Nova Scotia · Registered charity
FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY
FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 10 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$137,837 to it, the largest being DIOCESAN FRANCISCAN SOCIETY (C$72,278). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,262 support of religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,262 support of religion 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.
- First Baptist Churchlocalportfolio match
- Flemming Charitable Foundationshared funderslocal
- Saint James Anglican Churchportfolio 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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 4% · 2020 5% · 2021 3% · 2022 2% · 2023 4% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% 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
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose C$7k → C$51k.
From the CRA filings of FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 funders by total. 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
FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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 FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 88% · 2019 86% · 2020 77% · 2021 60% · 2022 86% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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
29% of FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
93% of FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY's grant income comes from Nova Scotia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$42k 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. Your 10 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- First Baptist Churchlocalportfolio matchNS · funds 3 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Flemming Charitable Foundationshared funderslocalNS · backs 23 organizations that share your funders · funds 6 organizations near you
- Saint James Anglican Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Société de Saint-Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Bishop of Victoriaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontarioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- O.E. Smith Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ex Corde Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Newfoundland and Labrador Knights of Columbus Charity Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Anglican Parish of Eastern Passageportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Waverley Pastoral Chargeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Craig FoundationlocalNS · funds 7 organizations near you
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 FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 2% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
2% of spending goes to programs.
Questions and answers
- Who funds FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY?
- FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 10 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$137,837 to it, the largest being DIOCESAN FRANCISCAN SOCIETY (C$72,278). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 10 organizations giving C$137,837 in grants to FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY?
- DIOCESAN FRANCISCAN SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with C$72,278 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRANCISCANS OF HALIFAX SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
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 10 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