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Halifax, NS · Private foundation

Walker Wood Foundation

To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time as gifts to qualified donees under the income tax act.

C$2.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
75
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
Regions reached
C$235k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k6 grants · C$37k
  • C$10k–50k56 grants · C$1.2M
  • C$50k–250k13 grants · C$1.2M
C$20,000
Median grant
10
Regions reached
C$55M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITYC$235,000
GREENER VILLAGEC$200,000
SOULS HARBOUR RESCUE MISSIONC$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOC$95,000
HOPE FOR WILDLIFEC$70,000
NSCC FOUNDATIONC$68,000
ACADIA UNIVERSITYC$63,000
WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITYC$59,000
MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITYC$55,000
THE BOUNDLESS SCHOOLC$55,000
ST. FRANCES XAVIERC$54,000
GEORGETOWN HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$52,000
FEED NOVA SCOTIAC$50,000
HAIFAX GRAMMAR SCHOOLC$45,412
UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDC$45,000
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$4.1M
Nova Scotia
C$2.9M
New Brunswick
C$516k
Saskatchewan
C$358k
Manitoba
C$283k
Quebec
C$158k
British Columbia
C$137k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$127k
Prince Edward Island
C$90k
Alberta
C$82k

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$8.4M · 102 repeat orgsC$415k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

102 repeat relationships — 69 still active in FY2024, 33 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

102
18

Total granted

C$8.4M
C$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+15%

Still filing today

97%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$283k 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

  • DU
    DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$769k · revenue +41%
  • N
    NSCC
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$303k · revenue +206%
  • AU
    ACADIA UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$293k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • SS
    SECOND STAGE HOUSING ASSOCIATION OF DARTMOUTH
    one grant, 2023 · C$20k · revenue +1%
  • SC
    SOUTHEAST COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · C$16k
  • YH
    YWCA HALIFAXgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · C$15k · revenue +99%

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.

1
Saint Mary's University

Saint Mary’s University is one of Canada’s top primarily undergraduate universities known for its international collaborations leadership in entrepreneurship and research that benefits local and global communities. We provide undergraduate…

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2
University of the Fraser Valley

The University of the Fraser Valley is a special purpose teaching university. The University is governed by a Board of Governors the majority of which are appointed by the Province of British Columbia. The primary purpose of the University…

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3
British Columbia Institute of Technology

BCIT is a public polytechnic institute that operates across five campuses located in the Metro Vancouver region. BCIT provides post secondary education to nearly 50 000 students in subjects ranging from applied and natural sciences…

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4
Thompson Rivers University

Thompson Rivers University operates as an accredited Post Secondary University offering a variety of undergraduate and masters degrees as well as a variety of diplomas certificates and continuing education courses.

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5
Camosun College

Camosun College is a comprehensive public post-secondary institution providing the community with access to knowledge and skills that are relevant to future economic and social development in the region.

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6
Cape Breton University

Advancement of education degree and diploma programs. conduct research: natural science & engineering social sciences & humanities canadian foundation for innovation information technology heath petroleum. provide other program: cultural…

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7
Yukon University

Facilitation and deliver of post-secondary education including northern research.

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8
Universite De Moncton

Programmes d'enseignement post-secondaire et de recherche

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9
Nova Scotia Community College

The nova scotia community college provides post-secondary education to approximately 20 000 students. covering academic programs across various ares such as: business hospitality health & human services trades & technology applied arts &…

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10
Simon Fraser University

Sfu offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the faculties of applied science arts and social services beedie school of business education environment health sciences sciences and communication arts and technology. the university…

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11
Universite Concordia

The main mission of the University is to provide post-secondary and graduate education. It engages in research public services and assists students faculties and researchers. Concordia University Faculty of Arts and Science Gina Cody…

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12
Nunavut Arctic College

Post-Secondary Education

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology and the most unlike its peers is We Are Young Association. 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

120 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. 120 of the 126 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
119/120
Grantees still filing
98/120
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 budgetDALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY — C$768,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNSCC — C$303,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetACADIA UNIVERSITY — C$293,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST. FRANCIS XAVIER — C$278,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO — C$265,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCONESTOGA COLLEGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED — C$251,852 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY — C$239,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSOULS HARBOUR RESCUE MISSION — C$212,600 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetGREENER VILLAGE — C$200,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSENECA COLLEGE — C$195,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGADOON VILLAGE — C$179,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetWILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY — C$178,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES — C$175,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BOUNDLESS SCHOOL — C$160,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetLIONS FOUNDATION OF CANADA DOG GUIDES MISSION — C$159,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMCGILL UNIVERSITY — C$158,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA — C$157,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN RED CROSS — C$150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetQUEEN'S UNIVERSITY — C$145,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY — C$144,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHUMBER COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY — C$137,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHALIFAX GRAMMER SCHOOL — C$133,194 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFEED NOVA SCOTIA — C$126,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCANCER ASSISTANCE SERVICES OF HALTON HILLS — C$123,000 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetHOPE FOR WILDLIFE — C$121,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetBROCK UNIVERSITY — C$120,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO — C$115,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA — C$102,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCEHEBUCTO CONNECTIONS — C$99,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetNSCAD UNIVERSITY — C$92,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE HALIFAX — C$90,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND — C$90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetACCLAIM HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES — C$86,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFLEMING COLLEGE — C$86,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC — C$85,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCARLETON UNIVERSITY — C$84,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCUMBERLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE — C$75,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetLIONS FOUNDATION OF CANADA DOG GUIDES MISSION — C$72,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK — C$72,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$70,000 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetTRENT UNIVERSITY — C$68,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTORONTON HUMANE SOCIETY — C$66,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetASSINIBOINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — C$64,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILY SOS ASSOCIATION — C$61,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetCARLTON TRAIL COLLEGE — C$60,412 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetONTARIOTECH UNIVERSITY — C$60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SASKTACHEWAN — C$60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR — C$60,000 over 4y, 0.0% 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 DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NSCC ↗
  • Who funds ACADIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST. FRANCIS XAVIER ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds CONESTOGA COLLEGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SOULS HARBOUR RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds GREENER VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds SENECA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BRIGADOON VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds THE BOUNDLESS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LIONS FOUNDATION OF CANADA DOG GUIDES MISSION ↗
  • Who funds MCGILL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN RED CROSS ↗
  • Who funds QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HUMBER COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds HALIFAX GRAMMER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FEED NOVA SCOTIA ↗
  • Who funds CANCER ASSISTANCE SERVICES OF HALTON HILLS ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR WILDLIFE ↗
  • Who funds BROCK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA ↗
  • Who funds CEHEBUCTO CONNECTIONS ↗
  • Who funds NSCAD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE HALIFAX ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds ACCLAIM HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds FLEMING COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC ↗
  • Who funds CARLETON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CUMBERLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LIONS FOUNDATION OF CANADA DOG GUIDES MISSION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗

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.

J and W Murphy Founda…The Windsor FoundationThe Joyce Family Foun…The Community Foundat…River Philip Foundati…United Way Maritimes/…Enactus CanadaCwb Welding FoundationThe McCain FoundationHarrison McCain Found…F. K. Morrow Foundati…Niagara Community Fou…
J and W Murphy FoundationNS22.3× affinity20 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J and W Murphy Foundation · The Windsor Foundation · The Joyce Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society · River Philip Foundation · United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes · Enactus Canada · Cwb Welding Foundation · The McCain Foundation · Harrison McCain Foundation · F. K. Morrow Foundation · Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara

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 126 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 private foundation under teaching institutions.

Source object 832849947:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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