Nova Scotia · Registered charity
THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY
THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$230,684 to it, the largest being RBC FOUNDATION/RBC FONDATION (C$177,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,132 community resource nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,132 community resource nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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.
- The Sitka Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Greenbelt Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Nature Canada / Canada Natureshared fundersportfolio 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 41% · 2018 38% · 2019 44% · 2020 59% · 2021 55% · 2022 53% · 2023 41% · 2024 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (4% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose C$26k → C$74k.
From the CRA filings of THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY’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
THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 87%; 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 THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 62% · 2019 47% · 2020 71% · 2021 60% · 2022 95% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
10% of THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 4 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. Your 12 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Sitka Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchBC · backs 45 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Greenbelt Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 26 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Nature Canada / Canada Natureshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 46 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 16 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Wildlife Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Eden Conservation Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/Fondation Du Saumon Du Pacifiqueportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Gosling Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ducks Unlimited Canada/Canards Illimites Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Actuashared fundersON · backs 17 organizations that share your funders
- Enactus Canadashared fundersON · backs 25 organizations that share your funders
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 THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 56% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY
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 THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY?
- THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$230,684 to it, the largest being RBC FOUNDATION/RBC FONDATION (C$177,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 12 organizations giving C$230,684 in grants to THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY?
- RBC FOUNDATION/RBC FONDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$177,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CLEAN ANNAPOLIS RIVER SOCIETY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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