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Toronto, ON · Public foundation

United Way of Greater Toronto

UNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTO is a charity dedicated to creating opportunities for a better life for everyone.

C$129M
Granted FY2024still arriving
2,798
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
Regions reached
C$5.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 2798 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k2111 grants · C$2.5M
  • C$10k–50k238 grants · C$5.4M
  • C$50k–250k324 grants · C$36M
  • C$250k+125 grants · C$85M
C$977
Median grant
15
Regions reached
C$163M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UHN FoundationC$5,340,707
Family Service TorontoC$2,902,698
The Regional Municipality of YorkC$2,888,916
Centraide MontrealC$2,706,471
360Kids Support ServicesC$2,527,678
LOFT Community ServicesC$1,969,865
Blue Door Support ServicesC$1,734,706
TNO - The Neighbourhood OrganizationC$1,647,028
Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater TorontoC$1,540,308
Woodgreen Community ServicesC$1,417,352
The Canadian Red Cross Society La Société Canadienne( )C$1,381,252
Inn From The Cold Inc.C$1,346,755
The Neighbourhood Group Community ServicesC$1,315,962
Young Women's Christian Association of Greater TorontoC$1,250,000
NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADAC$1,216,816
02The need
02

Where the grant dollars land

At home and around the world.

Which regions its grants reach

Ontario
C$843M
Quebec
C$32M
British Columbia
C$22M
Alberta
C$20M
Nova Scotia
C$5.6M
Manitoba
C$5.6M
New Brunswick
C$3.9M
Saskatchewan
C$2.2M
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$621k
Prince Edward Island
C$192k
Yukon
C$64k
Northwest Territories
C$53k
Nunavut
C$16k
How this is measured
Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
C$902M · 1858 repeat orgsC$14M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

1858 repeat relationships: 1216 still active in FY2024, 642 since wound down; 61 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1858
81

Total granted

C$902M
C$8.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
0%

Still filing today

93%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$5.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
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

  • FS
    Family Service Toronto
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$25M · revenue ×12
  • CD
    Centraide du Grand Montréal
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$22M · revenue +59%
  • UF
    UHN Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$20M · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • DH
    DIXON HALL
    one grant, 2018 · C$980k
  • UW
    United Way of Oakville
    one grant, 2017 · C$875k
  • UF
    UJA FEDERATION OF GREATER TORONTO
    one grant, 2018 · C$686k
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
03the grantee network

1898 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. 1898 of the 2,000 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.

