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Ancaster, ON · Private foundation

The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation

To receive and maintain funds for distribution to other charitable organizations that are also registered charities under the income tax act.

C$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
73
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
Regions reached
C$85k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 73 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k29 grants · C$112k
  • C$10k–50k42 grants · C$900k
  • C$50k–250k2 grants · C$135k
C$10,000
Median grant
5
Regions reached
C$43M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALVIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF SOCIETY OF HAMILTONC$85,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS CANADAC$50,000
HAMILTON MUSIC COLLECTIVEC$40,000
LIVING ROCK MINISTRIESC$40,000
SHALOM MANOR (CAPITAL PROJECT)C$35,000
INDWELL COMMUNITY HOMESC$35,000
INNER CITY OUTREACHC$35,000
SHALEM MENTAL HEALTH NETWORKC$31,000
MISSION SERVICES OF HAMILTONC$30,000
PORT MELSON UNITED CHURCHC$30,000
COMPASSION MINISTRIESC$30,000
OAK HILL ACADEMYC$30,000
KINGSTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SOCIETYC$30,000
ZAJAC RANCHC$30,000
YMCAC$30,000
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$5.6M · 83 repeat orgsC$635k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +32% since the first grant, against +3% for the ones you funded once.

83 repeat relationships — 55 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

83
52

Total granted

C$5.6M
C$428k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+3%

Still filing today

95%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$207k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
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

  • CC
    CALVIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF SOCIETY OF HAMILTON
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$392k · revenue +35%
  • Y
    YMCA
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$265k · revenue +38%
  • IC
    INDWELL COMMUNITIES HOMES
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$231k · revenue +411%

Funded once

  • CW
    Context With Loma Dueck
    one grant, 2017 · C$25k
  • GO
    GLOBAL OUTREACH MISSION INC.graduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$20k · revenue +48%
  • TV
    The Voice of The Martyrs Inc.graduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$20k · revenue +43%

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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Helping Hands International

1. Conducting outreach to distribute necessities of life to the poor and underprivileged and to demonstrate the love of God to them in practical ways. Establishing relationships through meeting needs then opens the door for instruction and…

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2
City Kidz Ministry

CityKidz exists to increase resiliency and inspire big dreams for Canadian children living in low-income communities by providing inspirational experiences and nurturing personal relationship one child at a time. Addressed by mission…

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3
Connect Community Church Hamilton

Weekly church worship & prayer services support of missionaries through missions agencies sunday school and nursery food bank and clothing donations pastoral care and counselling children's and youth programs men's and women's ministries…

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4
Every Home for Christ International/Canada

Christian philanthropic work that provides: - Evangelism and discipleship strategies and resources for churches and individuals - Support for children in various nations

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5
Hope Story

Working around the world hope story is a christian charity located in cambridge ontario with a mission to help vulnerable children access education health and discipleship through their local church. the in-country churches we partner with…

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6
Compassion Canada

Compassion Canada is a leading Christian child development organization whose mission is to release children from poverty in Jesus' name. Our proven child development program provides infants children and youth around the world with the…

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7
New Hope Church Hamilton (Christian Reformed)

Public services for worship and prayer religious education and instruction programs missions program and alleviation of poverty.

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8
Christ's Hope International- Canada

Providing health education by instruction to the public regarding hiv/aids; providing basic necessities of life such as shelter and medical assistance to children orphaned by hiv/aids; teaching the christian faith. all of 1-3 take place in…

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9
Harvest House Ministries Inc.

Outreach faith based mentoring and many other helpful and relevant services for persons struggling with addictions and life controlling issues. Individual youth and family crisis intervention with recovery initiatives. Centre offers…

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10
The Toronto City Mission

Through God's transformational power we build loving relationships to bring hope to children and families impacted by poverty. As Christians we demonstrate God's love in tangible ways by living among the families of our city's poor…

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11
Christ Care Ministry International

Programs are designed to preach teach and support an outreach initiative in accordance with the doctrines and principles of the Christian bible.

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12
Hope and Healing International

Hope and healing international is a christian international development organization delivering child-friendly disability-inclusive programs. together with local partners we support programming for child health (treating preventable and…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Prison Fellowship International Canada and the most unlike its peers is Media Voice Generation. 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

