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Montreal, QC · Private foundation

The John Dobson Foundation

Entrepreneurship bursaries sponsorship general education

C$4.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
57
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
Regions reached
C$639k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k15 grants · C$62k
  • C$10k–50k17 grants · C$350k
  • C$50k–250k20 grants · C$1.9M
  • C$250k+5 grants · C$2.0M
C$30,000
Median grant
7
Regions reached
C$94M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INSTITUT ÉCONOMIQUE DE MONTRÉALC$638,940
ENACTUS CANADAC$500,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIOC$355,000
MCGILLC$260,000
CD HOWE INSTITUTEC$250,000
FRASER INSTITUTE FOUNDATIONC$200,000
NEXT CANADAC$200,000
SHAD CANADAC$150,000
UNIVERSITÉ LAVALC$150,000
THE FRONTIER CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY INCC$115,000
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITYC$107,000
THE MACDONALD-LAURIER INSTITUTEC$100,000
FONDATION HEC MONTREALC$100,000
INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL STUDIES INCC$100,000
THE MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$100,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

Which regions your grants reach

Quebec
C$8.7M
Ontario
C$8.3M
Alberta
C$1.4M
British Columbia
C$959k
Nova Scotia
C$888k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$675k
Manitoba
C$300k
Saskatchewan
C$145k
New Brunswick
C$10k
Yukon
C$5k

Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.

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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$22M · 69 repeat orgsC$928k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

69 repeat relationships — 42 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
31

Total granted

C$22M
C$453k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+22%

Still filing today

94%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$475k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
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

  • IÉ
    INSTITUT ÉCONOMIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$3.2M · revenue +21%
  • EC
    ENACTUS CANADA
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$2.8M · revenue +30%
  • M
    MCGILL
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$1.9M · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • EE
    ECOLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DE BEAUCE
    one grant, 2017 · C$50k · revenue +21%
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH ORATORY OF MT ROYAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · C$50k · revenue -96%
  • SF
    SHOREFAST FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · C$50k · revenue +193%

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.

1
Universite Du Quebec

Enseignement et recherche universitaire

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2
UniversitÉ Du QuÉBec À MontrÉAl

La mission de l'université consiste à former des étudiants et à contributer à l'avancement des connaissances par des activités de recherche. toutes les ressources de l'université ont été dépensées dans le cadre le cardre de sa mission par…

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3
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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4
Fondation Université du Québec

Octroi de bourses et financement de projets de recherche ou de développement pour les institutions universitaires.

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

Carleton University provides post-secondary education.

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7
Universite De Moncton

Programmes d'enseignement post-secondaire et de recherche

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8
ÉCole Polytechnique De MontrÉAl

Université d'ingénierie distribution de bourses d'études aux étudiants développement de la recherche dans le domaine du génie projets de développement international dans le domaine du génie

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9
Université de Montréal

Activités d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche

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10
Fondation Canadienne De L'insead/Canadian Insead Foundation

Octroi de bourses d'études

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11
Fondation de L'université du Québec en Outaouais

Programme de bourses d'études contribution à la recherche universitaire soutien des infrastructures de l'université développement de la programmation universitaire programme de bourses d'études et d'excelence pour les étudiants

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12
Fondation de l'Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec / Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec Foundation

Bourses d'études dans le but de promouvoir la profession d'ingénieur auprès des étudiants

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fondation de L'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and the most unlike its peers is Les productions porte parole. 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

