Ontario · Registered charity
FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED
FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED (Ontario) receives grants from 10 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$118,030 to it, the largest being CHISHOLM THOMSON FAMILY FOUNDATION (C$50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 184 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 184 environment 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.
- Rotary Club of Bracebridge Charitable Trustlocal
- Ontario Wildlife Foundationportfolio match
- Small Change Fundportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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: 2022 64% · 2023 48% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (25% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose C$15k → C$54k.
From the CRA filings of FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED’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
FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 76%; 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 FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 54% — 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
89% of FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED'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$29k 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 10 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Rotary Club of Bracebridge Charitable TrustlocalON · funds 11 organizations near you
- Ontario Wildlife Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Small Change Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Greenbelt Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Nature Canada / Canada Natureportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Gosling Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY/La Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ducks Unlimited Canada/Canards Illimites Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Sitka Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Consecon Foundationportfolio 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.
Government revenue FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 16% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED
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
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED?
- FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED (Ontario) receives grants from 10 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$118,030 to it, the largest being CHISHOLM THOMSON FAMILY FOUNDATION (C$50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 10 organizations giving C$118,030 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED?
- CHISHOLM THOMSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA WATERSHED 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 10 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