Ontario · Registered charity
First Principles Foundation
First Principles Foundation (Ontario) receives grants from 1 organization whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$603,112 to it, the largest being SHAR FOUNDATION (C$603,112). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
First Principles Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 75 research nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 75 research 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.
- Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committeelocal
- The John and Deborah Harris Family Foundationportfolio match
- Gnocchi Foundationportfolio match
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 First Principles Foundation’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 First Principles Foundation'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.
- Toronto Symphony Volunteer CommitteelocalON · funds 2 organizations near you
- The John and Deborah Harris Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gnocchi Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Trottierportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Externalitator Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/La Fondation Jarislowskyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Krembil Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Peter and Shelagh Godsoe Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Clean Economy Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Counselling Foundation of Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Scott Griffin Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jarislowsky Fraser Partners Foundation / Fondation des associés de Jarislowsky Fraserportfolio 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 First Principles Foundation
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.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds First Principles Foundation?
- First Principles Foundation (Ontario) receives grants from 1 organization whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$603,112 to it, the largest being SHAR FOUNDATION (C$603,112). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does First Principles Foundation have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 1 organization giving C$603,112 in grants to First Principles Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of First Principles Foundation?
- SHAR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$603,112 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like First Principles Foundation 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