Ontario · Registered charity
THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST
THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST (Ontario) receives grants from 24 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$26,785,222 to it, the largest being ROMAN CATHOLIC EPISCOPAL CORPORATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO, IN CANADA (C$25,486,486). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 83 support of religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 83 support of religion 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.
- Toronto Council Knights of Columbus 1388 Charitable Welfarelocalportfolio match
- The Irving Levine Foundationlocal
- Cor Unum Africa Charitable Organizationportfolio 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.
24% of THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (24% 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 12 funders to 14 funders, grant income fell C$3.7M → C$3.1M.
From the CRA filings of THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST’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 SHEPHERDS' TRUST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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 SHEPHERDS' TRUST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 97% · 2019 97% · 2020 96% · 2021 96% · 2022 96% · 2023 95% — broadly stable.
“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
61% of THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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 THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST'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 24 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Toronto Council Knights of Columbus 1388 Charitable Welfarelocalportfolio matchON · funds 4 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Irving Levine FoundationlocalON · funds 3 organizations near you
- Cor Unum Africa Charitable Organizationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ontarioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Knights of Columbus Ontario Charity Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Anne McGrath Memorial Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Elizabeth of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Assisiportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontarioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Torontoportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Silver Services Eldercareportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Basilian Fathers of the University of St. Michael's Collegeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Canadian Progress Charitable 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 THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST?
- THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST (Ontario) receives grants from 24 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$26,785,222 to it, the largest being ROMAN CATHOLIC EPISCOPAL CORPORATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO, IN CANADA (C$25,486,486). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 24 organizations giving C$26,785,222 in grants to THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST?
- ROMAN CATHOLIC EPISCOPAL CORPORATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO, IN CANADA is the largest funder on record, with C$25,486,486 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SHEPHERDS' TRUST 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 24 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