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Waterloo, ON · Charitable organization

Waterloo Christian Reformed Church

Weekly worship programs education programs youth programs (high school university / college youth gems cadets) and community programs newcomer sponsorship programs for refugees

C$80k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
Regions reached
C$24k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k29 grants · C$40k
  • C$10k–50k2 grants · C$40k
C$980
Median grant
1
Regions reached
C$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICAC$24,459
WORLD RENEWC$15,319
CLASSIS HURON OF THE CHRISTIAN REFORMEDC$6,630
FOODBANK OF WATERLOO REGIONC$3,800
THRIVEC$3,778
K-W WORKING CENTRE FOR THE UNEMPLOYEDC$2,270
WATERLOO WAYSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICESC$1,700
RAY OF HOPEC$1,530
INDWELL COMMUNITY HOMESC$1,475
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WATERLOO REGIONC$1,290
HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIPC$1,230
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WATERLOOC$1,205
ONTARIO CHRISTIAN GLEANERSC$1,120
ONEROOF YOUTH SERVICESC$1,110
CROW SHIELD LODGEC$1,069
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$742k · 32 repeat orgsC$124k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

32 repeat relationships — 24 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
29

Total granted

C$742k
C$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+15%

Still filing today

100%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$23k 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

  • CR
    Christian Reformed Church in North America
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$359k · revenue +140%
  • RU
    Redeemer University College
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$23k · revenue +56%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF WATERLOO REGION
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$19k · revenue +137%

Funded once

  • CR
    CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · C$62k
  • CH
    CLASSES HURON OF THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · C$7k
  • A
    ADVENTURE4CHANGEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · C$7k · revenue +201%

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.

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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
Lutherwood

In operation since 1970 Lutherwood offers a range of mental health and social service programs in Waterloo Region and Guelph-Wellington County. We provide the following: • We help children and their families work through mental health…

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3
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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4
Waterloo Region Community Foundation

Waterloo region community foundation (wrcf) collaborates with partners to ensure our communities are equitable connected and sustainable; and people are thriving. we strengthen local organizations spaces and experiences to increase…

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5
Heartwood Place

Provide safe affordable and adequate housing to three sites in the region of waterloo

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6
United College

United college is affiliated with the university of waterloo ( uw). it's program include residential accomodation for undergraduate and graduate students and teaching religious studies international development indigenous studies…

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7
Renison University College

Renison University College is a college teaching in the arts and social sciences affiliated with the University of Waterloo. Renison offers courses in the departments of Social Development Studies and Culture and Language studies. We offer…

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8
Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region

Emergency shelter services - provide emergency shelter for abused women and children crisis phone counselling - provide over the phone counselling to abused women and children crisis support - provide short term financial suppoer to abused…

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9
Conrad Grebel University College

Conrad Grebel University College is founded by the Mennonite church and affiliated with the University of Waterloo. The mission and programs of Grebel are rooted in and and inspired by its Christian identity and its Anabaptist/Mennonite…

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10
Christian Reformed World Missions of Canada

Christian Reformed World Missions is the international evangelism ministry of the Christian Reformed Church. Activities include evangelism, discipleship, and missions programs around the world.

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11
Social Development Centre Waterloo Region

Provide information and referral of social services Undertake social research Provide support and services for the charitable sector Our primary pillars are Housing & Homelessness Grassroots Infrastructure and Lived Expertise. Our service…

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12
Fh Canada

Food for the Hungry (FH) Canada part of the global FH family is a Christian not-for-profit organization dedicated to ending poverty worldwide. With partners across Canada and the world FH walks alongside vulnerable communities throughout…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ and the most unlike its peers is Saint Monica House. 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

