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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

The Sprott Foundation

Ongoing programs provide grants to qualified donees to support initiatives that alleviate poverty by providing housing and food security solutions.

C$11M
Granted FY2024still arriving
69
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$1.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k21 grants · C$52k
  • C$10k–50k12 grants · C$288k
  • C$50k–250k21 grants · C$2.2M
  • C$250k+15 grants · C$8.8M
C$50,000
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$158M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE WOODGREEN FOUNDATIONC$1,500,000
BRANDS FOR CANADA ONTARIOC$1,300,000
COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRES CANADAC$1,000,000
SECOND HARVESTC$800,000
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RESILIENCE FUNDC$750,000
THE STOP COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONC$600,000
FOODSHARE TORONTOC$375,000
COVENANT HOUSE TORONTOC$350,000
JAYS CARE FOUNDATIONC$345,000
BREAKFAST CLUB OF CANADAC$340,000
DAILY BREAD FOOD BANKC$300,000
GLOBALMEDIC (DAVID MCANTONY GIBSON FOUNDATION)C$300,000
PARKDALE QUEEN WEST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTREC$300,000
STREET HEALTH COMMUNITY NURSINGC$300,000
FOOD FOR LIFE CANADAC$250,000
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$93M · 55 repeat orgsC$36M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +83% since the first grant, against +35% for the ones you funded once.

55 repeat relationships — 40 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
98

Total granted

C$93M
C$36M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+35%

Still filing today

96%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$311k 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
    SECOND HARVEST
    6× · 2018–2024 · C$23M · revenue +826%
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRES CANADA
    5× · 2018–2024 · C$16M · revenue +83%
  • BF
    BRANDS FOR CANADA ONTARIO
    6× · 2018–2024 · C$11M · revenue +202% · 99% of their budget

Funded once

  • TG
    Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$22M · revenue +149%
  • WC
    WE Charity (formely Free the Children)
    one grant, 2017 · C$3.5M
  • CR
    Canadian Red Cross
    one grant, 2017 · C$1.4M

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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Toronto Foundation

The purpose of toronto foundation is to create a more fair and justice society where everyone can thrive by mobilizing those with resources and the will to partner with others. the foundation publishes research including the toronto's…

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2
Healthbridge Foundation of Canada

HealthBridge works with partners world-wide to improve health and health equity through research policy and action in the following programming areas: Food and Nutrition: combating hunger and malnutrition and improving food security;…

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3
Streetohome Foundation

Streetohome Foundation is changing lives and building better futures by working with the private sector to broker and leverage new funding innovative ideas and opportunities for collaboration between public and non-profit sectors to…

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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
Leap Pecaut Centre for Social Impact

LEAP Pecaut Centre for Social Impact initiates and leads multi-sector collaborations to tackle some of society’s biggest problems in education employment and health. Over five years taking their needs and stages of development into…

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6
University Health Network / RÉSeau Universitaire De SantÉ

University health network/réseau universitaire de santé ('uhn'0 is canada's largest healthcare reaserach organization. our primary value is the needs of patients come first. uhn operates four hospitals. these hospitals are separately…

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7
Mississauga Foundation

First the Foundation brings donors to the table as community builders helping them formulate and realize their philanthropic goals matching their interest and concerns with community needs and organizations and finding innovative and…

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8
Casey House Foundation

Casey House Foundation raises funds to support exemplary health care and compassionate support at Casey House a hospital unlike any other. As a sub-acute specialty hospital in Toronto they offer comprehensive inpatient and outpatient…

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9
Toronto East Health Network Foundation

Michael Garron Hospital Foundation raises funds and engages our community in support of Michael Garron Hospital a vibrant community teaching hospital serving more than 400 000 people in 22 distinct neighbourhoods in East Toronto. With…

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10
Vancouver Foundation

Vancouver Foundation leverages the generosity of donors towards projects initiatives and organizations working to create meaningful and lasting impact on our communities. We continued delivering a number of grant programs and initiatives…

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11
FOOD4KIDS Toronto

Providing healthy food packages to children aged 4 to 13 in the Toronto region who face food insecurity on weekends and during summer months. The program targets participants with limited or no access to food at home ensuring they receive…

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12
Casey House

Casey House is a sub-acute specialty hospital in Toronto offering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient holistic health care for people living with and at risk of HIV and AIDS. Together with clients staff peers and volunteers Casey House…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Neighbourhood Group Community Services and the most unlike its peers is Contigo International Inc. 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

