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Banff, AB · Public foundation

Banff Canmore Community Foundation

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C$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
41
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$555k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k26 grants · C$84k
  • C$10k–50k9 grants · C$159k
  • C$50k–250k4 grants · C$355k
  • C$250k+2 grants · C$865k
C$5,700
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Board of Governors of The Banff CentreC$555,042
Improvement District No. 9 (ID9)C$310,448
Rocky Mountain Adaptive Sports CentreC$182,120
Young Women's Christian Association BanffC$68,000
Town of BanffC$52,368
Star 6 Ranch FoundationC$52,308
The Peter & Catharine Whyte FoundationC$40,000
Ralph Connor Memorial United ChurchC$26,300
Town of CanmoreC$18,050
Iyahrhe Nakoda Food Bank SocietyC$15,000
St. Georges-in-the-Pines Anglican Church of CanadaC$15,000
Covenant FoundationC$13,000
Canadian Rockies Regional Division No. 12C$11,400
Bald Eagle Ltd.C$10,000
Biosphere Institute of the Bow ValleyC$10,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$6.6M · 40 repeat orgsC$602k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +4% for the ones you funded once.

40 repeat relationships — 22 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
19

Total granted

C$6.6M
C$199k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+4%

Still filing today

78%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$403k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

  • YW
    YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BANFF
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$235k · revenue +67%
  • RM
    Rocky Mountain Adaptive Sports Centre
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$224k · revenue +422%
  • CR
    CANADIAN ROCKIES REGIONAL DIVISION NO.12
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$189k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
    one grant, 2023 · C$78k · revenue +8%
  • EL
    ELEANOR LUXTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$21k · revenue +65%
  • TO
    TOWN OF CANMORE
    one grant, 2018 · C$14k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

03Your field

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.

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Banff Canmore Community Foundation

1. With our donors partners and community philanthropists we build community funds to support current and future generations. 2. We set and refine collaborative community-building priorities through informed research and community opinion…

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The Banff Centre Foundation

The banff centre foundation supports the activities of the board of governors of the banff centre which is a charitable organization providing the public with the opportunity to access a broad range of learning experiences.

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3
The Alberta Hunter Education Instructors Association

Conservation Education Programs throughout Alberta AHEIA works to conserve Alberta's wilderness through education and communication.

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4
Bow River Basin Council Society

Watershed Planning and Advisory Council for the Bow river basin under Alberta's Water for Life Strategy - Stakeholder Engagement Committee - Science Committee - Legislation and Policy Committee - Watershed Stewardship Coordination…

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5
Southern Alberta Land Trust Society

Facilitating the protection of ecologically valuable private land in Southern Alberta in partnership with landowners through the use of conservation easements which are enabled through provincial legislation and further supported through…

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6
The Calgary Zoological Society

Develops operates promotes integrated zoological botanical & prehistoric parks for the combined purpose of conservation research recreation & scientific study.

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7
Banff Forum

The Banff Forum's objective is to advance education by hosting an annual forum and events across the country that bring together emerging and established leaders across all sectors and regions to enhance their leadership skills and support…

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8
Harvie Conservancy Foundation

The hcf is advancing the preservation and protection of a major provincial park in alberta. hcf is working closely with glenbow ranch park foundation to create new programs of research and study.

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9
Alberta Wilderness Association(Awa)

Public awareness of wilderness conservation issues in alberta through publications lectures hikes public outreach presentations government and industry liaison and landscape and wildlife assessments.

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10
Alberta Trailnet Society

Promoting a trail network including the Trans Canada Trail connecting all Albertans. We support local and regional groups in their trail-building activities. We promote active living through the development and use of sustainable…

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11
Bulkley Valley Historical and Museum Society

The Bulkley Valley Museum facilitates historical education and research including public digital access to our artifact and archival collections through our online portal. We collect preserve and present the human and natural history of…

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12
Inside Education Society of Alberta

Inside Education programs aim to create generations of engaged citizens who understand the important relationships betweenenvironment economy and society and who think critically and creatively about environmental topics and actively…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canadian Mountain Arts Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Friends of Kananaskis Country Cooperating Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

02the grantee network

56 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. 56 of the 77 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/56
Grantees still filing
30/56
Grew since you first funded

