Brooks, AB · Private foundation
Circle 62 Charitable Foundation
Donating funds to various charities with religious affiliations
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under C$10k4 grants · C$11k
- C$10k–50k3 grants · C$50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAMARITANS PURSE | C$25,000 |
| TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH | C$15,000 |
| THE WILDERNESS RANCH OF CLARESHOLM | C$10,000 |
| THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION | C$5,000 |
| INSTITUTE OF LUTHERAN THEOLOGY CANADA SOCIETY | C$4,000 |
| THE FRASER INSTITUTE | C$1,000 |
| LUTHERAN CHURCH - CANADA | C$1,000 |
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.
6 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 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, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$6k 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
- SPSAMARITANS PURSE8× · 2017–2024 · C$189k · revenue +26%
- TWTHE WILDERNESS RANCH OF CLARESHOLM8× · 2017–2024 · C$58k · revenue +20%
- TMTHE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · C$37k · revenue +120%
Funded once
- FIFROZEN INSTITUTEone grant, 2022 · C$2k
- CACANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF LUTHERAN CONGREGATIONSone grant, 2023 · C$2k
- TFTHE FRAZER INSTITUTEone grant, 2023 · C$1k
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.
Lutheran theological seminary educates pastors students and lay leaders of the evangelical lutheran church in canada. this education leads to the following degrees and certificates: doctor of ministry for those already ordained for…
Concordia lutheran seminary is an institution of theological higher education dedicated primarily to the preparation of students for he pastoral ministry of lutheran church-canada and beyond. concordia lutheran seminary a seminary of…
Provide academic training for the ministry of the gospel
Concordia lutheran theological seminary provides training primarily for certifying candidates for ministry within lutheran church canada. there are two programs streams. a two year master of theological studies and a four year master of…
To provide training and teaching to Christian church leaders around the world.
1. Provision of financial support to overseas development projects in developing countries. 2. Provision of assistance to refugees for immigration and settlement in Canada. 3. Provision of aid to disaster-stricken countries. 4. Provision…
Tyndale University is dedicated to the pursuit of truth to excellence in teaching learning and research for the enriching of mind heart and character to serve the church and the world for the glory of God. Ongoing programs: 1) To provide a…
The Synod is shepherd to Lutheran congregations in Alberta Yukon and NT. It provides financial and other support for outreach programs ofcongregations as well as counsel and guidance to about 200 pastors through the Bishop of the Synod.…
Provide financial support in establishing new churches provide scholarships to international and canadian students for religious instruction provide financial support for training of new ministers and international missionaries provide…
Affiliated with the anglican church of canada thorneloe university provides an accessible postsecondary education fostering critical inquiry in a student-focused environment. the university is a centre of teaching learning and research in…
Waterloo lutheran seminary (wls) is accredited by the association of theological schools an international accrediting body. its degree programs are accredited buy the ontario council of graduate studies. wls offers an undergraduate degree…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lutheran Church-Canada and the most unlike its peers is The Fraser Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
9 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. 9 of the 13 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 SAMARITANS PURSE ↗
- Who funds Trinity Lutheran Church ↗
- Who funds THE WILDERNESS RANCH OF CLARESHOLM ↗
- Who funds THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY ↗
- Who funds Haiti Arise ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE OF LUTHERAN THEOLOGY CANADA SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN CHURCH - CANADA ↗
- Who funds FRASER INSTITUTE ↗