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Scarborough, ON · Private foundation

The Fitzhenry Family Foundation

To receive and maintain funds and apply all or part of the principal and income from time to time to charitable organizations that are also registered charities under the income tax act ( canada )

C$501k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
Regions reached
C$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k1 grant · C$6k
  • C$10k–50k25 grants · C$445k
  • C$50k–250k1 grant · C$50k
C$20,000
Median grant
5
Regions reached
C$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERSC$50,000
SUNNYBROOK FOUNDATIONC$25,000
GREENPEACEC$20,000
FEDERATION OF ONTARIO NATURALISTSC$20,000
SAFE PETC$20,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADAC$20,000
HALTON REGION CONSERVATION FOUNDATIONC$20,000
CANADIAN SEA TURTLEC$20,000
DAILY BREAD FOOD BANKC$20,000
SAFE HAVENC$20,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADAC$20,000
AMNESTY INTERNATIONALC$20,000
WILDERNESS COMMITTEEC$20,000
VETERINARIANS WITHOUT BORDERSC$20,000
FAUNA FOUNDATIONC$20,000
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 — 87% of grant dollars (C$1.7M). The 13% that went abroad (C$252k) is mapped below.

Beyond home — 13% of all-years giving (C$252k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
USC$232k · 21 grants

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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$1.6M · 37 repeat orgsC$353k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

37 repeat relationships — 21 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

37
25

Total granted

C$1.6M
C$258k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+21%

Still filing today

86%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$95k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
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

  • DW
    DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$130k · revenue +47%
  • I
    INDSPIRE
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$100k · revenue +116%
  • VW
    VETERINARIANS WITHOUT BORDERS
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$100k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • LA
    Lane Anderson Literary Award
    one grant, 2017 · C$37k
  • LB
    LAND BETWEEN
    one grant, 2023 · C$15k · revenue -30%
  • TB
    THE BRUCE TRAIL CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2022 · C$12k · revenue +21%

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
Wildlife Preservation Trust Canada/

Wildlife preservation canada exists to save animal species at risk from extinction in canada by performing hands-on action for species requiring direct intervention to recover. wpc build canada's conservation capacity by providing…

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2
World Animal Protection Canada Protection Mondiale des Animaux Canada

World Animal Protection carries out programs to address the systems that cause cruelty and suffering to animals around the globe. We care for and provide sanctuary for captive wildlife that cannot be returned to the wild. We undertake…

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3
World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial Pour La Nature Can Ada

World Wildlife Fund Canada is a national registered charity formed to collect manage and disburse funds through suitable bodies or individuals for the conservation of fauna flora forests landscape water soils and other natural resources in…

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4
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society/La Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canada

A) Terrestrial Parks and Protected Areas Program - To establish new and expanded terrestrial protected areas while protecting nature in our existing parks; - To protect wilderness ecosystems across Canada; and - To educate Canadians about…

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5
Nature Canada / Canada Nature

Nature Canada's mission is to protect and conserve wildlife habitats in Canada by engaging people and advocating on behalf of nature. The organization conducts conservation work which involves supporting community-based efforts to protect…

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6
Canadian Wildlife Federation/FÉDÉRation Canadienne De La Faune

Cwf’s mission is to conserve and inspire the conservation of canada’s wildlife and habitat for the use and enjoyment of all through research direct programming education and advocacy. cwf is recognized for our leadership in bringing…

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7
Earthroots Fund

Earthroots fund works to promote the protection of canada's wilderness wildlife and watersheds through research and public education

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8
Freshwater Conservation Canada

Freshwater conservation canada is committed to conserving protecting and restoring canada's freshwater ecosystems and their coldwater resources for current and future generations. programs and projects are delivered by our professional…

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9
Nature-Based Solutions Foundation

Protecting canada's most endangered ecosystems by acquiring and managing funds to address key funding gaps through: supporting land-embedded communities and qualified donees with grants and facilitating access to other funding sources to…

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10
Sci Canada Foundation

Conservation efforts through conducting surveys anti-poaching programs predation studies wildlife restoration and harvest initiatives programs education through scholarship programs for college students apprentice hunter programs support…

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11
Animal Alliance of Canada Fund

