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The Spatz Foundation

The foundation has received donations which it will then donate to organizations in canada that are 'qualified donees'.

C$406k
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
Regions reached
C$142k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k38 grants · C$69k
  • C$10k–50k5 grants · C$95k
  • C$50k–250k2 grants · C$243k
C$1,052
Median grant
5
Regions reached
C$12k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF ATLANTIC CANADAC$142,000
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITYC$100,540
ART GALLERY OF NOVA SCOTIA (CROWN CORPORATIONC$25,000
MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITYC$25,000
CANADA HELPSC$23,561
MAKEWAY CHARITABLE SOCIETYC$11,000
ALZHEIMER SOCIETYC$10,000
HALIFAX GRAMMAR SCHOOLC$7,000
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETYC$6,290
CHESTER PLAYHOUSEC$6,000
HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION OF NOVA SCOTIAC$5,000
NOVA SCOTIA NATURE TRUSTC$5,000
SLOW MOTION FOOD FILM FEST SOCIETYC$5,000
KIDS HELP PHONEC$5,000
HOSPICE HALIFAXC$4,536
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$2.8M · 22 repeat orgsC$305k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +41% since the first grant, against +4% for the ones you funded once.

22 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
8

Total granted

C$2.8M
C$122k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+4%

Still filing today

91%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$183k 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

  • DU
    Dalhousie University
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$1.2M · revenue +41%
  • AJ
    ATLANTIC JEWISH COUNCIL
    4× · 2020–2023 · C$515k · revenue +53% · 43% of their budget
  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION OF CANADA
    4× · 2017–2024 · C$368k · revenue +223%

Funded once

  • AS
    Arthritis Society
    one grant, 2018 · C$45k · revenue +16%
  • TA
    THE ART CANADA INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · C$25k · revenue +4%
  • CS
    Canadian Stem Cell Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · C$10k · revenue -100%

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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Bc Cancer Foundation

The bc cancer foundation is the fundraising partner of bc cancer and the largest charitable funder of cancer research in this province. we enable donors to make contributions to leading-edge research that has a direct impact on…

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2
Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation
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3
The Terry Fox Research Institute

The Terry Fox Research Institute ('TFRI') operates as a virtual institute bringing together multi-disciplinary teams of cancer researchers to work on integrated translational research projects. TFRI manages its research granting programs…

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4
Uhn Foundation

We raise fund for research education and the enhancement of patient care at Toronto General and Western hospitals as well as Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Michener Institute of Education at UHN. Together with our donors we are…

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5
Stand Up to Cancer Canada

Funding of Breast Cancer Research Stem Cell Research Metastatic Cancer Research & Pancreatic Cancer Research.

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6
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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7
Northern Cancer Foundation

The purpose of the foundation is to raise funds which are then disbursed to health sciences north (hsn) and health sciences north research institute (hsnri). amounts received from the foundation are used to fund capital research equipment…

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8
Fondation Brain Canada / Brain Canada Foundation

Brain canada is a national non-profit organization that enables and supports excellent innovative paradigm-changine brain research in canada. it plays a unique and invaluable role as the national convener of the brain research community.…

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9
Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia

conducts research delivers educational programs and publishes materials that advance the public appreciation of and strengthen protections for Nova Scotias built heritage; provides resources that assist the stewards of heritage buildings…

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10
Hamilton Health Sciences Research Organization

The Institute's purpose is to solicit receive manage and distribute funds in respect of the advancement of health science research and education and the improvement of patient care in support of legislated and strategic priorities of…

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11
Prostate Cancer Canada

Prostate Cancer Canada has continued to responsibly invest the generous donations of Canadians to develop the most promising studies and minds Canada has to offer in the field of prostate cancer research. We have continued to ensure the…

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12
Science Atlantic

Coordinate conferences for post-secondary students to present research - coordinate lecture tours of scientists in atlantic canada - present award for outstanding science communication and research to students - facilitate meetings of…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada/Societe De Leucemie & Lymphome Du Canada and the most unlike its peers is Baron De Hirsch Hebrew Benevolent Society. 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 57 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
17/52
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$10kC$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDalhousie University — C$1,200,540 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTIC JEWISH COUNCIL — C$515,000 over 4y, 43% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CANADA — C$367,661 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMount Saint Vincent University — C$200,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF ATLANTIC CANADA — C$142,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetIWK Health Centre Foundation — C$60,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetDARTMOUTH GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$51,052 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetArthritis Society — C$45,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNova Scotia Nature Trust — C$40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF NOVA SCOTIA — C$30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHALIFAX GRAMMAR SCHOOL — C$28,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHESTER THEATRE COUNCIL SOCIETY — C$26,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBRISIS CANADA — C$25,187 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA — C$25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART CANADA INSTITUTE — C$25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJunior Acheivement of Nova Scotia — C$25,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetNEPTUNE THEATRE FOUNDATION — C$21,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHEART & STROKE FOUNDATION OF NOVA SCOTIA — C$15,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetMAKEWAY CHARITABLE SOCIETY — C$11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanadian Stem Cell Foundation — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGOVERNOR GENERAL'S CANADIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetKIDS HELP PHONE — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDiscovery Centre — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSLOW MOTION FOOD FILM FEST SOCIETY — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCANADIAN ZIONIST CULTURAL ASSOCIATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTRANS CANADA TRAIL FOUNDATION — C$8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetQEII HEALTH SCIENCE CENTRE FOUNDATION — C$8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY — C$6,290 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE HALIFAX — C$4,536 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHAAR SHALOM CONGREGATION — C$4,138 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBETH ISREAL SYNAGOGUE — C$3,560 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJUBILEE FUND — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPHOENIX YOOUTH PROGRAM — C$1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHONEST REPORTING — C$1,080 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPENCER HOUSE — C$1,022 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TEMA FOUNDATION — C$1,010 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIDE TO CONQUER CANCER TORONTO — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAN CANADA — C$576 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY OF CANADA — C$542 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOVARIAN CANCER CANADA — C$500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQE II HEALTH SCIENCE CENTRE FOUNDATION — C$494 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND — C$185 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY — C$180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST UNITED CHURCH — C$180 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH — C$103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTERRY FOX FOUNDATION — C$100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

United Way Maritimes/…The Community Foundat…River Philip Foundati…J and W Murphy Founda…Colin and Belle MacDo…The Windsor FoundationThe Medavie Foundatio…Private Giving Founda…The Wadih M. Fares Fa…Black Family Foundati…Wcpd FoundationBenefAction Foundation
United Way Maritimes/Centraide des MaritimesNS16.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes · The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society · River Philip Foundation · J and W Murphy Foundation · Colin and Belle MacDonald Charitable Foundation · The Windsor Foundation · The Medavie Foundation Inc. / la Fondation Medavie Inc. · Private Giving Foundation · The Wadih M. Fares Family Foundation · Black Family Foundation · Wcpd Foundation · BenefAction 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 57 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 826397614:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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