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Stellarton, NS · Private foundation

The Sobey Foundation

Foundation made donations to other registered charities during the year.

C$2.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
Regions reached
C$1.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k2 grants · C$5k
  • C$10k–50k1 grant · C$12k
  • C$50k–250k2 grants · C$468k
  • C$250k+4 grants · C$2.2M
C$243,894
Median grant
3
Regions reached
C$78M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CANADA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$1,000,000
CITIZENS FOR A HEALTHY PICTOU COUNTYC$545,000
DECOSTE ENTERTAINMENT CENTREC$450,000
SHIP HECTOR SOCIETYC$250,000
TOWN OF NEW GLASGOWC$243,894
VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES - NOVA SCOTIAC$223,610
UNITED WAY OF PICTOU COUNTYC$12,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER SAINT JOHNC$3,500
UNITED WAY OF COLCHESTER COUNTYC$1,500
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

Your giving at home — 79% of grant dollars (C$17M). The 21% that went abroad (C$4.7M) is mapped below.

Beyond home — 21% of all-years giving (C$4.7M)

0 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore

International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same T3010 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.

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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$18M · 28 repeat orgsC$3.9M to everyone else

28 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
29

Total granted

C$18M
C$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+30%

Still filing today

79%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$1.5M 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

  • SM
    ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2019–2023 · C$5.0M · revenue +5%
  • NS
    Nova Scotia Community College
    4× · 2017–2020 · C$2.0M · revenue +26%
  • QH
    QEII HEALTH SERVICES CENTRE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2022 · C$500k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • CF
    CITIZEN FOR A HEALTHY PICTOU COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · C$575k
  • LE
    Landmark East School
    one grant, 2017 · C$300k
  • SH
    SHIP HECTOR SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · C$250k

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
Cobequid Community Health Centre Foundation

The Cobequid Foundation raises much needed funds and grants these funds to the Nova Scotia Health Authority - Central Zone for the purpose of supporting the capital equipment needs of the Cobequid Community Health Centre. This fundraising…

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2
North York General Hospital Foundation

North york general hospital foundation raises and stewards funds for north york general hospital to purhase medical and capital improvements and support the hospital program and staff training and education. with the foundation's funding…

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3
Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation
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4
The Janeway Children's Hospital Foundation

The Foundation raises funds to meet the capital (equipment and infrastructure) research educational and programming needs of the Janeway Children's Hospital in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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5
The Maritime Heart Center

The Maritime Heart Center is a non-profit organization that was incorporated in 1977 under the Nova Scotia Societies Act.Its mandate is to provide world class care to patients in the Maritimes with cardiovascular disease and to be an…

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6
Bluewater Health Foundation

Bluewater Health Foundation raises funds for the hospital group known as Bluewater Health. These funds are spent on capital projects and to facilitate the acquisition of leading edge equipment and technology and the provision of programs…

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7
I W K Health Centre Charitable Foundation

The IWK Health Centre Charitable Foundation was established to raise and receive funds to enhance and promote the health care of children women and families; to support excellence in patient care and to support development of the IWK…

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8
Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation Inc.

The SJRH Foundation raises funds to support excellence and innovation in healthcare through priority projects in support of the Saint John Regional Hospital as well as mental health projects in research education and community services in…

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9
The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation

SickKids Foundation has been inspiring our communities since 1972 to invest in improving the lives of children and their families. Donor support is a critical source of funding for the Hospital for Sick Children and in recent years has…

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10
La Fondation De L'hÔPital GÉNÉRal De MontrÉAl the MontrÉAl General Hospital Foundation

Distribute funds to the benefit of the montreal general hospital mcgill university health centre and affiliated entities of mcgill university academic health centre and other organizations of the quebec health network for equipment…

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11
United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes

United Way of Halifax Region invests in community development and initiatives to build our extraordinary community as a leader and facilitator. We create relationships establish networks build on individual strengths and work to ensure…

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12
Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation

