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Listowel, ON · Private foundation

The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation

Supported educational institutions and registered charitable organizations that work primarily within the Waterloo region

C$345k
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$61k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k19 grants · C$87k
  • C$10k–50k11 grants · C$141k
  • C$50k–250k2 grants · C$117k
C$6,000
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$8.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITYC$61,000
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOOC$55,500
KIDS ABILITYC$23,500
THE FOOD BANK OF WATERLOO REGIONC$18,275
CHILD WITNESS CENTREC$15,000
CAMBRIDGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$11,000
FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES WATERLOOC$11,000
GRAND RIVER HOSPICE FOUNDATIONC$11,000
ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$11,000
CONESTOGA COLLEGEC$10,500
THEMUSEUMC$10,000
SOUTHWEST ONTARIO ABORIGINAL HEALTH ACCESS CENTREC$10,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WATERLOO REGIONC$10,000
BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS OF WATERLOO REGIONC$8,500
LYRICAL LINES EDUCATION NETWORKC$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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$2.1M · 38 repeat orgsC$45k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships — 29 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

38
3

Total granted

C$2.1M
C$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+83%

Still filing today

87%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$26k 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

  • WL
    WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$413k · revenue +22%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$359k · revenue +31%
  • KA
    KIDS ABILITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$107k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST. MARYS GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$10k · revenue +83%
  • NS
    NATIONAL SERVICE DOGS
    one grant, 2022 · C$5k · revenue -11%
  • HO
    Hospice of Waterloo Region
    one grant, 2017 · C$4k

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
Waterloo Region District School Board

Issuance of scholarships to waterloo region students

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4
Family and Children's Services of the Waterloo Region Employ
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5
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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6
Waterloo Regional Crime Stoppers
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7
Waterloo Region Family Network

Waterloo region network supports families of children youth and adults with special needs both with and without a diagnosis in waterloo region prviding resources and facilitating meaningful connections in all life stages. as a…

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8
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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9
Junior Achievement of Waterloo Region Foundation
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10
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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11
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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12
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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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 The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. 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

41 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. 41 of the 44 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/41
Grantees still filing
29/41
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 budgetWILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY — C$413,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO — C$359,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS ABILITY — C$107,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetGRAND RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$92,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES WATERLOO — C$82,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetCHILD WITNESS CENTRE — C$80,300 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCONESTOGA COLLEGE — C$75,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP MCGOVERN — C$65,260 over 7y, 8.2% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF WATERLOO REGION — C$59,275 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS OF WATERLOO REGION — C$59,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY WATERLOO — C$47,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ARCHIEVEMENT — C$46,800 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetST. MARYS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$45,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetLYRICAL LINES EDUCATION NETWORK — C$45,000 over 8y, 22% of budgetCAMBRIDGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$35,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS LISTOWEL — C$33,000 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetHOSPICE OF WATERLOO REGION — C$29,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKITCHENER-WATERLOO SYMPHONY — C$27,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP — C$27,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNUTRITION FOR LEARNING — C$25,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWOOLWICH COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$25,225 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetJohn Howard Society of Waterloo-Wellington — C$25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSUNBEAM RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE — C$25,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — C$21,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WATERLOO REGION — C$20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRension University College — C$18,260 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetK-W KIWANIS MUSIC COMPETITION — C$17,000 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetKITCHENER PUBLIC LIBRARY — C$17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWATERLOO REGION SUICIDE PREVENTION COUNCIL — C$15,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetST. PAUL'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE — C$12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides — C$12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSEND-EM OFF SMILING — C$12,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetTHEMUSEUM — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST ONTARIO ABORIGINAL HEALTH ACCESS CENTRE — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRAYTON ENTERTAINMENT YOUTH ACADEMY — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST. MARYS GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY JUSTICE INITIATIVES — C$9,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD4KIDS WATERLOO REGION — C$6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIONS FOUNDATION OF CANADA DOG GUIDES — C$5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SERVICE DOGS — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ↗
  • Who funds KIDS ABILITY ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES WATERLOO ↗
  • Who funds CHILD WITNESS CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds CONESTOGA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CAMP MCGOVERN ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD BANK OF WATERLOO REGION ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS OF WATERLOO REGION ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WATERLOO ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ARCHIEVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds ST. MARYS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LYRICAL LINES EDUCATION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS LISTOWEL ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF WATERLOO REGION ↗
  • Who funds KITCHENER-WATERLOO SYMPHONY ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP ↗
  • Who funds NUTRITION FOR LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds WOOLWICH COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds John Howard Society of Waterloo-Wellington ↗
  • Who funds SUNBEAM RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WATERLOO REGION ↗
  • Who funds Rension University College ↗
  • Who funds K-W KIWANIS MUSIC COMPETITION ↗
  • Who funds KITCHENER PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds WATERLOO REGION SUICIDE PREVENTION COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds ST. PAUL'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides ↗
  • Who funds SEND-EM OFF SMILING ↗
  • Who funds THEMUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST ONTARIO ABORIGINAL HEALTH ACCESS CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds DRAYTON ENTERTAINMENT YOUTH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ST. MARYS GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY JUSTICE INITIATIVES ↗

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…The Lyle Shantz Hallm…Cambridge & North Dum…The May Court Club of…The Cowan FoundationKitchener-Conestoga R…The Savvas Chamberlai…Astley Family Foundat…Abundance CanadaThe Manfred & Penny C…Social Venture Partne…
Waterloo Region Community FoundationON28.3× affinity28 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 · The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation · Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Foundation · The May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloo · The Cowan Foundation · Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund · The Savvas Chamberlain Family Foundation · Astley Family Foundation · Abundance Canada · The Manfred & Penny Conrad Family Foundation · Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region

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 44 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 888310265:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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