148
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
570
Early backer (in before they grew)
1803/1898
Grantees still filing
1468/1898
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$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFamily Service Toronto: C$24,613,676 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetCentraide du Grand Montréal: C$22,217,350 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetUHN Foundation: C$19,769,037 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCanadian Red Cross Society: C$12,690,328 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto: C$12,428,945 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetUnited Way Halton & Hamilton: C$11,225,006 over 8y, 19% of budgetHospital For Sick Children Foundation: C$10,955,534 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetUnited Way of The Lower Mainland: C$10,916,367 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetUnited Way of Calgary & Area: C$10,031,064 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetThe Neighbourhood Group Community Services: C$9,647,713 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetAgincourt Community Services Association: C$9,012,480 over 8y, 22% of budgetYWCA Toronto: C$8,756,430 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetBlue Door Support Services: C$8,645,987 over 8y, 17% of budgetWoodgreen Community Services: C$8,537,925 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetTNO - The Neighbourhood Organization: C$8,484,371 over 8y, 12% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER TORONTO: C$8,347,781 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetVHA Home HealthCare: C$7,524,650 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetUnited Way Prescott-Russell Ottawa Lanark & Renfrew: C$7,378,048 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetCommunity Living Toronto: C$7,028,507 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetJane/Finch Community and Family Centre: C$7,000,825 over 8y, 33% of budgetCanadian Hearing Services: C$6,905,470 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetLabour Community Services of Toronto Inc.: C$6,637,084 over 8y, 83% of budgetCOSTI Immigrant Services: C$6,358,232 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetThe St Christopher House: C$6,251,885 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetSistering-A Woman's Place: C$6,131,601 over 7y, 76% of budgetCNIB - TOWONTO AND YORK REGION: C$5,605,795 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetNorth York Community House: C$5,572,487 over 8y, 51% of budgetLOFT Community Services: C$5,569,947 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetFamily Services York Region: C$5,462,558 over 8y, 22% of budgetDixon Hall: C$5,365,080 over 7y, 10% of budgetFindhelp Information Services: C$5,326,562 over 8y, 21% of budget360Kids Support Services: C$5,275,318 over 8y, 19% of budgetUnited Way of Peel Region: C$5,171,273 over 3y, 22% of budgetYOUTHLINK?: C$5,082,827 over 8y, 13% of budgetWarden Woods Church and Community Centre: C$5,066,664 over 8y, 23% of budgetSOCIAL PLANNING TORONTO: C$4,868,694 over 8y, 47% of budgetNational Ballet Of Canada: C$4,809,026 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DURHAM REGION: C$4,797,546 over 8y, 38% of budgetWorking Women's Community Centre: C$4,754,495 over 7y, 16% of budgetUnited Way Elgin Middlesex: C$4,741,206 over 8y, 11% of budgetNative Child and Family Services Of Toronto: C$4,725,862 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetCentre For Immigrant And Community Services: C$4,720,799 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetTROPICANA COMMUNITY SERVICES ORGANIZATION: C$4,693,734 over 8y, 12% of budgetEast Scarborough Boys' and Girls' Club: C$4,674,259 over 8y, 10% of budgetUNISON HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: C$4,602,074 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetCanadian Mental Health Association Toronto Branch: C$4,579,886 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetSCARBOROUGH CENTRE FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: C$4,397,251 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetLakeshore Area Multi-Services Project LAMP Inc.: C$4,363,856 over 8y, 5.3% 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 Family Service Toronto ↗
  • Who funds Centraide du Grand Montréal ↗
  • Who funds UHN Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Red Cross Society ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto ↗
  • Who funds United Way Halton & Hamilton ↗
  • Who funds Hospital For Sick Children Foundation ↗
  • Who funds United Way of The Lower Mainland ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Calgary & Area ↗
  • Who funds The Neighbourhood Group Community Services ↗
  • Who funds Agincourt Community Services Association ↗
  • Who funds YWCA Toronto ↗
  • Who funds Blue Door Support Services ↗
  • Who funds Woodgreen Community Services ↗
  • Who funds TNO - The Neighbourhood Organization ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF GREATER TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds VHA Home HealthCare ↗
  • Who funds United Way Prescott-Russell Ottawa Lanark & Renfrew ↗
  • Who funds Community Living Toronto ↗
  • Who funds Jane/Finch Community and Family Centre ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Hearing Services ↗
  • Who funds Labour Community Services of Toronto Inc. ↗
  • Who funds COSTI Immigrant Services ↗
  • Who funds The St Christopher House ↗
  • Who funds Sistering-A Woman's Place ↗
  • Who funds CNIB - TOWONTO AND YORK REGION ↗
  • Who funds North York Community House ↗
  • Who funds LOFT Community Services ↗
  • Who funds Family Services York Region ↗
  • Who funds Dixon Hall ↗
  • Who funds Findhelp Information Services ↗
  • Who funds 360Kids Support Services ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Peel Region ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHLINK? ↗
  • Who funds Warden Woods Church and Community Centre ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL PLANNING TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds National Ballet Of Canada ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF DURHAM REGION ↗
  • Who funds Working Women's Community Centre ↗
  • Who funds United Way Elgin Middlesex ↗

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.

Robert Kerr FoundationAlice and Murray Mait…The United Way of Pee…Alzheimer Society of …United Way of Durham …St George's Society o…The Nikita FoundationUnited Way of Halton …The Lowidt FoundationThe Sam Sorbara Chari…Alzheimer Society of …The United Way of Mil…
Robert Kerr FoundationON7.5× affinity81 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert Kerr Foundation · Alice and Murray Maitland Foundation · The United Way of Peel Region · Alzheimer Society of Toronto · United Way of Durham Region · St George's Society of Toronto · The Nikita Foundation · United Way of Halton Hills · The Lowidt Foundation · The Sam Sorbara Charitable Foundation · Alzheimer Society of Canada - Societe Alzheimer Du Canada · The United Way of Milton

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 2000 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 2024-03-31, 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 119278216:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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