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Woodbridge, ON · Private foundation

The Schad Foundation

Made qualifying disbursements to grantee organizations.

C$3.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
Regions reached
C$1.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your 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$10k16 grants · C$41k
  • C$10k–50k16 grants · C$289k
  • C$50k–250k12 grants · C$1.1M
  • C$250k+3 grants · C$2.3M
C$13,828
Median grant
5
Regions reached
C$87M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Earth RangersC$1,500,000
Individual grant recipientC$505,000
People's Food InstituteC$255,000
Breakfast Club of CanadaC$185,000
Thousand Islands WatershedC$180,000
Farm to Cafeteria Canada SocietyC$150,000
Toronto Foundation for Student SuccessC$140,000
Community Food Centres CanadaC$75,000
University of TorontoC$70,000
Individual grant recipientC$60,000
Wildlife Conservation SocietyC$50,000
Ontario Turtle Conservation CentreC$50,000
Toronto Wildlife CentreC$50,000
CCNM (Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine)C$50,000
Government of Newfoundland & LabradorC$50,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Where your grant dollars land — at home and around the world.

Which regions your grants reach

Ontario
C$17M
British Columbia
C$870k
Quebec
C$573k
Alberta
C$400k
Saskatchewan
C$310k
Prince Edward Island
C$189k
Manitoba
C$150k
New Brunswick
C$122k
Nova Scotia
C$98k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$85k

Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.

03Your 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$18M · 67 repeat orgsC$2.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +54% since the first grant, against +37% for the ones you funded once.

67 repeat relationships — 27 still active in FY2024, 40 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

67
61

Total granted

C$18M
C$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+37%

Still filing today

87%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$863k 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

  • ER
    Earth Rangers
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$9.0M · revenue +29% · 33% of their budget
  • CP
    CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$1.7M · revenue +252%
  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Society
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$510k · revenue +182%

Funded once

  • SD
    SAYISI DENE FIRST NATION
    one grant, 2021 · C$125k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · C$100k
  • NU
    Nature United (formerly TNC Canada)
    one grant, 2018 · C$100k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

04Your 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
World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial Pour La Nature Can Ada

World Wildlife Fund Canada is a national registered charity formed to collect manage and disburse funds through suitable bodies or individuals for the conservation of fauna flora forests landscape water soils and other natural resources in…

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2
Nature-Based Solutions Foundation

Protecting canada's most endangered ecosystems by acquiring and managing funds to address key funding gaps through: supporting land-embedded communities and qualified donees with grants and facilitating access to other funding sources to…

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3
The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority / Office De Protection De La Nature De Toronto

TRCA works to protect conserve and restore natural resources within its jurisdiction for the benefit of current and future generations. TRCA provides programs and services that support healthy rivers and shorelines sustainable communities…

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4
Freshwater Conservation Canada

Freshwater conservation canada is committed to conserving protecting and restoring canada's freshwater ecosystems and their coldwater resources for current and future generations. programs and projects are delivered by our professional…

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5
World Wildlife Fund Canada Foundation-Fondation Du Fonds Mondial Pour La Nature Canada

The Foundation is a registered Canadian charitable foundation and is the legal body responsible for administering assets donated to be held in trust and other capital funds designated by the Board of Directors. Funds are provided to World…

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6
Canadian Wildlife Federation/FÉDÉRation Canadienne De La Faune

Cwf’s mission is to conserve and inspire the conservation of canada’s wildlife and habitat for the use and enjoyment of all through research direct programming education and advocacy. cwf is recognized for our leadership in bringing…

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7
Bird Ecology and Conservation Ontario

1. Research to advance the conservation of songbird species at risk in agricultural landscapes; and 2. Research to improve our understanding of the distribution abundance and productivity of songbird species at risk.

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8
Nova Scotia Nature Trust

Programs designed to: (1) educate and encourage landowners to preserve land in Nova Scotia and to build awareness of land conservation and (2) provide permanent conservation and stewardship of ecologically significant natural landscape.

