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Peterborough, ON · Private foundation

The Peterborough Foundation

The foundation maintained funds and applied all or part there of for religious charitable or educational purposes within the county of peterborough

C$155k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$23k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k19 grants · C$86k
  • C$10k–50k4 grants · C$69k
C$5,198
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAMP KAWARTHAC$22,820
MCMASTER UNIVERSITYC$15,320
SHOWPLACE PERFORMANCE CENTREC$15,320
ART GALLERY OF PETERBOROUGHC$15,320
ART SCHOOL OF PETERBOROUGHC$8,000
HOSPICE PETERBOROUGHC$7,660
PETERBOROUGH REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATIONC$7,660
FOURTN LINE THEATRE COMPANY OF PETERBOROUGHC$7,500
DEAF BLIND ONTARIO FOUNDATIONC$7,500
MAPLERIDGE RECREATION CENTREC$6,628
PETERBOROUGH THEATRE GUILDC$6,202
REFRAME FILM FESTIVALC$5,198
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF PETERBOROUGHC$5,000
ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCHC$4,720
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PETERBOROUGH + KAWARTHA REGIONC$4,000
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$566k · 28 repeat orgsC$170k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +8% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 14 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
23

Total granted

C$566k
C$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+8%

Still filing today

100%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$38k 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

  • SP
    SHOWPLACE PERFORMANCE CENTRE
    5× · 2017–2024 · C$75k · revenue +12%
  • CK
    CAMP KAWARTHA
    4× · 2018–2024 · C$68k · revenue +14%
  • AG
    ART GALLERY OF PETERBOROUGH
    4× · 2021–2024 · C$56k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • CK
    CAMP KAWZRTHA
    one grant, 2023 · C$14k
  • TC
    THE CANADIAN CANOE MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · C$10k · revenue -65%
  • HU
    HEADS UP FOR INCLUSION
    one grant, 2021 · C$10k · revenue -41%

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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Peterborough Folk Festival

The peterborough folk festival's mandate is to foster the artistic and professional development of local culture. the organization produces performing arts festival to educate and advance the public's understanding and appreciation of…

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2
Peterborough Regional Health Centre

Peterborough regional health centre is a public hospital providing care for peterborough and the surrounding areas.

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3
Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network
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4
Peterborough Community Housing Development Corporation
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5
Peterborough Camping Services
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6
Council for Persons With Disabilities (Peterborough)

Community Outreach Programs Dedicated To Improving The Quality Of Life For All Persons With Disabilities By Promoting Equal Opportunity In All Aspects Of Life.

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7
United Way Peterborough & District

United way peterborough & district provides funding to 20 partner agencies enabling them to provide multiple programs and services to the communtiy. moving people from poverty to possibility and building strong & healthy communities are…

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8
Peterborough Patriots Sports Club
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9
Peterborough Green-Up Association

Workshops and clinics on environmental topics – peterborough environmental assessments on households and businesses climate change educational programs ecology park’s plant sales resource centre and environmental store peterborough…

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10
Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame

Establishment of a visual area in main body of hall building where students researchers and the public can access historical data electronically. expansion of displays as hall of fame floor area increased in 2007. hall continues to…

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11
Peterborough Public Library Foundation

To help in the maintenance and operation of the peterborough public library and the promotion of the educational work of the peterborough public library through the funding of equipment staff research and programs and by raising funds and…

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12
Scarborough Players

Providing public theatre performances training individuals in performing arts

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trent Centre for Community Based Education Inc. and the most unlike its peers is St. Joseph's At Fleming. 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

52 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. 52 of the 60 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
35/52
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 budgetSHOWPLACE PERFORMANCE CENTRE — C$74,631 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetCAMP KAWARTHA — C$67,795 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetART GALLERY OF PETERBOROUGH — C$56,300 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMCMASTER UNIVERSITY — C$56,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPETERBOROUGH REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATION — C$55,150 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetREFRAME PETERBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — C$32,198 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetHOSPICE PETERBOROUGH — C$30,950 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPETERBOROUGH THEATRE GUILD — C$18,202 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetYWCA Peterborough Haliburton — C$13,687 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFIVE COUNTIES CHILDREN'S CENTRE — C$13,595 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MOUNT COMMUNITY CENTRE — C$13,367 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetART SCHOOL OF PETERBOROUGH — C$13,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetDEAF BLIND ONTARIO SERVICES FOUNDATION — C$12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYES SHELTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES — C$11,365 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMAPLERIDGE RECREATION CENTRE — C$10,128 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetST.JOSEPH'S AT FLEMING — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CANADIAN CANOE MUSEUM — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEADS UP FOR INCLUSION — C$10,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetAlternatives Community Program Services — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY COUNSELLING AND RESOURCE CENTRE — C$9,291 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTrent University — C$9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW STAGES PETERBOROUGH — C$8,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetPETERBOROUGH MUSICFEST INC. — C$7,994 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMARKET HALL PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE — C$7,815 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetKAWATHA-HALIBURTON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — C$7,627 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetKAWARTHA YOUTH ORCHESTRA — C$7,550 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetFOURTN LINE THEATRE COMPANY OF PETERBOROUGH — C$7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDEAF BLIND ONTARIO FOUNDATION — C$7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGreater Peterborough Health Services Foundation — C$7,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetBedford House — C$6,900 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTRENT VALLEY ARCHIVES — C$6,850 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetSCLAEIR HOUSE — C$6,323 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPETERBOROUGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — C$5,830 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetARTSPACE — C$5,040 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPublic Energy Performing Arts — C$5,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetANCIENT FOREST EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH — C$5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNEW CANADIANS CENTRE PETERBOROUGH — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF PETERBOROUGH — C$5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetYMCA OF CENTRAL EAST ONTARIO — C$4,992 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH — C$4,720 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Peterborough Singers — C$4,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetVICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES P — C$4,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY PETERBOROUGH + KAWARTHA REGION — C$4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONE ROOF COMMUNITY CENTRE — C$4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPETERBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY — C$3,150 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPeterborough Social Planning Council — C$2,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION CANADA — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS LAKEFIELD — C$2,000 over 1y, 4.0% 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.

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.

Community Foundation …United Way Peterborou…Pilkington-Henniger C…Lloyd Carr-Harris Fou…Congregation of the S…Otto and Marie Pick F…Kymar FoundationLink Charity Canada I…Emmanuel United ChurchThe Gainey FoundationRemembering Otto and …J.P. Bickell Foundati…
Community Foundation of Greater PeterboroughON43.6× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough · United Way Peterborough & District · Pilkington-Henniger Charitable Trust · Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation · Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada · Otto and Marie Pick Foundation · Kymar Foundation · Link Charity Canada Inc · Emmanuel United Church · The Gainey Foundation · Remembering Otto and Marie Pick Charitable Foundation · J.P. Bickell 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 60 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 119251031:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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