British Columbia · Registered charity
M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION
M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION (British Columbia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$96,788 to it, the largest being MR. AND MRS. P.A. WOODWARD'S FOUNDATION (C$52,688). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 559 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 559 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits $10M–$100M, 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.
- Music Heals Charitable Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Rick's Heart Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Fair Haven Homes Societylocal
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 72% · 2018 73% · 2019 72% · 2020 75% · 2021 78% · 2022 79% · 2023 80% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (2% 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 broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose C$548 → C$46k.
From the CRA filings of M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. 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
M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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 M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 91% · 2019 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 93% · 2022 88% · 2023 83% — 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
59% of M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION's grant income comes from British Columbia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$1k 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 7 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Music Heals Charitable Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchBC · backs 22 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Rick's Heart Foundationlocalportfolio matchBC · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Fair Haven Homes SocietylocalBC · funds 2 organizations near you
- Saint Mary's Health Foundation of New Westminsterportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Hermes Lodge - Theosophical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Dawson and Patricia Campbell Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The 625 Powell Street Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Lum Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Lions Club of Nelson Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The McLean McCuaig Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Tb Vets Charitable Foundationshared fundersBC · backs 26 organizations that share your funders
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 M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 80% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION
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.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION?
- M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION (British Columbia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$96,788 to it, the largest being MR. AND MRS. P.A. WOODWARD'S FOUNDATION (C$52,688). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 7 organizations giving C$96,788 in grants to M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION?
- MR. AND MRS. P.A. WOODWARD'S FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$52,688 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like M. KOPERNIK (NICOLAUS COPERNICUS) FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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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 7 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