Ontario · Registered charity
OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL
OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL (Ontario) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$140,569 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE CEDRIC METCALF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (C$58,015). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,067 arts 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.
- Kingfisher Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Hal Jackman Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- The K. M. Hunter Charitableshared fundersportfolio 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 53% · 2018 56% · 2019 57% · 2020 75% · 2021 83% · 2022 63% · 2023 55% · 2024 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (11% 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose C$1k → C$30k.
From the CRA filings of OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL’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
OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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 OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 97% · 2019 61% · 2020 57% · 2021 89% · 2022 82% · 2023 86% — 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
97% of OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL'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$41k 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.
- Kingfisher Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 28 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Hal Jackman Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 36 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The K. M. Hunter Charitableshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 41 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Missionnaires Oblats - Province Grandin Missionary Oblates - Grandin ProvincelocalON · funds 4 organizations near you
- The Bulmash-Siegel Private Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Council for Business and the Arts in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The William and Jean Teron Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Lawrence Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lindy Green Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Good Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Winnipeg Arts Council Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mount Zion--Church of the FirstbornlocalON · 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 OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 53% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL
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
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL?
- OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL (Ontario) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$140,569 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE CEDRIC METCALF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (C$58,015). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 7 organizations giving C$140,569 in grants to OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL?
- THE GEORGE CEDRIC METCALF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$58,015 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL 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 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