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Calgary, AB · Private foundation

Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation

Providing funding to local organizations involved in fine arts performing arts athletics letters medicine and education.

C$90k
Granted FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
Regions reached
C$6k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

C$2,000
Median grant
3
Regions reached
C$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARTS COMMON/CALGARY CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTSC$5,500
SPRUCE MEADOWS LEG-UP FOUNDATIONC$4,000
ALBERTA THEATRE PROJECTSC$4,000
BETWEEN FRIENDSC$3,000
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAC$3,000
CLOSER TO HOME COMMUNITY SERVICESC$3,000
DECIDEDLY JAZZ DANCEWORKSC$3,000
DIABETES CANADAC$3,000
HULL SERVICESC$3,000
SONSHINE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN CO.C$2,500
SAGESSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTIONC$2,500
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CANADAC$2,500
CALGARY CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATIONC$2,000
BOW VALLEY COLLEGEC$2,000
INTERNATIONAL FEST OF SONG AND CHAMBER MUSICC$2,000
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$544k · 69 repeat orgsC$43k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +22% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

69 repeat relationships — 42 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
30

Total granted

C$544k
C$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+21%

Still filing today

99%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$2k 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

  • AT
    ALBERTA THEATRE PROJECTS
    6× · 2019–2024 · C$32k · revenue +74%
  • AC
    ARTS COMMON/CALGARY CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$19k · revenue +41%
  • CW
    CALGARY WOMEN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$15k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • JA
    JOHN AND ELSIE COLLINS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$3k · revenue +118%
  • CW
    CHAMBERFEST WEST SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · C$3k · revenue +21%
  • TC
    THE CALGARY INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2017 · C$2k

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 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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2
Calgary Performing Arts Festival Society

An annual performing arts festival involving approximately 10 000 youth who have an opportunity to perform in front of a live audience and receive written and oral feedback from professional adjudicators in 17 different categories…

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3
Theatre Alberta Society

Theatre Alberta Society is a provincial arts service organization that proudly serves theatre artists enthusiasts students educators and community and professional theatre companies from across Alberta. We are dedicated to encouraging the…

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4
The Society of Alberta Dance Theatre for Young People

Alberta dance theatre produces an outstanding and unique program to dancers aged 7-17 in calgary through an intense 12 week program where dancers engage in a creative process alongside professional dance aand theatre artists. this process…

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5
Calgary Arts Academy Foundation

In support of the calgary arts academy society to advance arts immersion in education so support capital endeavors for the society.

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6
Calgary International Fringe Festival Society

The Calgary Fringe strives to support all artists of any discipline by offering opportunities that offer a hand up and not a hand out. We strive to offer Calgarians an opportunity to built community through the theatrical and performing…

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7
Calgary Arts Academy Society

Calgary arts academy society is a public charter school which delivers educational content through arts immersion. this is an aproved program within alberta education and is compliant with all rules and regulations

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8
Rozsa Foundation

Build capacity in arts organizations in alberta through grants; arts management training and awards; undertake arts-related research and advocacy.

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9
New Works of Art Calgary Society

Season of programmed presentations with multi-disciplinary artists and soundwalks

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10
Sage Theatre Society

To produce professional local theater to enhance the calgary aris oosyslom and to use that experience to provide young and emerging artists an opportunity to develop and showcase their skills and to launch their careers in the arts field.

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11
Calgary Philharmonic Society

The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is a pillar of Calgary's vibrant arts community and since 1955 has grown to be one of Calgary's most celebrated live music ensembles. Each season the Calgary Philharmonic presents classical masterworks…

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12
Calgary Therapeutic Riding Association

Our therapeutic riding programs provide unforgettable experiences and can benefit participants physically cognitively and socially.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Autism Aspergers Friendship Society of Calgary and the most unlike its peers is The International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society. 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