41 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. 41 of the 66 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
27/41
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$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetChristian Reformed Church in North America — C$359,002 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCLASSIS HURON OF THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH — C$124,826 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetInstitute for Christian Studies — C$23,644 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetRedeemer University College — C$22,547 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF WATERLOO REGION — C$18,578 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetK-W WORKING CENTRE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED — C$16,428 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDIACONAL MINISTRIES CANADA — C$16,206 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD RENEW — C$15,319 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH — C$12,970 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetDYNAMIC YOUTH MINISTRIES — C$12,654 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY WATERLOO REGION — C$12,432 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRay of Hope — C$10,140 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetK-W YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — C$10,129 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP — C$9,628 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSupportive Housing of Waterloo — C$9,557 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetONTARIO CHRISTIAN GLEANERS — C$8,132 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetKitchener-Waterloo Christian School Society — C$7,810 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCAMBRIDGE DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION — C$7,230 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY WATERLOO REGION — C$7,089 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetADVENTURE4CHANGE — C$6,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetINDWELL COMMUNITY HOMES — C$6,415 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSHALEM MENAL HEALTH NETWORK — C$5,397 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT MONICA HOUSE — C$5,183 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZENS FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE — C$5,175 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Horizons — C$5,165 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPartners Worldwide Canada — C$5,047 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetKIDSABILITY — C$5,032 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetONEROOF YOUTH SERVICES — C$4,960 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBack to God Ministries International — C$4,540 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE — C$3,778 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLUTHERWOOD CHILD AND FAMILY FOUNDATION — C$2,090 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY JUSTICE INITIATIVES OF WATERLOO REGION — C$1,220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROW SHIELD LODGE — C$1,069 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO YOUTH FOR CHRIST — C$1,037 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRIEF HILLS COMMUNITY — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRiver City Church — C$991 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD4KIDS WATERLOO REGION — C$980 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Journey — C$963 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKITCHENER WATERLOO MULTICULTURAL CENTRE — C$755 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEGGINNINGS FAMILY SERVICES CARE CENTRES — C$500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY BRITCH COLUMBIA — C$500 over 1y, 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 Christian Reformed Church in North America ↗
  • Who funds CLASSIS HURON OF THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds Institute for Christian Studies ↗
  • Who funds Redeemer University College ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF WATERLOO REGION ↗
  • Who funds K-W WORKING CENTRE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED ↗
  • Who funds DIACONAL MINISTRIES CANADA ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RENEW ↗
  • Who funds EMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds DYNAMIC YOUTH MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WATERLOO REGION ↗
  • Who funds Ray of Hope ↗
  • Who funds K-W YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP ↗
  • Who funds Supportive Housing of Waterloo ↗
  • Who funds ONTARIO CHRISTIAN GLEANERS ↗
  • Who funds Kitchener-Waterloo Christian School Society ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WATERLOO REGION ↗
  • Who funds ADVENTURE4CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds INDWELL COMMUNITY HOMES ↗
  • Who funds SHALEM MENAL HEALTH NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds SAINT MONICA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds Christian Horizons ↗
  • Who funds Partners Worldwide Canada ↗
  • Who funds KIDSABILITY ↗
  • Who funds ONEROOF YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Back to God Ministries International ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERWOOD CHILD AND FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY JUSTICE INITIATIVES OF WATERLOO REGION ↗

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.

Waterloo Region Commu…United Way Waterloo R…The First Christian R…Creekside ChurchTrinity United ChurchKitchener-Conestoga R…Astley Family Foundat…Blue Sea Philanthropy…The Food Bank of Wate…Emmanuel United ChurchThe May Court Club of…The Lyle Shantz Hallm…
Waterloo Region Community FoundationON14.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Waterloo Region Community Foundation · United Way Waterloo Region Communities · The First Christian Reformed Church of Kitchener Inc. · Creekside Church · Trinity United Church · Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club Community Aid Fund · Astley Family Foundation · Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc. · The Food Bank of Waterloo Region · Emmanuel United Church · The May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloo · The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable 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 66 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 charitable organization under christianity.

Source object 108191834:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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