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North York, ON · Charitable organization

The United Church of Canada

I.

C$18M
Granted FY2024still arriving
345
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
Regions reached
C$918k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 345 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k162 grants · C$519k
  • C$10k–50k137 grants · C$2.8M
  • C$50k–250k27 grants · C$2.5M
  • C$250k+19 grants · C$13M
C$10,000
Median grant
10
Regions reached
C$153M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipientC$918,031
FUNDY ST LAWRENCE DAWNING WATERSC$706,672
SHINING WATERS REGIONAL COUNCILC$683,922
WESTERN ONTARIO WATERWAYS REGIONALC$683,922
ANTLER RIVER WATERSHED REGIONAL COUNCILC$683,922
FIRST DAWN EASTERN EDGEC$681,922
REGIONAL COUNCIL 15C$681,922
CONSEIL REGIONAL NAKONHAKAC$681,922
EASTERN ONTARIO OUTAOUAIS REGIONAL COUNCILC$681,922
PRAIRIE TO PINE REGIONAL COUNCILC$681,922
PACIFIC MOUNTAIN REGIONAL COUNCILC$681,922
NORTHERN SPIRIT REGIONAL COUNCILC$681,922
LIVING SKIES REGIONAL COUNCILC$681,922
HORSESHOE FALLS REGIONAL COUNCILC$681,922
EAST CENTRAL ONTARIO REGIONAL COUNCILC$681,922
02The need
02

Where the grant dollars land

At home and around the world.

Giving at home: 84% of grant dollars (C$102M). The 16% that went abroad (C$19M) is mapped below.

Which regions its grants reach

Ontario
C$36M
British Columbia
C$10M
Manitoba
C$8.4M
Quebec
C$7.3M
New Brunswick
C$6.7M
Alberta
C$5.8M
Saskatchewan
C$5.8M
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$3.7M
Nova Scotia
C$3.5M
Prince Edward Island
C$626k
Yukon
C$21k
Nunavut
C$19k
Northwest Territories
C$17k

Beyond home: 16% of all-years giving (C$19M)

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

grant dollars sentlessmore
ChinaC$1.9M · 8 grants
PHC$432k · 14 grants
ColombiaC$415k · 14 grants
ZMC$290k · 10 grants
ILC$279k · 14 grants
USC$229k · 7 grants
PalauC$227k · 4 grants
CubaC$227k · 9 grants
KenyaC$220k · 11 grants
ChadC$214k · 6 grants
How this is measured
International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same T3010 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
C$106M · 679 repeat orgsC$15M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

679 repeat relationships: 226 still active in FY2024, 453 since wound down; 90 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

679
564

Total granted

C$106M
C$13M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+5%

Still filing today

78%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$2.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new.

Backed again, and grew

  • CW
    CHINOOK WINDS REGIONAL COUNCIL
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$3.7M · revenue +682% · 68% of their budget
  • LS
    LIVING SKIES REGIONAL COUNCIL
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$3.6M · revenue +96% · 76% of their budget
  • EC
    East Central Ontario Regional Council
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$3.4M · revenue +103% · 85% of their budget

Funded once

  • RC
    REGIONAL COUNCILS
    one grant, 2019 · C$6.9M
  • RC
    Regional Council 15
    one grant, 2020 · C$720k
  • MW
    Migrant Worker Community Program
    one grant, 2022 · C$140k · revenue +5% · 31% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Christ United Church

Worship service weekly provide Pastoral Care Prayer Circle donate funds to denomination headquarters for overseas missionary activities provide outreach in the community and area.

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2
Trinity United Church

Place of worship with weekly services both in person and online religious fellowship and outreach programs pastoral care

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3
Leader United Church

We hold regular worship services and give pastoral care.

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4
Trinity United Church

Weekly worship services. the minister administers the sacraments at these services.

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5
St. Paul's United Church

We hold worship services weekly and offer pastoral care to the congregation

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6
Trinity United Church

Sunday worship

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7
Russell Pastoral Charge

Weekly worship services youth sunday school bible study united church women's group (ucw) and community pastoral care.

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8
Wilkie Pastoral Charge United Church

Weekly church services sunday school for children youth group for teens

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9
White Lake Bethesda United Church

Weekly worship services ucw pastoral care

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10
Foam Lake United Church

weekly worship services pastoral care outreach weddings funerals baptism fundraising

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11
Hanley United Church

Weekly services pastoral care

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12
Grace United Church Hornepayne

Weekly worship services pastoral care

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trinity United Church; the most unlike its peers is Camp Lau-Ren. 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

1024 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1024 of the 1,333 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own CRA returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

129
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
204
Early backer (in before they grew)
965/1024
Grantees still filing
569/1024
Grew since first funded

