Nova Scotia · Registered charity
EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007)
EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007) (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$732,529 to it, the largest being FONDATION ÉCHO /ECHO FOUNDATION (C$265,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007) holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,881 community resource nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,881 community resource nonprofits $100k–$1M, 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
- North Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- The Gosling Foundationshared 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 3% · 2018 20% · 2019 33% · 2020 11% · 2021 12% · 2022 8% · 2023 3% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007)’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose C$46k → C$121k.
From the CRA filings of EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007)’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
EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 46% · 2019 98% · 2020 58% · 2021 42% · 2022 48% · 2023 41% — diversifying over time.
“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
33% of EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007)'s funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007) draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 6 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 15 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Sitka Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchBC · backs 43 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- North Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchBC · backs 27 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Gosling Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 38 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Nature Canada / Canada Natureshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 51 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The John and Pat McCutcheon Charitable Foundationshared fundersON · backs 20 organizations that share your funders
- Green Communities Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The David Suzuki Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ecojustice Canada Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Clean Economy Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ivey Foundationshared fundersON · backs 40 organizations that share your funders
- The Consecon Foundationshared fundersON · backs 19 organizations that share your funders
- Chisholm Thomson Family Foundationshared fundersON · backs 28 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 EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007) reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 9% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007)
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007)?
- EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007) (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$732,529 to it, the largest being FONDATION ÉCHO /ECHO FOUNDATION (C$265,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007) have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 15 organizations giving C$732,529 in grants to EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007), 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007)?
- FONDATION ÉCHO /ECHO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$265,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (2007) 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 15 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