98 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. 98 of the 100 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
95/98
Grantees still filing
71/98
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 budgetALBERTA THEATRE PROJECTS — C$31,500 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FEST OF SONG AND CHAMBER MUSIC — C$19,700 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetARTS COMMON/CALGARY CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS — C$19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLUNCHBOX THEATRE — C$18,700 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCALGARY WOMEN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER — C$15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDECIDEDLY JAZZ DANCEWORKS — C$15,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSAGESSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION — C$14,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHULL SERVICES — C$14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHILD DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY — C$13,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBETWEEN FRIENDS — C$13,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALBERTA AND BC GUIDE DOGS — C$13,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetALBERTA THEATRE PROJECTS — C$12,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCALGARY ARTS SUMMER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — C$12,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetDISCOVERY FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SOCIETY — C$11,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHERITAGE PARK SOCIETY — C$10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH CENTRAL — C$10,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA — C$10,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAUTISM ASPEREGERS FRIWNDSHOP SOCIETY — C$10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHINOOK SCOUT FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — C$10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPRO ARTS SOCIETY — C$9,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetSONSHINE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN CO. — C$9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CANADA — C$9,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOW VALLEY COLLEGE — C$9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPRAIRE DEBUT INC. — C$8,135 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCALGARY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE — C$7,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDIABETES CANADA — C$7,700 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetALBERTA INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION — C$7,600 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH SINGERS OF CALGARY — C$7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT WARMTH SOCIETY OF ALBERTA — C$7,342 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES — C$7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPRUCE MEADOWS LEG-UP FOUNDATION — C$7,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRESET SOCIETY OF CALGARY/SERVANTS ANONYMOUS — C$7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCLOSER TO HOME COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALGARY MEALS ON WHEELS — C$6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDEAF AND HEAR ALBERTA — C$6,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL — C$6,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetEPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CALGARY — C$6,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetDISTRESS CENTRE — C$6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIMMIGRANT SERVICES CALGARY — C$6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALGARY DROP-IN AND REHAB CENTRE — C$6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBETHANY CARE FOUNDATION — C$6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCALGARY CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION — C$5,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS UP FRONT FOUNDATION — C$5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCALGARY JEWISH FEDERATION — C$5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFELINE RESCUE FOUNDATION — C$5,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetWORDFEST — C$5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWEIZMANN CANADA/WEIMANN INSTITUTE — C$4,500 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds ALBERTA THEATRE PROJECTS ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FEST OF SONG AND CHAMBER MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds ARTS COMMON/CALGARY CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds LUNCHBOX THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY WOMEN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds DECIDEDLY JAZZ DANCEWORKS ↗
  • Who funds SAGESSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ↗
  • Who funds HULL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE CHILD DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BETWEEN FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds ALBERTA AND BC GUIDE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds ALBERTA THEATRE PROJECTS ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY ARTS SUMMER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE PARK SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH CENTRAL ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM ASPEREGERS FRIWNDSHOP SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CHINOOK SCOUT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRO ARTS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SONSHINE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN CO. ↗
  • Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CANADA ↗
  • Who funds BOW VALLEY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRE DEBUT INC. ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds DIABETES CANADA ↗
  • Who funds ALBERTA INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH SINGERS OF CALGARY ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT WARMTH SOCIETY OF ALBERTA ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SPRUCE MEADOWS LEG-UP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RESET SOCIETY OF CALGARY/SERVANTS ANONYMOUS ↗
  • Who funds CLOSER TO HOME COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds DEAF AND HEAR ALBERTA ↗
  • Who funds ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CALGARY ↗
  • Who funds DISTRESS CENTRE ↗

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.

Nickle Family Foundat…Calgary Shaw Charity …The Calgary FoundationCalgary Flames Founda…Cenovus Employee Foun…Rozsa FoundationUnited Way of Calgary…Children's Hospital A…Carthy FoundationViewpoint FoundationKids Up Front Foundat…Place2Give Foundation
Nickle Family FoundationAB37.5× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nickle Family Foundation · Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation · The Calgary Foundation · Calgary Flames Foundation · Cenovus Employee Foundation · Rozsa Foundation · United Way of Calgary and Area · Children's Hospital Aid Society · Carthy Foundation · Viewpoint Foundation · Kids Up Front Foundation (Calgary) · Place2Give 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 100 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 advancing education.

Source object 891542342:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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