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THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY

THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$243,491 to it, the largest being CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION / FONDATION CANADIENNE DES FEMMES (C$143,999). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$375k
Revenue FY2024
15
Funders on record
C$243k
Grants received
C$284k
Net assets
7/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 24%

Against its field

THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 878 teaching institutions nonprofits its size.

Operating margin19% · top quartile
Months of reserve14.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 878 teaching institutions 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.

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$247k) Expenses 100 (C$263k) Net assets 100 (C$102k)2018 Revenue 127 (C$314k) Expenses 102 (C$268k) Net assets 144 (C$148k)2019 Revenue 117 (C$289k) Expenses 103 (C$269k) Net assets 196 (C$201k)2020 Revenue 110 (C$271k) Expenses 112 (C$293k) Net assets 142 (C$146k)2021 Revenue 125 (C$308k) Expenses 90 (C$236k) Net assets 206 (C$211k)2022 Revenue 100 (C$247k) Expenses 92 (C$241k) Net assets 219 (C$224k)2023 Revenue 102 (C$253k) Expenses 102 (C$267k) Net assets 205 (C$210k)2024 Revenue 152 (C$375k) Expenses 115 (C$303k) Net assets 277 (C$284k)
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Revenue (152)Expenses (115)Net assets (277)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.

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2018
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2020
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2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 86% · 2018 86% · 2019 81% · 2020 78% · 2021 67% · 2022 92% · 2023 90% · 2024 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

43% of THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 734 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$16k
’17
C$45k
’18
C$20k
’19
−C$22k
’20
C$72k
’21
C$6k
’22
−C$14k
’23
C$72k
’24
14
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose C$12k → C$52k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Goodlife Kids Foundationunclassified
C$6k
Aqueduct Foundationunclassified
C$5k
Canadahelps Canadonunclassified
C$3k
funders
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5
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5
3
2
4
4

From the CRA filings of THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN 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 LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 79%; 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 LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY.

59%
largest funder
79%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 43% · 2019 51% · 2020 58% · 2021 98% · 2022 78% · 2023 87% — 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

18% of THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 4 regions in all.

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

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’23
Nova Scotia 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 15 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 LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY reports

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

FY2024C$352k
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  • 94% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN 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

Second Story Womens Centre68%Antigonish Women's Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association66%Tri-County Women's Centre Society65%Open Door Womens Care Centre64%Avalon Centre Society64%Women's Ced Network Society64%Pictou County Women's Resource and Sexual Assault Centre Society63%Women of the First Light63%

Nationally

Women's Own Resource Centre76%Mokami Status of Women Council75%Center for Women of Colour73%Scarborough Women's Centre71%Oasis Centre Des Femmes Inc71%Centre de Femmes D'Ici Et D'Ailleurs71%The Family Education and Support Centre71%Women's Place Kenora71%
04Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY?
THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$243,491 to it, the largest being CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION / FONDATION CANADIENNE DES FEMMES (C$143,999). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 15 organizations giving C$243,491 in grants to THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY?
CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION / FONDATION CANADIENNE DES FEMMES is the largest funder on record, with C$143,999 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE LOTUS CENTRE; A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN SOCIETY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.

Play a game about who funds Lotus Centre; a Resource for Women Society →

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 15 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