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Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada)

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C$1.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2024
32
Organizations funded FY2023
66%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
C$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
C$730,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 56
FY2017 to FY2023
Regions reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
C$1.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 66% of the organizations Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada) funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$2.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving26C$1.0M69%
FY202332C$2.3M66%
FY202226C$220k73%
FY202156C$306k88%
FY20209C$18k100%
FY20171C$1kn/a

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by regions, across the years we hold.

Which regions its grants reach

Ontario
C$254k
British Columbia
C$167k
Manitoba
C$149k
Quebec
C$145k
Alberta
C$135k
Nova Scotia
C$72k
New Brunswick
C$23k
Saskatchewan
C$20k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$7k
Northwest Territories
C$2k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Spinal Cord Injury OntarioC$51,32441%
Christian Direction Inc.C$46,50032%
The Good CompanionsC$30,00030%
Sage Seniors AssociationC$24,62521%
Centraide Estrie (Conseil Régional de Bien-Être de SherbrookC$23,46711%
Chinese Community Policing CentreC$20,00022%
Capital Region Mental Health & Addicitions IncC$20,00022%
Council on Aging of OttawaC$20,00013%
Age Friendly Lake SocietyC$20,00024%
Spencer House Senior CentreC$17,72031%
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All grantees of Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada) by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Spinal Cord Injury OntarioC$51,32441%
Christian Direction Inc.C$46,50032%
The Good CompanionsC$30,00030%
Sage Seniors AssociationC$24,62521%
Centraide Estrie (Conseil Régional de Bien-Être de SherbrookC$23,46711%
Chinese Community Policing CentreC$20,00022%
Capital Region Mental Health & Addicitions IncC$20,00022%
Council on Aging of OttawaC$20,00013%
Age Friendly Lake SocietyC$20,00024%
Spencer House Senior CentreC$17,72031%
Schubert Centre SocietyC$17,50014%
Never Alone Cancer FoundationC$17,07522%
Cartier Senior Citizen Support CommitteeC$16,75027%
Calgary Seniors' Resource SocietyC$15,10020%
Dartmouth SeniorsC$15,00021%
Sou'West Nova Transit AssociationC$15,00022%
Indo Canadian Women's AssociationC$15,00023%
Burnaby Neighbourhood HouseC$13,00020%
Kerby AssemblyC$12,00020%
Quebec Community Health and Social Services FoundationC$12,000142%
Saskatoon Council on Aging Inc.C$12,00023%
Pas de la RueC$12,00021%
West End Senior' Network SocietyC$11,00021%
Living Independence of Elders (L.I.F.E.) Inc.C$11,00015%
The Old Forge Community Resource CentreC$10,56811%
Abbeyfield Houses Society of TorontoC$10,00013%
Mawi Ta'Mk SocietyC$10,00011%
Older Adult Centre Association of Ontario (Oacao)C$10,00011%
Active Adult Centre of Mississauga (Aacm)C$10,00011%
Meals on Wheels LondonC$10,00011%
Carya Society of Calgary (Carya)C$10,00010%
La Porte Jaune/ the Yellow DoorC$10,00012%
Brella Community Services SocietyC$10,00010%
Portage Service for SeniorsC$10,00012%
Minnedosa Heritage Inc.C$10,0001n/a
Desert Valley Hospice SocietyC$10,00014%
Westend Seniors Activity CentreC$10,00011%
Luso Community ServicesC$10,00010%
Social Planning Council OttawaC$10,00011%
Les Petits FrèresC$10,00010%
Abuhuriara CentreC$10,00010%
Shelley Cares FoundationC$10,000121%
Parkgate Community Services SocietyC$10,00010%
Hamilton Community AssociationC$10,00011%
Metis Nation of Ontario Cultural CommissionC$10,00014%
Langley Meals on WheelsC$10,00012%
Gwen Secter Creating LivingC$9,81421%
Northern Association of Community CouncilsC$9,76711%
U-Turn Parkinson'sC$9,65015%
Morden Senior Citizens Frienship CentreC$9,55812%
United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de L'OntarioC$8,90010%
Seniors Service SocietyC$7,90020%
Bethany Care FoundationC$7,50011%
Norwest Co-Op Community Health Inc.C$7,50010%
Jimmy Pratt Memorial Outreach Centre IncC$7,20017%
Le Centre Almage Communautaire Pour Personnes AgéesC$7,00012%
Brandon Seniors for Seniors Co-Op Inc.C$6,8201n/a
The Calgary Association of the DeafC$6,800111%
Carrefour Communautaire Montrose IncC$6,50021%
Marlene Street Community Resource CentreC$6,12022%
Little Mountain Neighbourhood House SocietyC$6,00010%
The St Christopher HouseC$6,00020%
Glace Bay Food BankC$6,00021%
Community Links AssociationC$6,00011%
Saskatoon Services for Seniors Inc.C$5,50012%
Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre/Centre Des Ressources de L'EsC$5,32020%
Bc Association of Community Response NetworksC$5,00010%
Eldridge Memorial LibraryC$5,0001n/a
Millennium Support & Care GroupC$5,0001100%
V.C. Volunteer CowichanC$5,00011%
The Glenshiel Housing SocietyC$5,00010%
Abbotsford Association for Healthy AgingC$5,00013%
Calgary Meals on WheelsC$5,00010%
Herman Prior Senior Services Centre Inc.C$5,00011%
South Vancouver Neighbourhood HouseC$5,00010%
Drive HappinessC$5,00011%
Les Petits Frères Des PauvresC$5,00010%
Jewish Family Services OttawaC$5,00010%
National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (Nice)C$5,0001n/a
R.H. Rediker Volunteer CenterC$5,00011%
Ask Friendship SocietyC$5,00010%
The Woodgreen FoundationC$5,00010%
Maison Saint Columba HouseC$5,00011%
Selkirk and District Emergency Response SystemC$4,4601n/a
Abbeyfield Houses Society of DuncanC$4,40212%
St Matthew's HouseC$4,00020%
Spence Neighbourhood Associatio IncC$4,00010%
Stop Abuse in Families SocietyC$4,00011%
South Arm Community AssociationC$3,70010%
Catholic Action MontrealC$3,00013%
Meals on Wheels of Fredericton Inc.C$3,00010%
Whitevalley Community Resource CentreC$2,76010%
Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder AbuseC$2,50015%
Elder Abuse Prevention OntarioC$2,50010%
Yellowknife Seniors' SocietyC$2,00011%
The Lighthouse Supported Living Inc.C$2,00010%
Western Ottawa Community Resource CentreC$2,00010%
Seniors Serving SeniorsC$2,00010%
Beth Donovan HospiceC$2,00010%
A & O: Support Services for Older Adults Inc.C$2,00010%
South Winnipeg Seniors Resource Council Inc.C$1,00011%
Salmo Community Resource SocietyC$1,00010%
Glace Bay Citizens Service LeagueC$1,00010%
Broadway Seniors Resource Council Inc.C$8001n/a
The Alberta League Encouraging Storytelling SocietyC$25010%

