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Montreal, QC · Private foundation

The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnell

Initiatives to reduce poverty in canada a national initiative to build resilient and inclusive cities; a national program to support to a greener economy; a partnership to strengthen and encourage social innovation in canada; a program to strengthen the capacity of community organizations; a national program fostering increased…

C$31M
Granted FY2024still arriving
277
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
Regions reached
C$1.9M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 277 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k47 grants · C$163k
  • C$10k–50k78 grants · C$1.5M
  • C$50k–250k120 grants · C$15M
  • C$250k+32 grants · C$14M
C$50,000
Median grant
8
Regions reached
C$687M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MakeWay FoundationC$1,946,260
Ulnooweg Indigenous Communities FoundationC$1,300,000
Indigenous Peoples Resilience FundC$1,000,000
Salal FoundationC$730,000
Alberta Ecotrust FoundationC$708,000
Nourish LeadershipC$472,500
Makeway Charitable Society YellowknifeC$400,300
EcoJustice Canada Society - VancouverC$400,000
City of TorontoC$400,000
Individual grant recipientC$400,000
Individual grant recipientC$345,000
Carleton UniversityC$330,000
Vancouver Island UniversityC$330,000
Fondation Jules et Paul-Emile LegerC$325,000
RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values & Environmental Needs)C$300,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Where your grant dollars land — at home and around the world.

Your giving at home — 90% of grant dollars (C$159M). The 10% that went abroad (C$18M) is mapped below.

Which regions your grants reach

Ontario
C$9.7M
Quebec
C$6.2M
Nova Scotia
C$2.1M
Alberta
C$1.7M
Manitoba
C$640k
New Brunswick
C$387k
Nunavut
C$160k
Saskatchewan
C$155k

Beyond home — 10% of all-years giving (C$18M)

0 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore

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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$158M · 526 repeat orgsC$19M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +55% since the first grant, against +34% for the ones you funded once.

526 repeat relationships — 188 still active in FY2024, 338 since wound down; 83 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

526
533

Total granted

C$158M
C$13M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+34%

Still filing today

93%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$6.4M 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

  • IP
    INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RESILIENCE FUND
    3× · 2022–2024 · C$6.0M · revenue +76% · 29% of their budget
  • MU
    McGill University Health Centre Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$5.8M · revenue +319%
  • MC
    Makeway Charitable Society
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$5.6M · revenue +127%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTRE FOR FIRST NATIONS GOVERNANCE
    one grant, 2022 · C$603k
  • LC
    LOW CARBON CITIES CANADA
    one grant, 2022 · C$468k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY CENTRAIDE CANADA
    one grant, 2023 · C$450k · revenue -92%

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.

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Canadian Institute for Advanced Research - Institut canadien des recherches avancées

CIFAR’s research programs are at the heart of its operations designed to push the boundaries of knowledge and create long-term societal impact. Currently CIFAR supports 15 research programs across diverse fields from artificial…

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2
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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3
Campus de la transition écologique

Le Campus a structuré ses activités autour de 3 programmes : - Programme de recherches sur les enjeux liés à la transition socio-écologique. Ce programme est actuellement mené en collaboration avec l'UQAM et l'organisme Mitacs. À ce jour…

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4
Canadian Career Development Foundation/Fondation Canadienne Pour L'avancement De La Carrire

Ccdf works to strengthen the field of career development through evidence-based research competency-based training of career practitioners/educators the development of innovative new approaches to service delivery and the promotion of…

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5
International Development Research Centre

Created by Parliament in 1970 IDRC has been committed in supporting research in developing countries undertaken by the people of those countries for their own development. IDRC has five areas of focus: Climate-Resilient Food Systems Global…

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6
L'Institut international de Montréal pour l'environnement / the Montreal international institute for the environment
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7
United Nations Association in Canada

United Nations Association in Canada engages citizens and decision makers at every level of Canadian society. It invests across generations bringing empathy-based educational resources and opportunities on health citizen education…

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8
La fondation Pierre Elliott Trudeau /the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation

The foundation encourages research reflection and action in areas important to canadians. the foundation works through four programs: doctoral scholarships fellowships mentorships and public engagement events and conferences.

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9
Institut canadien d'administration de la justice/ Canadian institute for the administration or justice

L'organisme développe des programmes de recherches et de formation relativement à tous les aspects de l'administration de la justice ce qui inclut l'organisation et l'administration de séminaires symposiums la préparation de rapports écrit…

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10
Cooperation Canada - Coopération Canada

Cooperation Canada is Canada's national association of international development and humanitarian organizations. Cooperation Canada brings together and advocates for effective Canadian international development assistance by convening…

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11
Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute L'institut Canadien Des Politiques Agro-Alimentaire

Conducting research and sharing results on existing and emerging issues in the agricultural sector. developing and assessing balanced unbiased alternatives to issues in the agricultural sector. providing industry stakeholders advice and a…

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12
Mental Health Commission of Canada / Commission de la santé mentale du Canada

The mental health commission of canada (mhcc) shines a light on mental health and works to improve the lives of people who experience mental health problems and illnesses (as well as their families and caregivers). mhcc convenes…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social Planning Council of Ottawa/Le Conseil De Planification Sociale D'ottawa and the most unlike its peers is Raising the Roof Chez Toit. 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

