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Calgary, AB · Private foundation

Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation

Grants to domestic and multinational social services medical aid orphanage school and human rights organizations.

C$6.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
65
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
Regions reached
C$1.2M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k5 grants · C$23k
  • C$10k–50k41 grants · C$1.0M
  • C$50k–250k14 grants · C$1.8M
  • C$250k+5 grants · C$3.4M
C$30,000
Median grant
7
Regions reached
C$117M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$1,160,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTAC$950,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARYC$552,500
ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADAC$436,000
UNITED WAY OF CALGARYC$320,000
HEALTH PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL CANADAC$215,000
MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITYC$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGEC$200,000
PARTNERS FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ( CANADA)C$166,000
SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGESC$165,000
SPIRIT NORTHC$160,000
YWCAC$125,000
MOMENTUMC$117,000
VIETNAM EDUCATION SOCIETYC$113,700
PERIMETER INSTITUTEC$100,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

Which regions your grants reach

Alberta
C$22M
Ontario
C$5.5M
Quebec
C$1.2M
British Columbia
C$481k
Manitoba
C$470k
Saskatchewan
C$363k
Prince Edward Island
C$155k
Northwest Territories
C$5k

Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.

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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$29M · 77 repeat orgsC$2.3M to everyone else

77 repeat relationships — 61 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

77
29

Total granted

C$29M
C$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+47%

Still filing today

90%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$220k 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

  • AC
    ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$5.9M · revenue +65%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$2.4M · revenue +27%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSTIY OF ALBERTA
    3× · 2021–2024 · C$2.1M · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CALGARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · C$1.0M
  • MR
    MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · C$223k
  • S
    SAIT
    one grant, 2019 · C$155k

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
Children International Canada

Children international canada carries out its charitable activities for the purpose of breaking generational poverty for the children they serve. this is done by delivering high-impact programs in four crucial areas: health education…

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2
Children Believe Fund

Children Believe is a global charity dedicated to removing the barriers to education that steal children’s choices one by one until they have none. For sixty years the organization has brought together brave young dreamers caring…

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3
Youth Challenge International

Yci delivers creative market-ready solutions that catapult youth in canada and globally to succeed and prosper. yci's international programs contribute towards sustainable youth livelihoods. herstart innovate the future is an 8 year…

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4
Academics without Borders / Universitaires sans frontières

Academics without border mission is to help people in the developing world realize their dreams through higher education because education is the key to a flourishing society and a sustainable world. academics without borders' projects are…

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5
International Development Research Centre

Created by Parliament in 1970 IDRC has been committed in supporting research in developing countries undertaken by the people of those countries for their own development. IDRC has five areas of focus: Climate-Resilient Food Systems Global…

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6
Partners for International Development (PfID)

PFID operates poverty alleviation projects in Kenya with a focus on the provision of basic education at the upper primary and secondary school level. The education projects serve economically disadvantaged children and youth. These…

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7
Mastercard Foundation

The fondation's mission is to advance youth education and promote financial inclusion for financially disadvantaged persons and communities. with a focus on africa the foundation aims to expand access to learning employment…

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8
Athletes for Africa Aid Program

We relieve poverty in uganda and malawi by: a) providing programs for youth in need that promote health and well being including nutrition b) providing scholarships and support for education to youth in need c) providing leadership…

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9
War Child Canada

The charity War Child Canada helps families and communities in Afghanistan the Democratic Republic of Congo South Sudan Sudan Uganda and Yemen through education youth and women’s livelihoods support and other vital services. The charity…

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10
Cascade Institute Research Society

Using advanced methods to map and model complex global systems we analyze interactions between systemic risks to anticipate future crises and identify opportunities for high-leverage interventions in social systems. By acting as a network…

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11
One Girl Can Society

One Girl Can gives some of the world’s most vulnerable high-potential girls a chance to rise above extreme poverty and gender inequality. Through education training and mentoring girls are empowered to achieve their goals earn a meaningful…

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12
Camfed Canada

1. advancing education in sub-saharan africa by: a) providing publicly available scholarships bursaries and other forms of needs based financial assistance to women and girls as well as men and boys to be used to support their education…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Association of Central Alberta Youth for Christ and the most unlike its peers is St. Peter's Anglican Church. 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

