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Kitchener, ON · Public foundation

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.

C$4.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
219
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
Regions reached
C$216k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 219 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k144 grants · C$130k
  • C$10k–50k41 grants · C$1.0M
  • C$50k–250k34 grants · C$3.5M
C$1,000
Median grant
7
Regions reached
C$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Social Development Centre Waterloo RegionC$216,000
Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo RegionC$200,275
Camino Wellbeing & Mental HealthC$196,104
Porchlight Counselling & Addiction ServicesC$150,288
Cambridge Shelter CorporationC$133,098
Cambridge Self-Help Food BankC$132,626
Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural CentreC$130,725
House of FriendshipC$127,575
Kitchener-Waterloo Young Women's Christian AssociationC$125,000
Child Witness Centre of Waterloo RegionC$122,914
Volunteer Action Centre of Waterloo RegionC$120,035
The AIDS Committee of Cambridge Kitchener Waterloo andC$120,027
Community Care Concepts of Woolwich Wellesley and WilmotC$117,375
Community Support ConnectionsC$115,575
John Howard Society Waterloo-Wellington Kitchener OfficeC$108,618
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

Which regions your grants reach

Ontario
C$28M
British Columbia
C$15k
Alberta
C$3k
Quebec
C$2k
New Brunswick
C$1k
Manitoba
C$684
Nunavut
C$561
Saskatchewan
C$499
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$41
Northwest Territories
C$13

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$27M · 246 repeat orgsC$1.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

246 repeat relationships — 150 still active in FY2024, 96 since wound down; 66 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

246
142

Total granted

C$27M
C$868k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+17%

Still filing today

93%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$427k 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

  • YK
    YWCA KITCHENER-WATERLOO
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$1.4M · revenue +59%
  • HO
    HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$1.4M · revenue +110%
  • WC
    Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$1.1M · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • UW
    United Way Kitchener Waterloo &
    one grant, 2017 · C$215k
  • KD
    Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre
    one grant, 2021 · C$161k · revenue +16%
  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cambridge
    one grant, 2017 · C$85k

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.

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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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2
Cancer Care Ontario

Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) is the provincial government agency responsible for driving health system performance improvement for Ontario's cancer and chronic kidney disease health systems. CCO also supports achievement of Ontario's Wait…

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3
Uhn Foundation

We raise fund for research education and the enhancement of patient care at Toronto General and Western hospitals as well as Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Michener Institute of Education at UHN. Together with our donors we are…

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4
The Ontario Caregiver Organization

The Ontario Caregiver Organization exists to support Ontario's 4 million unpaid caregivers who provide physical and/or emotional support to a family member partner friend or neighbour in need. We work to amplify and spread existing…

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5
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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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
Waterloo - Wellington Autism Services

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

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8
Canadian Mental Health Association Toronto Branch

Canadian mental health association toronto (cmha toronto) is the city's leading community mental health agency. we provide accessible quality care for people in toronto through programs research and advocacy. from supporting individuals…

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9
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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10
Children's Treatment Network of Simcoe York

Children's Treatment Network (CTN) supports children and youth with disabilities and developmental needs in their homes communities and schools. CTN provides programs and services including intake service navigation coordinated service…

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11
Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation/Fondation Du Cancer De La Region D'ottawa

The ottawa regional cancer foundation is a supportive cancer care champion. we harness the power of our community to deliver life changing results for those affected by cancer. we offer a community cancer hub a single portal for local…

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12
Mental Health Research Canada/Recherche En Sante Mentale Canada

Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) is a national charitable organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Canadians by advancing mental health knowledge. Our vision is to create a Canada with better mental health for all…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family & Children's Services of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Rocor of Patriarch Tikhon Confessor and New Martyrs. 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

