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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

Weston Family Foundation / Fondation de la famille Weston

The foundation supports the charitable sector by making grants to qualified donees that operate in the areas of education conservation neuroscience microbiome research and scientific research in canada's north.

C$66M
Granted FY2024still arriving
163
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
Regions reached
C$8.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 163 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k1 grant · C$3k
  • C$10k–50k58 grants · C$1.3M
  • C$50k–250k51 grants · C$5.1M
  • C$250k+53 grants · C$60M
C$80,000
Median grant
10
Regions reached
C$516M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Royal Institution for the Advancement of LearningC$8,095,192
University of British ColumbiaC$5,524,914
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre FoundationC$3,624,368
Nature Conservancy of CanadaC$3,303,556
Wildlife Conservation Society Canada (WCS)C$2,854,622
McMaster UniversityC$2,850,220
The Salvation Army of CanadaC$2,474,010
Governors of the University of CalgaryC$2,079,509
Toronto and Region Conservation FoundationC$2,066,988
Birds Canada / Oiseaux CanadaC$1,250,000
Ducks Unlimited CanadaC$1,220,000
Universities CanadaC$1,174,048
University of GuelphC$1,103,564
Universite LavalC$1,086,617
Canadian Canoe MuseumC$1,000,000
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$172M
British Columbia
C$26M
Quebec
C$25M
Alberta
C$19M
Manitoba
C$11M
Saskatchewan
C$7.7M
Nova Scotia
C$1.4M
New Brunswick
C$665k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$525k
Yukon
C$309k
Nunavut
C$300k
Prince Edward Island
C$191k
Northwest Territories
C$60k

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$315M · 223 repeat orgsC$16M 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 +28% for the ones you funded once.

223 repeat relationships — 126 still active in FY2024, 97 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

223
131

Total granted

C$315M
C$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+28%

Still filing today

90%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$4.1M 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

  • NC
    Nature Conservancy of Canada
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$20M · revenue +101%
  • UO
    University of British Columbia
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$19M · revenue +55%
  • TA
    TORONTO AND REGION CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$17M · revenue +12% · 94% of their budget

Funded once

  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST CANADAgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · C$2.0M · revenue +194%
  • DW
    Delta Waterfowl Foundation (ALUS Canada)graduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$1.8M · revenue +232% · 95% of their budget
  • DC
    DURHAM COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · C$751k · revenue +26%

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
Brock University

Teaching and Research in broadly based undergraduate and graduate education programs including professional and interdisciplinary programs. The University provides education programs across seven faculties: Applied Health Sciences Business…

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2
Ontario Headwaters Institute

Research & education; public & organizational engagement

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3
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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4
Carleton University

Carleton University provides post-secondary education.

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5
The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority / Office De Protection De La Nature De Toronto

TRCA works to protect conserve and restore natural resources within its jurisdiction for the benefit of current and future generations. TRCA provides programs and services that support healthy rivers and shorelines sustainable communities…

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6
The Walrus Foundation

The Walrus Foundation publishes independent fact-based journalism fiction and art in The Walrus magazine and at thewalrus.ca. The Walrus stories present a variety of perspectives on the most complex issues of our time focusing on six key…

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7
The Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

The humber college institute of technology and advanced learning is a publicly assisted polytechnic educational institution that offers bachelor degrees diplomas and postgraduate certificates in more than 220 full-time programs and over…

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8
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development

The Pembina Institute promotes public education and information that increases understanding about environmental and global energy issues. We provide research analysis and recommendations to inform policies and practices related to energy…

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9
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Foundation

The toronto rehabilitation institute foundation's mission is to raise grant and steward funds to support the mission of the toronto rehabilitation institute (which is part of the university health network) to develop solutions for people…

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10
Td Friends of the Environment Foundation

Td friends of the environment foundation (tdfef) is a national charity that funds environmental projects across canada. with the support from our donors td fef has provided more than $117 million to over 29 000 environmental projects and…

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11
Sci Canada Foundation

Conservation efforts through conducting surveys anti-poaching programs predation studies wildlife restoration and harvest initiatives programs education through scholarship programs for college students apprentice hunter programs support…

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12
Fondation Brain Canada / Brain Canada Foundation

Brain canada is a national non-profit organization that enables and supports excellent innovative paradigm-changine brain research in canada. it plays a unique and invaluable role as the national convener of the brain research community.…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philanthropic Foundations Canada/Fondations Philanthropiques Canada and the most unlike its peers is Burman University. 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

340 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. 340 of the 389 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.

