Ontario · Registered charity
ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE
ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE (Ontario) receives grants from 18 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$83,066 to it, the largest being ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (C$35,450). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE holds deeper cash reserves 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.
- St. Andrew's Westminister United Churchlocalportfolio match
- Talbotville United Churchlocal
- Société de Saint-Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canadaportfolio 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: 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE’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 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose C$6k → C$6k.
From the CRA filings of ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE’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
ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 39% · 2019 33% · 2020 69% · 2021 45% · 2022 62% · 2023 16% — 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
67% of ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 94% 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
91% of ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE'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$35k 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 18 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- St. Andrew's Westminister United Churchlocalportfolio matchON · funds 3 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Talbotville United ChurchlocalON · funds 7 organizations near you
- Société de Saint-Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Saint John Community Christmas Exchangeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/Conseil de Direction de L'Armée Du Salut Du Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Food Banks Alberta Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Food Banks of Saskatchewan Corporationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Regionportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- St Thomas Pentecostal AssemblylocalON · funds 6 organizations near you
- St Thomas Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)localON · funds 4 organizations near you
- The Junction Christian Reformed Church of St. ThomaslocalON · funds 6 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 ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 5% of FY2023 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE?
- ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE (Ontario) receives grants from 18 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$83,066 to it, the largest being ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (C$35,450). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 18 organizations giving C$83,066 in grants to ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE?
- ELGIN-ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$35,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ST THOMAS-ELGIN CHRISTMAS CARE 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 18 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