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record (C$2.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada) supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 99 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%C$100kC$1.0MC$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSpinal Cord Injury Ontario: C$51,324 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetChristian Direction Inc.: C$46,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetThe Good Companions: C$30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSage Seniors Association: C$24,625 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCentraide Estrie (Conseil Régional de Bien-Être de Sherbrook: C$23,467 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChinese Community Policing Centre: C$20,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCapital Region Mental Health & Addicitions Inc: C$20,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCouncil on Aging of Ottawa: C$20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAge Friendly Lake Society: C$20,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetSpencer House Senior Centre: C$17,720 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSchubert Centre Society: C$17,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNever Alone Cancer Foundation: C$17,075 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCartier Senior Citizen Support Committee: C$16,750 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetCalgary Seniors' Resource Society: C$15,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDartmouth Seniors: C$15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSou'West Nova Transit Association: C$15,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetIndo Canadian Women's Association: C$15,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetBurnaby Neighbourhood House: C$13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKerby Assembly: C$12,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetQuebec Community Health and Social Services Foundation: C$12,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetSaskatoon Council on Aging Inc.: C$12,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetPas de la Rue: C$12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWest End Senior' Network Society: C$11,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLiving Independence of Elders (L.I.F.E.) Inc.: C$11,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetThe Old Forge Community Resource Centre: C$10,568 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAbbeyfield Houses Society of Toronto: C$10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetMawi Ta'Mk Society: C$10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOlder Adult Centre Association of Ontario (Oacao): C$10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetActive Adult Centre of Mississauga (Aacm): C$10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels London: C$10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCarya Society of Calgary (Carya): C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLa Porte Jaune/ the Yellow Door: C$10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBrella Community Services Society: C$10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPortage Service for Seniors: C$10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetDesert Valley Hospice Society: C$10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetWestend Seniors Activity Centre: C$10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLuso Community Services: C$10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSocial Planning Council Ottawa: C$10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLes Petits Frères: C$10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAbuhuriara Centre: C$10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetShelley Cares Foundation: C$10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetParkgate Community Services Society: C$10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHamilton Community Association: C$10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMetis Nation of Ontario Cultural Commission: C$10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetLangley Meals on Wheels: C$10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGwen Secter Creating Living: C$9,814 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNorthern Association of Community Councils: C$9,767 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetU-Turn Parkinson's: C$9,650 over 1y, 4.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 99.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Petro-Canada CareMake…Home Instead CharitiesRight To FoodFondation Grace Dart/…Rotary Club of Calgar…Thomas Sill Foundatio…The Canadian Bridge F…Canadian Women's Foun…Alexandra Foundation …The Canadian Red Cros…Second Harvest Canada…Lindsay Memorial Foun…
Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-CanadaAB15.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada · Home Instead Charities · Right To Food · Fondation Grace Dart/Grace Dart Foundation · Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park - Community Service Fund · Thomas Sill Foundation Inc. · The Canadian Bridge Federation Charitable Fund · Canadian Women's Foundation / Fondation Canadienne Des Femmes · Alexandra Foundation for Neighbourhood Houses · The Canadian Red Cross Society / la Societe Canadienne de la Croix-Rouge · Second Harvest Canada Deuxième Récolte Canada · Lindsay Memorial Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada)

How much does Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada) give?
Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada) reported 27 grants totaling C$1,016,730 in its FY2024 T3010 return. It funded between 1 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
Who are Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada)'s largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Spinal Cord Injury Ontario (C$51k), Christian Direction Inc. (C$47k), The Good Companions (C$30k).
Does Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada) fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 66% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada)?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada, Home Instead Charities, Right To Food.
Where is Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada) based?
Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada) is based in OTTAWA, ON.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data, the funder’s own annual information return, and from the multi-year returns of the 117 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010, read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without a BN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-03-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a charitable organization under organizations relieving poverty.

Source object 118955921:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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