Ontario · Registered charity
SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA
SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA (Ontario) receives grants from 17 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$369,781 to it, the largest being THE BEDOLFE FOUNDATION (C$189,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,262 support of religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,262 support of religion 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.
- Scarboro Foreign Mission Societyshared fundersportfolio match
- The Foundation of Lightlocal
- Madonna Houseportfolio 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.
47% of SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% 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.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose C$28k → C$82k.
From the CRA filings of SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA’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
SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 80%; 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 SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 95% · 2019 76% · 2020 95% · 2021 45% · 2022 48% · 2023 31% — 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
38% of SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% 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
100% of SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA'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$5k 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 17 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Scarboro Foreign Mission Societyshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 22 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Foundation of LightlocalON · funds 3 organizations near you
- Madonna Houseportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Carmelite Nuns of Western Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Lux in Tenebris / Lux in Tenebris Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of St. Catharines in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate of the Diocese of Hamiltonportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ex Corde Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Beth Sholom SynagoguelocalON · funds 3 organizations near you
- Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of TorontolocalON · funds 4 organizations near you
- Sajjadiyya TrustlocalON · funds 3 organizations near you
- The Lois & David Buckstein Family FoundationlocalON · funds 2 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.
Organizations like SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA
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 SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA?
- SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA (Ontario) receives grants from 17 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$369,781 to it, the largest being THE BEDOLFE FOUNDATION (C$189,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 17 organizations giving C$369,781 in grants to SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA?
- THE BEDOLFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$189,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SERRA FOUNDATION OF CANADA 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 17 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