Ontario · Registered charity
LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC
LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC (Ontario) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$19,774 to it, the largest being NIAGARA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FONDATION COMMUNAUTAIRE DE NIAGARA (C$15,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC has grown faster than half of the 1,075 support of schools and education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,075 support of schools and education 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.
- The Branscombe Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- United Way of South Niagaralocalportfolio match
- Wise Guys Charity Fundshared funderslocalportfolio 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 92% · 2018 86% · 2019 88% · 2020 643% · 2021 90% · 2022 81% · 2023 46% · 2024 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (40% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 fell C$4k → C$144.
From the CRA filings of LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC’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
LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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 LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC.
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
80% of LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the C$4k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Ontario funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$16k 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 3 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Branscombe Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 45 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of South Niagaralocalportfolio matchON · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Wise Guys Charity Fundshared funderslocalportfolio matchON · backs 65 organizations that share your funders · funds 3 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Niagara-On-The-Lake Rotary Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 38 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Bethesda Foundation Inc.localON · funds 2 organizations near you
- Kiwanis Club of St Catharines Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick Ltd.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Excellence in Literacy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mapleview Charitiesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Niagara Region Police Association Charitable Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Decoda Literacy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- District School Board of NiagaralocalON · funds 2 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 LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 98% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC?
- LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC (Ontario) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$19,774 to it, the largest being NIAGARA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FONDATION COMMUNAUTAIRE DE NIAGARA (C$15,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 3 organizations giving C$19,774 in grants to LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC?
- NIAGARA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FONDATION COMMUNAUTAIRE DE NIAGARA is the largest funder on record, with C$15,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LITERACY LINK NIAGARA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ontario.
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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 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