88 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. 88 of the 165 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)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
85/88
Grantees still filing
65/88
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 budgetSECOND HARVEST — C$22,500,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetToronto General & Western Hospital Foundation — C$21,903,500 over 1y, 17% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD CENTRES CANADA — C$16,100,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetBRANDS FOR CANADA ONTARIO — C$10,660,000 over 6y, 99% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA (INDIGENOUS PEOPLES — C$3,750,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetTHE STOP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$3,451,075 over 6y, 16% of budgetBREAKFAST CLUB OF CANADA — C$2,640,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetFOODSHARE TORONTO — C$2,602,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TORONTO — C$2,550,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetJAYS CARE FOUNDATION — C$2,534,486 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetWE CHARITY (formely Free the Children) — C$2,320,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetEVA'S INITIATIVES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH — C$1,880,125 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetDAILY BREAD FOOD BANK — C$1,855,100 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFOOD FOR LIFE CANADA — C$1,835,000 over 6y, 9.6% of budgetPARKDALE QUEEN WEST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE — C$1,705,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHE WOODGREEN FOUNDATION — C$1,700,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetMAKEWAY CHARITABLE SOCIETY - GAAGIGE ZAAGIBIGAA — C$1,680,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetSTREET HEALTH COMMUNITY NURSING — C$1,620,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetFOOD4KIDS ONTARIO — C$1,227,000 over 5y, 34% of budgetWEENGUSHK FILM INSTITUTE — C$1,088,550 over 6y, 59% of budgetTHE WINNIPEG ART GALLERY — C$1,000,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMAKEWAY FOUNDATION - NORTHERN MANITOBA FOOD CULTURE — C$825,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetCANADIAN FEED THE CHILDREN — C$805,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetCanadian Red Cross — C$788,784 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDAVID MCANTONY GIBSON FOUNDATION — C$770,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetFRED VICTOR — C$725,400 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetHOMES FIRST SOCIETY — C$675,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetST. FELIX SOCIAL MINISTRIES — C$672,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetGROWING NEIGHBOURHOODS FOUNDATION (BUILDING ROOTS) — C$592,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetThe Governing Council of the University of Toronto — C$508,333 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFURNITURE BANK — C$450,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetNEW CIRCLES COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$410,000 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetGUELPH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE (THE SEED) — C$338,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSt. Stephens Community House — C$313,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWISH DROP-IN CENTRE SOCIETY — C$240,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSOCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL OF SUDBURY — C$230,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetST. JOSEPH'S HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATION OF TORONTO — C$200,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTable Soup Kitchen — C$190,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetTHE TORONTO FRENCH SCHOOL FOUNDATION — C$165,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetToronto City Mission — C$125,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTRILLIUM HEALTH PARTNERS FOUNDATION — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetANNAUMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$100,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL — C$100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSTELLA'S PLACE ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT CENTRE — C$100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY — C$95,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetfood4Kids Hamilton Halton — C$60,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetLake Scugog United Church Camp, Inc. — C$50,750 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetSICK KIDS FOUNDATION Innovators — C$50,100 over 6y, 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.

  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST ↗
  • Who funds Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRES CANADA ↗
  • Who funds BRANDS FOR CANADA ONTARIO ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA (INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ↗
  • Who funds THE STOP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BREAKFAST CLUB OF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds FOODSHARE TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds JAYS CARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WE CHARITY (formely Free the Children) ↗
  • Who funds EVA'S INITIATIVES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR LIFE CANADA ↗
  • Who funds PARKDALE QUEEN WEST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds THE WOODGREEN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAKEWAY CHARITABLE SOCIETY - GAAGIGE ZAAGIBIGAA ↗
  • Who funds STREET HEALTH COMMUNITY NURSING ↗
  • Who funds FOOD4KIDS ONTARIO ↗
  • Who funds WEENGUSHK FILM INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE WINNIPEG ART GALLERY ↗
  • Who funds MAKEWAY FOUNDATION - NORTHERN MANITOBA FOOD CULTURE ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN FEED THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Red Cross ↗
  • Who funds DAVID MCANTONY GIBSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRED VICTOR ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FIRST SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ST. FELIX SOCIAL MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds GROWING NEIGHBOURHOODS FOUNDATION (BUILDING ROOTS) ↗
  • Who funds The Governing Council of the University of Toronto ↗
  • Who funds FURNITURE BANK ↗
  • Who funds NEW CIRCLES COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds GUELPH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE (THE SEED) ↗
  • Who funds St. Stephens Community House ↗

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.

Toronto FoundationMakeway FoundationChum Charitable Found…Canada GivesThe Counselling Found…The J W McConnell Fam…Right To FoodLa Fondation Emmanuel…Fondation Écho /Echo …The McLean FoundationTippet FoundationRobert Kerr Foundation
Toronto FoundationON14.9× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toronto Foundation · Makeway Foundation · Chum Charitable Foundation · Canada Gives · The Counselling Foundation of Canada · The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnell · Right To Food · La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso · Fondation Écho /Echo Foundation · The McLean Foundation · Tippet Foundation · Robert Kerr 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 165 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 122988504:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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