Ontario · Registered charity
ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY
ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY (Ontario) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$36,100 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA (C$20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY's revenue grew 36% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 690 public amenities 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.
- Windsoressex Community Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- The Rotary Club of Windsor Foundation Fundshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Antioch Christian Ministries Incorporatedlocal
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 98% · 2018 98% · 2019 98% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% · 2024 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (5% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose C$100 → C$1k.
From the CRA filings of ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY’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
ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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 ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
58% of ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the C$15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Ontario funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$21k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region 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.
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.
- Windsoressex Community Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchON · backs 34 organizations that share your funders · funds 6 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Rotary Club of Windsor Foundation Fundshared funderslocalportfolio matchON · backs 9 organizations that share your funders · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Antioch Christian Ministries IncorporatedlocalON · funds 4 organizations near you
- British Columbia Courthouse Library Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kimberley Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Genealogical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick Ltd.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotiaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Prince Edward County Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Norfolk Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Hueston Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sussex Area Community Foundation Incorporatedportfolio 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 ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 99% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY?
- ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY (Ontario) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$36,100 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA (C$20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 4 organizations giving C$36,100 in grants to ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY.
- Who is the largest funder of ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA is the largest funder on record, with C$20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ESSEX COUNTY LIBRARY 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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