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Kitchener, ON · Public foundation

The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation

We provide grants for health education and children;s initiatives in the waterloo region.

C$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$1.4M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k1 grant · C$650
  • C$10k–50k9 grants · C$223k
  • C$50k–250k21 grants · C$2.2M
  • C$250k+16 grants · C$9.6M
C$100,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$128M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAMINO WELLBEING + MENTAL HEALTHC$1,442,500
HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIPC$1,022,550
CAPACITY CANADAC$1,018,335
STRONG START CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONC$1,000,000
CAMBRIDGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$1,000,000
THE WORKING CENTREC$550,000
GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$500,000
ST. MARYS GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$500,000
KIDSABILITY FOUNDATIONC$439,553
FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITYC$420,000
STARLING COMMUNITY SERVICESC$326,422
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION - CAMBRIDGEC$300,000
LANGS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTREC$290,000
YMCA OF THREE RIVERSC$250,000
REGION OF WATERLOO PLANNING DEVELOPMENT ANDC$250,000
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$92M · 72 repeat orgsC$7.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +57% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

72 repeat relationships — 44 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
25

Total granted

C$92M
C$7.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+17%

Still filing today

93%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$281k 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

  • CW
    CAMINO WELLBEING + MENTAL HEALTH
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$11M · revenue +83%
  • SS
    STRONG START CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$6.4M · revenue +133% · 74% of their budget
  • HO
    HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$4.6M · revenue +174%

Funded once

  • IC
    INDWELL COMMUNITY HOMESgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · C$3.2M · revenue +99%
  • TC
    THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
    one grant, 2022 · C$2.4M
  • RO
    REGION OF WATERLOO PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND LEGISLATIVE
    one grant, 2023 · C$247k

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
United Way Waterloo Region Communities

United Way Waterloo Region Communities is dedicated to helping people live better lives in every one of the seven communities we serve. We are the largest funder of social programs in Waterloo Region second only to government. We are…

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2
Waterloo - Wellington Autism Services

Providing information on services and supports for individuals and families who have Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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3
Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington Branch

Community based mental health services including: mental health promotion and intervention crisis intervention clinical therapeutic services children's (mental health and developmental) adults and seniors programs and community consultant…

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4
Leadership Waterloo Region

Leadership waterloo region is an educational program for future leaders in waterloo region. the program is designed to identify and nurture potential leaders to develop a network of people who can work to solve community problems and to…

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5
Family and Children's Services of the Waterloo Region

The provision of child protection services to the children youth and families of the waterloo region

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6
Social Development Centre Waterloo Region

Provide information and referral of social services Undertake social research Provide support and services for the charitable sector Our primary pillars are Housing & Homelessness Grassroots Infrastructure and Lived Expertise. Our service…

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7
Family and Children's Services of the Waterloo Region Employ
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8
Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre Waterloo Wellington

Client centred visiting health and support services to eligible clients of all ages in Waterloo Region and Wellington County. Information and assistance to persons who require placement in a long term facility. Simplified access to…

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9
The Literacy Group of Waterloo Region

Provide literacy and essential skills upgrading to adults 16+ years of age. instruction is provided on a 1-to-1 basis as well as in small groups in-person classes and on-line focus programs- workplace skills education training training…

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10
Victim Services of Waterloo Region

Victim services of waterloo region believes every victim has the right to heal from a crime or tragic circumstance. our programs create opportunities foster hope and promote safer and healthier communities.

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11
Waterloo Community Arts Centre

The centre operates a summer art camp for children every July and August and provides workshops and classes for adults and children throughout the year. The centre organizes art exhibits and performances and provides facilities to other…

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12
Waterloo Co-Operative Preschool Inc.

We provide preschool and nursery school programs for toddlers and preschoolers on a co-operative basis. This allows children's parents or guardians to become involved with their children's education.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family & Children's Services of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Saint Monica House. 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

92 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. 92 of the 100 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.

