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SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO

SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO (Ontario) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$93,953 to it, the largest being LITHUANIAN CANADIAN FOUNDATION (C$88,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$437k
Revenue FY2024
4
Funders on record
C$94k
Grants received
—
Net assets
4/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%

Against its field

SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO has grown faster than half of the 1,262 support of religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−26% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

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.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 (C$264k) Expenses 100 (C$272k)2018 Revenue 96 (C$253k) Expenses 115 (C$312k)2019 Revenue 97 (C$257k) Expenses 145 (C$394k)2020 Revenue 137 (C$361k) Expenses 85 (C$232k)2021 Revenue 131 (C$347k) Expenses 91 (C$246k)2022 Revenue 136 (C$359k) Expenses 102 (C$278k)2023 Revenue 133 (C$350k) Expenses 116 (C$315k)2024 Revenue 166 (C$437k) Expenses 204 (C$553k)
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Revenue (166)Expenses (204)Peer revenue range

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

80% of SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,237 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−C$8k
’17
−C$59k
’18
−C$137k
’19
C$129k
’20
C$101k
’21
C$80k
’22
C$36k
’23
−C$116k
’24
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose C$12k → C$13k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
3
2
2
3
2
3
2
1

From the CRA filings of SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO’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

SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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 SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO.

94%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 89% · 2022 95% · 2023 93% — 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

98% of SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO's grant income comes from Ontario funders.

In-province vs out-of-province, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ontario out of province

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.

03Its place in the field

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.

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 SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO

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

St Francis Society of Ontario82%Paulist Fathers of Toronto81%The Society of Christ Fathers in Canada80%Family Prayer Mission (Ontario)78%Basilian Fathers of Toronto77%Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto in Canada77%The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario Canada77%Augustinian Fathers (Ontario) Inc.77%

Nationally

St Francis Society of Ontario82%Paulist Fathers of Toronto81%The Dominican Friars of Toronto80%The Society of Christ Fathers in Canada80%Family Prayer Mission (Ontario)78%Basilian Fathers of Toronto77%Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto in Canada77%The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario Canada77%
04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 6%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO?
SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO (Ontario) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$93,953 to it, the largest being LITHUANIAN CANADIAN FOUNDATION (C$88,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 4 organizations giving C$93,953 in grants to SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO?
LITHUANIAN CANADIAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$88,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOCIETY OF FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF ONTARIO 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 4 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