Ontario · Registered charity
THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY
THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY (Ontario) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,129 to it, the largest being MY TRIBUTE GIFT FOUNDATION (C$1,080). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY has grown faster than half of the 1,070 arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,070 arts 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.
- District School Board of Niagaralocalportfolio match
- Christian Benefit Shop of the Brethren in Christ Church Inclocal
- Lloyd Carr-Harris 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 9% · 2018 2% · 2019 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (28% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell C$851 → C$91.
From the CRA filings of THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC 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 PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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 PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
96% of THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY's grant income comes from Ontario funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
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.
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.
- District School Board of Niagaralocalportfolio matchON · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Christian Benefit Shop of the Brethren in Christ Church InclocalON · funds 4 organizations near you
- Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Perlin Family Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Betty and Joe Gray Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Craig Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagaraportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Norfolk Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Wise Guys Charity Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Marion Armstrong Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Paper Thorold Foundationportfolio 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 PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 3% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC 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 Ontario
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY?
- THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY (Ontario) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,129 to it, the largest being MY TRIBUTE GIFT FOUNDATION (C$1,080). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 2 organizations giving C$1,129 in grants to THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY?
- MY TRIBUTE GIFT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$1,080 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PORT COLBORNE OPERATIC SOCIETY 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 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