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Toronto, ON · Public foundation

The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation

SickKids Foundation has been inspiring our communities since 1972 to invest in improving the lives of children and their families.

C$3.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
Regions reached
C$287k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k14 grants · C$59k
  • C$10k–50k4 grants · C$69k
  • C$50k–250k16 grants · C$2.0M
  • C$250k+4 grants · C$1.0M
C$65,532
Median grant
9
Regions reached
C$1.4B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Foundation CHU Sainte JustineC$286,637
Alberta Children's Hospital FoundationC$253,664
Montreal Children's Hospital FoundationC$251,527
Autism Speaks Canada.C$250,000
McMaster UniversityC$199,640
Camp OkiC$192,466
University of GuelphC$192,086
UHN Foundation (formerly Toronto General & Western Hospital)C$171,966
Stollery Children's Hospital FoundationC$153,060
BC Children's Hospital FoundationC$150,526
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) FoundationC$137,902
Hamilton Health Sciences FoundationC$123,381
Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation - SaskatoonC$106,452
Royal Institution for the Adv. of Learning/McGill UniversityC$99,589
University of ManitobaC$99,550
02The need
02

Where the grant dollars land

At home and around the world.

Which regions its grants reach

Ontario
C$712M
Quebec
C$7.9M
Alberta
C$3.1M
British Columbia
C$1.3M
Manitoba
C$1.2M
Saskatchewan
C$367k
Nova Scotia
C$317k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$152k
How this is measured
Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
C$725M · 65 repeat orgsC$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

65 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

65
49

Total granted

C$725M
C$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+21%

Still filing today

98%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new.

Backed again, and grew

  • TH
    THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$697M · revenue +38%
  • TG
    TORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$4.8M · revenue +83%
  • TG
    THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
    6× · 2017–2022 · C$2.2M · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • CF
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
    one grant, 2019 · C$341k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIOgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$287k · revenue +30%
  • MH
    MACKENZIE HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · C$200k · revenue -23%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation

SickKids Foundation has been inspiring our communities since 1972 to invest in improving the lives of children and their families. Donor support is a critical source of funding for the Hospital for Sick Children and in recent years has…

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2
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute/ Institut De Recherche De L'hopital D'ottawa

The ottawa hospital research institute is an independent health research facility closely affiliated with the ottawa hospital and the university of ottawa committed to excellence in the creation of scientific knowledge that contributes to…

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3
University Health Network / RÉSeau Universitaire De SantÉ

University health network/réseau universitaire de santé ('uhn'0 is canada's largest healthcare reaserach organization. our primary value is the needs of patients come first. uhn operates four hospitals. these hospitals are separately…

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4
Autism Science Foundation Canada

Asf canada's mission is to fund breakthrough research to improve the lives of people with autism. asf canada provides funds to support university-based research in canada. asf canada board members have presented at national conferences and…

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5
Hamilton Health Sciences Research Organization

The Institute's purpose is to solicit receive manage and distribute funds in respect of the advancement of health science research and education and the improvement of patient care in support of legislated and strategic priorities of…

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6
Canadian Myeloma Research Group

In Canada researchers figure prominently in the development of innovative and very promising clinical trials. The Canadian Myeloma Research Group (CMRG) is the first and only national organization bringing together Canada's leading cancer…

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7
Ovarian Cancer Canada/Cancer De L'ovaire Canada

Research: Investing in pan-Canadian and patient-centered research across the full continuum of ovarian cancer from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Our research investments are enabling discoveries by establishing and…

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8
Alberta Foundation for Health Research

Alberta foundation for health research supports health research projects that are provinvial in scope which impact and originate but are beyond the scope of alberta innovates - health solutions

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9
Niemann Pick Canada

Funding research at toronto's sick kids hospital funding research at university of michigan funding research at notre dame university

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10
Kids Brain Health Foundation Inc.

