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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

The Giustra Foundation

To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the income tax act (canada).

C$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$1.6M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k13 grants · C$55k
  • C$10k–50k6 grants · C$118k
  • C$50k–250k8 grants · C$761k
  • C$250k+2 grants · C$1.9M
C$10,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACCESOC$1,600,440
[ATHWAYS INTERNATIONAL CANADAC$262,500
THE KINGS TRUST CANADAC$201,840
DAVID FOSTER FOUNDATIONC$130,000
WEST COAST BOYS CLUB NETWORKC$125,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION CANADAC$70,000
ALL HANDS AND HEARTS CANADAC$68,500
CKNW KIDS FUNDC$66,012
EAST SIDE BOYS CLUB SOCIETYC$50,000
STREETOHOME FOUNDATIONC$50,000
CITY IN FOCUS FOUNDATIONC$38,000
FACE OF TODAY FOUNDATIONC$25,000
BC SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS FOUNDATIONC$20,000
HOCKEY HELPS THE HOMELESSC$15,000
COAST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONC$10,000
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$12M · 57 repeat orgsC$2.8M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against +28% for the ones you funded once.

57 repeat relationships — 20 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
42

Total granted

C$12M
C$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+28%

Still filing today

96%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$505k 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
    7× · 2017–2023 · C$2.0M · revenue +39%
  • [I
    [ATHWAYS INTERNATIONAL CANADA
    3× · 2022–2024 · C$663k · revenue +242% · 28% of their budget
  • WC
    WEST COAST BOYS CLUB NETWORK
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$612k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF OTTAWAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$1.1M · revenue +58%
  • QG
    QUANTUM GRAVITY SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · C$250k · revenue -99% · 49% of their budget
  • FS
    FOOD STASH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$167k · revenue +73%

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
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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2
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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3
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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4
Langara College Foundation

Distributes awards and grants to Langara College students and funds other student related projects initiatives and programs.

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5
Ymca Bc Properties Foundation

YMCA BC Properties Foundation provides grants to fund and support the YMCA BC (YMCA). The YMCA is a charity dedicated to strengthening the foundations of communities. They do this by nurturing the potential of children teens and young…

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6
Vancouver Status of Women

Vancouver Status of Women's ongoing work focuses on feminist community building with women and gender diverse peoples towards equity in social political and economic spheres. The Coordinating Collective provides ongoing support to…

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7
Harbour Lights Foundation

Harbour Lights Foundation is a private Vancouver based foundation dedicated to helping Canadian Registered Charities achieve their goals and missions. We are a proud donor in supporting scholarships funds and helping students with…

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8
The Victoria Foundation

The victoria foundation connects people who care with causes that matter. established in 1936 the victoria foundation is canada's second oldest community foundation and the sixth largest of nearly 200 nation-wide. the victoria foundation…

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9
Co:Here Foundation

The Foundation has developed housing to support vulnerable people in the Grandview Woodland neighbourhood in East Vancouver.

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10
Central City Foundation

Donations to organizations to support programs which seek to provide services and facilities to enhance the lives of persons in need in the inner city of vancouver and in other parts of british columbia.

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11
West Vancouver Community Foundation

With a focus on philanthropy grants and leadership our vision is a healthy and vibrant west vancouver where everyone is valued contributes and feels they belong. the west vancouver foundation offers our donors expert assistance in learning…

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12
Ymca Bc Foundation

The Foundation is a charity dedicated to strengthening the foundations of community. We do this by providing financial support to nurture the potential of children teens and young adults; promote healthy living; and foster social…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Landing Youth Centre Foundation and the most unlike its peers is The Quantum Gravity Society. 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

102 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. 102 of the 108 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)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
99/102
Grantees still filing
75/102
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$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetACCESO — C$3,203,776 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA — C$1,977,171 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF OTTAWA — C$1,136,200 over 1y, 22% of budgetPLUSEC-PLURALISM HUMAN SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTRE — C$1,100,125 over 2y, 97% of budget[ATHWAYS INTERNATIONAL CANADA — C$662,500 over 3y, 28% of budgetWEST COAST BOYS CLUB NETWORK — C$611,500 over 8y, 21% of budgetSARAH MCLACHLAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SOCIETY — C$400,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSTREETTOHOME FOUNDATION — C$343,878 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetCITY IN FOCUS FOUNDATION — C$309,500 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetNETWORK OF INNER CITY COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY — C$307,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$284,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFORUM FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENUERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$265,500 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetQUANTUM GRAVITY SOCIETY — C$250,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetCKNW KIDS FUND — C$227,512 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetTHE A.I.A. ARTS IN ACTION SOCIETY — C$216,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetTHE KINGS TRUST CANADA — C$201,840 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetFOOD STASH FOUNDATION — C$166,845 over 1y, 22% of budgetST. GEORGES SCHOOL FOUNDATION — C$140,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDAVID FOSTER FOUNDATION — C$130,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE SARAH MCLACHLAN FOUNDATION — C$125,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLAY-UP YOUTH BASKETBALL — C$100,000 over 2y, 92% of budgetEAST SIDE BOYS CLUB SOCIETY — C$100,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetGIVECLEAR FOUNDATION CANADA — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetST. PAUL'S FOUNDATION OF VANCOUVER — C$80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWE CHARITY — C$75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION CANADA — C$70,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRIDEAU HALL FOUNDATION — C$60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVANCOUVER CHINATOWN FOUNDATION — C$57,200 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHOCKEY HELPS THE HOMELESS — C$55,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetVANCOUVER POLICE FOUNDATION — C$55,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFACE OF TODAY FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetCANADIAN VENEZUELAN ENGAGEMENT FOUNDATION — C$45,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetBABY GO ROUND HELPING FAMILIES SOCIETY — C$42,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetTHE FRASER INSTITUTE — C$40,935 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBC SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS FOUNDATION — C$40,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetVGH & UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — C$35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetVARIETY-THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF BC — C$35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPACIFIC AUTISM FAMILY CENTRE FOUNDATION — C$33,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSYNOD OF THE DIOCESE OF NEW WESTMINSTER — C$32,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY — C$30,523 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFACE THE WORLD FOUNDATION — C$30,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWAR CHILD CANADA — C$30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGRANDVIEW CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — C$27,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetNIPISSING REGIONAL COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL HOSPICE — C$25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCARELTON UNIVERSITY — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON FRASER INSITTUTE — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZAJAC RANCH SOCIETY — C$25,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

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.

City in Focus Foundat…Nicola Wealth Private…Zlc FoundationBeedie FoundationVancity Community Fou…Humphreys Family Foun…First Light FoundationFace the World Founda…Canucks for Kids FundQuiet Cove FoundationUnited Way British Co…Djavad Mowafaghian Fo…
City in Focus FoundationBC22.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: City in Focus Foundation · Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation · Zlc Foundation · Beedie Foundation · Vancity Community Foundation · Humphreys Family Foundation · First Light Foundation · Face the World Foundation · Canucks for Kids Fund · Quiet Cove Foundation · United Way British Columbia · Djavad Mowafaghian 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 108 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 868528696:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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