146 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. 146 of the 151 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
141/146
Grantees still filing
90/146
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 budgetCALVIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF SOCIETY OF HAMILTON — C$392,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Canada — C$350,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetYMCA — C$264,570 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetINDWELL COMMUNITIES HOMES — C$231,310 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLIVING ROCK MINISTRIES — C$215,600 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetSHALOM MANOR (CAPITAL PROJECT) — C$205,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMISSION SERVICES OF HAMILTON — C$200,000 over 7y, 39% of budgetHAMILTON MUSIC COLLECTIVE — C$189,250 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetSAANICH PENINSULA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$170,540 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetZajac Ranch — C$170,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetEdudeo Ministries — C$169,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetSarnia Christian School — C$155,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetRESONATE GLOBAL MISSION — C$147,400 over 4y, 38% of budgetSHALEM MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK — C$136,903 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetRedeemer University College — C$125,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTITIAN MINISTRIES — C$124,791 over 6y, 27% of budgetCOMPASSION MINISTRIES — C$113,975 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetNEIGHBOUR TO NEIGHBOUR CENTRE (HAMILTON) — C$100,750 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetChristian School Foundation (Canada) Inc — C$100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMCC Ontario — C$86,055 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMohawk Foundation — C$85,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetRose City - Kids Ministry — C$80,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetHALDIMAND PREGNANCY CARE CENTRE — C$79,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY COUNSELLING CENTRE OF LONDON — C$75,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetHELP FILL A DREAM — C$74,500 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetTeen Challenge Canada Inc. — C$71,028 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMcMaster University — C$70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUGHSON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH — C$70,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetST. JOSEPH'S HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION — C$65,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPORT MELSON UNITED CHURCH — C$60,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetINNER CITY OUTREACH — C$57,200 over 3y, 11% of budgetPrison Fellowship — C$56,500 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetCROSSROADS CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED — C$55,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNew Life Girls Home — C$55,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetWILLOWBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$52,432 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOPEN ROAD CHAPELS — C$51,500 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetHamilton Association for Christian Education Inc. — C$51,066 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGalcom — C$47,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPROMISE KEEPERS CANADA — C$35,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetROOM 217 FOUNDATION — C$31,800 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCOUNTRYSIDE CAMPD AND CONFERENCE CENTRE ASSOCIATION — C$30,100 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetOAK HILL ACADEMY — C$30,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetKINGSTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SOCIETY — C$30,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJFJ HOPE CENTER — C$30,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetFood4Kids — C$28,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPeople Church Hamilton — C$25,172 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOUR PLACE SOCIETY — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetContext With Loma Dueck — C$25,000 over 1y, 6.5% 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.

  • Who funds CALVIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF SOCIETY OF HAMILTON ↗
  • Who funds Cystic Fibrosis Canada ↗
  • Who funds YMCA ↗
  • Who funds INDWELL COMMUNITIES HOMES ↗
  • Who funds LIVING ROCK MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds SHALOM MANOR (CAPITAL PROJECT) ↗
  • Who funds MISSION SERVICES OF HAMILTON ↗
  • Who funds HAMILTON MUSIC COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds SAANICH PENINSULA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Zajac Ranch ↗
  • Who funds Edudeo Ministries ↗
  • Who funds Sarnia Christian School ↗
  • Who funds RESONATE GLOBAL MISSION ↗
  • Who funds SHALEM MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Redeemer University College ↗
  • Who funds TITIAN MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBOUR TO NEIGHBOUR CENTRE (HAMILTON) ↗
  • Who funds Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc ↗
  • Who funds MCC Ontario ↗
  • Who funds Mohawk Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Rose City - Kids Ministry ↗
  • Who funds HALDIMAND PREGNANCY CARE CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COUNSELLING CENTRE OF LONDON ↗
  • Who funds HELP FILL A DREAM ↗
  • Who funds Teen Challenge Canada Inc. ↗
  • Who funds McMaster University ↗
  • Who funds HUGHSON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds ST. JOSEPH'S HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PORT MELSON UNITED CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds INNER CITY OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds Prison Fellowship ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds New Life Girls Home ↗
  • Who funds WILLOWBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ROAD CHAPELS ↗
  • Who funds Hamilton Association for Christian Education Inc. ↗
  • Who funds Galcom ↗
  • Who funds PROMISE KEEPERS CANADA ↗

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.

Christian Stewardship…Hamilton Community Fo…Calvin (Dundas) Chris…Hamilton-Wentworth Re…Redeemer UniversityImmanuel Christian Re…Meadowlands Fellowshi…D H Falle Family Foun…Link Charity Canada I…Christian School Foun…Dofasco Employee Dona…Calvary Christian Ref…
Christian Stewardship ServicesON17.7× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Stewardship Services · Hamilton Community Foundation · Calvin (Dundas) Christian Reformed Church · Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Employees Charity Trustpr · Redeemer University · Immanuel Christian Reformed Church of Hamilton · Meadowlands Fellowship Christian Reformed Church · D H Falle Family Foundation · Link Charity Canada Inc · Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc. · Dofasco Employee Donations Fund · Calvary Christian Reformed Church

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 151 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 840387815:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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