The foundation is dedicated to raising funds to support research into neurodevelopmental disabilities in children. the foundation funds kids brain health network research as well as the implementation of its discoveries. kids brain health…

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11
Mental Health Research Canada/Recherche En Sante Mentale Canada

Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) is a national charitable organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Canadians by advancing mental health knowledge. Our vision is to create a Canada with better mental health for all…

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12
SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute

Training Research Resource for Children's Mental Health 1. Training: To provide training including seminars workshops and intensive training to practitioners in the field of children's mental health such as Psychiatry Social Work…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/the Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Women's College Hospital. 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

112 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 112 of the 120 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own CRA returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
110/112
Grantees still filing
88/112
Grew since first funded

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN: C$696,513,504 over 8y, 14% of budgetTORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: C$4,756,127 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTHE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO: C$2,225,221 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: C$1,905,557 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetAir Canada Foundation: C$1,771,499 over 7y, 67% of budgetTHE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY: C$1,296,775 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WEST INDIES: C$1,162,334 over 4y, 75% of budgetFOUNDATION CHU SAINTE JUSTINE: C$1,100,276 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetChildren's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba: C$979,818 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetTHE RESEARCH INSITUTE OF MUHC: C$956,489 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO (CHEO) FOUNDATION: C$927,066 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetBrain Canada Foundation: C$775,001 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCamp Oki: C$717,691 over 6y, 97% of budgetCentre for Addiction and Mental Health: C$667,765 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetBC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: C$624,385 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMcMaster University: C$606,971 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSTOLLERY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: C$585,144 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetAutism Speaks Canada.: C$555,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetCHU SAINT-JUSTINE: C$550,603 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Alberta: C$450,287 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: C$415,005 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre: C$376,926 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation Saskatoon: C$357,465 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetHamilton Health Sciences Foundation: C$340,890 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetIWK FOUNDATION: C$312,274 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO (CHEO) RESEARCH I: C$309,931 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Guelph: C$301,832 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Laval: C$299,022 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO: C$287,267 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROCK UNIVERSITY: C$284,127 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITE DE SHERBROOKE: C$284,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSunnybrook Research Institute: C$277,096 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMCMASTER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: C$268,290 over 2y, 15% of budgetALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: C$259,983 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJANEWAY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: C$207,970 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetMACKENZIE HEALTH FOUNDATION: C$200,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetResearch St. Joseph's Hamilton: C$199,295 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA: C$195,120 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Manitoba: C$194,624 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Institute of the McGill University HealthCent: C$190,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCIUSSS DU-NORD-DE-I'LLE-DE-MONTREAL: C$188,180 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnity Health Toronto: C$160,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Ottawa: C$150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont Centre de Recherche: C$100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRE FOR ADDICTION & MENTAL HEALTH: C$100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLakehead University: C$99,962 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE CANADA: C$93,465 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSinai Health System: C$89,495 over 4y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fondation Brain Canad…Breakthrough T1D Cana…Canadian Cancer Socie…Société de Recherche …Weston Family Foundat…The Kidney Foundation…Heart and Stroke Foun…The Leukemia & Lympho…Diabetes Canada Diabè…Foundation for Advanc…United Way of Kingsto…The Azrieli Foundatio…
Fondation Brain Canada / Brain Canada FoundationQC18.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fondation Brain Canada / Brain Canada Foundation · Breakthrough T1D Canada/Percée DT1 Canada · Canadian Cancer Society - Société Canadienne Du Cancer · Société de Recherche Sur le Cancer/Cancer Research Society · Weston Family Foundation / Fondation de la famille Weston · The Kidney Foundation of Canada / la Fondation Canadienne Du Rein · Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Fondation Des Maladies Du Coeur Et de L'Avc Du Canada · The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada/Societe de Leucemie & Lymphome Du Canada · Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada · Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine / Fondation Pour L'Avancement de la Médecine Familiale · United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington · The Azrieli Foundation/La Fondation Azrieli

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data, the funder’s own annual information return, and from the multi-year returns of the 120 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010, read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-03-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a public foundation under foundations.

Source object 108084419:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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