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Montreal, QC · Private foundation

The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Trottier

In addition to grants to qualified donees in the areas of scientific research education environment health and communities our climate program supports innovative responses initiatives and projects that mitigate climate change and reduce greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions at scale.

C$37M
Granted FY2024still arriving
220
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
Regions reached
C$4.6M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 220 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k5 grants · C$25k
  • C$10k–50k109 grants · C$2.7M
  • C$50k–250k79 grants · C$9.5M
  • C$250k+27 grants · C$25M
C$40,000
Median grant
7
Regions reached
C$767M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEAN ECONOMY FUNDC$4,565,000
ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING MCGILL UNIC$3,600,000
FONDATION ET ALUMNI DE POLYTECHNIQUE MONTRÉALC$2,516,000
UNIVERSITE DE MONTREALC$2,030,000
SMALL CHANGE FUNDC$1,632,300
LA FONDATION DE LA RÉSIDENCE DE SOINS PALLIATIFS TERESA-DELLC$1,000,000
LA FONDATION DU GRAND MONTREAL/THE FOUNDATION OF GREATER MONC$786,500
FONDATION DU CENTRE UNIVERSITAIRE DE SANTÉ MCGILL/MCGILL UNIC$740,000
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTC$692,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE CANADAC$609,000
LET'S TALK SCIENCE/PARLONS SCIENCEC$600,000
ENVIRONMENT FUNDERS CANADA / FINANCEURS EN ENVIRONNEMENT AUC$595,000
SALAL FOUNDATIONC$567,000
FONDATION DU CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITE DE MONTREALC$483,000
THE TRANSITION ACCELERATORC$480,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

Which regions your grants reach

Quebec
C$88M
Ontario
C$44M
British Columbia
C$16M
Alberta
C$3.8M
Manitoba
C$1.1M
Nova Scotia
C$705k
New Brunswick
C$539k
Saskatchewan
C$43k
Northwest Territories
C$25k

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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$146M · 234 repeat orgsC$8.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +52% since the first grant, against +28% for the ones you funded once.

234 repeat relationships — 159 still active in FY2024, 75 since wound down; 61 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

234
128

Total granted

C$146M
C$5.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+28%

Still filing today

97%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$3.1M 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

  • RI
    ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING MCGILL UNI
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$15M · revenue +41%
  • CE
    CLEAN ECONOMY FUND
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$7.2M · revenue +253% · 78% of their budget
  • UD
    UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$6.3M · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • FD
    Fondation de l'Université du Québec à Montréalgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$500k · revenue +52%
  • FE
    FONDATION ESPACE POUR LA VIE
    one grant, 2023 · C$400k · revenue +24%
  • CF
    CAP FOUNDATION/ FONDATION DE LACPgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · C$300k · revenue +51%

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
L'Institut international de Montréal pour l'environnement / the Montreal international institute for the environment
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2
Trajectoire Québec

Activités bénéfices projets relatif à la mobilité urbaine projets relatif à l'environnement

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3
La Fondation Quebecoise En Environnement

Aider à la protection la recherche l'information la promotion et l'éducation en matière d'environnement.

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4
Fondation Hec Montréal

Financement de plusieurs projets de recherche reliés à la gestion de hec montréal et contributions à des programmes de bourses à hec montréal

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5
Societe De Developpement Communautaire De Montreal (Sodecm)

Élaborer et proposer des pratiques urbaines contribuant à créer des villes écologiques démocratiques et en santé. l'expertise en matière d'aménagement durable des milieux de vie couvre trois champs : aménager l'environnement urbain pour…

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6
ÉCole Polytechnique De MontrÉAl

Université d'ingénierie distribution de bourses d'études aux étudiants développement de la recherche dans le domaine du génie projets de développement international dans le domaine du génie

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7
UniversitÉ Du QuÉBec À MontrÉAl

La mission de l'université consiste à former des étudiants et à contributer à l'avancement des connaissances par des activités de recherche. toutes les ressources de l'université ont été dépensées dans le cadre le cardre de sa mission par…

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8
Ingénieurs sans frontières québec

Ingénieurs Sans Frontières Québec a pour mission d'améliorer les conditions de vie des communautés moins nanties grâce à l'ingénierie durable un peu partout sur la planète.