21
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
88/92
Grantees still filing
69/92
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 budgetCAMINO WELLBEING + MENTAL HEALTH — C$11,115,112 over 8y, 18% of budgetSTRONG START CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — C$6,370,081 over 8y, 74% of budgetHOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP — C$4,617,290 over 8y, 9.6% of budgetSt Mary's General Hospital Foundation — C$4,000,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL WATERLOO FOUN — C$3,966,644 over 8y, 54% of budgetKIDSABILITY FOUNDATION — C$3,888,112 over 8y, 30% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION - CAMBRIDGE — C$3,857,427 over 8y, 18% of budgetTHE WORKING CENTRE — C$3,397,083 over 6y, 12% of budgetINDWELL COMMUNITY HOMES — C$3,200,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCAMBRIDGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$3,018,615 over 3y, 22% of budgetCAPACITY CANADA — C$2,997,927 over 7y, 68% of budgetLUTHERWOOD CHILD AND FAMILY FOUNDATION — C$2,871,344 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetGREENWAY-CHAPLIN COMMUNITY CENTRE — C$2,363,947 over 8y, 65% of budgetWOOLWICH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE — C$2,054,400 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetKINBRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION — C$1,960,315 over 7y, 31% of budgetKitchener-Waterloo Counselling Services Incorporated — C$1,823,168 over 6y, 11% of budgetYMCA OF THREE RIVERS — C$1,781,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetOUR PLACE FAMILY RESOURCE AND EARLY YEARS CENTRE — C$1,594,303 over 4y, 81% of budgetCanadian UNICEF Commitee — C$1,500,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetGRAND RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$1,500,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetKITCHENER PUBLIC LIBRARY — C$1,468,900 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetSHORE CENTRE — C$1,400,121 over 7y, 37% of budgetLANGS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE — C$1,398,180 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetPROJECT READ LITERACY NETWORK (WATERLOO-WELLINGTON — C$1,314,295 over 5y, 73% of budgetCAMBRIDGE SELF-HELP FOO DBANK — C$1,262,347 over 7y, 26% of budgetRARE CHARITABLE RESEARCH RESERVE — C$1,152,513 over 7y, 11% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO — C$1,152,275 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCONESTOGA COLLEGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND — C$1,037,035 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKITCHENER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE — C$903,627 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetWaterloo Region Catholic Schools Foundation — C$899,255 over 3y, 43% of budgetWILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY — C$850,974 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARILLAC PLACE — C$838,836 over 7y, 26% of budgetCJI WATERLOO REGION — C$807,180 over 5y, 22% of budgetANISHNABEG OUTREACH — C$805,750 over 4y, 12% of budgetWATERLOO REGION FAMILY NETWORK — C$759,450 over 6y, 67% of budgetRECEPTION HOUSE WATERLOO REGION — C$722,950 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetKITCHENER-WATERLOO YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — C$711,328 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFIDDLESTICKS COMMUNITY CENTRE — C$693,524 over 5y, 37% of budgetTHEMUSEUM — C$682,453 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WATERLOO REGION — C$636,725 over 6y, 19% of budgetTHE KITCHENER AND WATERLOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$602,005 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetYWKW — C$535,079 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMUSLIM SOCIAL SERVICES KW — C$473,053 over 5y, 79% of budgetWOMEN'S CRISIS SERVICES OF WATERLOO REGION (WCSWR) — C$419,943 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetPRESTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY GROUP — C$360,727 over 5y, 50% of budgetWaterloo Education Foundation Inc. — C$356,950 over 2y, 30% of budgetCOALITION OF MUSLIM WOMEN OF KW — C$321,300 over 4y, 11% of budgetCAMBRIDGE AND NORTH DUMFRIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$291,500 over 6y, 3.0% 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 CAMINO WELLBEING + MENTAL HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds STRONG START CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP ↗
  • Who funds St Mary's General Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL WATERLOO FOUN ↗
  • Who funds KIDSABILITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION - CAMBRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds THE WORKING CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds INDWELL COMMUNITY HOMES ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAPACITY CANADA ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERWOOD CHILD AND FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREENWAY-CHAPLIN COMMUNITY CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds WOOLWICH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds KINBRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Kitchener-Waterloo Counselling Services Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF THREE RIVERS ↗
  • Who funds OUR PLACE FAMILY RESOURCE AND EARLY YEARS CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds Canadian UNICEF Commitee ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KITCHENER PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds SHORE CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds LANGS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT READ LITERACY NETWORK (WATERLOO-WELLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE SELF-HELP FOO DBANK ↗
  • Who funds RARE CHARITABLE RESEARCH RESERVE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ↗
  • Who funds CONESTOGA COLLEGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ↗
  • Who funds KITCHENER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds Waterloo Region Catholic Schools Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MARILLAC PLACE ↗
  • Who funds CJI WATERLOO REGION ↗
  • Who funds ANISHNABEG OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds WATERLOO REGION FAMILY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds RECEPTION HOUSE WATERLOO REGION ↗
  • Who funds KITCHENER-WATERLOO YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FIDDLESTICKS COMMUNITY CENTRE ↗

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.

Waterloo Region Commu…United Way Waterloo R…Cambridge & North Dum…Astley Family Foundat…The Cowan FoundationSocial Venture Partne…The Food Bank of Wate…United Way of Kitchen…Kitchener-Conestoga R…Wallenstein Feed Char…The Ross and Doris Di…The May Court Club of…
Waterloo Region Community FoundationON54.5× affinity70 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Waterloo Region Community Foundation · United Way Waterloo Region Communities · Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Foundation · Astley Family Foundation · The Cowan Foundation · Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region · The Food Bank of Waterloo Region · United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area · Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund · Wallenstein Feed Charitable Foundation · The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation · The May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloo

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 100 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 876694407:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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