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Winnipeg, MB · Private foundation

The Gail Asper Family Foundation Inc

The foundation donates funds to the arts cultural programs and various other charities.

C$3.2M
Granted FY2023
142
Grants FY2023
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Regions reached
C$950k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2023 · 142 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under C$10k102 grants · C$243k
  • C$10k–50k27 grants · C$438k
  • C$50k–250k11 grants · C$1.2M
  • C$250k+2 grants · C$1.3M
C$3,000
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL ARTS CENTER FOUNDATIONC$950,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBAC$357,142
THE WINNIPEG FOUNDATIONC$200,000
THE WINNIPEG FOUNDATIONC$200,000
ASSINIBOINE PARK CONSERVIANCY INCC$200,000
THE CONCORDIA FOUNDATION INCC$150,000
PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM OF WINNIPEGC$150,000
UNITED WAY OF WINNIPEGC$75,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADAC$60,000
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION OF MANITOBAC$50,000
CLAN MOTHERS TURTLE LODGE INCC$50,000
MANITOBA POSSIBLE FOUNDATION INCC$50,000
TRANS CANADA TRAIL FOUNDATIONC$50,000
FRIENDS OF THE CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTSC$25,000
LORAN SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONC$25,000
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$18M · 150 repeat orgsC$1.0M to everyone else

150 repeat relationships — 90 still active in FY2023, 60 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

150
128

Total granted

C$18M
C$804k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+28%

Still filing today

95%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$240k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
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

  • TU
    The University of Manitoba
    7× · 2017–2023 · C$2.3M · revenue +20%
  • TW
    THE WINNIPEG FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · C$1.6M · revenue ×12
  • IE
    IISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc
    5× · 2017–2022 · C$1.1M · revenue +159%

Funded once

  • WT
    Wire tsf to Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal
    one grant, 2021 · C$129k
  • TJ
    The Jewish Foundation of Manitobagraduated
    one grant, 2021 · C$100k · revenue +97%
  • UC
    Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenkograduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$75k · revenue +28%

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
Manitoba Theatre Centre Foundation

To assist and promote the operations of the royal manitoba theatre centre inc.

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2
The Winnipeg Art Gallery Foundation Inc.

The winnipeg art gallery foundation inc. (the wag foundation) was established in 1978 as an endowment fund receiving as contributed capital donations bequests or other properties for the advancement and cultivation of fine and applied arts…

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3
The Manitoba Museum Foundation Incorporated/Fondation Du Musee Du Manitoba Incorporee

The manitoba museum foundation incorporated supports the long term objectives of the manitoba museum. it funds research activities special projects collections acquisitions and exhibit renewals at the manitoba museum.

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4
Canadian Opera Foundation

Canadian Opera Foundation acquires holds and applies funds to assist in the development of the Canadian Opera Company and any successor organization as determined by the Board of Directors.

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5
Calgary Arts Foundation

Calgary arts foundation was created to generate financial support for the calgary arts sector. the foundation is focused on the arts creative industries and cultural sector to strengthen existing programs that support organizations artists…

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6
Jon Kaplan Legacy Fund

Advancement of excellence in canadian theatre by maleiry grants and awards to theatre artists in canada.

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7
Siminovitch Theatre Foundation

The Siminovitch Prize Foundation celebrates inspires convenes and connects theatre artists on a national stage across disciplines geography and language groups. Its portfolio of programs helps groundbreaking artists thrive creatively and…

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8
Manitoba Arts Council

Provide programs of support to mb arts and cultural organizations and artists. this includes professional development grants creation and presentation arts education and capacity building. provide grant support to indigenous artists and…

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9
Rozsa Foundation

Build capacity in arts organizations in alberta through grants; arts management training and awards; undertake arts-related research and advocacy.

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10
University Womens Club of Winnipeg Scholarship Fund

Advancing education by providing scholarships and bursaries to students attending post secondary institutions and performing arts school in the province of manitoba

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11
Winnipeg Music Festival Inc.

The winnipeg music festival inc. is a non-for-profit organization (charity status) whose purpose is to encourage musical growth and appreciation through involvement of individuals groups and the community in an annual festival.

