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Calgary, AB · Private foundation

Calgary Co-Op Community Foundation

Relief of poverty through food security and other supports for vulnerable populations including at-risk youth seniors and others in the community; Advancement of education through scholarships bursaries and grants Providing benefit to the community in a way that is recognized as charitable

C$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k4 grants · C$22k
  • C$10k–50k13 grants · C$278k
  • C$50k–250k8 grants · C$787k
C$21,515
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$278k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALGARY FOOD BANKC$200,150
BROWN BAGGING FOR CALGARY KIDSC$128,000
MEALS ON WHEELSC$115,000
CANADIAN RED CROSSC$91,020
FEARISNOTLOVE - CALGARY WOMENS SHELTERC$81,000
MUSTARD SEEDC$69,419
THE GROCERY FOUNDATIONC$52,673
CALGARY HEALTH FOUNDATIONC$50,000
ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$45,000
CARYA SOCIETY OF CALGARYC$40,000
HOSPICE CALGARYC$35,000
CHILDRENS COTTAGE SOCIETYC$25,000
CHARITY PLUS DONATIONS - VARIOUSC$21,515
Wilder Institute - Calgary ZooC$20,000
UNISON AT KIRBY CENTREC$20,000
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$3.7M · 28 repeat orgsC$559k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 17 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
33

Total granted

C$3.7M
C$337k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+22%

Still filing today

75%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$223k 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

  • CF
    CALGARY FOOD BANK
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$706k · revenue +80%
  • BB
    BROWN BAGGING FOR CALGARY KIDS
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$548k · revenue +247%
  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$444k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • MY
    McMan Youth, Family & Community Services Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$50k · revenue +28%
  • YC
    youthlink calgary police interpretive centregraduated
    one grant, 2019 · C$50k · revenue +36%
  • CF
    Calgary Fetal Alcohol Networkgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$36k · revenue +94%

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.

1
Calgary Homeless Foundation

Actively engage community stakeholders and funding partners to work together to guide the fight against homelessness. Providing grants to qualified donees and other community organizations to assist individuals experiencing homelessness…

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2
Community Kitchen Program of Calgary Society

Calgary cooking - teaching low income families to buy and prepare meals at a low price. good food box program - teaching low income families to buy fresh fruit and vegetables at an affordable cost. sprinz around program - provide food to…

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3
Homespace Society

Homespace society is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to creatively apply expertise to increase and manage the number of affordable and specialized housing units in calgary

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4
The Calgary Foundation

The Calgary Foundation carried out its charitable purpose through the ongoing administration of its granting programs. While the Foundation provides grants to support charitable activity across the entire sector it has a particular focus…

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5
Calgary Keys to Recovery Society

Calgary Keys to Recovery Society provides housing and case management services to at risk individuals upon their exit from addictions treatment.

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6
Beam Foundation

BEAM Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to improving the mental health and wellbeing of kids & youth in Calgary Alberta. Our mission is to provide accessible and affordable wellness programs to children and youth who are…

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7
Calgary Society for Healthy Child Development
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8
Alberta Caregivers Association

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…

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9
Canadian Mental Health Association-Calgary Region

Supported living programs in group homes and apartment complexes for people with mental illnesses. Independent living support included bereavement counselling and group support support programs for families of those suffering from mental…

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10
United Way of Calgary and Area

United way of calgary and area is a 100% local charity that brings together donors corporations agencies and government to solve complex issues and improve lives. we strategically invest in local agencies and collaboratives to create…

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11
Calgary Celiac Association

To provide advice and peer support to the public about Celiac Disease and gluten sensitivity and how to manage the gluten free diet. Other programs include sponsoring research and advice on living a gluten free diet and managing Celiac…

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12
Calgary Society for Persons With Disabilities

Providing residential & community supports to adults with developmental disabilities to reach their greastest potential through quality community living.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society and the most unlike its peers is Wilder Institute. 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

49 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. 49 of the 69 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/49
Grantees still filing
28/49
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$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCALGARY FOOD BANK — C$705,584 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBROWN BAGGING FOR CALGARY KIDS — C$548,032 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS — C$444,157 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetCANADIAN RED CROSS — C$275,840 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSTARD SEED — C$248,290 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFEARISNOTLOVE - CALGARY WOMENS SHELTER — C$247,200 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S COTTAGE SOCIETY — C$185,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetcalgary seniors resource society — C$157,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetMRU FOUNDATION — C$102,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$81,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Assoc Calgary — C$57,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GROCERY FOUNDATION — C$52,673 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCALGARY HEALTH FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMcMan Youth, Family & Community Services Association — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetyouthlink calgary police interpretive centre — C$50,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetautism calgary assoc — C$47,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetUNISON AT KERBY CENTRE — C$45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCARYA SOCIETY OF CALGARY — C$40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWHEATLAND COUNTY FOOD BANK — C$38,277 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetCalgary Fetal Alcohol Network — C$36,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWOODS HOMES — C$35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSALVATION ARMY FOOD BANK - HIGH RIVER — C$31,990 over 6y, 41% of budgetMS SOCIETY OF CANADA — C$26,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE CALGARY SOCIETY — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWilder Institute - Calgary Zoo — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRed Cross — C$19,350 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIGHT IT UP - WELLSPRINGS CALGARY — C$15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetcalgary inn from the cold society — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCanadian Legacy Project — C$13,332 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTsuu T'ma First Nation Band — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetALS Society — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCALGARY ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSamaritan Club of Calgary — C$10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetProstate Cancer Centre — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALGARY DROP-IN AND REHAB SOCIETY — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighbanks Society — C$10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetOKOTOKS FOOD BANK — C$7,880 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNutrition Students Teachers Excercising with Parent — C$7,830 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCUPS Calgary Society — C$7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Living Resource Centre — C$5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHigh River Food for Thought Ltd. — C$5,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetSunrise Community Link Resource Centre Foundation — C$3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAirdrie Helping Hands — C$2,700 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSouthwest Communities Resource Centre — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSoup Sisters and Brothers — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlexandra Centre Society — C$1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGoldeye Foundation Society — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTwo Wheel View Bike Club — C$800 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

The Calgary FoundationUnited Way of Calgary…Calgary Flames Founda…Calgary Shaw Charity …Calgary Inter-Faith F…Atco Electric EpicCenovus Employee Foun…Nickle Family Foundat…Carthy FoundationRc Diocese of CalgaryAtco Gas Employees' C…The Burns Memorial Fu…
The Calgary FoundationAB19.9× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Calgary Foundation · United Way of Calgary and Area · Calgary Flames Foundation · Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation · Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank Society · Atco Electric Epic · Cenovus Employee Foundation · Nickle Family Foundation · Carthy Foundation · Rc Diocese of Calgary · Atco Gas Employees' Community Service Fund · The Burns Memorial Fund for Children

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 69 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 2024-10-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a private foundation under support of schools and education.

Source object 119217990:2024-10-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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