Ontario · Registered charity
THE BYTOWN MUSEUM
THE BYTOWN MUSEUM (Ontario) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$78,720 to it, the largest being Ottawa Community Foundation / Fondation Communautaire d'Ottawa (C$60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
THE BYTOWN MUSEUM's revenue fell 21% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,990 public amenities 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.
- Waverley House Charitable Trustlocal
- Canadian Hard of Hearing Association - Calgarylocal
- Partners in Artportfolio 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 61% · 2018 60% · 2019 65% · 2020 97% · 2021 98% · 2022 92% · 2023 84% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of THE BYTOWN MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (10% 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 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell C$30k → C$2k.
From the CRA filings of THE BYTOWN MUSEUM’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
THE BYTOWN MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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 THE BYTOWN MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 97% · 2019 96% · 2020 90% · 2021 93% · 2022 49% · 2023 61% — 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.
Where its funders are
76% of THE BYTOWN MUSEUM'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$19k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Ontario funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$60k 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.
- Waverley House Charitable TrustlocalON · funds 2 organizations near you
- Canadian Hard of Hearing Association - CalgarylocalAB · funds 2 organizations near you
- Partners in Artportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Radlett Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Stonefields Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Trust for Canada / Fiducie Nationale Du Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Good Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The K. M. Hunter Charitableportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Audain Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Genealogical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Inc.portfolio 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 THE BYTOWN MUSEUM reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 80% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE BYTOWN MUSEUM
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BYTOWN MUSEUM?
- THE BYTOWN MUSEUM (Ontario) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$78,720 to it, the largest being Ottawa Community Foundation / Fondation Communautaire d'Ottawa (C$60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE BYTOWN MUSEUM have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 7 organizations giving C$78,720 in grants to THE BYTOWN MUSEUM, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BYTOWN MUSEUM?
- Ottawa Community Foundation / Fondation Communautaire d'Ottawa is the largest funder on record, with C$60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BYTOWN MUSEUM 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 7 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