Edmonton, AB · Public foundation
Alberta Retired Teachers Charitable Foundation
Charitable assistance to low/modest income alberta seniors
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BETHANY CARE FOUNDATION | C$25,000 |
| CARYA SOCIETY OF CALGARY | C$25,000 |
| PARKINSON SOCIETY OF ALBERTA | C$25,000 |
| ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CALGARY | C$25,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES CALGARY | C$20,000 |
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
5 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$45k went to new ones.
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.”
Backed again, and grew
- ASALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CALGARY4× · 2018–2024 · C$94k · revenue +61%
- CNCANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THE BLIND2× · 2019–2021 · C$59k · revenue +9%
- OFOPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY2× · 2020–2023 · C$12k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- PSPARKINSONS SOCIETY OF ALBERTAone grant, 2021 · C$25k
- ASALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF ALBERTA AND NORTHWEST TERRITORYone grant, 2020 · C$14k · revenue +11%
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matches that aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Alberta Caregivers Association (o/a Caregivers Alberta) is an organization of caregivers for caregivers. The mission is to empower caregivers and promote their wellbeing. They do so by providing group and one-on-one supports increasing…
The als society of alberta is a charitable organization dedicated to making each day the best possible day for people living with and affected by als (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) across the province of alberta. we achieve our mission by…
Programs including information training and access to technology to support children and adults with special needs; building community and social change through volunteerism; operating a seniors home and retail store to further build a…
Senior friendly - recognizing elder abuse -fraud awareness -ageism
The society operates programs for the frail and elderly provides respite and education for caregivers and provides opportunities for individuals in the community to volunteer.
Raise awareness of the issue of elder abuse by doing community awareness presentations -train service providers what to look for -use social media to bring awareness to communities -provide staying safe handbooks to communities
Supports for caregivers of brain injury, caregiver meetings, supporting needs, weekend retreats, caregiver outings.
We provide support for individuals living with a brain injury their families. we offer support groups workshops educational events social outing and information/referrals.
Education and peer support - assisting families that are experiencing autism in their family unit. Matching more experienced members to mentor new members. Improving understanding of autism throughout the province of Alberta. Provide…
Providing residential & community supports to adults with developmental disabilities to reach their greastest potential through quality community living.
Assisting provincial Alzheimer Society (AS) organizations to provide information and educational materials to the public; Administering and funding the AS national peer-reviewed research grants and awards program; Creating public awareness…
Bethany care society (bcs) is one of western canada's largest not-for-profit providers of care housing and community services for seniors and persons with disabilities. bethany provides services along the continuum from independent seniors…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alzheimer Society of Calgary and the most unlike its peers is The Bethany Care Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.
Each one resolved to its own CRA returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2024, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 9 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds PARKINSON ALBERTA SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CALGARY ↗
- Who funds CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds BETHANY CARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CARYA SOCIETY OF CALGARY ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES CALGARY ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF ALBERTA AND NORTHWEST TERRITORY ↗
- Who funds OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: United Way of Calgary and Area · Atco Electric Epic · Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation · Carthy Foundation · Atco Gas Employees' Community Service Fund · The Calgary Foundation · Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living · Calgary Flames Foundation · United Way of the Alberta Capital Region · TELUS Friendly Future Foundation - Fondation TELUS Pour un Futur Meilleur · The United Church of Canada Foundation / Fondation de L'Église Unie Du Canada · Private Giving Foundation
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.