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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

Willow & Grace Foundation

The organization uses its funds in order to support qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the income tax act (canada) with their endeavors.

C$100k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k10 grants · C$35k
  • C$10k–50k3 grants · C$65k
C$5,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCEC$25,250
WESTCOAST SACRED ARTS FOUNDATIONC$20,000
THE NARWHALC$20,000
ECOLOGICAL FARMERS ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIOC$6,954
ELORA ENVIRONMENT CENTREC$5,000
TNG COMMUNITY SERVICES (THE NEIGHBOURHOOD GROUP)C$5,000
CHARITABLE IMPACT FOUNDATIONC$5,000
YMCAC$3,921
THE GUELPH COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONC$3,000
ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCHC$3,000
VISIONS OF SCIENCE NETWORK FOR LEARNINGC$2,000
THE CARITAS FOUNDATIONC$1,000
ALZHEIMER SOCIETYC$182
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$498k · 19 repeat orgsC$79k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +62% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

19 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
12

Total granted

C$498k
C$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+11%

Still filing today

95%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$53k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24
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

  • ED
    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE
    3× · 2020–2024 · C$75k · revenue +94%
  • TF
    TORONTO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · C$75k · revenue +68%
  • GB
    GREEN BUDGET COALITION
    3× · 2021–2023 · C$50k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • RU
    ROSEDALE UNITED CHURCHgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$8k · revenue +54%
  • CC
    COMMUNITY COUNTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · C$7k · revenue -28%
  • TL
    THE LEGACY FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
    one grant, 2022 · C$3k · revenue -55%

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 Nature Conservancy of Canada/La Societe Canadienne Pour La Conservation De La Nature

As Canada’s largest environmental charity the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has worked with partners to conserve natural landscapes since 1962. Together we deliver solutions to address the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate…

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2
Environment Funders Canada / Philanthropie Canadienne pour l'environnement

All of environment funders canada's programs are designed to expand the scope and effectiveness of grantmaking in support of the canadian environment and to support a vibrant network of philanthropic and other funders working individually…

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3
Generate Canada Inc.

Generate Canada is a national charity that connects problem-solvers across sectors and value chains to generate solutions to the most complex challenges at the nexus of environment economy and society. The organization’s vision is a strong…

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4
Nature United/ Nature Unie

Nature united is a canadian charity affiliated with the nature conservancy which works globally to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. we strive for a world where healthy communities and sustainable development drive…

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5
Wcs Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

Wcs canada provides evidence-based expert guidance and policy recommendations to empower decision-makers to take transformative action for wildlife ecosystems and people. through our own research accumulated expertise and understanding of…

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6
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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7
World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial Pour La Nature Can Ada

World Wildlife Fund Canada is a national registered charity formed to collect manage and disburse funds through suitable bodies or individuals for the conservation of fauna flora forests landscape water soils and other natural resources in…

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8
Leap Pecaut Centre for Social Impact

LEAP Pecaut Centre for Social Impact initiates and leads multi-sector collaborations to tackle some of society’s biggest problems in education employment and health. Over five years taking their needs and stages of development into…

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9
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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10
Healthbridge Foundation of Canada

HealthBridge works with partners world-wide to improve health and health equity through research policy and action in the following programming areas: Food and Nutrition: combating hunger and malnutrition and improving food security;…

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11
Canadian Trees for Life

We are a national charity committed to mobilizing empowering and inspiring tree-planting initiatives across canada. our mission is to create a healthier happier canada by planting trees where we live work and play. we eliminate hurdles…

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12
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society/La Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canada

A) Terrestrial Parks and Protected Areas Program - To establish new and expanded terrestrial protected areas while protecting nature in our existing parks; - To protect wilderness ecosystems across Canada; and - To educate Canadians about…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Plan International Canada Inc. and the most unlike its peers is Westcoast Sacred Arts Society. 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

39 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. 39 of the 41 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)
39/39
Grantees still filing
25/39
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 budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE — C$75,250 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTORONTO FOUNDATION — C$75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN BUDGET COALITION — C$50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSINAI HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — C$35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKEWAY CHARITABLE — C$34,985 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS EMPLOYMENT — C$32,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBETTER TORONTO COALITION — C$29,622 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD SHARE — C$28,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEIGHBOURHOOD ORGANIZATION — C$25,045 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWINDMILL MICROLENDING — C$20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWESTCOAST SACRED ARTS FOUNDATION — C$20,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSISTERING — C$15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetONTARIO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — C$12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNICEF CANADA — C$12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIE REFUGEE WELCOME CENTRE — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROSEDALE UNITED CHURCH — C$7,958 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY COUNTS FOUNDATION — C$7,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetECOLOGICAL FARMERS ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO — C$6,954 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTNG COMMUNITY SERVICES (THE NEIGHBOURHOOD GROUP) — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELORA ENVIRONMENT CENTRE — C$5,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetCHARITABLE IMPACT FOUNDATION — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA — C$3,921 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPEAKING OF DOGS RESCUE PROGRAM — C$3,772 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPLAN INTERNATIONAL — C$3,280 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMALLCHANGEFUND — C$3,245 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GUELPH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH — C$3,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE LEGACY FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT — C$3,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION — C$2,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANITY FIRST — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKBF FOUNDATION CANADA — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECDOND HARVEST — C$1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARITAS FOUNDATION — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WALRUS — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS HELP PHONE — C$201 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE CHARITY — C$200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT F OR HUMANITY — C$200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER SOCIETY — C$182 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION — C$102 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.

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.

Fondation Écho /Echo …Emerald FoundationThe McLean FoundationToronto FoundationThe Trottier Family F…La Fondation Emmanuel…The Chawkers foundati…The Catherine Donnell…Laidlaw FoundationAqueduct FoundationThe George Cedric Met…The J W McConnell Fam…
Fondation Écho /Echo FoundationQC11.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fondation Écho /Echo Foundation · Emerald Foundation · The McLean Foundation · Toronto Foundation · The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Trottier · La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso · The Chawkers foundation · The Catherine Donnelly Foundation · Laidlaw Foundation · Aqueduct Foundation · The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation · The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnell

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 41 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 770236115:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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