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Guelph, ON · Public foundation

United Way Community Services of Guelph and Wellington

United way guelph wellington dufferin strives to meet existing and emerging social needs in order in improve lives and build community.

C$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$165k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k2 grants · C$10k
  • C$10k–50k25 grants · C$520k
  • C$50k–250k12 grants · C$930k
C$22,000
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMPASS COMMUNITY SERVICESC$165,000
WYNDHAM HOUSEC$93,017
GUELPH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTREC$91,133
STEPPING STONEC$87,233
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GUELPHC$70,810
EAST WELLINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICESC$67,500
GUELPH NEIGHBOURHOOD SUPPORT COALITIONC$67,400
GUELPH WELLINGTON WOMEN IN CRISISC$60,750
DUFFERING CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICESC$60,500
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE OF NORTH AND CENTREC$59,400
HOPE HOUSEC$56,200
KINDLE COMMUNITIESC$51,212
SANGUEN HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATIONC$37,500
ART NOT SHAMEC$35,000
IMMIGRANT SERVICES OF GUELPH WELLINGTONC$30,000
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$16M · 64 repeat orgsC$1.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +31% for the ones you funded once.

64 repeat relationships — 35 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
53

Total granted

C$16M
C$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+31%

Still filing today

86%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$60k 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

  • FC
    FAMILY COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$1.6M · revenue +55%
  • WH
    Wyndham House
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$1.2M · revenue +149%
  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$716k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • ST
    STONEHENGE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · C$225k · revenue +69%
  • GP
    GUELPH PUBLIC LIBRARY
    one grant, 2023 · C$105k · revenue +23%
  • CT
    Community Torchlight Inc
    one grant, 2018 · C$80k · revenue +1%

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.

1
Waterloo - Wellington Autism Services

Providing information on services and supports for individuals and families who have Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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2
Waterloo Region Family Network

Waterloo region network supports families of children youth and adults with special needs both with and without a diagnosis in waterloo region prviding resources and facilitating meaningful connections in all life stages. as a…

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3
Guelph Services for the Autistic
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4
Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre Waterloo Wellington

Client centred visiting health and support services to eligible clients of all ages in Waterloo Region and Wellington County. Information and assistance to persons who require placement in a long term facility. Simplified access to…

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5
Community Living Guelph Wellington

1. 10% - provide rent geared to income housing for individuals with developmental disabilities. 2. 90% - provide support to individuals with intellecutal disabilities so that they can reside and work in the community.

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6
The West Village Community Development Co-Operative Inc.

The charity operates community development programs through community engagement in West Guelph. Programs include co-operative gardens camps food security recreation programs youth farm co-operative family supports and skill development.

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7
United Way Waterloo Region Communities

United Way Waterloo Region Communities is dedicated to helping people live better lives in every one of the seven communities we serve. We are the largest funder of social programs in Waterloo Region second only to government. We are…

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8
Gerstein Crisis Centre

Gerstein Crisis Centre is a community mental health organization that provides services to adults experiencing a mental health and/or addictions crisis. Our broad range of programs and initiatives includes our Community Mental Health…

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9
Canadian Mental Health Association Windsor-Essex County Branch

Mental health and addictions programs for adults and children by way of individual and group sessions with access to integrated primary care and housing support services. directly support individuals currently involved with services with…

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10
The Literacy Group of Waterloo Region

Provide literacy and essential skills upgrading to adults 16+ years of age. instruction is provided on a 1-to-1 basis as well as in small groups in-person classes and on-line focus programs- workplace skills education training training…

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11
Strides Toronto Support Services

Strides Toronto is a multi-service agency providing services to young people from birth to age 29 and their families in Toronto. Strides Toronto provides a range of community residential and treatment services to improve the mental social…

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12
Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health

Children's Mental Health Programs including Section 23 School FASD Treatment Program Trauma Treatment Intensive Community Services Early Intervention School Based Programs Respite Learning Assessments and Resources. Individual Couple…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Aid Society of the City of Guelph and the County of Wellington and the most unlike its peers is Le Programme De Portage Relatif a La Dependance De La Drogue. 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

