Nova Scotia · Registered charity
ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE
ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$153,563 to it, the largest being THE JOHN DOBSON FOUNDATION (C$153,333). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$154k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 913 teaching institutions nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2021
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- William L. Pearman Charitable Foundationlocal
- Black Opportunity Fundportfolio match
- Virgin Unite (Canada) Inc.portfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 71% · 2018 79% · 2019 65% · 2020 65% · 2021 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell C$77k → C$230.
From the CRA filings of ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 2 regions in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- William L. Pearman Charitable FoundationlocalNS · funds 8 organizations near you
- Black Opportunity Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Virgin Unite (Canada) Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Counselling Foundation of Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rideau Hall Foundation / Fondation Rideau Hallportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Co-operators Community Fund (Charity)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Excellence in Literacy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation - Fondation Canadienne Des Relations Racialesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Catherine Donnelly Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Loran Scholars Foundation / Fondation Boursiers Loranportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Toronto Parks and Trees Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The AIMCo Foundation for Financial Educationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 63% of FY2021 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nova Scotia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE?
- ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$153,563 to it, the largest being THE JOHN DOBSON FOUNDATION (C$153,333). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 2 organizations giving C$153,563 in grants to ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE?
- THE JOHN DOBSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$153,333 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACADIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register