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFUNDY ST LAWRENCE DAWNING WATERS: C$3,900,106 over 8y, 76% of budgetCHINOOK WINDS REGIONAL COUNCIL: C$3,747,753 over 8y, 68% of budgetLIVING SKIES REGIONAL COUNCIL: C$3,602,626 over 8y, 76% of budgetEast Central Ontario Regional Council: C$3,421,114 over 8y, 85% of budgetNORTHERN SPIRIT REGIONAL COUNCIL: C$3,398,330 over 8y, 87% of budgetPRAIRIE TO PINE REGIONAL COUNCIL: C$3,306,385 over 8y, 79% of budgetEASTERN ONTARIO OUTAOUAIS REGIONAL COUNCIL: C$3,244,829 over 8y, 57% of budgetFIRST DAWN EASTERN EDGE: C$3,150,253 over 7y, 66% of budgetSandy Saulteaux Spiritual Centre: C$3,134,328 over 8y, 64% of budgetHORSESHOE FALLS REGIONAL COUNCIL: C$3,109,922 over 8y, 77% of budgetThe United Church Foundation: C$3,077,860 over 8y, 17% of budgetANTLER RIVER WATERSHED REGIONAL COUNCIL: C$3,054,703 over 6y, 78% of budgetCONSEIL REGIONAL NAKONHAKA: C$3,013,304 over 5y, 58% of budgetWESTERN ONTARIO WATERWAYS REGIONAL: C$2,960,884 over 6y, 55% of budgetPACIFIC MOUNTAIN REGIONAL COUNCIL: C$2,805,075 over 8y, 97% of budgetSHINING WATERS REGIONAL COUNCIL: C$2,710,486 over 5y, 56% of budgetREGIONAL COUNCIL 15: C$2,261,957 over 4y, 70% of budgetSt Andrew's College: C$1,735,356 over 8y, 15% of budgetVICTORIA UNIVERSITY: C$1,371,391 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetAtlantic School Of Theology: C$1,154,846 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetKAIROS: C$843,919 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCentre For Christian Studies: C$811,605 over 8y, 26% of budgetVancouver School Of Theology: C$761,376 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetCANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: C$655,282 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetATLANTI CHRISTIAN TRAINING CENTRE: C$649,627 over 8y, 15% of budgetFive Oaks Christian Workers Centre: C$580,892 over 7y, 20% of budget1 JUST CITY: C$561,867 over 8y, 12% of budgetAll Native Circle Conference: C$512,570 over 2y, 56% of budgetWESLEY URBAN MINISTRIES: C$473,467 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Theological College: C$466,180 over 6y, 62% of budgetThe United Church Observer: C$388,390 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetEast District Chaplaincy Commitee: C$352,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONS UNITING: C$346,499 over 8y, 84% of budgetBissell Centre: C$334,873 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetCanadian UNICEF Committee: C$260,340 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetToronto Urban Native Ministry: C$256,253 over 8y, 40% of budgetPearce Williams Christian Centre: C$255,976 over 7y, 10% of budgetHouse of Lazarus: C$250,923 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetUnited Presbyterian Campus Ministry: C$236,055 over 6y, 43% of budgetAnglican United Refugee: C$232,032 over 7y, 22% of budgetRIVER BEND INTEGRATED: C$230,887 over 7y, 58% of budgetSt Andrew's UC Regional Ministry Fund: C$228,900 over 5y, 18% of budgetGitanyow Sustainability Fund: C$224,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetOur Place Society: C$222,258 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHazelton Pastoral Charge: C$221,735 over 7y, 37% of budgetNaramata Centre Society: C$213,274 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetKANESATAKE UNITED CHURCH: C$201,897 over 8y, 80% of budgetFred Victor Centre: C$200,761 over 8y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds FUNDY ST LAWRENCE DAWNING WATERS ↗
  • Who funds CHINOOK WINDS REGIONAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds LIVING SKIES REGIONAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds East Central Ontario Regional Council ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN SPIRIT REGIONAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRIE TO PINE REGIONAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds EASTERN ONTARIO OUTAOUAIS REGIONAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds FIRST DAWN EASTERN EDGE ↗
  • Who funds Sandy Saulteaux Spiritual Centre ↗
  • Who funds HORSESHOE FALLS REGIONAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds The United Church Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ANTLER RIVER WATERSHED REGIONAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds CONSEIL REGIONAL NAKONHAKA ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN ONTARIO WATERWAYS REGIONAL ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC MOUNTAIN REGIONAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds SHINING WATERS REGIONAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL COUNCIL 15 ↗
  • Who funds St Andrew's College ↗
  • Who funds VICTORIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Atlantic School Of Theology ↗
  • Who funds KAIROS ↗
  • Who funds Centre For Christian Studies ↗
  • Who funds Vancouver School Of Theology ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTI CHRISTIAN TRAINING CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds Five Oaks Christian Workers Centre ↗
  • Who funds 1 JUST CITY ↗
  • Who funds All Native Circle Conference ↗
  • Who funds WESLEY URBAN MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds United Theological College ↗
  • Who funds The United Church Observer ↗
  • Who funds East District Chaplaincy Commitee ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

The Presbyteries of T…The United Church of …Horseshoe Falls Regio…Pacific Mountain Regi…Northern Spirit Regio…Chinook Winds Region …The Finance and Exten…The Toronto United Ch…Living Skies Regional…Eastern Ontario Outao…Conseil régional Nako…Third Avenue United C…
The Presbyteries of Toronto Conference CorporationON28.7× affinity48 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Presbyteries of Toronto Conference Corporation · The United Church of Canada Foundation / Fondation de L'Église Unie Du Canada · Horseshoe Falls Regional Council - the United Church of Canada · Pacific Mountain Region - The United Church of Canada · Northern Spirit Regional Council - the United Church of Canada · Chinook Winds Region - The United Church of Canada · The Finance and Extension Board of Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council Le Conseil des finances et de l'expansion du Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council · The Toronto United Church Council · Living Skies Regional Council - the United Church of Canada · Eastern Ontario Outaouais Regional Council - The United Church of Canada · Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council · Third Avenue United Church

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data, the funder’s own annual information return, and from the multi-year returns of the 1333 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010, read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the 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 charitable organization under christianity.

Source object 108102435:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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