British Columbia · Registered charity
VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY
VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,648 to it, the largest being PARISH OF ST PHILIP (C$1,320). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,442 community resource nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,442 community resource 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.
- The Helpalittle Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Synod of the Diocese of New Westminstershared funders
- Order of St John Palliative Care 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 34% · 2019 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (60% 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
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell C$920 → C$50.
From the CRA filings of VANCOUVER GRIEF 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
VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 83%; 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 VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 57% · 2019 82% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
83% of VANCOUVER GRIEF 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. Your 4 funders put you under-funded among the 54 organizations that share them.
- The Helpalittle Foundationlocalportfolio matchBC · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Synod of the Diocese of New Westminstershared fundersBC · backs 11 organizations that share your funders
- Order of St John Palliative Care Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- John William & Hannah & Roland Frank Whittaker Charitable Trust No. 2shared fundersON · backs 4 organizations that share your funders
- The Sara Spencer Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Frank & Joan Lew Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Tony and Mignon Fenton Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Y.P.Heung Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Children's Grief Foundation of Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Tuey Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Belmont Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Christopher 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 VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 17% of FY2019 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like VANCOUVER GRIEF 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
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY?
- VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,648 to it, the largest being PARISH OF ST PHILIP (C$1,320). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 4 organizations giving C$3,648 in grants to VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VANCOUVER GRIEF SOCIETY?
- PARISH OF ST PHILIP is the largest funder on record, with C$1,320 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VANCOUVER GRIEF 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