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THE OTTAWA MISSION

THE OTTAWA MISSION (Ontario) receives grants from 117 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$34,869,718 to it, the largest being THE OTTAWA MISSION FOUNDATION (C$31,408,746). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$24M
Revenue FY2024
117
Funders on record
C$35M
Grants received
C$13M
Net assets
65/117 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 62%

Against its field

THE OTTAWA MISSION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 559 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · above the median
Months of reserve1.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

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.

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$11M) Expenses 100 (C$9.1M) Net assets 100 (C$5.9M)2018 Revenue 83 (C$9.2M) Expenses 104 (C$9.5M) Net assets 97 (C$5.7M)2019 Revenue 86 (C$9.6M) Expenses 110 (C$10M) Net assets 132 (C$7.7M)2020 Revenue 95 (C$11M) Expenses 118 (C$11M) Net assets 131 (C$7.7M)2021 Revenue 119 (C$13M) Expenses 126 (C$12M) Net assets 138 (C$8.0M)2022 Revenue 213 (C$24M) Expenses 211 (C$19M) Net assets 214 (C$13M)2023 Revenue 190 (C$21M) Expenses 234 (C$21M) Net assets 213 (C$12M)2024 Revenue 216 (C$24M) Expenses 256 (C$23M) Net assets 226 (C$13M)
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Revenue (216)Expenses (256)Net assets (226)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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 34% · 2018 43% · 2019 42% · 2020 41% · 2021 38% · 2022 19% · 2023 23% · 2024 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

72% of THE OTTAWA MISSION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (2% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 478 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

C$2.0M
’17
−C$319k
’18
−C$417k
’19
−C$72k
’20
C$1.8M
’21
C$4.5M
’22
−C$76k
’23
C$771k
’24
1.2
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 55 funders, grant income fell C$6.9M → C$2.7M.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
C$657k
C$376k
C$311k
T-Gear Foundationunclassified
C$130k
C$53k
C$48k
C$44k
Wcpd Foundationunclassified
C$37k
C$30k
C$27k
funders
16
17
16
26
42
57
55
69

From the CRA filings of THE OTTAWA MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 117 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

THE OTTAWA MISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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 THE OTTAWA MISSION.

90%
largest funder
93%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 99% · 2019 55% · 2020 98% · 2021 95% · 2022 90% · 2023 75% — 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

56% of THE OTTAWA MISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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

99% of THE OTTAWA MISSION's grant income comes from Ontario funders.

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ontario out of province

Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$436k 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.

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 117 funders put you typical 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 THE OTTAWA MISSION reports

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

FY2024C$5.5M
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  • 23% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like THE OTTAWA MISSION

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

04Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 11%Fundraising 9%

Governance

13
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds THE OTTAWA MISSION?
THE OTTAWA MISSION (Ontario) receives grants from 117 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$34,869,718 to it, the largest being THE OTTAWA MISSION FOUNDATION (C$31,408,746). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE OTTAWA MISSION have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 117 organizations giving C$34,869,718 in grants to THE OTTAWA MISSION, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE OTTAWA MISSION?
THE OTTAWA MISSION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$31,408,746 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE OTTAWA MISSION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ontario.

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 117 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