979 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. 979 of the 1,142 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)
328
Early backer (in before they grew)
953/979
Grantees still filing
747/979
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$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetINDIGENOUS PEOPLES RESILIENCE FUND — C$6,025,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetMcGill University Health Centre Foundation — C$5,838,738 over 8y, 24% of budgetMakeway Charitable Society — C$5,577,500 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetSocial Innovation Charitable Foundation — C$4,590,048 over 8y, 66% of budgetMakeWay Foundation — C$3,992,010 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetEvergreen — C$3,860,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetMaRS Discovery District — C$3,720,805 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetEnvironment Funders Canada — C$3,059,500 over 7y, 35% of budgetCentraide du Grand Montréal — C$2,580,111 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetNourish Leadership — C$2,250,000 over 4y, 34% of budgetUnited Way of Winnipeg — C$2,220,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetSalal Foundation — C$2,037,800 over 6y, 16% of budgetCarleton University — C$1,818,700 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Environmental Stewardship — C$1,672,450 over 6y, 87% of budgetSIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY — C$1,652,450 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA INSTITUTE — C$1,648,500 over 8y, 49% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY — C$1,566,375 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$1,556,700 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetCLEAN ECONOMY FUND — C$1,502,500 over 6y, 35% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$1,438,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUlnooweg Indigenous Communities Foundation — C$1,350,000 over 3y, 34% of budgetTamarack Institute — C$1,342,850 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetFondation Jules et Paul-Emile Leger — C$1,315,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetMi'kmaw Native Friendship Society — C$1,257,100 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetCanadian Community Economic Development Network — C$1,255,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetAlberta Ecotrust Foundation — C$1,238,100 over 3y, 20% of budgetMontreal Neurological Institute — C$1,231,013 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetProsper Canada — C$1,203,500 over 6y, 13% of budgetGrand Challenges Canada — C$1,160,000 over 4y, 87% of budgetFondation of Greater Montreal — C$1,157,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetFirst Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada — C$1,117,800 over 8y, 27% of budgetRAVEN INDIGENOUS IMPACT FOUNDATION — C$1,115,000 over 7y, 50% of budgetCommunity Foundations of Canada — C$1,064,876 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetSeedChange — C$989,680 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetJournalists for Human Rights — C$950,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetRideau Hall Foundation — C$910,220 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetCanadian Education Association — C$873,900 over 5y, 30% of budgetThe Transition Accelerator — C$810,500 over 4y, 17% of budgetOTTAWA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$809,300 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetSun Youth Organization Inc. — C$795,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE CANADA INC. — C$792,000 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetEcoJustice Canada Society - Vancouver — C$771,045 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetFONDATION DE I'UQAM — C$750,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetVANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY — C$735,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTEACH FOR CANADA / ENSEIGNER POUR LE CANADA — C$725,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetLA FONDATION DU YWCA DE MONTREAL — C$705,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetCHILDREN'S AID FOUNDATION OF CANADA — C$700,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLes Grands Ballets Canadiens — C$695,000 over 2y, 4.1% 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 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RESILIENCE FUND ↗
  • Who funds McGill University Health Centre Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Makeway Charitable Society ↗
  • Who funds Social Innovation Charitable Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MakeWay Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Evergreen ↗
  • Who funds MaRS Discovery District ↗
  • Who funds Environment Funders Canada ↗
  • Who funds Centraide du Grand Montréal ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Leadership ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Winnipeg ↗
  • Who funds Salal Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Carleton University ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for Environmental Stewardship ↗
  • Who funds SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN ECONOMY FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ↗
  • Who funds Ulnooweg Indigenous Communities Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Tamarack Institute ↗
  • Who funds Fondation Jules et Paul-Emile Leger ↗
  • Who funds Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Society ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Community Economic Development Network ↗
  • Who funds Alberta Ecotrust Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Montreal Neurological Institute ↗
  • Who funds Prosper Canada ↗
  • Who funds Grand Challenges Canada ↗
  • Who funds Fondation of Greater Montreal ↗
  • Who funds First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada ↗
  • Who funds RAVEN INDIGENOUS IMPACT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundations of Canada ↗
  • Who funds SeedChange ↗
  • Who funds Journalists for Human Rights ↗
  • Who funds Rideau Hall Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Education Association ↗

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 Trottier Family F…Ivey FoundationThe Catherine Donnell…The Jarislowsky Found…Fondation de la famil…Fondation Écho /Echo …La Fondation Rossy th…Pathy Family Foundati…The Birks Family Foun…The Molson Foundation…Fondation J Armand Bo…The Hay Foundation/La…
The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale TrottierQC32.7× affinity126 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Trottier · Ivey Foundation · The Catherine Donnelly Foundation · The Jarislowsky Foundation/La Fondation Jarislowsky · Fondation de la famille Zeller · Fondation Écho /Echo Foundation · La Fondation Rossy the Rossy Foundation · Pathy Family Foundation/Fondation de la Famille Pathy · The Birks Family Foundation / La fondation de la famille Birks · The Molson Foundation/Fondation Molson · Fondation J Armand Bombardier · The Hay Foundation/La Fondation Hay

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 1142 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 119240091:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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