88 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. 88 of the 109 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.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/88
Grantees still filing
60/88
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 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$5,930,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALGARY — C$2,374,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSTIY OF ALBERTA — C$2,056,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CALGARY — C$1,795,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CALGARY FOUNDATION — C$1,500,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA — C$1,434,708 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetHEALTH PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL CANADA — C$1,218,095 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetMamawi Atosekan Native School — C$558,393 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetSOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES — C$557,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetPERIMETER INSTITUTE — C$502,099 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMother Earth's Children's Charter School — C$465,135 over 5y, 46% of budgetPARTNERS FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ( CANADA) — C$432,587 over 4y, 26% of budgetMOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY — C$400,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetMOMENTUM — C$375,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTEMBO — C$374,600 over 8y, 31% of budgetBOW VALLEY COLLEGE - ABORIGINAL PROGRAM — C$363,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMACKINNON Y-NOT — C$347,500 over 8y, 35% of budgetVIETNAM EDUCATION SOCIETY — C$347,035 over 3y, 75% of budgetHAITIAN CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY — C$330,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetCamp Alexo-Youth and Volunteer Centre of Red Deer — C$265,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetAnglican Diocese of Calgary — C$260,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCANADIAN AID FOR SOUTHERN SUDAN — C$245,000 over 6y, 81% of budgetSt. Peter's Anglican Church — C$245,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL — C$220,000 over 8y, 64% of budgetMAJENGO CANADA — C$219,000 over 8y, 6.7% of budgetABCD — C$216,000 over 8y, 30% of budgetFrontier Lodge — C$205,341 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetSTARS — C$205,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN FEED THE CHILDREN — C$205,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCALGARY ACADEMY - ABORIGINAL EDUCATION CENTRE — C$200,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetJAAJA BARB'S HOME OF ANGELS — C$195,220 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetELIMU — C$191,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetGIVE KIDS A CHANCE — C$170,853 over 8y, 20% of budgetSONSHINE COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$170,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetKIDS CANCER CAVE — C$170,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCAL BOMBAY MINISTRIES — C$170,000 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetELEPHANT THOUGHTS — C$165,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCAP/AIDS — C$162,500 over 8y, 17% of budgetMEDICAL MEREY CANADA — C$160,000 over 8y, 9.5% of budgetCAUSE CANADA — C$160,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetIEMERGENCE — C$155,000 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetCANADIAN WOMEN FOR WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN — C$155,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetSUNRISE CENTRE — C$145,000 over 7y, 68% of budgetYWCA — C$145,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOUTWARD BOUND CANADA — C$135,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Manitoba — C$130,686 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROSS ROADS INTERNATIONAL — C$130,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetST. JOHN'S LEGNEY FOUNDATION — C$113,352 over 7y, 18% 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 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSTIY OF ALBERTA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CALGARY ↗
  • Who funds THE CALGARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Mamawi Atosekan Native School ↗
  • Who funds SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES ↗
  • Who funds PERIMETER INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Mother Earth's Children's Charter School ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ( CANADA) ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MOMENTUM ↗
  • Who funds TEMBO ↗
  • Who funds BOW VALLEY COLLEGE - ABORIGINAL PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds MACKINNON Y-NOT ↗
  • Who funds VIETNAM EDUCATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HAITIAN CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Camp Alexo-Youth and Volunteer Centre of Red Deer ↗
  • Who funds Anglican Diocese of Calgary ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN AID FOR SOUTHERN SUDAN ↗
  • Who funds St. Peter's Anglican Church ↗
  • Who funds AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds MAJENGO CANADA ↗
  • Who funds ABCD ↗
  • Who funds Frontier Lodge ↗
  • Who funds STARS ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN FEED THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY ACADEMY - ABORIGINAL EDUCATION CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds JAAJA BARB'S HOME OF ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds ELIMU ↗
  • Who funds GIVE KIDS A CHANCE ↗
  • Who funds SONSHINE COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds KIDS CANCER CAVE ↗

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 Peterborough K. M…The Rotary Club of Ca…Viewpoint FoundationThe Calgary FoundationHunter Family Foundat…Calgary Flames Founda…United Way of Calgary…Nickle Family Foundat…Abc Benefits Corporat…Calgary Shaw Charity …The Jeffrey and Maril…Carthy Foundation
The Peterborough K. M. Hunter Charitable FoundationON15.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Peterborough K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation · The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund · Viewpoint Foundation · The Calgary Foundation · Hunter Family Foundation · Calgary Flames Foundation · United Way of Calgary and Area · Nickle Family Foundation · Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation · Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation · The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundation · Carthy 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 109 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 2024-09-30, 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 875849192:2024-09-30 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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