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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

The K. M. Hunter Charitable

The foundation makes major grants to the united way the hospital for sick children wildlands league toronto arts foundation and the salvation army.

C$548k
Granted FY2024still arriving
65
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
Regions reached
C$70k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k51 grants · C$208k
  • C$10k–50k12 grants · C$210k
  • C$50k–250k2 grants · C$130k
C$5,000
Median grant
3
Regions reached
C$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY GREATER TORONTONC$70,000
THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATIONC$60,000
THE SALVATION ARMYC$35,000
WILDLANDS LEAGUEC$30,000
WILDLIFE PRESERVATION CANADAC$20,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY CANADAC$20,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCEC$20,000
CANADA AFRICA PARTNERSHIP (CAP) NETWORKC$16,500
ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENSC$15,000
STEPHEN LEWIS FOUNDATIONC$13,500
ONTARIO NATUREC$10,000
RAINBOW RAILROADC$10,000
RAINBOW RAILROADC$10,000
ECOJUSTICEC$10,000
CROSSROADS INTERNATIONALC$7,000
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$3.3M · 83 repeat orgsC$204k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +23% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

83 repeat relationships — 52 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

83
33

Total granted

C$3.3M
C$157k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
0%

Still filing today

95%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$47k 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

  • TH
    THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$340k · revenue +30%
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$265k · revenue +253% · 94% of their budget
  • WP
    WILDLIFE PRESERVATION CANADA
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$170k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TO
    The Ontario Arts Council of Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · C$51k · revenue -14%
  • RO
    ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM
    one grant, 2019 · C$8k
  • AC
    AMREF CANADA
    one grant, 2018 · C$6k

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.

1
Toronto Dance Theatre

Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) is a professional contemporary dance company dedicated to the research creation and production of original Canadian choreography. TDT bridges connections between artists and audiences in Toronto and beyond…

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2
Why Not Theatre

Why not theatre is an agile international theatre company based in toronto canada rooted in the values of innovation community and collaboration. our work is inventive cross-cultural and reflects our passion for the exploration of…

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3
Toronto Cultural Advisory Corporation

The toronto cultural advisory council operating as the toronto arts council (tac) is the city of toronto's funding body for artists and arts organizations. since 1974 tac has played a major role in the city's cultural industries by…

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4
Toronto Media Arts Cluster

TMAC is a media arts centre located in the heart of Toronto's Art+Design district. We provide artists and the public with access to state of the art production studios galleries a cinema theatre opportunities for hands-on learning and…

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5
Theatre Gargantua Inc.

Theatre gargantua is one of canada's leading multi-disciplinary theatre companies. each year we develop original canadian work through a collaborative ensemble-based process. our productions undergo rigorous phases of development and we…

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6
Theatre Ontario

Youth theatre and professional theatre training programs, summer courses for adults and youth, professional development seminars, annual festival, showcases for emerging artists, and workshops for community theatres.

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7
Toronto Photographers Workshop

Gallery TPW programs support Canadian and international artists and educate the public about the vital role that still photographs and moving images play in contemporary culture. We present up to five exhibitions per year at Gallery TPW…

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8
Tarragon Theatre

Tarrgon theater creates develops and produces new canadian theatre that illuminates the diversity and complexsity of the conteporary human experence. tarragon trains and supports new generation emerging and established artist theorug…

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9
Toronto Biennial of Art

The purpose of the organization is to create a first class international visual arts biennal for the city of toronto; art festival 72 days in length engaging youth families artists communities and professionals in the arts while building…

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10
Museum of Toronto History

Museum is an evolving collection of diverse stories histories and programs. our work is about growing a comprehensive archive of toronto that explores how we live in toronto past present and future. we are about meaningful exchange that…

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11
Theatrefront Inc.

