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Calgary, AB · Private foundation

Carthy Foundation

The CARTHY FOUNDATION is dedicated to the preservation of philanthropy with a particular interest in the areas of arts and culture social services health environment and education.

C$3.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
111
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
Regions reached
C$295k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 111 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k69 grants · C$183k
  • C$10k–50k16 grants · C$286k
  • C$50k–250k25 grants · C$2.6M
  • C$250k+1 grant · C$295k
C$5,000
Median grant
7
Regions reached
C$99M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARYC$295,000
NPOWER CANADAC$220,000
FARMERS FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONSC$156,000
BURNS MEMORIAL FUND FOR CHILDRENC$155,000
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE BANFF CENTREC$150,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CANADAC$150,000
CANADIAN CANOE MUSEUMC$136,250
NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADAC$125,000
MOMENTUM COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIETYC$115,000
CAN GLOBAL AFFAIRS INST / INST CAN DES AFFAIRES MONDIALESC$110,500
AGRARIANS FOUNDATIONC$105,500
DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA (NATIONAL OFFICE)C$105,000
THE FRASER INSTITUTEC$105,000
SEEDCHANGEC$102,500
GLENBOW - ALBERTA INSTITUTEC$100,000
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$26M · 180 repeat orgsC$971k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +39% since the first grant, against +24% for the ones you funded once.

180 repeat relationships — 80 still active in FY2024, 100 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

180
169

Total granted

C$26M
C$459k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+24%

Still filing today

94%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$513k 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

  • UO
    Universiyt of Calgary
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$2.4M · revenue +27%
  • S
    SeedChange
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$1.1M · revenue +25%
  • CC
    Canadian Canoe Museum
    7× · 2018–2024 · C$1.0M · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • KY
    KATIMAVIK YOUTH SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · C$30k · revenue +95%
  • AI
    AERIC Inc.
    one grant, 2017 · C$25k · revenue -32%
  • TU
    THE UNITED WAY OF FORT MCMURRAY AND WOOD BUFFALO
    one grant, 2021 · C$25k · revenue -45%

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
Alberta Foundation for Health Research

Alberta foundation for health research supports health research projects that are provinvial in scope which impact and originate but are beyond the scope of alberta innovates - health solutions

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2
Calgary Arts Foundation

Calgary arts foundation was created to generate financial support for the calgary arts sector. the foundation is focused on the arts creative industries and cultural sector to strengthen existing programs that support organizations artists…

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3
Calgary Eye Foundation

Foundation supports calgary's ophthalmology program through enhanced education research and program development.

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4
Alberta Council for Environmental Education

Work collaboratively to advance environmental education in Alberta. Move environmental education from the margins to mainstream by harnessing youth voice to guide decision makers increasing students environmental and climate literacy and…

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5
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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6
The Calgary Construction Association Education Fund

Awarded scholarships

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7
Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation

Funding for grants is provided to the Stollery Children's Hospital the University of Alberta the Women and Children's Health Research Institute the Mental Health Foundation and Alberta Health Services for research and education equipment…

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8
Calgary Learns Association

The Alberta Government funds the Provincial Community Adult Learning Program (CALP). It is the role of individual CALPs across the province to ensure the delivery of part-time non-formal literacy and foundational learning opportunities to…

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9
Canadian Cattle Foundation

1. facilitate and encourage stewardship practice and conservation that preserve and or enhance the environment biodiversity and wildlife habitat on working agricultural landscapes; 2.create and /or support education leadership development…

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10
Aaas Foundation

The canadian foundation for food and agricultural education funds and directs two major scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students at canadian universities: the karl c. ivarson alberta students scholarships

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11
The Boma Calgary Foundation
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12
Metabolic Syndrome Canada

Funding programs carried out by the university of alberta & british columbia to improve the health of canadians through nutrition and graded exercise.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Calgary Seniors Resource Society and the most unlike its peers is Christ Church Millarville. 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

359 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. 359 of the 379 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.

