Ontario · Registered charity
THE OWL FOUNDATION
THE OWL FOUNDATION (Ontario) receives grants from 49 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,039,802 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$632,597). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE OWL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 435 animal welfare nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 435 animal welfare 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.
- Hamilton Presbytery Mission Council of the United Church Oflocal
- The Grant Macewan Charitable Foundation 2002portfolio match
- Ewald 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 0% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of THE OWL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (53% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose C$64k → C$113k.
From the CRA filings of THE OWL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 funders by total. 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 OWL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 68%; 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 OWL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 49% · 2019 58% · 2020 40% · 2021 74% · 2022 63% · 2023 55% — 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.
How long its funders stay
67% of THE OWL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% 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
94% of THE OWL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ontario funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$48k 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. Your 49 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Hamilton Presbytery Mission Council of the United Church OflocalON · funds 11 organizations near you
- The Grant Macewan Charitable Foundation 2002portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ewald Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Marilyn Neaves Charitable Foundation Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Animal Welfare Foundation of Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Taylor Family Foundationshared fundersON · backs 24 organizations that share your funders
- Beamsville Church of ChristlocalON · funds 4 organizations near you
- Hultink Family FoundationlocalON · funds 11 organizations near you
- Waterdown Pastoral Charge St James United ChurchlocalON · funds 4 organizations near you
- Hodgson Family Foundationshared fundersON · backs 38 organizations that share your funders
- Church of ChristlocalON · funds 3 organizations near you
- The Charitable Trust of Rotary Club of Flamborough A.M.localON · funds 6 organizations near you
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 OWL FOUNDATION reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 2% of FY2020 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE OWL FOUNDATION
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE OWL FOUNDATION?
- THE OWL FOUNDATION (Ontario) receives grants from 49 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,039,802 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$632,597). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE OWL FOUNDATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 49 organizations giving C$1,039,802 in grants to THE OWL FOUNDATION, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE OWL FOUNDATION?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$632,597 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE OWL FOUNDATION 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 49 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