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9
Fondation CO2 Environnement
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10
Réseau Québécois des Écoles Entrepreneuriales et Environnementales

Développer l'entrepreneuriat dans les écoles

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11
Institut économique de montréal

Par nos interventions nous alimentons les débats sur les politiques publiques au québec et au canada en étudiant des réformes créatrices de richesse. nous avons poursuivi notre programme de publications notre programme d'interventions…

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12
Institut des territoires

L'organisme oeuvre dans l'aménagement intégré du territoire. sa mission est de «développer l idée pour conserver». développer le territoire selon une démarche intégrée et durable l idée de l accpetation sociale et de la gouvernance…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fondation Québec Philanthrope and the most unlike its peers is Maison De Jeunes: L'ouverture. 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

392 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. 392 of the 423 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.

34
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
128
Early backer (in before they grew)
387/392
Grantees still filing
273/392
Grew since you first funded

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING MCGILL UNI — C$15,051,596 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCLEAN ECONOMY FUND — C$7,230,500 over 7y, 78% of budgetUNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL — C$6,264,490 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLA FONDATION DU GRAND MONTREAL/THE FOUNDATION OF — C$5,661,900 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetFONDATION DU CENTRE UNIVERSITAIRE DE SANTÉ MCGILL — C$5,435,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetGreater Montreal Climate Fund / Fonds Climat du Grand — C$5,135,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetLET'S TALK SCIENCE — C$4,850,000 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetSIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY — C$4,699,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLakeshore general hospital foundation — C$4,430,000 over 3y, 41% of budgetSMALL CHANGE FUND — C$4,424,900 over 6y, 86% of budgetFONDATION ET ALUMNI DE POLYTECHNIQUE MONTRÉAL — C$4,290,600 over 8y, 19% of budgetLA FONDATION DE LA RÉSIDENCE DE SOINS PALLIATIFS TERESA-DELL — C$4,000,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetFondation du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal — C$3,995,100 over 4y, 12% of budgetENVIRONMENT FUNDERS CANADA — C$2,600,000 over 8y, 25% of budgetThe David Suzuki Foundation — C$2,149,000 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetSociété d'Histoire Naturelle de la Vallée du Saint-Laurent — C$2,000,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetSALAL FOUNDATION — C$1,771,850 over 4y, 14% of budgetTHE TRANSITION ACCELERATOR — C$1,620,000 over 5y, 45% of budgetPembina Institute for Appropriate Development — C$1,604,000 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE CANADA — C$1,450,550 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetCANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT — C$1,376,000 over 5y, 29% of budgetÉQUITERRE — C$1,372,322 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetCARLETON UNIVERSITY — C$1,320,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAIDE DU GRAND MONTRÉAL — C$1,235,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMakeWay Charitable Society — C$1,231,250 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetCANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH/ INSTITUT CANADIEN — C$1,200,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetPHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS CANADA FONDATIONS PHILANTHROPIQUES — C$1,199,540 over 4y, 27% of budgetFONDATION DU CENTRE DES SCIENCES DE MONTREAL — C$1,085,000 over 7y, 26% of budgetWEST ISLAND PALLIATIVE CARE RESIDENCE INC — C$1,000,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetBANQUES ALIMENTAIRES QUÉBEC — C$1,000,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DE LA C — C$950,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetALLO PROF ! — C$950,000 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetNATURE QUÉBEC — C$901,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetLA FONDATION EN ENVIRONMENT ET DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE — C$898,000 over 5y, 82% of budgetTHE WELCOME COLLECTIVE/LE COLLECTIF BIENVENUE — C$890,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetSALT SPRING INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION & ACTION — C$885,500 over 6y, 70% of budgetFINANCE ENGAGE SUSTAIN / FINANCER ENGAGER SOUTENIR — C$846,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetClean Prosperity Foundation — C$820,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - INSTIT — C$813,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetASTROLAB DU MONT-MEGANTIC — C$790,000 over 3y, 79% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY / UNIVERSITE CONCORDIA — C$752,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetACADEMY FOR SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION — C$745,000 over 5y, 47% of budgetCentre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys — C$739,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION POUR LA SANTE PUBLIQUE DU QUEBEC (A.S.P.Q) — C$715,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetECOJUSTICE CANADA SOCIETY — C$695,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetCANUCK PLACE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE — C$655,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetMEDECINS DU MONDE — C$650,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetFONDATION DU MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE MONTRÉAL — C$640,000 over 7y, 1.6% 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 ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING MCGILL UNI ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN ECONOMY FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL ↗
  • Who funds LA FONDATION DU GRAND MONTREAL/THE FOUNDATION OF ↗
  • Who funds FONDATION DU CENTRE UNIVERSITAIRE DE SANTÉ MCGILL ↗
  • Who funds Greater Montreal Climate Fund / Fonds Climat du Grand ↗
  • Who funds LET'S TALK SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Lakeshore general hospital foundation ↗
  • Who funds SMALL CHANGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds FONDATION ET ALUMNI DE POLYTECHNIQUE MONTRÉAL ↗
  • Who funds LA FONDATION DE LA RÉSIDENCE DE SOINS PALLIATIFS TERESA-DELL ↗
  • Who funds Fondation du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENT FUNDERS CANADA ↗
  • Who funds The David Suzuki Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Société d'Histoire Naturelle de la Vallée du Saint-Laurent ↗
  • Who funds SALAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TRANSITION ACCELERATOR ↗
  • Who funds Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE CANADA ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ↗
  • Who funds ÉQUITERRE ↗
  • Who funds CARLETON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAIDE DU GRAND MONTRÉAL ↗
  • Who funds MakeWay Charitable Society ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH/ INSTITUT CANADIEN ↗
  • Who funds PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS CANADA FONDATIONS PHILANTHROPIQUES ↗
  • Who funds FONDATION DU CENTRE DES SCIENCES DE MONTREAL ↗
  • Who funds WEST ISLAND PALLIATIVE CARE RESIDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds BANQUES ALIMENTAIRES QUÉBEC ↗
  • Who funds THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DE LA C ↗
  • Who funds ALLO PROF ! ↗
  • Who funds NATURE QUÉBEC ↗
  • Who funds LA FONDATION EN ENVIRONMENT ET DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE ↗
  • Who funds THE WELCOME COLLECTIVE/LE COLLECTIF BIENVENUE ↗
  • Who funds SALT SPRING INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION & ACTION ↗
  • Who funds FINANCE ENGAGE SUSTAIN / FINANCER ENGAGER SOUTENIR ↗
  • Who funds Clean Prosperity Foundation ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - INSTIT ↗
  • Who funds ASTROLAB DU MONT-MEGANTIC ↗

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 J W McConnell Fam…Ivey FoundationFondation Écho /Echo …Fondation ChamandyThe Catherine Donnell…North Family Foundati…Clean Economy FundThe Peter Gilgan Foun…La Fondation Rossy th…Fondation Lucie et An…Fondation de la famil…La Fondation du Grand…
The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnellQC32.7× affinity126 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnell · Ivey Foundation · Fondation Écho /Echo Foundation · Fondation Chamandy · The Catherine Donnelly Foundation · North Family Foundation · Clean Economy Fund · The Peter Gilgan Foundation · La Fondation Rossy the Rossy Foundation · Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon · Fondation de la famille Zeller · La Fondation du Grand Montréal - The Foundation of Greater Montreal

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 423 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 863613295:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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