Nova Scotia · Registered charity
SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY
SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$12,395 to it, the largest being ST MARY'S DISTRICT FOOD BANK (C$6,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,442 community resource nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,442 community resource 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.
- The George W. Wilson and Teresa Madelyn (Merriam) Wilson Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Lunenburg Fishermen's Foundation Inc.local
- Harry E Foster Charitable 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.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 78% · 2020 52% · 2021 85% · 2022 84% · 2023 89% · 2024 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose C$1k → C$4k.
From the CRA filings of SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY’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
SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 92% — growing more concentrated.
“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
52% of SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY's grant income comes from Nova Scotia 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.
- The George W. Wilson and Teresa Madelyn (Merriam) Wilson Foundationlocalportfolio matchNS · funds 4 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Lunenburg Fishermen's Foundation Inc.localNS · funds 12 organizations near you
- Harry E Foster Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Edwards Family Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kymar Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Georgina Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Co-operators Community Fund (Charity)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Dufferin Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Greey-Lennox Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotiaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- F & Cs Employees Charity Fund Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Unity for Autismportfolio 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.
Government revenue SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 78% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY
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 Nova Scotia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
6% of spending goes to programs.
Questions and answers
- Who funds SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY?
- SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$12,395 to it, the largest being ST MARY'S DISTRICT FOOD BANK (C$6,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 3 organizations giving C$12,395 in grants to SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY?
- ST MARY'S DISTRICT FOOD BANK is the largest funder on record, with C$6,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHERBROOKE OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
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 3 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