101 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. 101 of the 121 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
98/101
Grantees still filing
84/101
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 budgetFAMILY COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES — C$1,642,708 over 8y, 14% of budgetWyndham House — C$1,158,787 over 8y, 14% of budgetKINDLE COMMUNITIES ORGANIZATION — C$811,941 over 3y, 67% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph — C$716,328 over 8y, 18% of budgetGUELPH WELLINGTON SENIORS ASSOCIATION — C$715,946 over 7y, 62% of budgetCommunity Resource Centre of North/Centre Wellington — C$618,223 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetGUELPH WELLINGTON WOMEN IN CRISIS — C$596,875 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetGUELPH COMMUNITY AND HEALTH CENTRE — C$586,803 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetThe People and Information network (PIN) — C$573,574 over 5y, 37% of budgetSTEPPING STONE — C$505,221 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetCANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION WATERLOO WELLINGTON — C$501,083 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGUELPH NEIGHBOURHOOD SUPPORT COALITION — C$485,775 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetEAST WELLINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$457,578 over 4y, 10% of budgetMICHAEL HOUSE PREGNANCY CARE CENTRE — C$448,591 over 8y, 14% of budgetWELCOME IN DROP IN CENTRE — C$422,863 over 6y, 45% of budgetHOPE HOUSE — C$420,350 over 6y, 14% of budgetEast Wellington Community Services — C$382,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetSHELLDALE BETTER BEGINNINGS BETTER FUTURES — C$353,935 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetAction Read — C$306,459 over 7y, 23% of budgetIMMIGRANT SERVICES OF GUELPH WELLINGTON — C$284,169 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetHOSPICE WELLINGTON — C$231,761 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetSTONEHENGE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY — C$225,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetVICTORINAN ORDER OF NURSES — C$212,226 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTH WELLINGTON — C$209,295 over 8y, 31% of budgetEVERDALE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTRE — C$202,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetDUFFERING CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES — C$201,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetORANGEVILLE FOOD BANK — C$187,832 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS DUFFERIN — C$178,000 over 8y, 21% of budgetARCH: HIV/AIDS RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH — C$168,817 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES OF GUELPH AND WELLINGTON — C$164,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLearning Disabilities Association - Wellington County — C$163,153 over 5y, 83% of budgetCHALMERS COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTRE — C$157,249 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetYMCA-YWCA of Guelph — C$142,433 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHeadwaters Communities in Action — C$138,060 over 6y, 16% of budgetCHALMERS UNITED CHURCH - OUTREACH PROGRAM — C$132,688 over 3y, 22% of budgetALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF WATERLOO-WELLINGTON — C$129,763 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetJohn Howard Society of Waterloo-Wellington — C$120,216 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND — C$111,035 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUELPH PUBLIC LIBRARY — C$105,085 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES CANADA — C$97,736 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD WITNESS CENTRE — C$94,810 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetART NOT SHAME — C$90,239 over 3y, 18% of budgetDufferin Parent Support Network — C$84,002 over 8y, 59% of budgetSOUTHWEST ONTARIO ABORIGINAL HEALTH ACCESS — C$80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Torchlight Inc — C$80,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetSANGUEN HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATION — C$75,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ELLIOTT — C$74,720 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGUELPH ENABLING GARDEN — C$66,058 over 4y, 72% 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 FAMILY COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Wyndham House ↗
  • Who funds KINDLE COMMUNITIES ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph ↗
  • Who funds GUELPH WELLINGTON SENIORS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Community Resource Centre of North/Centre Wellington ↗
  • Who funds GUELPH WELLINGTON WOMEN IN CRISIS ↗
  • Who funds GUELPH COMMUNITY AND HEALTH CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds The People and Information network (PIN) ↗
  • Who funds STEPPING STONE ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION WATERLOO WELLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds GUELPH NEIGHBOURHOOD SUPPORT COALITION ↗
  • Who funds EAST WELLINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds MICHAEL HOUSE PREGNANCY CARE CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds WELCOME IN DROP IN CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds East Wellington Community Services ↗
  • Who funds SHELLDALE BETTER BEGINNINGS BETTER FUTURES ↗
  • Who funds Action Read ↗
  • Who funds IMMIGRANT SERVICES OF GUELPH WELLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE WELLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds STONEHENGE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds VICTORINAN ORDER OF NURSES ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTH WELLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds EVERDALE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds DUFFERING CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ORANGEVILLE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS DUFFERIN ↗
  • Who funds ARCH: HIV/AIDS RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES OF GUELPH AND WELLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds Learning Disabilities Association - Wellington County ↗
  • Who funds CHALMERS COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds YMCA-YWCA of Guelph ↗
  • Who funds Headwaters Communities in Action ↗
  • Who funds CHALMERS UNITED CHURCH - OUTREACH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF WATERLOO-WELLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds John Howard Society of Waterloo-Wellington ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds GUELPH PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗

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 Guelph Community …Rotary Club of Guelph…Rotary Club of Guelph…United Way Waterloo R…Centre Wellington Com…Youth and Philanthrop…Ontario Credit Union …Grace Community Churc…Waterloo Region Commu…The Roman Catholic Ep…Mowbray and Doris Sif…The Fergus-Elora Rota…
The Guelph Community FoundationON55.2× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Guelph Community Foundation · Rotary Club of Guelph Trillium Charitable Foundation · Rotary Club of Guelph South Charitable Foundation Inc. · United Way Waterloo Region Communities · Centre Wellington Community Foundation · Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/ Initiative Canada Jeunesse Et Philanthropie · Ontario Credit Union Foundation · Grace Community Church of Guelph · Waterloo Region Community Foundation · The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario · Mowbray and Doris Sifton Family Foundation · The Fergus-Elora Rotary 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 121 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 public foundation under foundations.

Source object 107457053:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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