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Montreal, QC · Private foundation

The Irving Ludmer Foundation / la Fondation Irving Ludmer

Th object of the foundation's main activities is to support the advancement of education fine arts and scientific research through gifts to other charitable organizations.

C$2.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$2.2M
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$10k27 grants · C$28k
  • C$50k–250k1 grant · C$150k
  • C$250k+1 grant · C$2.2M
C$550
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$40M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MCGILL UNIVERSITYC$2,196,158
FEDERATION CJAC$150,000
INSTITUTE ECONOMIQUE DE MONTREALC$5,000
MADA COMMUNITY CENTREC$2,088
ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTÉALC$2,000
MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$2,000
OPERA DE MONTRÉALC$2,000
CUMMMINGS JEWISH CENTRE FOR SENIORS FOUNDATIONC$1,800
CENTAUR THEATRE COMPANYC$1,500
HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATIONC$1,500
YM - YWHAC$1,260
JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$1,000
THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLEC$1,000
FREE HEBREW FOR JUNIORSC$720
OLD BREWERY MISSIONC$550
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$19M · 47 repeat orgsC$223k to everyone else

47 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
28

Total granted

C$19M
C$217k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+28%

Still filing today

98%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$6k 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

  • MU
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$17M · revenue +41%
  • FC
    FEDERATION CJA
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$1.1M · revenue +69%
  • JG
    Jewish General Hospital Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$232k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • DI
    Douglas Institute Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · C$197k · revenue +22%
  • OS
    ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
    one grant, 2020 · C$8k
  • Y
    YM-YWHA
    one grant, 2021 · C$1k

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.

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Fondation de l'Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal

Accumuler des fonds pour financier la recherche effectuée par l'institut de recherches cliniques de montréal

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2
Fondation de l'Université du Québec à Montréal

La fondation utilise ses revenus pour favoriser et soutenir le développement et l'avancement de l'enseignement à l'université due québec à montréal

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3
Fondation du Chu de Québec

Organisme qui a comme mission de financier et subventionner la recherche l'enseignement l'équipement médical spécialisé et de haute technologie nécessaire à l'avancement scientifique et clinique et toutes les activités liées à…

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4
Fondation du Centre des Sciences de Montréal / Montreal Science Centre Foundation

La fondaiton a pour but de promouvoir une meilleure connaissance et compréhension de la science des technologies et de leur histoire.

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5
Fondation universitaire de l'école des hautes études commerciales de Montréal
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6
Fondation Hec Montréal

Financement de plusieurs projets de recherche reliés à la gestion de hec montréal et contributions à des programmes de bourses à hec montréal

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7
La Fondation De L'ecole De Formation Hebraique

Raising funds for jewish education in the west island of montreal

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8
Fondation I Musici De Montreal

Son objectif est de contribuer aux charges de fonctionnement de l'orchestre i musici de montréal.

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9
La Fondation de l'Université Laval
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10
Fondation de l'hôpital Jean-Talon

Contribuer à l'amélioration de la qualité des soins et des services offerts à la clientèle et à la promotion de la santé dans la communauté en soutenant financièrement le développement de l'hôpital jean-talon et du ciusss du…

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11
Fondation De L'institut Universitaire En SantÉ Mentale De MontrÉAl
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12
Fondation Institut De Geriatrie De Montreal

Recevoir et conserver des fonds afin de les utiliser ultérieurement dans la province (québec) pour fins de charité d'aide sociale et hospitalière et pour les fins de la recherche en gériatrie et gérontologie.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fondation De L'hopital Mont Sinai / Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Ladies Morning Musical Club. 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