1) Development of new plays 2) Touring in Canada 3) Education programs

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12
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

Annual art fair showcasing more than 400 contemporary artists and makers held at nathan phillips square at toronto city hall as well as an online fair with around 100 artists.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Toronto Artscape Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Woodgreen Red Door Family Shelter. 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

121 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. 121 of the 128 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
120/121
Grantees still filing
76/121
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 budgetUNITED WAY OF GTA — C$570,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION — C$340,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY — C$265,000 over 8y, 94% of budgetCPAWS-WILDLANDS LEAGUE — C$240,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetWILDLIFE PRESERVATION CANADA — C$170,000 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetWILDLIFE CONVERSATION SOCIETY CANADA — C$147,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCANADA AFRICA PARTNERSHIP (CAP) NETWORK — C$93,500 over 7y, 9.2% of budgetTORONTO ARTS FOUNDATION — C$90,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSTEPHEN LEWIS FOUNDATION — C$82,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRAINBOW RAILROAD — C$82,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS — C$55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ontario Arts Council of Foundation — C$51,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE — C$48,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetONTARIO NATURE — C$45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCROSSROADS INTERNATIONAL — C$45,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHOT DOCS — C$36,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetART GALLERY OF ONTARIO — C$36,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMREF CANADA — C$33,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — C$32,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetECOJUSTICE — C$30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD PLAY INTERNATIONAL — C$26,000 over 8y, 46% of budgetTHE ARQUIVES — C$26,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO — C$26,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRED VICTOR — C$25,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCASEY HOUSE — C$25,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCITADEL AND COMPAGNIE — C$23,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSCOTT MISSION — C$23,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE — C$22,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetYWCA TORONTO — C$21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYONGE STREET MISSION — C$20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFOODSHARE — C$19,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INSIDE OUT LESBIAN AND GAY FILM FESTIVAL INC. — C$18,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAURA FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL — C$18,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetBIRD ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION ONTARIO — C$18,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetTAPESTRY OPERA — C$17,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSTREET HAVEN — C$17,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCANADIAN OPERA COMMUNITY — C$16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVARLEY-MCKAY ART FOUNDATION OF MARKHAM — C$15,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetTHUNDER BAY PUBLIC LIBRARY — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTORONTO ZOO WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY — C$15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCPAR-CDN PHYSICIANS FOR AID & RELIEF — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMCMICHAEL CANADIAN ART FOUNDATION — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDURHAM YOUTH SERVICE — C$15,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLUMINATO — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSKETCH WORKING ARTS FOR STREET INVOLVED AND HOMELESS Y — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNECESSARY ANGEL THEATRE COMPANY — C$15,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetEVA'S INITIATIVES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH — C$13,000 over 6y, 0.0% 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 UNITED WAY OF GTA ↗
  • Who funds THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY ↗
  • Who funds CPAWS-WILDLANDS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE PRESERVATION CANADA ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE CONVERSATION SOCIETY CANADA ↗
  • Who funds CANADA AFRICA PARTNERSHIP (CAP) NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds TORONTO ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN LEWIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOW RAILROAD ↗
  • Who funds ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds The Ontario Arts Council of Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE ↗
  • Who funds ONTARIO NATURE ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds HOT DOCS ↗
  • Who funds ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO ↗
  • Who funds AMREF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ECOJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds CHILD PLAY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE ARQUIVES ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds FRED VICTOR ↗
  • Who funds CASEY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds CITADEL AND COMPAGNIE ↗
  • Who funds SCOTT MISSION ↗
  • Who funds BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds YWCA TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds YONGE STREET MISSION ↗
  • Who funds FOODSHARE ↗
  • Who funds THE INSIDE OUT LESBIAN AND GAY FILM FESTIVAL INC. ↗
  • Who funds AURA FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds BIRD ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION ONTARIO ↗
  • Who funds TAPESTRY OPERA ↗
  • Who funds STREET HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN OPERA COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds VARLEY-MCKAY ART FOUNDATION OF MARKHAM ↗

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 George Cedric Met…The McLean FoundationOntario Arts Foundati…Hal Jackman FoundationThe Catherine and Max…Lindy Green Family Fo…Toronto FoundationThe Henry White Kinne…J.P. Bickell Foundati…McLean Smits Family F…The Slaight Family Fo…Kingfisher Foundation
The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable FoundationON30.5× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation · The McLean Foundation · Ontario Arts Foundation/Fondation Des Arts de L'Ontario · Hal Jackman Foundation · The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation · Lindy Green Family Foundation · Toronto Foundation · The Henry White Kinnear Foundation · J.P. Bickell Foundation · McLean Smits Family Foundation · The Slaight Family Foundation · Kingfisher 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 128 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 119240984:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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