Radiothon; festival of the greens & because you care fundraisers; conducted direct mail campaign for specific equipment for the nova scotia health authority. received memorial donations and endowments.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ymca of Southwestern New Brunswick Inc. and the most unlike its peers is Ballet Jorgen Canada. 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

42 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. 42 of the 59 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/42
Grantees still filing
29/42
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 budgetST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY — C$5,000,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNova Scotia Community College — C$2,000,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDECOSTE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE — C$1,300,000 over 2y, 80% of budgetST MARTHA'S REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$1,000,000 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetQEII HEALTH SERVICES CENTRE FOUNDATION — C$500,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSHIP HECTOR SOCIETY — C$500,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetACADIA UNIVERSITY — C$500,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer Research — C$450,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetVICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES - NOVA SCOTIA — C$447,220 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA - Halifax — C$300,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTrans Canada Trail — C$240,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetLahey Clinic, Canadian Foundation — C$200,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetNorth York Harvest Food Bank — C$150,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Greater Halifax (canadahelps.org) — C$145,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCANADA'S BALLET JORGEN — C$125,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCHILDRENS WISH FOUNDAITON — C$120,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFounation de la Cathedrale de Notre Dame — C$120,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetSainte Justine Hospital Foundation — C$100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MONCTON HOSPITAL — C$100,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PICTOU — C$96,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetLE CLUB RECREATIF DE GRAND DIGUE INC. — C$50,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetEaster Seals NS — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCANADIAN RED CROSS — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanadian Association for Community Living — C$50,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetGreater St. John Field House Campaign — C$50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetThe Discovery Centre — C$40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PEI — C$25,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetYM-YWCA of Greater St. John — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PEI — C$16,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetVIOLA'S PLACE — C$15,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetKINSMEN CLUB OF NEW GLASGOW — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLAING HOUSE — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUnited Way of Colchester County — C$9,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY — C$6,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetAbercrombie Volunteer Fire Department — C$5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetPictou County 4H — C$5,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetBlack Loyalist Heritage Soceity — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNS Youth Orchestra — C$5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetLEBANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — C$5,000 over 1y, 26% 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 ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Nova Scotia Community College ↗
  • Who funds DECOSTE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds ST MARTHA'S REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds QEII HEALTH SERVICES CENTRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHIP HECTOR SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ACADIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Alzheimer Research ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES - NOVA SCOTIA ↗
  • Who funds YWCA - Halifax ↗
  • Who funds Trans Canada Trail ↗
  • Who funds Lahey Clinic, Canadian Foundation ↗
  • Who funds North York Harvest Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Club of Greater Halifax (canadahelps.org) ↗
  • Who funds CANADA'S BALLET JORGEN ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS WISH FOUNDAITON ↗
  • Who funds Founation de la Cathedrale de Notre Dame ↗
  • Who funds Sainte Justine Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE MONCTON HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF PICTOU ↗
  • Who funds LE CLUB RECREATIF DE GRAND DIGUE INC. ↗
  • Who funds Easter Seals NS ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN RED CROSS ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Association for Community Living ↗
  • Who funds Greater St. John Field House Campaign ↗

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.

The Medavie Foundatio…River Philip Foundati…United Way Maritimes/…The Community Foundat…The Windsor FoundationThe David and Faye So…Harrison McCain Found…J and W Murphy Founda…Saint Mary's Universi…United Way of Colches…The Community Foundat…United Way of Cape Br…
The Medavie Foundation Inc. / la Fondation Medavie Inc.NB15.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Medavie Foundation Inc. / la Fondation Medavie Inc. · River Philip Foundation · United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes · The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society · The Windsor Foundation · The David and Faye Sobey Foundation · Harrison McCain Foundation · J and W Murphy Foundation · Saint Mary's University · United Way of Colchester County · The Community Foundation of Prince Edward Island Inc · United Way of Cape Breton County

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 59 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 advancing education.

Source object 119254472:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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