British Columbia · Registered charity
GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY
GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$960 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$508). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 74 other religions nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 74 other religions nonprofits $1M–$10M, 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.
- The Gathering Churchlocal
- Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara Associationportfolio match
- The Khalsa Foundationportfolio 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.
94% of GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (85% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell C$266 → C$158.
From the CRA filings of GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH 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
GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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 GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 61% — diversifying over time.
“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
GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside British Columbia, 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.
- The Gathering ChurchlocalBC · funds 17 organizations near you
- Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Khalsa Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethern ChurchlocalBC · funds 14 organizations near you
- Akali Singh Sikh Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Khalsa Diwan Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Shubh Helping Handsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Shukrana Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lohana Cultural Association of British Columbiaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Champsee Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sayal Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Shia Muslim Community of British Columbiaportfolio 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 GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH 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 British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY?
- GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$960 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$508). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 4 organizations giving C$960 in grants to GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$508 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GURDWARA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADAR SIKH SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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 4 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