British Columbia · Registered charity
THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY
THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$19,697 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$5,808). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY 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.
- Y.P.Heung Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Chris-Spencer Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Powell River Community Foundationlocal
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 39% · 2018 37% · 2019 48% · 2020 56% · 2021 50% · 2022 45% · 2023 52% · 2024 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose C$494 → C$4k.
From the CRA filings of THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE 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 WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 100% · 2020 54% · 2021 53% · 2022 46% · 2023 40% — 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.
Where its funders are
71% of THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE 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.
- Y.P.Heung Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchBC · backs 52 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Chris-Spencer Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchBC · backs 50 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Powell River Community FoundationlocalBC · funds 16 organizations near you
- The Helpalittle Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jt Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- R & J Stern Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Hardy Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Frank & Joan Lew Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Michael and Inna O'Brian Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Heathcliff Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Freybe Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- West Vancouver Community 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 WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 33% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE 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
47% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY?
- THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$19,697 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$5,808). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 4 organizations giving C$19,697 in grants to THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE SOCIETY?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$5,808 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WEST COAST BOOK PRIZE 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 4 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