British Columbia · Registered charity
THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$2,189 to it, the largest being BC GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND TRUST (C$1,854). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,910 support of schools and education 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.
- Times Colonist Literacy Societylocalportfolio match
- The Cridge Centre for the Familylocal
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio 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 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose C$99 → C$251.
From the CRA filings of THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL 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 VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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 VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 73% · 2019 100% · 2020 81% · 2021 70% · 2022 81% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
85% of THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from British Columbia 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.
- Times Colonist Literacy Societylocalportfolio matchBC · funds 4 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Cridge Centre for the FamilylocalBC · funds 4 organizations near you
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Tony and Mignon Fenton Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Robert & Devi Jawl Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- C-Fax Santa's Anonymous Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Christopher Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- University of Victoriaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Jawl Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Moss Rock Park Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bowen Island Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gmr 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 VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 24% of FY2017 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL 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 British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY?
- THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$2,189 to it, the largest being BC GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND TRUST (C$1,854). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 2 organizations giving C$2,189 in grants to THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY?
- BC GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND TRUST is the largest funder on record, with C$1,854 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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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