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Calgary, AB · Charitable organization

Kids Up Front Foundation (Calgary)

Kids Up Front provides educational and entertainment experiences to qualified donees to disadvantaged children youth and their families.

C$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
159
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$134k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 159 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k125 grants · C$388k
  • C$10k–50k29 grants · C$651k
  • C$50k–250k5 grants · C$427k
C$3,672
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$433k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Kids Play Youth FoundationC$134,016
CRFKA - Calgary Region Foster and Kinship AssociationC$98,758
St. HubertC$67,359
Ups and Downs - Calgary Down Syndrome Association.C$63,853
Individual grant recipientC$62,902
DiversecitiesC$48,621
White Eagle Wellness AssociationC$44,374
Heart Beats Children's Society of CalgaryC$42,633
Our Lady of the Rockies High SchoolC$41,141
Trellis Society for Community ImpactC$36,812
PIA - Portail de L'immigrant AssociationC$34,732
Hull ServicesC$34,705
Cerebral Palsy Kids and Families (CP Kids)C$32,771
CBFY - Calgary Bridge Foundation for YouthC$28,263
Discovery House Family Violence Prevention SocietyC$27,973
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Where your grant dollars land — at home and around the world.

Your giving at home — 52% of grant dollars (C$3.4M). The 48% that went abroad (C$3.1M) is mapped below.

Beyond home — 48% of all-years giving (C$3.1M)

0 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore

International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same T3010 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.

03Your 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$5.4M · 243 repeat orgsC$1.1M 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 +25% for the ones you funded once.

243 repeat relationships — 124 still active in FY2024, 119 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

243
126

Total granted

C$5.4M
C$793k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+25%

Still filing today

37%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$318k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
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

  • SH
    Sacred Heart School
    5× · 2017–2022 · C$273k · revenue +14%
  • JJ
    Jack James High School
    3× · 2017–2020 · C$220k · revenue +16%
  • UA
    UPS AND DOWNS
    6× · 2017–2022 · C$105k · revenue +21% · 31% of their budget

Funded once

  • SD
    SPEFSA-CENTRE D'APPUI FAMILIALgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$249k · revenue +59%
  • UA
    Ups and Downs
    one grant, 2023 · C$76k
  • BC
    Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park Ltd.
    2× · 2017–2018 · C$54k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

04Your 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
Centre for Autism Services Alberta

Intensive intervention and ECS programs for children youth teens and young adults with autism Family support services Therapeutic and recreational groups for children youth teens and young adults with autism Employment readiness and…

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2
Calgary Society for Healthy Child Development
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3
Mountain Plains Family Service Society of Edmonton

Programs that place children referred by childrens services into foster homes and provide support to both the children and the foster family

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4
Calgary Family Therapy Centre

Calgary family therapy centre provides a mental health treatment program for children and their families who are experiencing difficulties. it is a clinical outpatient therapy program that offers specialized services in family therapy. the…

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5
Children's Autism Services of Edmonton

Children's autism services of edmonton is an organization of excellence in the area of support services for children with autism and other developmental disorders. we have dedicated dynamic and qualified professionals providing family…

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6
Family Centre Society of Southern Alberta

A comprehensive range of prevention and early intervention services to children youth parents and caregivers living in lethbridge and southern alberta covering the following services: information and referral early childhood development…

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7
Casa Mental Health

CASA Mental Health delivers holistic culturally safe wrap-around mental health services to Albertans aged 3 - 18 and their families. Major programs include Residential and Day Programs that consist of CASA House Preschool Day Programs…

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8
Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre of Calgary

Developmental disabilities resource centre of calgary (ddrc) provides programs and services to support children and adults with developmental disabilities. in addition the ddrc provides resources to the general public to support and…

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9
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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10
Alberta Adaptabilities Association

To be the leading provider of the highest-quality enhanced respite care across alberta. provides families with special needs children and youths a variety of quality respite programming that targets the development of the whole individual.…

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11
Action for Bright Children (Calgary Society)
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12
Y.E.S.S.: Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton

Based in Edmonton Youth Empowerment & Support Services (YESS) provides 24/7 singe-point-of-access to immediate and low-barrier physical mental cultural and emotional health supports and safe places to stay for youth aged 15-21 who are…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Metis Calgary Family Services Society and the most unlike its peers is Millican Ogden Community Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

