Ontario · Registered charity
MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON
MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON (Ontario) receives grants from 17 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,093,802 to it, the largest being Smith-Homestead Foundation (C$500,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 690 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 690 public amenities 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.
- Crossroads United Churchlocal
- Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Foundationportfolio match
- The Earl B. Connell Charitable 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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 23% · 2018 40% · 2019 3% · 2020 12% · 2021 17% · 2022 39% · 2023 5% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (5% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose C$15k → C$568k.
From the CRA filings of MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON’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
MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 49% · 2019 40% · 2020 35% · 2021 81% · 2022 39% · 2023 88% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
70% of MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
83% of MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON's grant income comes from Ontario funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$116k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 regions 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 17 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Crossroads United ChurchlocalON · funds 8 organizations near you
- Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Earl B. Connell Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Canadian Association of Science Centres L'Association Canadienne Des Centre de Sciencesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Genealogical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial Pour la Nature Can Adaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Nature Canada / Canada Natureportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Response to Neighbourhood Concerns (Crnc)localON · funds 5 organizations near you
- St James' Anglican ChurchlocalON · funds 5 organizations near you
- Faith United ChurchlocalON · funds 4 organizations near you
- Kingston Unitarian FellowshiplocalON · funds 4 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 MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 13% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON?
- MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON (Ontario) receives grants from 17 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,093,802 to it, the largest being Smith-Homestead Foundation (C$500,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 17 organizations giving C$1,093,802 in grants to MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON?
- Smith-Homestead Foundation is the largest funder on record, with C$500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARINE MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES AT KINGSTON 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 17 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