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Edmonton, AB · Private foundation

Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundation

The foundation owns the buchanan centre for parkinson's disease which is operated as a treatment and therapy centre by parkinsons alberta.

C$648k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k8 grants · C$34k
  • C$10k–50k6 grants · C$156k
  • C$50k–250k4 grants · C$458k
C$14,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE EDMONTON SPACE & SCIENCE FOUNDATIONC$200,000
PARKINSON ALBERTAC$158,236
THE GRRANT MACEWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONC$50,000
ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA SOCIETYC$50,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN ALBERTA AND NWTC$45,000
ALBERTA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALSC$35,000
ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$30,000
FRANCIS WINSPEAR CENTRE FOR MUSICC$22,000
THE CITADEL THEATREC$14,000
GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$10,000
EDMONTON HUMANE SOCIETYC$7,000
SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE SOCIETYC$6,000
THE SALVATION ARMYC$5,500
THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATIONC$5,000
KIDS UP FRONT FOUNDATION (EDMONTON)C$5,000
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$3.0M · 19 repeat orgsC$219k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +17% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

19 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
19

Total granted

C$3.0M
C$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+15%

Still filing today

100%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$99k 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

  • PA
    PARKINSON ALBERTA
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$1.2M · revenue +9%
  • EH
    EDMONTON HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANI
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$423k · revenue +17%
  • RA
    ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$415k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • CF
    CHADI FAMILY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · C$25k · revenue +26%
  • RD
    ROTARY DISTRICT 5370 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · C$25k · revenue -4% · 25% of their budget
  • EW
    Edmonton Women's Shelter Ltd.
    one grant, 2017 · C$16k · revenue +17%

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
University Hospitals Foundation

The University Hospital Foundation raises funds to advance the position of the community and academic medical centre including the University of Alberta Hospital Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and the Kaye Edmonton Clinic as centers…

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2
Saving Animals from Euthanasia Team Edmonton Society

Paws for a cause: donation based fundraising hosted by a local business save a star: sponsorship program by community members for animal care responsible pet ownership: educational program free for the public

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3
Help a Buddy Fund

We financially support registered charitable animal welfare groups in Alberta by offering monetary grants and joint fundraising efforts to those who have programs in place to support animals in need of long-term rehabilitation of a year or…

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4
Kittyhawk Animal Foundation

Created a 10 year endowment fund for distribution to charitable organizations focused on animal safety and welfare. ( ie. alberta spca edmonton humane society and northern alberta society for animal protection)

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5
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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6
Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation

The alberta children's hospital foundation raises funds for excellence in child health research and family centred care. funding is provided to alberta health services and university of calgary for advanced pediatric research specialized…

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7
Alberta Helping Animals Society

Support successful and enduring human-animal bonds between companion animals and people with low income disabilities and unfortunate circumstances through providing advice advocacy and access to veterinary care and other services.

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8
Calgary Eye Foundation

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

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9
Pitbulls for Life Foundation of Alberta

FOSTERING AND ADOPTING DOGS MANAGE-A-BULL DOG PROGRAM DOGHOUSE - A Canine Academy - educational program for dog owners and dog training assistance program

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10
Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton

We provide passionate care for injured and orphand wildlife. w annually treat over 1 400 wildlife patients field over 5 000 wildlife related calls from the community and provide education on human/wildlife interaction to more than 6 000…

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11
Alberta Cancer Foundation

The alberta cancer foundation provides funds for cancer research the prevention detection education and diagnosis of cancer and for the treatment and care of cancer patients within alberta.

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12
Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation

Alberta institute for wildlife conservation is committed to the rescue rehabilitation and release of injured and orphaned wildlife. we provide expert advice and education that fosters an appreciation of wildlife. our current programs are -…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Edmonton Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the most unlike its peers is The Esther Honens International Piano Competition Foundation. 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

44 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
25/44
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 budgetPARKINSON ALBERTA — C$1,160,180 over 8y, 12% of budgetEDMONTON HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANI — C$423,400 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$414,850 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$320,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetTHE EDMONTON SPACE & SCIENCE FOUNDATION — C$201,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE GRRANT MACEWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — C$150,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN ALBERTA AND NWT — C$90,150 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetART GALLERY OF ALBERTA SOCIETY — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetALBERTA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — C$45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDOGS WITH WINGS ASSISTANCE DOG SOCIETY — C$33,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHEATRE NETWORK SOCIETY — C$26,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetCHADI FAMILY FOUNDATION — C$25,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetROTARY DISTRICT 5370 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — C$25,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetEDMONTON CITY CENTRE CHURCH CORPORATION — C$23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRANCIS WINSPEAR CENTRE FOR MUSIC — C$22,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEDMONTON POLICE FOUNDATION — C$21,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY — C$18,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEdmonton Women's Shelter Ltd. — C$15,622 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CITADEL THEATRE — C$14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHOCK TRAUMA AIR RESCUE SERVICE — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS UP FRONT FOUNDATION (EDMONTON) — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S AUTISM SERVICES OF EDMONTON — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDMONTON GLEANERS ASSOCIATION — C$6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE SOCIETY — C$6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVICTORIA HOSPITALS FOUNDATION — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEDMONTON OPERA — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANADAHELPS — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN WILDLIFE FEDERATION — C$4,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRAIN CARE CENTRE — C$4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMILITARY POLICE FUND FOR BLIND CHILDREN — C$3,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetZOE'S ANIMAL RESCUE SOCIETY — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRE OF EDMONTON — C$2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISFITS OF ALBERTA ANIMAL RESCUE — C$2,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetEdmonton Cardiac Institute — C$2,160 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetANGELS REST DOG RESCUE — C$2,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetADEARA RECOVERY CENTRE — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTOLLERY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRCMP FOUNDATION — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHIMO ANIMAL ASSISTED WELLNESS AND LEARNING SOCIETY — C$800 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNorquest College Foundation — C$500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS CANADA — C$500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVING GRACE ANIMAL SOCIETY — C$250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Edmonton Communit…Edmonton Oilers Commu…Atco Electric EpicAllard Foundation Ltd.United Way of the Alb…Abc Benefits Corporat…Atco Gas Employees' C…Butler Family Foundat…The Muttart FoundationThe Dianne and Irving…Telus Employees Chari…The Stollery Charitab…
The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv ActAB22.6× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act · Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation · Atco Electric Epic · Allard Foundation Ltd. · United Way of the Alberta Capital Region · Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation · Atco Gas Employees' Community Service Fund · Butler Family Foundation · The Muttart Foundation · The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundation · Telus Employees Charitable Trust · The Stollery Charitable 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 44 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 802527820:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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