British Columbia · Registered charity
SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY
SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 10 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$594,591 to it, the largest being VANCITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (C$406,878). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,132 community resource nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,132 community resource 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.
- Cause We Care Foundationlocalportfolio match
- New Westminster Fire Fighters Charitable Societylocal
- Bc Association of Pregnancy Outreach Programsportfolio 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 99% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 96% · 2022 96% · 2023 86% · 2024 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (4% 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose C$1k → C$21k.
From the CRA filings of SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN 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
SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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 SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 95% · 2021 81% · 2022 76% · 2023 96% — 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
50% of SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
69% of SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the C$183k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from funders outside British Columbia, across 3 regions.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$412k 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 10 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Cause We Care Foundationlocalportfolio matchBC · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- New Westminster Fire Fighters Charitable SocietylocalBC · funds 4 organizations near you
- Bc Association of Pregnancy Outreach Programsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Federation of Community Social Services Society of British Columbiaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Sandbox Project Charityportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kids Up Front Foundation (Toronto)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- B.C. Social Venture Partners Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Children's Health Foundation of Vancouver Islandportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/ Initiative Canada Jeunesse Et Philanthropieportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Chum Charitable Foundationportfolio 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 SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 91% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN 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 British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY?
- SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 10 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$594,591 to it, the largest being VANCITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (C$406,878). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 10 organizations giving C$594,591 in grants to SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY?
- VANCITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$406,878 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPIRIT OF THE CHILDREN SOCIETY 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 10 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