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THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN

THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN (Ontario) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,133 to it, the largest being THE ALIX AND ROBERT JICKLING FOUNDATION (C$5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$10k
Revenue FY2024
5
Funders on record
C$6k
Grants received
—
Net assets
1/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 50%

Against its field

THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,180 public amenities nonprofits its size.

Operating margin70% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)48% · top quartile

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.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 (C$605) Expenses 100 (C$2k)2018 Revenue 537 (C$3k) Expenses 104 (C$2k)2019 Revenue 2357 (C$14k) Expenses 209 (C$5k)2020 Revenue 1184 (C$7k) Expenses 327 (C$7k)2021 Revenue 969 (C$6k) Expenses 534 (C$12k)2022 Revenue 1286 (C$8k) Expenses 269 (C$6k)2023 Revenue 861 (C$5k) Expenses 294 (C$6k)2024 Revenue 1581 (C$10k) Expenses 133 (C$3k)
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Revenue (1581)Expenses (133)Peer revenue range

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 8% · 2019 6% · 2020 16% · 2021 43% · 2022 38% · 2023 35% · 2024 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (28% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,860 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−C$2k
’17
C$1k
’18
C$10k
’19
C$105
’20
−C$6k
’21
C$2k
’22
−C$1k
’23
C$7k
’24
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell C$300 → C$192.

Funder
'17
'19
'21
'23
'24*
total
C$192
funders
1
1
2
1
1

From the CRA filings of THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN’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 THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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 THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN.

82%
largest funder
95%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 61% · 2023 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

100% of THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN's grant income comes from Ontario funders.

In-province vs out-of-province, by year

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’19
’21
’23
Ontario out of province

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.

03Its place in the field

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 5 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.

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 THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN reports

Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.

FY2024C$6k
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21
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23
24
  • 64% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN

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

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.

Governance

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board members

Questions and answers

Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN?
THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN (Ontario) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,133 to it, the largest being THE ALIX AND ROBERT JICKLING FOUNDATION (C$5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 5 organizations giving C$6,133 in grants to THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN?
THE ALIX AND ROBERT JICKLING FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE FRIENDS OF THE OLD SEED HOUSE GARDEN 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 5 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