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METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION

METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$319,788 to it, the largest being United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes (C$139,770). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$4.2M
Revenue FY2024
17
Funders on record
C$320k
Grants received
C$1.5M
Net assets
11/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%

Against its field

METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,748 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.

Operating margin56% · top quartile
Months of reserve6.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,748 organizations relieving poverty 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.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 (C$1.1M) Expenses 100 (C$1.1M) Net assets 100 (C$700k)2018 Revenue 110 (C$1.3M) Expenses 112 (C$1.3M) Net assets 94 (C$659k)2019 Revenue 106 (C$1.2M) Expenses 105 (C$1.2M) Net assets 94 (C$656k)2020 Revenue 107 (C$1.2M) Expenses 106 (C$1.2M) Net assets 94 (C$657k)2021 Revenue 133 (C$1.5M) Expenses 126 (C$1.4M) Net assets 104 (C$729k)2022 Revenue 192 (C$2.2M) Expenses 175 (C$2.0M) Net assets 131 (C$915k)2023 Revenue 223 (C$2.5M) Expenses 92 (C$1.1M) Net assets 144 (C$1.0M)2024 Revenue 369 (C$4.2M) Expenses 162 (C$1.9M) Net assets 211 (C$1.5M)
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Revenue (369)Expenses (162)Net assets (211)Peer revenue range

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 29% · 2018 59% · 2019 53% · 2020 55% · 2021 64% · 2022 80% · 2023 60% · 2024 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

43% of METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (8% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,313 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−C$5k
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−C$27k
’18
C$14k
’19
C$903
’20
C$72k
’21
C$186k
’22
C$1.5M
’23
C$2.3M
’24
6.1
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose C$73k → C$87k.

Funder
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total
Canadahelps Canadonunclassified
C$35k
Feed Nova Scotia Societyunclassified
C$2k
funders
6
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6
5
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4
4

From the CRA filings of METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION’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

METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 73%; 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 METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION.

44%
largest funder
73%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 65% · 2019 21% · 2020 29% · 2021 68% · 2022 61% · 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.

How long its funders stay

21% of METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

78% of METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Nova Scotia funders.

In-province vs out-of-province, by year

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Nova Scotia out of province

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.

03Its place in the field

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.

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 METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION reports

Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.

FY2024C$2.2M
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  • 52% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION

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 Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Community Housing Association72%Metro Community Housing Association71%Performing Arts Lodges Halifax Ltd.70%Canadian Mental Health Association - Kings County Branch70%The Public Good Society of Dartmouth70%Tawaak Housing Association70%Halifax Young Women's Christian Association70%Feed Nova Scotia Society69%

Nationally

Milton Transitional Housing Corp.74%Fredericton Non-Profit Housing Corporation Inc.74%Canadian Mental Health Association Durham Branch73%The Brock Street Mission Peterborough72%North House72%Cape Breton Community Housing Association72%Northumberland Supportive Non Profit Housing Corporation72%Mission Bon Accueil / Welcome Hall Mission72%
04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.

Governance

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board members

Questions and answers

Who funds METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION?
METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$319,788 to it, the largest being United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes (C$139,770). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 17 organizations giving C$319,788 in grants to METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION?
United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes is the largest funder on record, with C$139,770 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like METRO NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.

Play a game about who funds Metro Non-Profit Housing Association →

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