Ontario · Registered charity
THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION
THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION (Ontario) receives grants from 86 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,331,913 to it, the largest being TOM AND ANNIE KOHN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (C$197,000). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 4,360 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,360 organizations relieving poverty 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 Institute of Torah Educationlocal
- Anne McGrath Memorial Foundation Inc.portfolio match
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontarioportfolio 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.
100% of THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% 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 37 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose C$215k → C$285k.
From the CRA filings of THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 86 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 BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 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 BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 51% · 2019 40% · 2020 39% · 2021 32% · 2022 25% · 2023 27% — 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
19% of THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
99% of THE BROTHERS OF MERCY 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. 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 86 funders put you well-backed among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Institute of Torah EducationlocalON · funds 12 organizations near you
- Anne McGrath Memorial Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontarioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Toronto Council Knights of Columbus 1388 Charitable Welfareportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Health Partners International of Canada / Partenaires canadiens pour la santé internationaleportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Knights of Columbus Canada Charities Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club International Aid Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Stan Seidenfeld Charitable FoundationlocalON · funds 17 organizations near you
- Bierbrier Family FoundationlocalON · funds 22 organizations near you
- Maymor FoundationlocalON · funds 12 organizations near you
- Shimon & Deena Smursz Charitable FoundationlocalON · funds 23 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.
Organizations like THE BROTHERS OF MERCY 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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION?
- THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION (Ontario) receives grants from 86 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,331,913 to it, the largest being TOM AND ANNIE KOHN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (C$197,000). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 86 organizations giving C$1,331,913 in grants to THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION?
- TOM AND ANNIE KOHN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$197,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BROTHERS OF MERCY FOUNDATION 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 86 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