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Vancouver, BC · Public foundation

Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Society

Adopt-a-school: issues grants to programs run by qualified donees (I.e.

C$2.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$568k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k9 grants · C$37k
  • C$10k–50k19 grants · C$444k
  • C$50k–250k8 grants · C$687k
  • C$250k+2 grants · C$1.1M
C$20,000
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 36 (SURREY)C$567,600
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 39 (VANCOUVERC$505,454
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 42 (MAPLEC$181,800
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 52 (PRINCEC$108,000
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 82 (COASTC$95,000
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 41 (BURNABY)C$81,000
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 (NECHAKOC$67,500
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 68 (NANAIMOC$52,080
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAYC$52,000
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 93 (CONSEILC$50,000
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 43 (COQUITLAM)C$48,000
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 71(COMOXC$39,500
STRATHCONA COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION (1972)C$35,000
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 33 (CHILLIWACKC$35,000
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 34 (ABBOTSFORDC$33,530
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$8.5M · 48 repeat orgsC$1.6M to everyone else

48 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
64

Total granted

C$8.5M
C$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+32%

Still filing today

96%
19%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$155k went to new ones.

50%100%’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

  • TB
    THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 36 (SURREY)
    5× · 2020–2024 · C$2.5M · revenue +26%
  • TB
    THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 39 (VANCOUVER
    5× · 2020–2024 · C$1.9M · revenue +19%
  • LS
    LANGLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · C$402k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • SD
    SCHOOL DISTRICT 36 SURREY
    one grant, 2019 · C$316k
  • SD
    SCHOOL DISTRICT 39 VANCOUVER
    one grant, 2019 · C$281k
  • SS
    SURREY SCHOOL DISTRICT 36
    one grant, 2018 · C$226k

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
The Board of Education of School District No. 35 (Langley)

Public schools and board

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2
The Board of Education of School District No. 23 (Central Okanagan)

Enhancing education through the School Distruct

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3
The Board of Education of School District No. 28 (Quesnel)

Education programs Operating a publicly funded school system in Quesnel BC

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4
The Board of Education of School District No. 87 (Stikine)

We operate public schools where we are able to offer scholarships to our graduating students. we alos offer opportunities for donations to improve and assist the school system in educating our students to the highest level possible.

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5
The Board of Education of School District No. 49 (Central Coast)

Operate 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school. provide funds for bursary/scholarship for graduates. provide funding to support school cultural/sport trips.

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6
The Board of Education of School District No. 63 (Saanich)

We are a collecting agency for charitable donations to a school district. funds distributed are for scholarships or educational programs.

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7
The Board of Education of School District No. 54 (Bulkley Valley)

To provide educational programs for elementary and secondary students as required by the Ministry of Education

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8
SD43 Education Foundation

To advance the education initiatives of the board of school trustees of school district 43 (coquitlam) by providing grants and general support; to support extra-curricular activities programs and projects for the students of school…

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9
Renfrew County District School Board

We work together to create a dynamic and respectful learning environment that supports and encourages individual achievement and well-being and creates outstanding educational experiences for all our students.

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10
Board of Education of the Regina School Division No. 4 of Saskatchewan

Advancements of education through the provisions of the Education Act 1995 of Saskatchewan. Awarding scholarships and bursaries. Purchase of materials and supplies for school use.

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11
The Board of Trustees of Fort McMurray Public School Division

The school division maintains the public education of 7 800+ students within the city of Fort McMurray Alberta. The school division provides services from Early Childhood Development and Kindergarten to Grade 12 within the city and…

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12
The Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria)

The charity provides a comprehensive public education program in schools within the greater victoria school district.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Board of Education of School District No. 39 (Vancouver) and the most unlike its peers is The Community Arts Council of Richmond. 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

63 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. 63 of the 118 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/63
Grantees still filing
51/63
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 budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 36 (SURREY) — C$2,487,199 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 39 (VANCOUVER — C$1,946,688 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLANGLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION — C$402,193 over 5y, 19% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 41 (BURNABY) — C$333,132 over 5y, 24% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 68 — C$324,220 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKIDSAFE PROJECT SOCIETY — C$298,750 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 42 (MAPLE — C$282,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 43 (COQUITLAM) — C$247,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 (NEW WESTMI — C$198,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTRATHCONA COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION (1972) — C$173,145 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 82 (COAST — C$151,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKATESIEM YOUTH SOCIETY — C$130,000 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 52 (PRINCE — C$108,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 71(COMOX — C$102,500 over 5y, 31% of budgetSAINT JAMES MUSIC ACADEMY — C$97,750 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetVANCOUVER HOMEWORK CLUB SOCIETY — C$96,928 over 4y, 44% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 34 — C$92,230 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 48 — C$90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 93 (CONSEIL — C$87,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 (NECHAKO — C$77,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY — C$66,622 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 33 (CHILLIWACK — C$61,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 46 (SUNSHINE. — C$51,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FIRST FOUNDATION — C$50,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNANAIMO-LADYSMITH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (PRINCE — C$45,565 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 10 (ARROW LAKE — C$45,250 over 4y, 76% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 69 — C$41,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 20 (KOOTENAY — C$37,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetM.L.E. TRAINING AND RESEARCH SOCIETY (D.B.A. GREATER HEIGHTS — C$37,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 59 — C$30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 37 (DELTA) — C$27,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.79(COWICHAN VAL — C$26,780 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVANCOUVER URBAN MINISTRIES — C$26,005 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetCOURTENARY ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL SOCIETY — C$25,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 78 (FRASER.... — C$24,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIM — C$20,500 over 2y, 18% of budgetTHE BOIARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 27 (CARIBOO.. — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 53 (OKANAGAN — C$19,260 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 70 — C$17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 84 (VANCOUVER — C$16,650 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 85 (VANCOUVER — C$16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKIWASSA NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES ASSOCIATION — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRAY-CAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION — C$15,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 45 (WEST — C$12,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 38 — C$10,675 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5 — C$10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 67 (OKANAGAN.. — C$10,000 over 1y, 13% 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.

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 Art Starts in Sch…Construction Foundati…Indigo Love of Readin…Music Education Chari…Sedin Family Foundati…Td Friends of the Env…Club des petits déjeu…Cwb Welding FoundationUnited Way British Co…Vancity Community Fou…Vancouver FoundationPostmedia Network Fou…
The Art Starts in Schools SocietyBC43.3× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Art Starts in Schools Society · Construction Foundation of Bc (2012) Society · Indigo Love of Reading Foundation/Fondation Indigo Pour L'Amour de la Lecture · Music Education Charity of Canada · Sedin Family Foundation · Td Friends of the Environment Foundation · Club des petits déjeuners du Canada - Breakfast Club of Canada · Cwb Welding Foundation · United Way British Columbia · Vancity Community Foundation · Vancouver Foundation · Postmedia Network 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 118 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 119258374:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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