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12
Toronto Arts Foundation

Provides finanical support to artists and arts organizations in toronto. offers awards ad commissions recognizing artistic excellence. administers donor-directed funds and special initiatives supporting public engagement artist recognition…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Winnipeg Arts Council Inc. and the most unlike its peers is Quanz Dance Company. 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

252 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. 252 of the 293 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)
63
Early backer (in before they grew)
247/252
Grantees still filing
172/252
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 budgetNATIONAL ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION — C$5,313,147 over 7y, 19% of budgetThe University of Manitoba — C$2,288,194 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WINNIPEG FOUNDATION — C$1,602,939 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetIISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc — C$1,125,586 over 5y, 16% of budgetASSINIBOINE PARK CONSERVIANCY INC — C$810,360 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WINNIPEG — C$481,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetRoyal Manitoba Theatre Centre Inc. — C$394,427 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA MANITOBA REGION — C$300,360 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONCORDIA FOUNDATION INC — C$300,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetThe University of Manitoba — C$294,539 over 7y, 39% of budgetManitoba Opera Association Inc — C$261,060 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetMANITOBA THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE INC. — C$255,550 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetFriends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights — C$247,410 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetThe Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc — C$237,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThe Congregation Shaarey Zedek — C$221,408 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetJEWISH FOUNDATION OF MANITOBA — C$212,200 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. — C$210,263 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF WINNIPEG/COMBINED JEWISH — C$208,125 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCANADIAN FRIENDS OF THE WORLD'S JEWISH MUSEUM* — C$202,452 over 3y, 98% of budgetWINNIPEG ART GALLERY — C$175,110 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTRANS CANADA TRAIL FOUNDATION — C$150,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetMANITOBA MUSEUM — C$122,700 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetHEART & STROKE FOUNDATION OF MANITOBA — C$101,199 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCLAN MOTHERS TURTLE LODGE INC — C$101,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetThe Jewish Foundation of Manitoba — C$100,180 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRainbow Stage ( 1993 ) Inc. — C$93,810 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetPrairie Theatre Exchange Inc. — C$89,450 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetDavid Foster Foundation — C$77,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUkrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko — C$75,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOUNDATION — C$75,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetThe University of Winnipeg Foundation Inc — C$72,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEQUALITY FUND — C$70,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCouncil for Business and Arts in Canada — C$64,627 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetDRY COLD PRODUCTION INC — C$56,150 over 7y, 29% of budgetThe West Central Women's Resource Centre Inc. — C$54,400 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetMANITOBA POSSIBLE FOUNDATION INC — C$50,600 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetFuture Hope Inc. — C$50,460 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetJuvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada — C$50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPRAIRIE THEATRE EXCHANGE FOUNDATION TRUST — C$48,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetNATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION OF CANADA — C$46,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetThe Little Opera Company Inc — C$45,500 over 7y, 41% of budgetOutside Looking In — C$45,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetThe Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts Inc. — C$43,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetWINNIPEG STUDIO THEATRE INC. — C$41,500 over 7y, 11% of budgetWinnipeg Centennial Folk Festival Inc — C$40,514 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetROYAL MANITOBA BALLET — C$39,692 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLORAN SCHOLARS FOUNDATION — C$39,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetManitoba League of Persons with Disabilities — C$36,600 over 3y, 21% 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 Asper FoundationThe Jewish Foundation…Price Family Foundati…The Pollard Family Fo…Winnipeg Arts Council…Thomas Sill Foundatio…The Ernst Hansch Foun…Giftpact Foundation I…The Winnipeg Foundati…Wellington West Found…Manitoba Arts CouncilRichardson Foundation…
The Asper FoundationMB60.2× affinity86 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Asper Foundation · The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba · Price Family Foundation Inc. · The Pollard Family Foundation Inc. · Winnipeg Arts Council Inc. · Thomas Sill Foundation Inc. · The Ernst Hansch Foundation Inc. · Giftpact Foundation Inc. · The Winnipeg Foundation · Wellington West Foundation Inc. · Manitoba Arts Council · Richardson Foundation Inc. /Fondation Richardson Inc.

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 293 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 2023-12-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2023. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a private foundation under foundations.

Possibly out of date. A more recent return (FY2024) is on record, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this charity itemized its gifts to donees.

Source object 867976193:2023-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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