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9
Sci Canada Foundation

Conservation efforts through conducting surveys anti-poaching programs predation studies wildlife restoration and harvest initiatives programs education through scholarship programs for college students apprentice hunter programs support…

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10
Earthroots Fund

Earthroots fund works to promote the protection of canada's wilderness wildlife and watersheds through research and public education

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11
Foundation for Canadian Parks and Wilderness

The foundation: -manages an endowment fund to support the canadian parks and wilderness society; -promotes the conservation of natural land and marine ecosystems in canada through public education scientific studies and protections:…

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12
The Canadian Council On Ecological Areas - Le Conseil Canadien Des Aires ÉCologiques

The canadian council on ecological areas (ccea) is a national leader in providing evidence-based guidance in the establishment and management of a comprehensive network of ecological areas to contribute to the conservation and restoration…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nature United/ Nature Unie and the most unlike its peers is Cornerstone Standards Council. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

103 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. 103 of the 147 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
102/103
Grantees still filing
78/103
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 budgetEarth Rangers — C$9,003,000 over 8y, 33% of budgetCANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY — C$1,697,167 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society — C$510,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetPeople's Food Institute — C$480,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetNature Conservancy of Canada Spring Grant — C$440,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetToronto Wildlife Centre — C$400,600 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetToronto Foundation for Sturdent Success — C$390,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA — C$330,000 over 5y, 57% of budgetCCNM (Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine) — C$295,000 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetWildlands League — C$260,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetDucks Unlimited — C$250,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFarm to Cafeteria Canada Society — C$250,000 over 2y, 58% of budgetBreakfast Club of Canada — C$245,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNATURE SASKATCHEWAN — C$230,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetCONSIEL DE LA NATION ATIKAMEKW — C$225,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetEnvironment Defence Canada — C$215,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetTNC Canada — C$200,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetOntario Turtle Conservation Centre — C$185,000 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetIsland Nature Trust (MCPEI) — C$180,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetThousand Islands Watershed — C$180,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS GROUP (ARCTIC PROJECT) — C$168,625 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetTides Canada Foundation — C$150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe York School — C$150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNATURE QUEBEC — C$147,500 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetPembina Institute — C$135,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetEcojustice — C$135,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetYellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) — C$125,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetCommunity Food Centres Canada — C$110,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWildlife Preservation Canada — C$110,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetDena Kayeh Institute — C$100,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetEcology Action Centre — C$90,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCouchiching Conservancy — C$81,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetBear With Us — C$75,000 over 7y, 22% of budgetUniversity of Toronto — C$71,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION COUNCIL NEW BRUNSWICK — C$60,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetMakeWay Charitable Society — C$56,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMackenzie Health Foundation — C$55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATURE QUEBEC — C$52,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCentre for Land Conservation — C$50,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCornerstone Standards Council — C$50,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetHaliburton Highlands Land Trust — C$45,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetGuelph Community Health Centre — C$45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUpper Thames River Conservation Authority — C$40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetStudent on Ice — C$40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFLAP CANADA — C$35,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetOntario Nature — C$30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGrowing Chefs Ontario — C$30,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCLEAN ECONOMY FUND — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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 Earth Rangers ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds People's Food Institute ↗
  • Who funds Nature Conservancy of Canada Spring Grant ↗
  • Who funds Toronto Wildlife Centre ↗
  • Who funds Toronto Foundation for Sturdent Success ↗
  • Who funds NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds CCNM (Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine) ↗
  • Who funds Wildlands League ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited ↗
  • Who funds Farm to Cafeteria Canada Society ↗
  • Who funds Breakfast Club of Canada ↗
  • Who funds NATURE SASKATCHEWAN ↗
  • Who funds CONSIEL DE LA NATION ATIKAMEKW ↗
  • Who funds Environment Defence Canada ↗
  • Who funds TNC Canada ↗
  • Who funds Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre ↗
  • Who funds Island Nature Trust (MCPEI) ↗
  • Who funds Thousand Islands Watershed ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS GROUP (ARCTIC PROJECT) ↗
  • Who funds Tides Canada Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The York School ↗
  • Who funds NATURE QUEBEC ↗
  • Who funds Pembina Institute ↗
  • Who funds Ecojustice ↗
  • Who funds Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Centres Canada ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Preservation Canada ↗
  • Who funds Dena Kayeh Institute ↗
  • Who funds Ecology Action Centre ↗
  • Who funds Couchiching Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds Bear With Us ↗
  • Who funds University of Toronto ↗

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.

Fondation Écho /Echo …The McLean FoundationNature Canada / Canad…The Sitka FoundationThe Gosling FoundationTd Friends of the Env…Weston Family Foundat…The Consecon Foundati…The Nature Conservanc…Helen McCrea Peacock …Makeway FoundationToronto Foundation
Fondation Écho /Echo FoundationQC23.8× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fondation Écho /Echo Foundation · The McLean Foundation · Nature Canada / Canada Nature · The Sitka Foundation · The Gosling Foundation · Td Friends of the Environment Foundation · Weston Family Foundation / Fondation de la famille Weston · The Consecon Foundation · The Nature Conservancy of Canada/La Societe Canadienne Pour la Conservation de la Nature · Helen McCrea Peacock Foundation · Makeway Foundation · Toronto 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 147 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 890877590:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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