75 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. 75 of the 78 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)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/75
Grantees still filing
54/75
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 budgetMCGILL UNIVERSITY — C$17,273,801 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFEDERATION CJA — C$1,070,680 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetJewish General Hospital Foundation — C$232,074 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetDouglas Institute Foundation — C$197,359 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetROBBINS HEBREW ACADEMY — C$100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCentraide of Greater Montreal — C$49,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL — C$44,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLA FONDATION DU MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE MONTREAL — C$34,449 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetOPERA DE MONTRÉAL — C$30,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCUMMINGS JEWISH CENTRE FOR SENIORS FOUNDATION — C$14,475 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetParadis Urban — C$10,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$10,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTAUR THEATRE COMPANY — C$8,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Friendship Circle — C$6,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMADA COMMUNITY CENTRE — C$6,588 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLADIES MORNING MUSICAL CLUB — C$6,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetYM-YWHA — C$5,140 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE ECONOMIQUE DE MONTREAL — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLES GRANDS BALLETS CANADIENS DE MONTRÉAL — C$4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNAZARETH HOUSE — C$4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFREE HEBREWS FOR JUNIORS — C$3,800 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION — C$3,750 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — C$3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTH SHORE JEWISH COMMUNITY — C$3,250 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetMCCORD MUSEUM — C$3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Cancer Research Fund — C$3,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation — C$2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Academy — C$2,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFESTIVAL DES ARTS DE ST-SAUVER — C$2,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFondation de l'Hôpital Sainte Justine — C$2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$2,440 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOLD BREWER MISSION — C$2,375 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDANS LA RUE — C$2,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMAIMONIDES HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$2,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST. MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUT DU CANCER DE MONTRÉAL - DÉFI CANDEREL — C$2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHABILITAS FOUNDATION — C$2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation — C$2,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES — C$1,934 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGENERATIONS FOUNDATION — C$1,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChabad Chai Centre — C$1,620 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAUBERGE SHALOM POUR FEMMES — C$1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFONDATION DE L'HÔPITAL MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT — C$1,425 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFestival Musique de Chambre de Montréal — C$1,050 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer Group Inc. — C$1,040 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversité de Montréal — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTROPOL ROULANT — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFONDATION SOCIÉTÉ DE SOINS PALLIATIFS À DOMICILE — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 MCGILL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FEDERATION CJA ↗
  • Who funds Jewish General Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Douglas Institute Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ROBBINS HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Centraide of Greater Montreal ↗
  • Who funds ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL ↗
  • Who funds LA FONDATION DU MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE MONTREAL ↗
  • Who funds OPERA DE MONTRÉAL ↗
  • Who funds CUMMINGS JEWISH CENTRE FOR SENIORS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Paradis Urban ↗
  • Who funds MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTAUR THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds The Friendship Circle ↗
  • Who funds MADA COMMUNITY CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds LADIES MORNING MUSICAL CLUB ↗
  • Who funds YM-YWHA ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE ECONOMIQUE DE MONTREAL ↗
  • Who funds LES GRANDS BALLETS CANADIENS DE MONTRÉAL ↗
  • Who funds NAZARETH HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds FREE HEBREWS FOR JUNIORS ↗
  • Who funds HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SOUTH SHORE JEWISH COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds MCCORD MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Israel Cancer Research Fund ↗
  • Who funds The Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Hebrew Academy ↗
  • Who funds FESTIVAL DES ARTS DE ST-SAUVER ↗
  • Who funds Fondation de l'Hôpital Sainte Justine ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OLD BREWER MISSION ↗
  • Who funds DANS LA RUE ↗
  • Who funds MAIMONIDES HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUT DU CANCER DE MONTRÉAL - DÉFI CANDEREL ↗
  • Who funds HABILITAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES ↗

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 Mireille and Murr…Maxwell Cummings Fami…Fondation Familiale G…Mitzi & Mel Dobrin Fa…Jewish Community Foun…The Azrieli Foundatio…Fondation de la famil…Morris and Rosalind G…Alvin Segal Family Fo…The Henry and Berenic…La Fondation du Grand…La Fondation Rossy th…
The Mireille and Murray Steinberg Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille Mireille et Muuray SteinbergQC31× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Mireille and Murray Steinberg Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille Mireille et Muuray Steinberg · Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation - Fondation de la Famille Maxwell Cummings · Fondation Familiale Gewurz/Gewurz Family Fondation · Mitzi & Mel Dobrin Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal / La Fondation Communautaire Juive de Montréal · The Azrieli Foundation/La Fondation Azrieli · Fondation de la famille Zeller · Morris and Rosalind Goodman Family Foundation / Fondation de la Famille Morris Et Rosalind Goodman · Alvin Segal Family Foundation · The Henry and Berenice Kaufmann Foundation · La Fondation du Grand Montréal - The Foundation of Greater Montreal · La Fondation Rossy the Rossy 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 78 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 888854072:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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