422 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. 422 of the 454 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)
84
Early backer (in before they grew)
398/422
Grantees still filing
263/422
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 budgetKW COUNSELLING SERVICES — C$1,477,573 over 7y, 12% of budgetYWCA KITCHENER-WATERLOO — C$1,414,592 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetHOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP — C$1,365,630 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetWomen's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region — C$1,080,674 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetCarizon Family & Community Services — C$1,031,539 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WATERLOO REGION — C$945,152 over 7y, 27% of budgetPorchlight Counselling & Addiction Services — C$922,681 over 8y, 15% of budgetArgus Residence For Young People — C$807,194 over 8y, 12% of budgetJohn Howards Society — C$653,108 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetKinbridge Community Association — C$633,774 over 8y, 15% of budgetChild Witness Centre of Waterloo Region — C$614,620 over 8y, 10% of budgetCambridge Shelter Corporation — C$593,193 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetAIDS Committee of Cambridge Kitchener Waterloo & Area — C$556,380 over 8y, 10% of budgetCambridge Self-Help Food Bank — C$551,068 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetSocial Development Centre Waterloo Region — C$530,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetCANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION WATERLOO WELLINGTON — C$515,373 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Care Concepts of Woolwich Wellesley and Wilmot — C$480,963 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetGreenway Chaplin Community Centre — C$473,769 over 8y, 16% of budgetONEROOF YOUTH SERVICES — C$469,422 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetCommunity Justice Initiatives — C$459,157 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetVolunteer Action Centre of Waterloo Region — C$446,500 over 7y, 52% of budgetKitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre — C$435,306 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetThe Working Centre — C$408,214 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCommunity Support Connections — C$398,198 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetLangs Farm Village Association — C$396,226 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCARIZON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$385,492 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Literacy Group of Waterloo Region — C$371,909 over 8y, 15% of budgetYMCA of Cambridge — C$367,467 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetOntario 211 — C$356,136 over 6y, 8.9% of budgetYWCA Cambridge — C$348,324 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetFamily and Children's Services Waterloo Region — C$333,162 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF WATERLOO REGION — C$282,030 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPreston Heights Community Group — C$251,368 over 6y, 22% of budgetBridges to Belonging — C$236,882 over 6y, 32% of budgetSexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region — C$236,224 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetKW Community Fountation — C$216,261 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way Kitchener Waterloo & — C$215,391 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetSanguen Health Centre — C$215,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetSocial Planning Council — C$201,177 over 3y, 24% of budgetUnited Way Oxford — C$194,885 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetSPECTRUM - Waterloo Region's Rainbow Community Space — C$190,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetIndependent Living Centre of Waterloo Region — C$186,200 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetKITCHENER WATERLOO YMCA — C$181,689 over 5y, 58% of budgetBrant United Way — C$163,521 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetSexual Health Options Resource & Education - SHORE Centre — C$162,996 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetKitchener Downtown Community Health Centre — C$160,600 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAnishnabeg Outreach Employment and Training inc. — C$160,142 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetSupportive Housing of Waterloo — C$148,493 over 6y, 3.7% 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 KW COUNSELLING SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds YWCA KITCHENER-WATERLOO ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP ↗
  • Who funds Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region ↗
  • Who funds Carizon Family & Community Services ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WATERLOO REGION ↗
  • Who funds Porchlight Counselling & Addiction Services ↗
  • Who funds Argus Residence For Young People ↗
  • Who funds John Howards Society ↗
  • Who funds Kinbridge Community Association ↗
  • Who funds Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region ↗
  • Who funds Cambridge Shelter Corporation ↗
  • Who funds AIDS Committee of Cambridge Kitchener Waterloo & Area ↗
  • Who funds Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds Social Development Centre Waterloo Region ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION WATERLOO WELLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds Community Care Concepts of Woolwich Wellesley and Wilmot ↗
  • Who funds Greenway Chaplin Community Centre ↗
  • Who funds ONEROOF YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Community Justice Initiatives ↗
  • Who funds Volunteer Action Centre of Waterloo Region ↗
  • Who funds Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre ↗
  • Who funds The Working Centre ↗
  • Who funds Community Support Connections ↗
  • Who funds Langs Farm Village Association ↗
  • Who funds CARIZON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds The Literacy Group of Waterloo Region ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Cambridge ↗
  • Who funds Ontario 211 ↗
  • Who funds YWCA Cambridge ↗
  • Who funds Family and Children's Services Waterloo Region ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD BANK OF WATERLOO REGION ↗
  • Who funds Preston Heights Community Group ↗
  • Who funds Bridges to Belonging ↗
  • Who funds Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region ↗
  • Who funds KW Community Fountation ↗
  • Who funds United Way Kitchener Waterloo & ↗
  • Who funds Sanguen Health Centre ↗
  • Who funds Social Planning Council ↗
  • Who funds United Way Oxford ↗

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.

United Way of Kitchen…Waterloo Region Commu…The Lyle Shantz Hallm…Cambridge & North Dum…The Cowan FoundationSocial Venture Partne…The Food Bank of Wate…The May Court Club of…Astley Family Foundat…Gore Mutual Insurance…United Way of OxfordKitchener-Conestoga R…
United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and AreaON60.6× affinity71 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area · Waterloo Region Community Foundation · The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation · Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Foundation · The Cowan Foundation · Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region · The Food Bank of Waterloo Region · The May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloo · Astley Family Foundation · Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation · United Way of Oxford · Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund

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 454 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 2024-03-31, 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 119278133:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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