Ontario · Registered charity
Govfest
Govfest (Ontario) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$54,811 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$54,776). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Govfest has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,070 arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,070 arts 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.
- Gaden for the West Interpreting and Integrating Gelugpa Tibetan Buddhismlocal
- The Council for Business and the Arts in Canadaportfolio match
- West Kootenay Regional Arts Councilportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.
43% of Govfest’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (28% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
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 Govfest’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
Govfest leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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 Govfest.
“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
100% of Govfest'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.
- Gaden for the West Interpreting and Integrating Gelugpa Tibetan BuddhismlocalBC · funds 2 organizations near you
- The Council for Business and the Arts in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- West Kootenay Regional Arts Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Good Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Arts Foundation/Fondation Des Arts de L'Ontarioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Deux Mille Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Audain Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Incite Foundation for the Artsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Partners in Artportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Conseil des arts de Montréalportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Manitoba Arts Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Perrinham 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.
Organizations like Govfest
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds Govfest?
- Govfest (Ontario) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$54,811 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$54,776). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Govfest have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 3 organizations giving C$54,811 in grants to Govfest.
- Who is the largest funder of Govfest?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$54,776 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Govfest 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 3 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