Nova Scotia · Registered charity
FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON
FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$30 to it, the largest being Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne (C$21). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,180 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,180 public amenities 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.
- United Way of Cape Breton Countylocalportfolio match
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotialocalportfolio match
- North Mountain Cultural and Recreation Associationlocal
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: 2018 20% · 2019 5% · 2020 61% · 2021 49% · 2022 16% · 2023 10% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (28% 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$7 → C$14.
From the CRA filings of FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON’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 WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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 WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 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 WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON 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.
- United Way of Cape Breton Countylocalportfolio matchNS · funds 24 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotialocalportfolio matchNS · funds 4 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- North Mountain Cultural and Recreation AssociationlocalNS · funds 8 organizations near you
- Sydney Credit Union Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Marguerite Hubbard Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Halifax Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Wesley and Patricia Armour Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mais Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Goudge Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Christofor Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lockhart Foundationportfolio 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 WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 8% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON?
- FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$30 to it, the largest being Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne (C$21). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 2 organizations giving C$30 in grants to FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON?
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne is the largest funder on record, with C$21 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF WHALE WATCH CAPE BRETON 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 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