Ontario · Registered charity
THE EXCELSIS GROUP
THE EXCELSIS GROUP (Ontario) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$108,068 to it, the largest being THE OUELLETTE FAMILY FOUNDATION (C$60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE EXCELSIS GROUP has grown faster than three-quarters of the 781 education in the arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 781 education in the arts 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 Shen Family Charitable Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Hal Jackman Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- The Michelle Koerner Family Foundationshared funders
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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: 2018 64% · 2019 19% · 2020 16% · 2021 29% · 2022 21% · 2023 3% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of THE EXCELSIS GROUP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (30% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose C$5k → C$36k.
From the CRA filings of THE EXCELSIS GROUP’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 EXCELSIS GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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 EXCELSIS GROUP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 78% · 2022 100% · 2023 69% — 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
100% of THE EXCELSIS GROUP's grant income comes from Ontario 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.
- The Shen Family Charitable Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 18 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Hal Jackman Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 26 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Michelle Koerner Family Foundationshared fundersON · backs 11 organizations that share your funders
- The Stonefields Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Peter and Eleanor Daniels Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Scott Griffin Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Freybe Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Balsillie Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Murray Frum Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Arts Foundation/Fondation Des Arts de L'Ontarioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Canavan Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Haynes-Connell 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 THE EXCELSIS GROUP reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 4% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE EXCELSIS GROUP
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 THE EXCELSIS GROUP?
- THE EXCELSIS GROUP (Ontario) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$108,068 to it, the largest being THE OUELLETTE FAMILY FOUNDATION (C$60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE EXCELSIS GROUP have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 4 organizations giving C$108,068 in grants to THE EXCELSIS GROUP, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EXCELSIS GROUP?
- THE OUELLETTE FAMILY FOUNDATION 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 EXCELSIS GROUP 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 4 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