1.to promote the welfare of wildlife by conducting research relating to human/wildlife conflicts and non-lethal solutions and disseminate the results to different levels of government and the general public. 2.to promote the welfare of…

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12
Nature United/ Nature Unie

Nature united is a canadian charity affiliated with the nature conservancy which works globally to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. we strive for a world where healthy communities and sustainable development drive…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is African Wildlife Foundation of Canada and the most unlike its peers is Lucy Maud Montgomery Society of Ontario. 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

52 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. 52 of the 68 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
39/52
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 budgetDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS — C$130,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINDSPIRE — C$100,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetVETERINARIANS WITHOUT BORDERS — C$100,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCANADIAN SEA TURTLE — C$100,000 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetFAUNA FOUNDATION — C$75,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL CANADA — C$60,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFEDERATION OF ONTARIO NATURALISTS — C$60,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWILDERNESS COMMITTEE — C$50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHALTON REGION CONSERVATION FOUNDATION — C$45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATURE CONSERVANCY CANADA — C$45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA — C$45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE — C$40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRITISH COLUMBIA WATERFOWL SOCIETY/REIFEL BIRD SANCTUARY — C$40,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetNational Service Dogs — C$40,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL — C$40,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetTHE OWL FOUNDATION — C$38,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY CARE DURHAM — C$35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWATERAID — C$35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetONE DROP — C$35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetToronto Humane Society — C$35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROLL-A-HIPPO FOUNDATION — C$30,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetDAILY BREAD FOOD BANK — C$30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY — C$30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE PET — C$30,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetDURHAM DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD — C$29,600 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetSUNNYBROOK FOUNDATION — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINNOCENCE CANADA FOUNDATION — C$23,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetETHIOPIAID — C$20,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetGEORGE REIFEL MIGRATORY BIRD SANCTUARY — C$20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSAFE HAVEN — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENPEACE — C$20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPaws — C$20,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetWolf Awareness — C$20,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetLAND BETWEEN — C$15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BRITISH COLUMBIA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION — C$15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCasey House — C$15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HALTON REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY — C$13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRUCE TRAIL CONSERVANCY — C$12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOntario Turtle Conservation Centre — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetA HOME FOR HOOVES FARM SANCTUARY FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION CANADA — C$10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetAnimal Rescue Foundation — C$10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetGREENBELT FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCanadian Hearing Society — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Valhalla Wilderness Society — C$10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetHuntington Society — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY SOCIETY — C$10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budget(CPAR) Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS ↗
  • Who funds INDSPIRE ↗
  • Who funds VETERINARIANS WITHOUT BORDERS ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN SEA TURTLE ↗
  • Who funds FAUNA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL CANADA ↗
  • Who funds FEDERATION OF ONTARIO NATURALISTS ↗
  • Who funds WILDERNESS COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds HALTON REGION CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADA ↗
  • Who funds DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds BRITISH COLUMBIA WATERFOWL SOCIETY/REIFEL BIRD SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds National Service Dogs ↗
  • Who funds AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE OWL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CARE DURHAM ↗
  • Who funds WATERAID ↗
  • Who funds ONE DROP ↗
  • Who funds Toronto Humane Society ↗
  • Who funds THE ROLL-A-HIPPO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SAFE PET ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ↗
  • Who funds SUNNYBROOK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INNOCENCE CANADA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ETHIOPIAID ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE REIFEL MIGRATORY BIRD SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds GREENPEACE ↗
  • Who funds Paws ↗
  • Who funds Wolf Awareness ↗
  • Who funds LAND BETWEEN ↗
  • Who funds THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗

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 McLean FoundationThe Calgary FoundationGordon and Patricia G…J.P. Bickell Foundati…Link Charity Canada I…The Eric S. Margolis …Canada GivesFondation Écho /Echo …Donner Canadian Found…Aqueduct FoundationPrivate Giving Founda…The James A. and Donn…
The McLean FoundationON14.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The McLean Foundation · The Calgary Foundation · Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundation · J.P. Bickell Foundation · Link Charity Canada Inc · The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Eric S. Margolis · Canada Gives · Fondation Écho /Echo Foundation · Donner Canadian Foundation · Aqueduct Foundation · Private Giving Foundation · The James A. and Donna-Mae Moore 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 68 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 119233211:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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