Ontario · Registered charity
THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA
THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA (Ontario) receives grants from 8 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,171,196 to it, the largest being THE SALAMANDER FOUNDATION (C$1,025,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA runs a healthier operating margin than half 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.
- Saint Joseph Parishlocal
- Our Lady of Peace Chapellocal
- The Cyril & Dorothy Joel & Jill Reitman Family Foundationportfolio 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 64% · 2018 49% · 2019 82% · 2020 79% · 2021 68% · 2022 69% · 2023 64% · 2024 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (28% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell C$75k → C$24.
From the CRA filings of THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA’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 FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 94% · 2019 100% · 2020 65% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
14% of THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
99% of THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA'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. Your 8 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Saint Joseph ParishlocalON · funds 2 organizations near you
- Our Lady of Peace ChapellocalON · funds 2 organizations near you
- The Cyril & Dorothy Joel & Jill Reitman Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Genealogical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Phyllis Lambert Foundation/La Fondation Phyllis Lambertportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Douglas Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Balsillie Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Trinity Development Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The William and Jean Teron Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Thor E and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Pierre Lassonde Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Marvin & Rhoda Rosenbloom Family 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 FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 62% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA
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
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA?
- THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA (Ontario) receives grants from 8 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,171,196 to it, the largest being THE SALAMANDER FOUNDATION (C$1,025,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 8 organizations giving C$1,171,196 in grants to THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA?
- THE SALAMANDER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$1,025,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA/ LES AMIS DE B IBLIOTHEQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ontario.
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 8 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