds ESPACE LIBRE ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE I.N.K. ↗
  • Who funds DIVERSITÉ ARTISTIQUE MONTREAL ↗
  • Who funds Terry Fox Research Institute ↗
  • Who funds Theatre Motus ↗
  • Who funds Centre Hospitalier de l'University de Montreal ↗
  • Who funds CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL ↗

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.

Conseil des arts de M…Fondation de la famil…La Fondation du Grand…The Hay Foundation/La…R. Howard Webster Fou…The Birks Family Foun…The Jarislowsky Found…La Fondation Rossy th…The J W McConnell Fam…Jewish Community Foun…Fondation Pierre Desm…Brian Bronfman family…
Conseil des arts de MontréalQC29.5× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Conseil des arts de Montréal · Fondation de la famille Zeller · La Fondation du Grand Montréal - The Foundation of Greater Montreal · The Hay Foundation/La Fondation Hay · R. Howard Webster Foundation / Fondation R. Howard Webster · The Birks Family Foundation / La fondation de la famille Birks · The Jarislowsky Foundation/La Fondation Jarislowsky · La Fondation Rossy the Rossy Foundation · The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnell · Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal / La Fondation Communautaire Juive de Montréal · Fondation Pierre Desmarais Belvedere · Brian Bronfman family foundation/ Fondation de la famille Brian Bronfman

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 166 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 890929557:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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