Ontario · Registered charity
THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB
THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB (Ontario) receives grants from 13 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,308,177 to it, the largest being THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA/LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE POUR LA CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE (C$559,704). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,990 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,990 public amenities 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.
- The Gosling Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Greenbelt Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- The Sitka Foundationshared fundersportfolio 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 32% · 2018 33% · 2019 32% · 2020 26% · 2021 7% · 2022 64% · 2023 36% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (10% 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 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose C$41k → C$551k.
From the CRA filings of THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB’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
THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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 THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 91% · 2019 99% · 2020 67% · 2021 92% · 2022 70% · 2023 85% — 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
50% of THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
91% of THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB'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$3k 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 13 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Gosling Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 41 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Greenbelt Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 27 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Sitka Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchBC · backs 36 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Nature Canada / Canada Natureshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 53 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Church of the Holy CrosslocalON · funds 7 organizations near you
- Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Weiler Maloney Nelson Staff Charity FundlocalON · funds 5 organizations near you
- South Peel Naturalists' Clubportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Wildlife Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Willow Beach Field Naturalists Clubportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Helen McCrea Peacock 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 THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 25% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB
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 THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB?
- THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB (Ontario) receives grants from 13 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,308,177 to it, the largest being THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA/LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE POUR LA CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE (C$559,704). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 13 organizations giving C$1,308,177 in grants to THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB?
- THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA/LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE POUR LA CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE is the largest funder on record, with C$559,704 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB 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 13 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