What does it mean for grant money to stay in-province?

It is the share of grants made by funders based in Manitoba that reached charities also located in Manitoba, rather than charities elsewhere. A high share means local funders mostly back local causes; a low one means the money largely leaves.

Is Manitoba a major grantmaking province?

Manitoba ranks 5th of the 13 provinces and territories by grant dollars from resident funders. The largest are Ontario and Quebec; the most outward, where the most money leaves, is Nunavut.

How can a charity find funders in Manitoba?

Start with the largest grantmakers based in Manitoba, currently The Winnipeg Foundation and Abundance Canada. Funders from other provinces also reach in, led by Canadahelps Canadon.

How recent is this Manitoba grant data?

It is read from the FY2017–2023 T3010 returns, summed across them. A charity files its T3010 within six months of its year end, so the latest year is still filling in.

Funding by province · MB

Grantmaking in Manitoba

2,143 grantmakers are based in Manitoba. Together they granted C$2.7B across the FY2017–2023 T3010 returns, the 5th most of any province or territory, and kept 64% of it in Manitoba. Most of it stays, with 36% leaving the province.

2,143

grantmakers

C$2.7B

granted

64%

stays in-province

The short version

2,143 grantmakers are based in Manitoba, granting C$2.7B across the FY2017–2023 T3010 returns, the 5th most of any province or territory.
64% of grants made by Manitoba funders stayed in Manitoba; the rest went to charities elsewhere.
Manitoba is a net importer of grant money, its charities drawing C$20M more from outside funders than Manitoba funders send out.

Manitoba is a net importer of grant money, C$20M more arrives than leaves.

Largest funders based in Manitoba

Grantmakers headquartered in Manitoba, sized by total grants made. Pick one for its dossier.

2,135 other fundersC$1.6B

The Winnipeg FoundationC$333M Abundance CanadaC$247M Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/Association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.C$126M Giftpact Foundation Inc.C$99M

Charities in Manitoba that draw the most

The charities in Manitoba that received the most grant money.

1Mennonite Central Committee CanadaC$249M 2The University of ManitobaC$110M 3Inner City Youth Alive IncC$101M 4Betel Home FoundationC$73M 5Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/Association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.C$64M 6St. Boniface Hospital Inc. / L'Hôpital Saint-Boniface Inc.C$63M 7United Way of WinnipegC$52M 8Ducks Unlimited Canada/Canards Illimites CanadaC$45M

Biggest funders reaching into Manitoba from elsewhere

Funders in other provinces sending the most money to charities in Manitoba.

1Canadahelps CanadonC$102M 2Mennonite Central Committee OntarioC$72M 3Mennonite Central Committee (McC) British ColumbiaC$60M 4Mennonite Central Committee AlbertaC$26M 5The Nature Conservancy of Canada/La Societe Canadienne Pour la Conservation de la NatureC$25M 6Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation / Fonds de Bienfaisance CanadaC$18M

Where the money goes by org size

Grant dollars to charities in Manitoba, by the recipient's size, against the national average (the marker). Manitoba sends a larger share to C$1M to C$10M charities than the country as a whole, and less to C$100M and up.

Under C$100k2% vs 2% national

C$100k to C$1M17% vs 14% national

C$1M to C$10M35% vs 27% national

C$10M to C$100M33% vs 29% national

C$100M and up13% vs 28% national

Questions and answers

What does it mean for grant money to stay in-province?: It is the share of grants made by funders based in Manitoba that reached charities also located in Manitoba, rather than charities elsewhere. A high share means local funders mostly back local causes; a low one means the money largely leaves.
Is Manitoba a major grantmaking province?: Manitoba ranks 5th of the 13 provinces and territories by grant dollars from resident funders. The largest are Ontario and Quebec; the most outward, where the most money leaves, is Nunavut.
How can a charity find funders in Manitoba?: Start with the largest grantmakers based in Manitoba, currently The Winnipeg Foundation and Abundance Canada. Funders from other provinces also reach in, led by Canadahelps Canadon.
How recent is this Manitoba grant data?: It is read from the FY2017–2023 T3010 returns, summed across them. A charity files its T3010 within six months of its year end, so the latest year is still filling in.

Source: CRA T3010 returns
License: Open Government Licence – Canada
Currency: CAD, never converted