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Richmond, BC · Public foundation

The London Drugs Foundation

Donations to qualified donees

C$763k
Granted FY2024still arriving
69
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
Regions reached
C$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k43 grants · C$70k
  • C$10k–50k22 grants · C$451k
  • C$50k–250k4 grants · C$242k
C$2,000
Median grant
7
Regions reached
C$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETYC$75,000
DUKE UNIVERSITYC$61,852
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIAC$55,000
VDC DANCE CENTRE SOCIETYC$50,000
VANCOUVER SYMPHONY SOCIETYC$40,000
PCC PROSTATE CANCER CENTREC$40,000
FRASER INSTITUTE FOUNDATIONC$32,581
THE GAIRDNER FOUNDATIONC$30,000
BARD ON THE BEACH THEATRE SOCIETYC$25,000
ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITYC$25,000
THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONC$25,000
EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY OR ART AND DESIGN FOUNDATIONC$25,000
CHINESE CANADIAN MUSEUM SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIAC$25,000
VANCOUVER FOUNDATIONC$20,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIAC$20,000
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$1.9M · 58 repeat orgsC$370k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +47% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

58 repeat relationships — 56 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
30

Total granted

C$1.9M
C$223k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+19%

Still filing today

98%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$147k went to new ones.

50%100%’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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
    4× · 2020–2024 · C$295k · revenue +26%
  • VS
    VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    4× · 2020–2024 · C$140k · revenue +54%
  • FI
    FRASER INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · C$103k · revenue +102%

Funded once

  • VY
    VANCOUVER YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$40k · revenue +40%
  • TG
    THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
    one grant, 2023 · C$36k · revenue +9%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · C$25k · revenue -3%

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
Pacific Public Health Foundation

The pacific public health foundation works in collaboration with the bc centre for disease control (bccdc) and more broadly the health sector to support public health in bc by funding and facilitating evidence-based work that has an…

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2
Chilliwack Hospital Foundation

The foundation raises funds to support programs and services that educate and facilitate better health for the residents in the region primarily through community based projects. programs focus on identifying the factors that have a…

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3
Lung Foundation of British Columbia

The lung foundation of bc provides funding to support research and studies of prevention and control of lung and related diseases.

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4
Royal British Columbia Museum Foundation

The Royal BC Museum Foundation supports the Royal BC Museum with project funding as approved by the Board of Directors as well as other monetary and non-monetary contributions.

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5
Bc Emergency Health Services Foundation

Bc emergency health services foundation (the 'foundation') is a charitable organization that raises and stewards funds for research education promotion of public health and other activities supporting british columbia emergency health…

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6
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre Foundation

The royal victoria regional high centre foundation raises to enhance facilities and services at the royal victoria regional health care. the funds are provided primarily for capital equipment facility expansion and educational purposes.

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7
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital and Health Foundation Society

The Foundation an independent chartable society raises gifts and annual funds to support healthcare equipment needs staff education patient care and comfort and special initiatives to enhance the healthcare of the Kootenay Boundary…

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8
Vancouver Public Library Foundation

The Vancouver Public Library Foundation was established in 1997 to enhance the programs collections services and spaces of the Vancouver Public Library; programs and spaces for everyone in the City of Vancouver.

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9
Victoria Heart Institute Foundation

The charity performed an assisted with research and trials in bc dealing with a range of cardiac care studies. the charity accepts grants donations and other funds to carry out the above.

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10
B.C. Mental Health Foundation

The british columbia mental health foundation is dedicated to raising awareness and support for mental health and substance use care education and research throughout the province. the bc mental health foundation provide funds to support…

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11
The Victoria Foundation

The victoria foundation connects people who care with causes that matter. established in 1936 the victoria foundation is canada's second oldest community foundation and the sixth largest of nearly 200 nation-wide. the victoria foundation…

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12
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

Annual peer-reviewed funding award/grant competitions projects and activities that foster talen development in bc; support provincial health system priorities health system transformation and innovation; build capacity for research uptake;…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vgh & Ubc Hospital Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Langara College. 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

100 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. 100 of the 101 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)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
100/100
Grantees still filing
75/100
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$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$294,636 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY — C$150,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetVANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — C$140,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFRASER INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — C$102,815 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetVDC DANCE CENTRE SOCIETY — C$100,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetTHE GARDINER FOUNDATION — C$90,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetPCC PROSTATE CANCER CENTRE — C$80,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBARD ON THE BEACH THEATRE SOCIETY — C$75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVANCOUVER CHINATOWN FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION — C$69,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetVETERANS TRANSITION NETWORK — C$60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE VANCOUVER — C$51,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHINESE CANADIAN MUSEUM SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$50,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetVANCOUVER POLICE FOUNDATION — C$49,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetVANCOUVER YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY — C$40,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY — C$35,853 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY — C$35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC SALMON FOUNDATION FONDATION DU SAUMON DU PACIFIQUE — C$32,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBRITISH COLUMBIA GUIDE DOG SERVICES — C$30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR — C$30,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA FOUNDATION — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMILY CARR UNIVERSITY OR ART AND DESIGN FOUNDATION — C$25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetVANCOUVER FOUNDATION — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLANGARA COLLEGE FOUNDATION — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBC FOSTER PARENTS ASSOCIATION — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFRASER VALLEY HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION — C$12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH ARTS SOCIETY — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSAANICH COMMUNITY LEGACY FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetRICHMOND GATEWAY THEATRE SOCIETY — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAIN CANADA FOUNDATION / FONDATION BRAIN CANADA — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTIGMA FREE SOCIETY — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetST. PAUL'S FOUNDATION OF VANCOUVER — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVANCOUVER MARITIME MUSEUM SOCIETY — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCMENT OF LEARNING MCGILL UNIV — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVICTORIA HOSPITALS FOUNDATION — C$8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT JAMES MUSIC ACADEMY — C$8,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHOSPITALS OF REGINA FOUNDATION INC. — C$8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BELFRY THEATRE SOCIETY — C$7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING (MADD CANADA) — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN COMMUNITY COUNSELLING CENTRE SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetVANCOUVER ASIAN CANADIAN THEATRE — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSUNNY HILL HOSPITAL HEALTH CARE CENTRE — C$5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSHINE COAST HOSPICE SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDOUGLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION — C$5,000 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.

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 Tong and Geraldin…Lohn FoundationTb Vets Charitable Fo…Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Woo…Vancity Community Fou…Zlc FoundationStarlight Children's …Raymond James Canada …Nicola Wealth Private…Fondation Sandra Schm…United Way British Co…Ocean Wise Conservati…
The Tong and Geraldine Louie Family FondationBC44.9× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Tong and Geraldine Louie Family Fondation · Lohn Foundation · Tb Vets Charitable Foundation · Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Woodward's Foundation · Vancity Community Foundation · Zlc Foundation · Starlight Children's Foundation Canada / Fondation pour l'enfance Starlight Canada · Raymond James Canada Foundation · Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation · Fondation Sandra Schmirler Foundation · United Way British Columbia · Ocean Wise Conservation Association

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 101 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 public foundation under foundations.

Source object 890276926:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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