10
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
93
Early backer (in before they grew)
350/359
Grantees still filing
249/359
Grew since you first funded

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUniversiyt of Calgary — C$2,430,450 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNational Music Centre — C$1,450,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetSeedChange — C$1,130,850 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetCanadian Canoe Museum — C$1,047,500 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetNPOWER CANADA — C$886,250 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetGrace Presbyterian Church — C$719,000 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetThe Nature Conservancy Canada — C$685,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of alberta — C$668,700 over 6y, 25% of budgetBurns Memorial Fund for Children — C$627,800 over 5y, 24% of budgetRIGHT TO PLAY INTERNATIONAL — C$593,800 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Natural Step (Canada) Inc — C$559,050 over 7y, 8.4% of budgetTrellis Society for Community Impact — C$535,600 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFamily Enterprise Foundation — C$520,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetSocial Research & Demonstration Corporation — C$485,058 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetBoard of Governors of The Banff Centre — C$463,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAGRARIANS FOUNDATION — C$433,300 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edm — C$427,750 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCAN GLOBAL AFFAIRS INST / INST CAN DES AFFAIRES MONDIALES — C$368,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetDucks Unlimited Canada (National office) — C$367,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of British Columbia — C$354,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAREERS THE NEXT GENERATION FOUNDATION — C$349,050 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE FRASER INSTITUTE — C$335,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetRidley College Foundation — C$313,500 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetEVERGREEN — C$312,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAIR CADET LEAGUE OF CANADA — C$310,600 over 5y, 13% of budgetNorthern Youth Abroad — C$305,650 over 8y, 18% of budgetGlenbow - Alberta Institute — C$285,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Calgary and Area — C$279,020 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN — C$250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CANADA — C$235,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetAlberta Children's Hospital Foundation — C$232,300 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR PEACE AND EDUCATION — C$230,500 over 4y, 20% of budgetPHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION CANADA — C$225,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetCalgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation — C$224,000 over 6y, 26% of budgetWindmill Microlending — C$209,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetRECYCLING COUNCIL OF ALBERTA — C$204,500 over 3y, 40% of budgetCOLIN B. GLASSCO CHARITABLE FOUDNATION FOR CHILDREN — C$204,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetFamily Enterprise XChange Foundation — C$200,000 over 3y, 62% of budgetPrince's Charities Canada — C$197,800 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetGreen Communities Foundation — C$193,000 over 6y, 72% of budgetDELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION — C$184,500 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetMiistakis Institute for the Rockies Inc. — C$173,700 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetThe Sustainability Institute of Canada — C$169,800 over 4y, 11% of budgetCanada West Foundation — C$162,300 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetRoyal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill Uni — C$160,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFARMERS FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS — C$156,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTHE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$150,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPollution Probe — C$150,000 over 3y, 5.3% 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 Universiyt of Calgary ↗
  • Who funds National Music Centre ↗
  • Who funds SeedChange ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Canoe Museum ↗
  • Who funds NPOWER CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Grace Presbyterian Church ↗
  • Who funds The Nature Conservancy Canada ↗
  • Who funds University of alberta ↗
  • Who funds Burns Memorial Fund for Children ↗
  • Who funds RIGHT TO PLAY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds The Natural Step (Canada) Inc ↗
  • Who funds Trellis Society for Community Impact ↗
  • Who funds Family Enterprise Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Social Research & Demonstration Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Board of Governors of The Banff Centre ↗
  • Who funds AGRARIANS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edm ↗
  • Who funds CAN GLOBAL AFFAIRS INST / INST CAN DES AFFAIRES MONDIALES ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Canada (National office) ↗
  • Who funds University of British Columbia ↗
  • Who funds CAREERS THE NEXT GENERATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FRASER INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Ridley College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN ↗
  • Who funds AIR CADET LEAGUE OF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Northern Youth Abroad ↗
  • Who funds Glenbow - Alberta Institute ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Calgary and Area ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR PEACE AND EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Windmill Microlending ↗
  • Who funds RECYCLING COUNCIL OF ALBERTA ↗
  • Who funds COLIN B. GLASSCO CHARITABLE FOUDNATION FOR CHILDREN ↗

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.

Viewpoint FoundationCalgary Flames Founda…Cenovus Employee Foun…Place2Give FoundationThe Rotary Club of Ca…Lily Street FoundationRotary Club of Calgar…Calgary Shaw Charity …Nickle Family Foundat…Max Bell FoundationThe Calgary FoundationHunter Family Foundat…
Viewpoint FoundationAB34.2× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Viewpoint Foundation · Calgary Flames Foundation · Cenovus Employee Foundation · Place2Give Foundation · The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund · Lily Street Foundation · Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park - Community Service Fund · Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation · Nickle Family Foundation · Max Bell Foundation · The Calgary Foundation · Hunter Family 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 379 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 2024-12-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a private foundation under foundations.

Source object 118840081:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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