Manitoba · Registered charity
THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.
THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. (Manitoba) receives grants from 60 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$12,546,836 to it, the largest being THE WINNIPEG FOUNDATION (C$4,253,259). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.'s funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 380 arts nonprofits $1M–$10M, 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.
- Graham C. Lount Family Foundation Inc.shared funderslocal
- The W.H. & S.E. Loewen Foundation Inc.local
- The Paul Albrechtsen Foundation Inc.shared funders
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% · 2018 21% · 2019 25% · 2020 39% · 2021 64% · 2022 57% · 2023 39% · 2024 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (10% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 35 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose C$1.7M → C$1.7M.
From the CRA filings of THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 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 WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 65%; 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 WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC..
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 34% · 2019 49% · 2020 43% · 2021 36% · 2022 48% · 2023 36% — 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
58% of THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.'s funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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 THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.'s grant income comes from Manitoba funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$55k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 regions 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 60 funders put you typical among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Graham C. Lount Family Foundation Inc.shared funderslocalMB · backs 39 organizations that share your funders · funds 13 organizations near you
- The W.H. & S.E. Loewen Foundation Inc.localMB · funds 8 organizations near you
- The Paul Albrechtsen Foundation Inc.shared fundersMB · backs 21 organizations that share your funders
- Red River College PolytechniclocalMB · funds 11 organizations near you
- Mahon Family Foundation Inc.shared funderslocalMB · backs 26 organizations that share your funders · funds 7 organizations near you
- Douglas Mennonite Church Inc.localMB · funds 5 organizations near you
- Lake Winnipeg Foundation Inc.localMB · funds 5 organizations near you
- Local Investment Toward Employment (L.I.T.E.) Inc.localMB · funds 7 organizations near you
- Winnipeg Mennonite Elementary Schools Inc.localMB · funds 4 organizations near you
- Kildonan M.C.C. Community Assistance Centre Inc.localMB · funds 5 organizations near you
- End Homelessness Winnipeg Inc.localMB · funds 5 organizations near you
- The Duval FoundationlocalMB · funds 3 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.
Government revenue THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 36% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
1% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.?
- THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. (Manitoba) receives grants from 60 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$12,546,836 to it, the largest being THE WINNIPEG FOUNDATION (C$4,253,259). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 60 organizations giving C$12,546,836 in grants to THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC., 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.?
- THE WINNIPEG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$4,253,259 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Manitoba.
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 60 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