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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

The Marion Armstrong Charitable Foundation

Donations to registered charities.

C$854k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
Regions reached
C$125k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k2 grants · C$9k
  • C$10k–50k16 grants · C$215k
  • C$50k–250k9 grants · C$630k
C$15,000
Median grant
3
Regions reached
C$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY LIVING TORONTOC$125,000
CAMPFIRE CIRCLEC$105,000
WINDMILL MICROLENDINGC$100,000
KOHAI EDUCATIONAL CENTREC$50,000
PATHWAYS TO EDUCATIONC$50,000
BRANKSOME HALLC$50,000
UNITED WAY TORONTOC$50,000
HEADWATERS HEALTH CARE FOUNDATIONC$50,000
VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES FOR CANADAC$50,000
CANADIAN STAGEC$25,000
HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF CANADAC$25,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSEC$20,000
THE STRATFORD FESTIVALC$20,000
ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$15,000
SICKKIDS FOUNDATIONC$10,000
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$5.1M · 33 repeat orgsC$286k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

33 repeat relationships — 24 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
17

Total granted

C$5.1M
C$228k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+13%

Still filing today

97%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$59k 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

  • CL
    Community Living Toronto
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$826k · revenue +33%
  • WM
    WINDMILL MICROLENDING
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$480k · revenue +330%
  • PT
    PATHWAYS TO EDUCATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$330k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE STRATFORD SHAKESPEREAN FESTIVAL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$80k · revenue +47%
  • IR
    INDIAN RIVER MEDICAL RESEARCH - CLEVELAND
    one grant, 2021 · C$28k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
    one grant, 2023 · C$25k · revenue +13%

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
Toronto Festival of Arts Culture and Creativity

The festival operating under the trade name Luminato presents an annual multi-disciplinary arts festival in Toronto each June. We present both free and ticketed events in theatre classical and contemporary music dance and visual arts by…

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3
Siminovitch Theatre Foundation

The Siminovitch Prize Foundation celebrates inspires convenes and connects theatre artists on a national stage across disciplines geography and language groups. Its portfolio of programs helps groundbreaking artists thrive creatively and…

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4
Toronto Arts Foundation

Provides finanical support to artists and arts organizations in toronto. offers awards ad commissions recognizing artistic excellence. administers donor-directed funds and special initiatives supporting public engagement artist recognition…

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5
Canadian Opera Foundation

Canadian Opera Foundation acquires holds and applies funds to assist in the development of the Canadian Opera Company and any successor organization as determined by the Board of Directors.

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6
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Foundation

The toronto rehabilitation institute foundation's mission is to raise grant and steward funds to support the mission of the toronto rehabilitation institute (which is part of the university health network) to develop solutions for people…

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7
University Health Network / RÉSeau Universitaire De SantÉ

University health network/réseau universitaire de santé ('uhn'0 is canada's largest healthcare reaserach organization. our primary value is the needs of patients come first. uhn operates four hospitals. these hospitals are separately…

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8
The Hospital for Sick Children

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is a health-care community dedicated to improving the health of children. Our mission is to provide the best in family-centred compassionate care to lead in scientific and clinical advancement and…

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9
Sunnybrook Research Institute

Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) is the research arm of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center (SHSC) a teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. The vision of SRI is to invent the future of health care. Our main…

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10
Mozart Project

The Mozart Project is a nationally recognized charitable organization inspired by the universality accessibility diversity and beauty of Mozart’s vast repertoire. The Mozart Project operates the Toronto Mozart Players a professional…

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11
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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12
The Toronto Symphony Foundation

The Toronto Symphony Foundation (TSF) was incorporated to aid the Toronto Symphony in the advancement of Orchestral Music. The TSF receives administers and invests gifts and makes annual distributions to The Toronto Symphony.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Branksome Hall. 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

49 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. 49 of the 53 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/49
Grantees still filing
35/49
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 budgetCommunity Living Toronto — C$825,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWINDMILL MICROLENDING — C$480,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetPATHWAYS TO EDUCATION — C$330,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY TORONTO — C$310,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCAMPFIRE CIRCLE — C$295,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBRANKSOME HALL — C$268,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHEADWATERS HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION — C$225,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetKOHAI EDUCATIONAL CENTRE — C$220,000 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetHORATIO ALGER — C$200,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetTORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FOUND — C$155,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt. Michael's Hospital Foundation — C$145,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION — C$141,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE STRATFORD FESTIVAL — C$125,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTrans Canada Trail Foundation — C$123,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetWILFRED LAURIER UNIVERSITY — C$100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALEDON COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$90,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE STRATFORD SHAKESPEREAN FESTIVAL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION — C$80,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVARIETY VILLAGE — C$80,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION — C$75,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS UP FRONT FOUNDATION — C$65,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCANADIAN STAGE — C$50,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES FOR CANADA — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGrace Church on-the-hill — C$50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRonald McDonald House — C$50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHAW FESTIVAL — C$45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE — C$40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA — C$40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOULPEPPER — C$30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Gallery of Canada Foundation — C$30,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBRUCE TRAIL CONSERVANCY — C$27,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANTALA CHOIR — C$25,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetOmega Foundation — C$20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetJRDF CANADA — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKEWAY CHARITABLE SOCIETY — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArthritis Research Foundation — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMASSEY HALL & ROY THOMPSON HALL — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Royal Conservatory of Music — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario — C$6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWHISTLER HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROW'S THEATRE — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA — C$3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Scott Mission — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Readings at Harbourfront — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOakville Hospital Foundation — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA — C$2,000 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.

  • Who funds Community Living Toronto ↗
  • Who funds WINDMILL MICROLENDING ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS TO EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds CAMPFIRE CIRCLE ↗
  • Who funds BRANKSOME HALL ↗
  • Who funds HEADWATERS HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KOHAI EDUCATIONAL CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds HORATIO ALGER ↗
  • Who funds TORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FOUND ↗
  • Who funds St. Michael's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE STRATFORD FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds Trans Canada Trail Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WILFRED LAURIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CALEDON COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds THE STRATFORD SHAKESPEREAN FESTIVAL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VARIETY VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION ↗
  • Who funds KIDS UP FRONT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN STAGE ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES FOR CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Grace Church on-the-hill ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House ↗
  • Who funds THE SHAW FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds SOULPEPPER ↗
  • Who funds National Gallery of Canada Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BRUCE TRAIL CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds CANTALA CHOIR ↗
  • Who funds Omega Foundation ↗
  • Who funds JRDF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds MAKEWAY CHARITABLE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Arthritis Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗

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.

Toronto FoundationThe Henry White Kinne…R. Howard Webster Fou…Weston Family Foundat…Jackman FoundationAqueduct FoundationThe McLean FoundationNick & Lynn Ross Char…Jewish Foundation of …Canada GivesBurgundy Legacy Found…D & G Estey Family Fo…
Toronto FoundationON15.8× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toronto Foundation · The Henry White Kinnear Foundation · R. Howard Webster Foundation / Fondation R. Howard Webster · Weston Family Foundation / Fondation de la famille Weston · Jackman Foundation · Aqueduct Foundation · The McLean Foundation · Nick & Lynn Ross Charitable Foundation · Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto · Canada Gives · Burgundy Legacy Foundation · D & G Estey Family 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 53 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 2024-09-30, 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 867654758:2024-09-30 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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