Nova Scotia · Registered charity
THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY
THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$67,495 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$57,835). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,067 arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,067 arts 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.
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotialocalportfolio match
- Goldboro/Isaacs Harbour Community Development Associationlocal
- The Peterborough 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 33% · 2018 25% · 2019 19% · 2020 9% · 2021 13% · 2022 28% · 2023 15% · 2024 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose C$3k → C$8k.
From the CRA filings of THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY’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 GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2023 59% — 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
THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 2 regions in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$5k 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.
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotialocalportfolio matchNS · funds 3 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Goldboro/Isaacs Harbour Community Development AssociationlocalNS · funds 5 organizations near you
- The Peterborough Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Norfolk Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Unity for Autismportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Brockville Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Eva Leflar Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Good Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation Grey Bruceportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Powell River Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ross W McNeil Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Phoenix Foundation of the Boundary Communitiesportfolio 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 GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 50% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY?
- THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$67,495 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$57,835). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 3 organizations giving C$67,495 in grants to THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$57,835 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GUYSBOROUGH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY 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 3 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