153 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. 153 of the 404 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
143/153
Grantees still filing
122/153
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$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSacred Heart School — C$272,654 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSPEFSA-CENTRE D'APPUI FAMILIAL — C$248,800 over 1y, 13% of budgetJack James High School — C$219,857 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUPS AND DOWNS — C$104,749 over 6y, 31% of budgetTRELLIS SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT — C$100,409 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHULL SERVICES — C$95,086 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCalgary & District Foster Parent Association — C$94,374 over 6y, 10% of budgetMcMan-Calgary & Area — C$66,815 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAHS-UNIT 23 — C$63,106 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCIWA-CALGARY IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION — C$54,153 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJANUS ACADEMY SOCIETY — C$53,431 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAAFS - Autism Aspergers Friendship Society of Calgary — C$51,836 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetDiscovery House Family Violence Prevention Society — C$51,699 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetInn From The Cold Society — C$51,351 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHeart Beats Children's Society of Calgary — C$50,810 over 5y, 25% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary & Area — C$45,489 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetKUF Krew-Kids Up Front Foundation Volunteers — C$44,476 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCloser to Home Community Services — C$43,615 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAction Dignity Society — C$42,017 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMFCS-METIS CALGARY FAMILY SERVICES — C$41,239 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCerebral Palsy Kids and Families — C$40,379 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetAUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION — C$38,332 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetMiskanawah Community Services Association — C$37,132 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCCIS - Calgary Catholic Immigration Society — C$36,057 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCalgary Chinese Comunity Service Association — C$31,664 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — C$31,469 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAspen Family and Community Network Society — C$27,837 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRENFREW EDUCATION SERVICES — C$27,005 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSkipping Stone Foundation — C$25,779 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCatholic Family Service of Calgary — C$23,737 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCIHS-Calgary John Howard — C$23,449 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPacekids Program — C$22,535 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPotential Place — C$21,835 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetHeartland Agency - Evenstart — C$21,433 over 2y, 31% of budgetCARYA SOCIETY OF CALGARY — C$20,732 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWood's Homes (Calgary) — C$20,254 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSE Calgary Resource Centre (MOCA) — C$20,068 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetCBFY-CALGARY BRIDGE FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH — C$19,973 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPREP Program — C$19,887 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetChildren's Link Society — C$19,747 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetCWES - Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter — C$19,129 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCUPS - Calgary Urban Project Society — C$18,902 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBowwest Community Support Services — C$17,884 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetEnviros — C$17,701 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSt. Luke's Outreach — C$17,694 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetISC-IMMIGRANT SERVICES CALGARY — C$17,209 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOld Sun Community College — C$17,132 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetYWCA of Calgary — C$16,556 over 6y, 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.

  • Who funds Sacred Heart School ↗
  • Who funds SPEFSA-CENTRE D'APPUI FAMILIAL ↗
  • Who funds Jack James High School ↗
  • Who funds UPS AND DOWNS ↗
  • Who funds TRELLIS SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds HULL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Calgary & District Foster Parent Association ↗
  • Who funds McMan-Calgary & Area ↗
  • Who funds AHS-UNIT 23 ↗
  • Who funds CIWA-CALGARY IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds JANUS ACADEMY SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds AAFS - Autism Aspergers Friendship Society of Calgary ↗
  • Who funds Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society ↗
  • Who funds Inn From The Cold Society ↗
  • Who funds Heart Beats Children's Society of Calgary ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary & Area ↗
  • Who funds KUF Krew-Kids Up Front Foundation Volunteers ↗
  • Who funds Closer to Home Community Services ↗

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.

Calgary Inter-Faith F…Calgary Shaw Charity …Cenovus Employee Foun…Calgary Flames Founda…The Burns Memorial Fu…The Rotary Club of Ca…Rotary Club of Calgar…The Calgary FoundationChildren's Hospital A…Atco Electric EpicNickle Family Foundat…Calgary Homeless Foun…
Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank SocietyAB47.1× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank Society · Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation · Cenovus Employee Foundation · Calgary Flames Foundation · The Burns Memorial Fund for Children · The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund · Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park - Community Service Fund · The Calgary Foundation · Children's Hospital Aid Society · Atco Electric Epic · Nickle Family Foundation · Calgary Homeless 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 404 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 charitable organization under organizations relieving poverty.

Source object 863522124:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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