Nova Scotia · Registered charity
THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON
THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 14 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$189,403 to it, the largest being CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION / FONDATION CANADIENNE DES FEMMES (C$67,435). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,748 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,748 organizations relieving poverty 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.
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotialocalportfolio match
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotiashared funderslocalportfolio match
- United Way of Colchester Countylocalportfolio 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 94% · 2018 95% · 2019 97% · 2020 99% · 2021 95% · 2022 87% · 2023 73% · 2024 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (8% 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 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose C$2k → C$6k.
From the CRA filings of THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 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
THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 81%; 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 THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 98% · 2019 75% · 2020 94% · 2021 77% · 2022 38% · 2023 83% — 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 THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
51% of THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON's grant income comes from Nova Scotia funders.
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. Your 14 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotialocalportfolio matchNS · funds 5 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotiashared funderslocalportfolio matchNS · backs 43 organizations that share your funders · funds 4 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of Colchester Countylocalportfolio matchNS · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Charles and Mary Maclennan FoundationlocalNS · funds 3 organizations near you
- The M a C AIDS Fund/Le Fonds Sida Macportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Retired Teachers Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Wesley and Patricia Armour Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Visions United Pastoral Chargeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Faye and David Huestis Family Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bethel Presbyterian ChurchlocalNS · funds 2 organizations near you
- Scholarship/Bursary Committee C.F.U.W. Cape Breton BranchlocalNS · funds 2 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 THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 88% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON?
- THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 14 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$189,403 to it, the largest being CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION / FONDATION CANADIENNE DES FEMMES (C$67,435). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 14 organizations giving C$189,403 in grants to THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON?
- CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION / FONDATION CANADIENNE DES FEMMES is the largest funder on record, with C$67,435 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ALLY CENTRE OF CAPE BRETON 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 14 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