111 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. 111 of the 115 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/111
Grantees still filing
78/111
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 budgetINSTITUT ÉCONOMIQUE DE MONTRÉAL — C$3,240,144 over 7y, 20% of budgetENACTUS CANADA — C$2,824,553 over 7y, 21% of budgetMCGILL — C$1,881,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCD HOWE INSTITUTE — C$1,040,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetLORAN SCHOLARS FOUNDATION — C$1,000,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetNEXT CANADA — C$900,000 over 6y, 8.7% of budgetTHE FRASER INSTITUTE — C$770,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO — C$655,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND — C$625,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFONDATION HEC MONTRÉAL — C$625,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL STUDIES INC — C$540,000 over 7y, 29% of budgetSHAD CANADA — C$525,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCANADIAN CONSTITUTION FOUNDATION — C$475,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetTHE FRONTIER CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC — C$470,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetFRASER INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — C$450,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY — C$437,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STUDY SCHOOL FOUNDATION — C$420,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetTHE MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$370,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALGARY — C$355,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWINDMILL CANADA — C$315,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetATLANTIC INSTITUTE FOR MARKET STUDIES — C$300,000 over 6y, 35% of budgetTHE PRINCE'S TRUST CANADA — C$290,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetTHE MONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$278,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY — C$270,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRE FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (THE HUB) — C$225,000 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetJA QUEBEC — C$210,000 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetCENTRAIDE — C$205,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBISHOP'S UNIVERSITY — C$185,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetDALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY (3RD INSTALMENT) — C$165,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACADIA UNIVERSITY — C$153,333 over 2y, 10% of budgetSHAD CANADA — C$150,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetTHE STUDY SCHOOL FOUNDATION — C$150,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetUNIVERSITÉ LAVAL — C$150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND STREET.ORG — C$145,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetSPCA MONTÉRÉGIE — C$144,500 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetSELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL — C$120,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWEST ISLAND PALLIATIVE CARE RESIDENCE — C$120,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOLD BREWERY MISSION FOUNDATION — C$95,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMANNING FOUNDATION DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION — C$80,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetMOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — C$77,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLES PRODUCTIONS PORTE PAROLE — C$75,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — C$70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGOLF MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE — C$60,000 over 7y, 100% of budgetSIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY — C$55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDANS LA RUE — C$55,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFONDATION DE L'UNIVERSITE DU QUEBEC A TROIS-RIVIERES — C$50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetECOLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DE BEAUCE — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetST JOSEPH ORATORY OF MT ROYAL FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 INSTITUT ÉCONOMIQUE DE MONTRÉAL ↗
  • Who funds ENACTUS CANADA ↗
  • Who funds MCGILL ↗
  • Who funds CD HOWE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds LORAN SCHOLARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEXT CANADA ↗
  • Who funds THE FRASER INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ↗
  • Who funds FONDATION HEC MONTRÉAL ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL STUDIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SHAD CANADA ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN CONSTITUTION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FRONTIER CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRASER INSTITUTE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE STUDY SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY ↗
  • Who funds WINDMILL CANADA ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTIC INSTITUTE FOR MARKET STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds THE PRINCE'S TRUST CANADA ↗
  • Who funds THE MONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (THE HUB) ↗
  • Who funds JA QUEBEC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAIDE ↗
  • Who funds BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY (3RD INSTALMENT) ↗
  • Who funds ACADIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SHAD CANADA ↗
  • Who funds THE STUDY SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL ↗
  • Who funds SECOND STREET.ORG ↗
  • Who funds SPCA MONTÉRÉGIE ↗
  • Who funds SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WEST ISLAND PALLIATIVE CARE RESIDENCE ↗
  • Who funds OLD BREWERY MISSION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MANNING FOUNDATION DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

R. Howard Webster Fou…The Molson Foundation…Conam Charitable Foun…Fondation de la famil…Wcpd FoundationHunter Family Foundat…The Birks Family Foun…La Fondation Rossy th…Jewish Community Foun…The Jarislowsky Found…Hewitt FoundationPirie Foundation Non-…
R. Howard Webster Foundation / Fondation R. Howard WebsterQC19.3× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: R. Howard Webster Foundation / Fondation R. Howard Webster · The Molson Foundation/Fondation Molson · Conam Charitable Foundation · Fondation de la famille Zeller · Wcpd Foundation · Hunter Family Foundation · The Birks Family Foundation / La fondation de la famille Birks · La Fondation Rossy the Rossy Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal / La Fondation Communautaire Juive de Montréal · The Jarislowsky Foundation/La Fondation Jarislowsky · Hewitt Foundation · Pirie Foundation Non-Profit Priv Asso

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 115 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 support of schools and education.

Source object 119239531:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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