Nova Scotia · Registered charity
FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY
FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,383 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$1,333). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 211 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 211 environment nonprofits under $100k, 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.
- Craig Foundationlocal
- CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY/La Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canadaportfolio match
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/Fondation Du Saumon Du Pacifiqueportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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: 2021 64% · 2022 60% · 2023 71% · 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose C$151 → C$375.
From the CRA filings of FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND 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
FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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 FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 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
FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 2 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.
- Craig FoundationlocalNS · funds 11 organizations near you
- CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY/La Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/Fondation Du Saumon Du Pacifiqueportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Sitka Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Nature Canada / Canada Natureportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial Pour la Nature Can Adaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada/La Societe Canadienne Pour la Conservation de la Natureportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Eden Conservation Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Gosling Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Canadian Wildlife Federation/Fédération Canadienne de la Fauneportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bc Parks Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Small Change Fundportfolio 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 FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 41% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND 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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY?
- FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,383 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$1,333). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 2 organizations giving C$1,383 in grants to FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND SOCIETY?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$1,333 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF SABLE ISLAND 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 2 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