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE BANFF CENTRE — C$4,906,465 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BANFF — C$234,797 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetRocky Mountain Adaptive Sports Centre — C$224,120 over 7y, 15% of budgetCANADIAN ROCKIES REGIONAL DIVISION NO.12 — C$189,233 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Peter & Catharine Whyte Foundation — C$123,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetBIOSPHERE INSTITUTE OF THE BOW VALLEY — C$79,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — C$78,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN MOUNTAIN ARTS FOUNDATION — C$61,388 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetRalph Connor Memorial United Church — C$52,040 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetIYAHRHE NAKODA FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$45,900 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF KANASASKIS COUNTRY COOPERATING ASSOCIATION — C$26,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetCOVENANT HEALTH — C$26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt. Georges-in-the-Pines Anglican Church of Canada — C$25,900 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetBANFF PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD — C$24,271 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCovenant Foundation — C$23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTENNIAL MUSEAUM SOCIETY OF CANMORE — C$23,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSPIRIT NORTH — C$21,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetELEANOR LUXTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION — C$21,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetTHE DAY CARE SOCIETY OF BANFF — C$20,750 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetST MICHAEL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH — C$17,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetPINETREE PLAYERS — C$16,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetBanff Senior Citizens Society — C$15,215 over 4y, 36% of budgetCanmore and Area Health Care Foundation — C$14,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBOW VALLEY CONNECTIONS CENTRE — C$13,800 over 3y, 17% of budgetASSOCIATED GOSPEL CHURCHES OF CANADA BANFF PARK CHURCH — C$13,640 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetTHE LUXTON MUSEUM SOCIETY — C$13,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetEXSHAW LIBRARY SOCIETY — C$11,500 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetTRUE SPORT FOUNDATION — C$10,973 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYELLOWSTONE TO YUKON CONSERVATION INITIATIVE FOUNDATION — C$10,700 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCANMORE COMMUNITY CRUISER BIKE SHARE SOCIETY — C$9,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetBowstrings Heritage Foundation — C$7,800 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBANFF SPORT MEDICINE FOUNDATION — C$6,946 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION-CALGARY REGION — C$6,794 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANMORE PRESCHOOL SOCIETY — C$6,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMONENTUM COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY — C$5,965 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIETE DES PARENTS POUR L'EDUCATION FRANCOPHONE DE CANMORE — C$5,700 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBANFF FOOD BANK SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBow Valley Naturalists Society — C$4,800 over 1y, 33% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN HERITAGE FOUNDATION — C$3,750 over 1y, 99% of budgetCanmore Folk Music Festival Society — C$3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPALLIATIVE CARE SOCIETY OF THE BOW VALLEY — C$3,100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJasper Community Team Society — C$2,865 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SOUTHERN FRANCOPHONE EDUCATION REGION — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCOUTS CANADA — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Bow Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to — C$1,905 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation — C$1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBow Valley Victim Services Assocation — C$1,600 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBEAR CONFLICT SOLUTIONS INSTITUTE — C$1,500 over 1y, 18% of budget
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 THE BANFF CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BANFF ↗
  • Who funds Rocky Mountain Adaptive Sports Centre ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN ROCKIES REGIONAL DIVISION NO.12 ↗
  • Who funds The Peter & Catharine Whyte Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BIOSPHERE INSTITUTE OF THE BOW VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN MOUNTAIN ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Ralph Connor Memorial United Church ↗
  • Who funds IYAHRHE NAKODA FOOD BANK SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF KANASASKIS COUNTRY COOPERATING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds St. Georges-in-the-Pines Anglican Church of Canada ↗
  • Who funds BANFF PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD ↗
  • Who funds Covenant Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CENTENNIAL MUSEAUM SOCIETY OF CANMORE ↗
  • Who funds SPIRIT NORTH ↗
  • Who funds ELEANOR LUXTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DAY CARE SOCIETY OF BANFF ↗
  • Who funds ST MICHAEL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds PINETREE PLAYERS ↗
  • Who funds Banff Senior Citizens Society ↗
  • Who funds Canmore and Area Health Care Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BOW VALLEY CONNECTIONS CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATED GOSPEL CHURCHES OF CANADA BANFF PARK CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds THE LUXTON MUSEUM SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds EXSHAW LIBRARY SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds TRUE SPORT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWSTONE TO YUKON CONSERVATION INITIATIVE FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Wim and Nancy Pauw Fo…The Edmonton Communit…Canmore Rotary Club C…Crossway Community Ch…The Calgary FoundationAtco Electric EpicAtco Gas Employees' C…Mary a Tidlund Charit…Cenovus Employee Foun…The Myron and Catheri…United Way of Calgary…Edmonton Oilers Commu…
Wim and Nancy Pauw FoundationAB22.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation · The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act · Canmore Rotary Club Charitable Foundation · Crossway Community Church Canmore · The Calgary Foundation · Atco Electric Epic · Atco Gas Employees' Community Service Fund · Mary a Tidlund Charitable Foundation · Cenovus Employee Foundation · The Myron and Catherine Tetreault Foundation · United Way of Calgary and Area · Edmonton Oilers Community 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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data — your own annual information return and the multi-year returns of the 77 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year) — each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010; we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your 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 public foundation under foundations.

Source object 874819410:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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