39
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
85
Early backer (in before they grew)
332/340
Grantees still filing
243/340
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 budgetNature Conservancy of Canada — C$19,702,291 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetUniversity of British Columbia — C$18,630,262 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTORONTO AND REGION CONSERVATION FOUNDATION — C$16,846,974 over 7y, 94% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society Canada (WCS) — C$15,981,310 over 8y, 56% of budgetSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation — C$14,200,296 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetThe Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning — C$13,304,768 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMcMaster University — C$13,266,110 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetThe Governors of the University of Calgary — C$9,503,606 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetALUS Canada — C$9,000,000 over 6y, 70% of budgetDucks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada — C$8,220,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA — C$7,633,580 over 8y, 72% of budgetUNIVERSITIES CANADA — C$7,241,412 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetUniversite Laval — C$6,900,252 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE SALVATION ARMY OF CANADA (SALVA — C$6,670,010 over 7y, 97% of budgetCanadian Canoe Museum — C$6,600,000 over 5y, 43% of budgetUNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK — C$6,166,712 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUniversité d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa — C$5,697,593 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO — C$5,335,577 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Manitoba — C$4,395,091 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Western Ontario — C$4,329,767 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL — C$4,025,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetSaskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation Inc. — C$4,000,000 over 5y, 83% of budgetCentre Hospitalier de L'Universite de Montreal — C$3,808,289 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUHN Foundation — C$3,439,498 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetDOUGLAS HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE — C$3,417,788 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetUniversity of Guelph — C$3,360,496 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBirds Canada / Oiseaux Canada — C$3,115,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetThe Canadian Mental Health Association — C$3,000,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetUSC Canada — C$2,950,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetAssociation of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (A — C$2,827,889 over 2y, 77% of budgetDURHAM COLLEGE FOUNDATION — C$2,247,200 over 5y, 50% of budgetSt. Joseph's Health Care Foundation of London — C$2,245,093 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research — C$2,199,988 over 4y, 57% of budgetHospital for Sick Children — C$2,154,254 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST CANADA — C$2,000,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDelta Waterfowl Foundation (ALUS Canada) — C$1,840,725 over 1y, 95% of budgetLAWSON RESEARCH INSTITUTE — C$1,805,840 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetCommunity Food Centres Canada — C$1,730,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetMeewasin Valley Authority — C$1,536,500 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetNEXT CANADA — C$1,500,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetArt Gallery of Ontario — C$1,414,137 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSimon Fraser University — C$1,374,384 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOttawa Hospital Research Institute/Institut de recherche de — C$1,367,206 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEcological Farmers Association of Ontario — C$1,301,752 over 6y, 33% of budgetPARK PEOPLE — C$1,282,762 over 7y, 14% of budgetCENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH — C$1,275,554 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCentre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services — C$1,274,929 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Drink Fish — C$1,255,000 over 2y, 38% 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 Nature Conservancy of Canada ↗
  • Who funds University of British Columbia ↗
  • Who funds TORONTO AND REGION CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society Canada (WCS) ↗
  • Who funds Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning ↗
  • Who funds McMaster University ↗
  • Who funds The Governors of the University of Calgary ↗
  • Who funds ALUS Canada ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITIES CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Universite Laval ↗
  • Who funds THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE SALVATION ARMY OF CANADA (SALVA ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Canoe Museum ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa ↗
  • Who funds THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds University of Manitoba ↗
  • Who funds University of Western Ontario ↗
  • Who funds THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL ↗
  • Who funds Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation Inc. ↗
  • Who funds Centre Hospitalier de L'Universite de Montreal ↗
  • Who funds UHN Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DOUGLAS HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds University of Guelph ↗
  • Who funds Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada ↗
  • Who funds The Canadian Mental Health Association ↗
  • Who funds USC Canada ↗
  • Who funds Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (A ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation of London ↗
  • Who funds The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ↗
  • Who funds Hospital for Sick Children ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Delta Waterfowl Foundation (ALUS Canada) ↗
  • Who funds LAWSON RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Centres Canada ↗
  • Who funds Meewasin Valley Authority ↗

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 Dalglish Family F…Donner Canadian Found…Burgundy Legacy Found…Jackman FoundationThe McLean FoundationThe Hilary and Galen …Parkinson Canada Inc.R. Howard Webster Fou…Flavelle Family Found…The Henry White Kinne…Fondation Brain Canad…Toronto Foundation
The Dalglish Family FoundationON27.5× affinity29 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dalglish Family Foundation · Donner Canadian Foundation · Burgundy Legacy Foundation · Jackman Foundation · The McLean Foundation · The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation · Parkinson Canada Inc. · R. Howard Webster Foundation / Fondation R. Howard Webster · Flavelle Family Foundation · The Henry White Kinnear Foundation · Fondation Brain Canada / Brain Canada Foundation · Toronto 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 389 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 foundations.

Source object 889015194:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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