Ontario · Registered charity
THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST
THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST (Ontario) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$33,533 to it, the largest being NIAGARA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FONDATION COMMUNAUTAIRE DE NIAGARA (C$32,861). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST has grown faster than half of the 1,075 support of schools and education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,075 support of schools and education 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.
- The Branscombe Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Wise Guys Charity Fundshared fundersportfolio match
- United Way of Niagara Falls and Greater Fort Erieshared fundersportfolio 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 95% · 2018 95% · 2019 93% · 2020 94% · 2021 97% · 2022 86% · 2023 85% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (40% 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell C$5k → C$3k.
From the CRA filings of THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST’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 LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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 LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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
98% of THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST'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$672 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Ontario funders.
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$33k 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.
- The Branscombe Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 43 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Wise Guys Charity Fundshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 65 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of Niagara Falls and Greater Fort Erieshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 27 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Niagara-On-The-Lake Rotary Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 38 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Hamilton Presbytery Mission Council of the United Church OflocalON · funds 11 organizations near you
- Kiwanis Club of St Catharines Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of South Niagaraportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mapleview Charitiesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Niagara Region Police Association Charitable Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Canadian Federation of University Women - St Catharines Charitable Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labradorportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ctfs Employees' Charity Trustportfolio 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 LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST 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 LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST?
- THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST (Ontario) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$33,533 to it, the largest being NIAGARA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FONDATION COMMUNAUTAIRE DE NIAGARA (C$32,861). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 2 organizations giving C$33,533 in grants to THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST?
- NIAGARA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FONDATION COMMUNAUTAIRE DE NIAGARA is the largest funder on record, with C$32,861 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF NIAGARA WEST 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 2 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