Ontario · Registered charity
Cold Water Project
Cold Water Project (Ontario) receives grants from 1 organization whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$360 to it, the largest being PayPal Giving Fund Canada (C$360). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Cold Water Project runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,008 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,008 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits under $100k, 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.
- Niagara-On-The-Lake Rotary Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Wise Guys Charity Fundlocalportfolio match
- Pelham Community Churchlocalportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the CRA filings of Cold Water Project’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Cold Water Project's grant income comes from Ontario funders.
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.
- Niagara-On-The-Lake Rotary Foundationlocalportfolio matchON · funds 17 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Wise Guys Charity Fundlocalportfolio matchON · funds 9 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Pelham Community Churchlocalportfolio matchON · funds 3 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Stamford Lane United Churchlocalportfolio matchON · funds 3 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- St Davids Queenston United Churchlocalportfolio matchON · funds 3 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Niagara Region Police Association Charitable Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fenwick United Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rotary Club of Welland Crippled Childrens Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of South Niagaraportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- St. Andrew's United Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kiwanis Club of St Catharines Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Greater Hamilton Food Shareportfolio 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.
Organizations like Cold Water Project
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 Ontario
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds Cold Water Project?
- Cold Water Project (Ontario) receives grants from 1 organization whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$360 to it, the largest being PayPal Giving Fund Canada (C$360). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Cold Water Project have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 1 organization giving C$360 in grants to Cold Water Project.
- Who is the largest funder of Cold Water Project?
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada is the largest funder on record, with C$360 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cold Water Project find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ontario.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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