Nova Scotia · Registered charity
SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY
SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,030 to it, the largest being Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne (C$1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,180 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,180 public amenities nonprofits under $100k, 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.
- The David and Faye Sobey Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- The Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Antigonishlocal
- National Trust for Canada / Fiducie Nationale Du 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: 2019 56% · 2021 43% · 2022 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (28% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell C$1k → C$30.
From the CRA filings of SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS 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
SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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 SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 2 regions in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
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.
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.
- The David and Faye Sobey Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchNS · backs 6 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Catholic Episcopal Corporation of AntigonishlocalNS · funds 2 organizations near you
- National Trust for Canada / Fiducie Nationale Du Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Halifax Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sunshine Coast Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Marguerite Hubbard Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotiaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Clayoquot Biosphere Trust Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gill Ratcliffe Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Perlin Family Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The J T Clark Family Foundation Incportfolio 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 SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 30% of FY2022 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS 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 Nova Scotia
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 SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY?
- SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,030 to it, the largest being Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne (C$1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 2 organizations giving C$1,030 in grants to SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY.
- Who is the largest funder of SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY?
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne is the largest funder on record, with C$1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SYDNEY HARBOUR FORTIFICATIONS SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
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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 2 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