Ontario · Registered charity
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY (Ontario) receives grants from 8 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$7,119 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTO (C$2,187). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
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.
- Trinity United Churchlocal
- Air Cadet League of Canada Ontario Provincial Committeeportfolio match
- District School Board of Niagaraportfolio 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 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY’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 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose C$229 → C$2k.
From the CRA filings of ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY’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
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 72%; 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 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 46% · 2019 56% · 2020 50% · 2021 59% · 2022 49% · 2023 43% — 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
50% of ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
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
92% of ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY'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.
- Trinity United ChurchlocalON · funds 3 organizations near you
- Air Cadet League of Canada Ontario Provincial Committeeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- District School Board of Niagaraportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Royal Canadian Legion Kanata (Ontario No 638) Poppy Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Together We Stand Military Families Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Frog's Breath Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- True Patriot Love Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Association of Hospital Volunteers - Bowmanvilleshared fundersON · backs 2 organizations that share your funders
- West Vancouver Fire Fighters Charitable Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- 14 Wing Combined Charitiesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- St. Clair Catholic District School Boardportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Royal Canadian Legion Preston (Ont. No. 126) Branch Poppy Fundportfolio 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 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY?
- ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY (Ontario) receives grants from 8 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$7,119 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTO (C$2,187). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 8 organizations giving C$7,119 in grants to ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTO is the largest funder on record, with C$2,187 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE (ONT 178) BRANCH POPPY 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 8 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