Ontario · Registered charity
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND (Ontario) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$15,298 to it, the largest being HOWARD MUTUAL FOUNDATION (C$10,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,008 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,008 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits under $100k, 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.
- Chatham Kent Community Foundationshared funderslocal
- District School Board of Niagaraportfolio match
- Together We Stand Military Families 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.
100% of THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell C$5k → C$445.
From the CRA filings of THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND’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
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 96% · 2019 62% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 79% · 2023 87% — 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
100% of THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND's grant income comes from Ontario funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
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.
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 5 funders put you under-funded among the 96 organizations that share them.
- Chatham Kent Community Foundationshared funderslocalON · backs 28 organizations that share your funders · funds 39 organizations near you
- District School Board of Niagaraportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Together We Stand Military Families Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rotary Club of Campbellford Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Royal Canadian Legion Kanata (Ontario No 638) Poppy Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- True Patriot Love Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rotary Club of Picton Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Frog's Breath Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Royal Canadian Legion Preston (Ont. No. 126) Branch Poppy Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Loyal True Blue and Orange Homeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Owen Sound Knights of Columbus Council No 2092 Charitable Trportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rotary Club of Brockville Ontario Incorporated Charitable Trportfolio 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.
Organizations like THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND?
- THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND (Ontario) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$15,298 to it, the largest being HOWARD MUTUAL FOUNDATION (C$10,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 5 organizations giving C$15,298 in grants to THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND?
- HOWARD MUTUAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RIDGETOWN (ONT NO 243) BRANCH POPPY FUND 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 5 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