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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

The Sharp Foundation

The charity makes donations to other charitable organizations.

C$3.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$2.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k4 grants · C$9k
  • C$10k–50k17 grants · C$243k
  • C$50k–250k3 grants · C$375k
  • C$250k+2 grants · C$3.1M
C$10,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$54M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAYCREST CENTER FOUNDATIONC$2,000,000
UJA FEDERATION OF GREATER TORONTOC$1,069,410
CANADIAN FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIROC$200,000
HUGH'S ROOM FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC.C$100,000
HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF CANADAC$75,000
HILLEL ONTARIOC$40,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTOC$25,000
THE JEWISH FOUNDATION OF MANITOBAC$18,000
CANADIAN FRIENDS ISRAEL DOG CENTERC$15,000
CANADIAN FRIENDS OF HAIFA UNIVERSITYC$15,000
GARDINER MUSEUMC$15,000
THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWSC$15,000
THE CANADIAN SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$10,000
MIDGAL OHRC$10,000
FINCA CANADAC$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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$13M · 32 repeat orgsC$3.3M to everyone else

32 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
33

Total granted

C$13M
C$842k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+39%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$2.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
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

  • SH
    SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · C$6.0M · revenue +84%
  • OC
    ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
    5× · 2017–2021 · C$3.3M · revenue +49%
  • UF
    UJA FEDERATION OF GREATER TORONTO
    2× · 2017–2024 · C$1.3M · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • CF
    Canadian Friends of Hewbrew Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$500k · revenue +64%
  • JF
    Jewish Foundation of Greater Torontograduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$200k · revenue +144%
  • SN
    SICK NOT WEAK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · C$50k · revenue -69% · 35% of their budget

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
Israel Cancer Research Fund (Toronto)

The israel cancer research fund (toronto) provides funds to aid in the research of cancer in all phases: causes detection diagnosis treatment cure and care.

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2
The Zahavy Family Foundation

Support of jewish education and institutions

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3
Les Amis Canadiens de l'Université de Tel Aviv Inc. CanadianFriends of Tel Aviv University Inc.

From our offices in montreal and toronto canadian friends of tel aviv university (cftau) organizes events and activities from coast to coast with an for a alumni past attendees and friends of tel aviv university (tau) and provide direct…

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4
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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5
Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation

To educate and increase the public's understanding and appreciation of the arts by conserving and exhibiting works of art and otherwise making them available to the public; to educate and increase canadians' israelis' and the public's…

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6
The Lynn and Brent Belzberg Foundation

The foundation makes donations to qualified charities. the largest donations in 2024 were to sinai health foundation queen's university united isreal appeal and forest hill jewish centre.

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7
The Dr. Charles H. Best Foundation

Provides scholarship funds for medical research at the university of toronto.

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8
Israel Cancer Research Fund Fondation D'israËL Pour La Recherche Sur Le Cancer

To provide funds to aid the cause of cancer research in canada and israel.

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9
Canadian Friends of Yeshiva Beth Hillel Bnai Brak

Scholarships granted to qualified applicants related to post-graduate studies

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10
The Canadian Jewish Educational Fund

The charity provides scholarships and promotes the study of judaism carrying out educational programming both in and out of schools, intensive study workshops and teacher training in biblical studies.

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11
York University Foundation - Fondation De L'universite York
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12
Israel Magen Fund of Canada

The mission of the Israel Magen Fund of Canada is to identify and support projects for qualified institutions in Israel and globally that require humanitarian aid medical assistance and physical and mental health care.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto and the most unlike its peers is Three to Be. 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

80 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. 80 of the 83 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/80
Grantees still filing
43/80
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 budgetSINAI HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — C$6,002,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN — C$3,324,358 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBAYCREST CENTER FOUNDATION — C$2,000,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetUJA FEDERATION OF GREATER TORONTO — C$1,319,410 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art — C$621,750 over 3y, 14% of budgetCamp Oochigeas — C$600,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCanadian Friends of Hewbrew University — C$500,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetAshkenaz Foundation — C$349,140 over 2y, 25% of budgetShaarei Shomayim Congregation — C$208,080 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetJewish Foundation of Greater Toronto — C$200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCANADIAN FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO — C$200,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF CANADA — C$170,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetHUGH'S ROOM FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC. — C$100,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTO — C$85,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRYERSON UNIVERSITY — C$80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM — C$75,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetHarold Green Jewish Theatre Company — C$75,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetOpera Atelier Theatre Society — C$70,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSICK NOT WEAK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetTORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL ONTARIO — C$40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLORAN SCHOLARS FOUNDATION — C$30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCanadian Society for Yad Vashem — C$20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetKehilla Residential Programme — C$20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCANADIAN FRIENDS OF HAIFA UNIVERSITY — C$20,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION OF MANITOBA — C$18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANADIAN FRIENDS ISRAEL DOG CENTER — C$15,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetThe Jerusalem Foundation of Canada — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE GLENN GOULD FOUNDATION — C$12,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEZER MIZION CANADA — C$11,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE YORK SCHOOL — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN FRIENDS OF SHALVA — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAga Khan Foundation Canada — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA CANADA — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION OF CANADA — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJewish National Fund of Canada — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThree to be — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPOST 21 FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Canada — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEN-GURION UNIVERSITY CANADA — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGood Foot Support Services — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CANADIAN SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDUFFERIN-PEEL CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD — C$7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBridgepoint Foundation — C$7,400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetArthur & Margaret Weisz Family Foundation — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCANADIAN FRIENDS OF BETH HATALMUD — C$4,500 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetToronto Jewish Film Foundation — C$4,500 over 3y, 0.2% 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.

Jewish Foundation of …The Azrieli Foundatio…Toronto FoundationThe Gerald Schwartz &…Larry and Judy Tanenb…The Linda Frum & Howa…The Asper FoundationGerald Sheff & Shanit…United Jewish Appeal …The Jack Weinbaum Fam…Wagner Green Family T…The Hennick Family Fo…
Jewish Foundation of Greater TorontoON23.3× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto · The Azrieli Foundation/La Fondation Azrieli · Toronto Foundation · The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation · Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation · The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation · The Asper Foundation · Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Family Foundation · United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto · The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation · Wagner Green Family Trust · The Hennick 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 83 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 871083622:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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