British Columbia · Registered charity
SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION (British Columbia) receives grants from 33 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,459,388 to it, the largest being AUXILIARY TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY (C$880,674). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 1,601 foundations nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,601 foundations nonprofits $1M–$10M, 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.
- Fondation Sandra Schmirler Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- 'Lif' Life International Foundation Inc.local
- Crafting for a Cureportfolio 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: 2017 0% · 2018 2% · 2021 3% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 14 funders, grant income rose C$485k → C$613k.
From the CRA filings of SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 funders by total. 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
SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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 SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 46% · 2019 56% · 2020 42% · 2021 54% · 2022 74% · 2023 37% — 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
39% of SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
71% of SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from British Columbia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$501k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 regions 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 33 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Fondation Sandra Schmirler Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 39 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- 'Lif' Life International Foundation Inc.localBC · funds 2 organizations near you
- Crafting for a Cureportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cardiac Health Foundation of Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Whitearn Foundation/La Fondation Whitearnportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Well - a Gathering Place (Fellowship)localBC · funds 2 organizations near you
- The Victor & Anna Kern Foundationshared fundersBC · backs 24 organizations that share your funders
- Saint Mary's Health Foundation of New Westminstershared fundersBC · backs 23 organizations that share your funders
- Dr. Ann Worth Charitable Foundationshared fundersBC · backs 24 organizations that share your funders
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 SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 0% of FY2022 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
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 British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION?
- SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION (British Columbia) receives grants from 33 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,459,388 to it, the largest being AUXILIARY TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY (C$880,674). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 33 organizations giving C$3,459,388 in grants to SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION?
- AUXILIARY TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with C$880,674 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPIRIT OF THE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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 33 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