Ontario · Registered charity
SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE
SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE (Ontario) receives grants from 22 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$815,045 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY WATERLOO REGION COMMUNITIES (C$190,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,360 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,360 organizations relieving poverty 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.
- Astley Family Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Social Venture Partners Waterloo Regionlocalportfolio match
- The May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloolocalportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 26% · 2019 59% · 2020 28% · 2021 46% · 2022 48% · 2023 35% · 2024 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose C$3k → C$227k.
From the CRA filings of SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE’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
SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 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 SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 69% · 2019 69% · 2020 49% · 2021 44% · 2022 46% · 2023 34% — 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
60% of SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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 SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE'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$109k 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 22 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Astley Family Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchON · backs 41 organizations that share your funders · funds 8 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Social Venture Partners Waterloo Regionlocalportfolio matchON · funds 6 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloolocalportfolio matchON · funds 8 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- United Way Community Services of Guelph and Wellingtonshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 27 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Trinity United ChurchlocalON · funds 8 organizations near you
- Rainbow Foundation of Hopeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pride and Remembrance Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community One Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Abbey of the Long Cedar Canoe Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Caregiver Organizationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The United Way of Peel Regionportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Parkminster United ChurchlocalON · funds 5 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.
Government revenue SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 28% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE?
- SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE (Ontario) receives grants from 22 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$815,045 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY WATERLOO REGION COMMUNITIES (C$190,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 22 organizations giving C$815,045 in grants to SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE?
- UNITED WAY WATERLOO REGION COMMUNITIES is the largest funder on record, with C$190,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPECTRUM WATERLOO REGION'S RAINBOW COMMUNITY SPACE 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 22 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