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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 21 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$397,862 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CAPE BRETON COUNTY (C$229,266). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$260k
Revenue FY2024
21
Funders on record
C$398k
Grants received
C$128k
Net assets
9/21 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 33%

Against its field

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY is better cushioned than half of the 1,075 support of schools and education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve7.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,075 support of schools and education 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.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 (C$161k) Expenses 100 (C$165k) Net assets 100 (C$38k)2018 Revenue 101 (C$163k) Expenses 93 (C$153k) Net assets 163 (C$62k)2019 Revenue 148 (C$239k) Expenses 139 (C$229k) Net assets 188 (C$71k)2020 Revenue 114 (C$185k) Expenses 96 (C$158k) Net assets 223 (C$84k)2021 Revenue 106 (C$171k) Expenses 116 (C$191k) Net assets 287 (C$109k)2022 Revenue 138 (C$223k) Expenses 108 (C$179k) Net assets 359 (C$136k)2023 Revenue 141 (C$228k) Expenses 141 (C$233k) Net assets 373 (C$142k)2024 Revenue 161 (C$260k) Expenses 160 (C$264k) Net assets 336 (C$128k)
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Revenue (161)Expenses (160)Net assets (336)Peer revenue range

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 25% · 2018 45% · 2019 48% · 2020 33% · 2021 36% · 2022 26% · 2023 26% · 2024 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

54% of EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (40% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 957 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−C$4k
’17
C$10k
’18
C$10k
’19
C$27k
’20
−C$20k
’21
C$44k
’22
−C$5k
’23
−C$4k
’24
7.2
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose C$9k → C$71k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
The Fyfe Foundationunclassified
C$55k
Canadahelps Canadonunclassified
C$14k
Aqueduct Foundationunclassified
C$10k
Toronto Foundationunclassified
C$3k
Canada Givesunclassified
C$3k
Redpoll Foundationunclassified
C$2k
funders
3
2
2
1
6
11
10
8

From the CRA filings of EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY 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

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 84%; 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 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY.

58%
largest funder
84%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 98% · 2019 51% · 2020 100% · 2021 51% · 2022 59% · 2023 57% — 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.

How long its funders stay

0% of EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

60% of EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY's grant income comes from Nova Scotia funders.

In-province vs out-of-province, by year

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’23
Nova Scotia out of province

Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$4k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 regions is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.

03Its place in the field

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 21 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.

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 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY reports

Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.

FY2024C$59k
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  • 23% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY 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

Cape Breton Christian Education and Service Association69%Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Breton67%Cape Breton University66%Macphee Centre for Creative Learning Society65%Howard House Association of Cape Breton65%YMCA of Cape Breton65%The Windsor Foundation65%Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotia65%

Nationally

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Newfoundland Inc.73%Cape Breton Christian Education and Service Association69%Epic Opportunities Inc.67%Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Breton67%EPIC Leadership67%Harmony Education Foundation67%The Epicure Foundation Inc.66%The Youth Connection Association for Academic Excellence Incorporated66%
04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY?
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 21 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$397,862 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CAPE BRETON COUNTY (C$229,266). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 21 organizations giving C$397,862 in grants to EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY?
UNITED WAY OF CAPE BRETON COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with C$229,266 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INNOVATIONS CHARITY SOCIETY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.

Play a game about who funds Educational Program Innovations Charity Society →

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 21 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