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Calgary, AB · Private foundation

Suncor Energy Foundation/Fondation Suncor Energie

The suncor energy foundation's funding priorities are listed below: 1) energy 2) indigenous 3) community 4) community presence a.

C$19M
Granted FY2024still arriving
136
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
Regions reached
C$1.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 136 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k26 grants · C$33k
  • C$10k–50k25 grants · C$622k
  • C$50k–250k58 grants · C$9.1M
  • C$250k+27 grants · C$9.5M
C$128,425
Median grant
9
Regions reached
C$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOLF WILLOW INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS LEARNINGC$1,050,000
JANE/FINCH COMMUNITY AND FAMILY CENTREC$600,000
INDSPIREC$500,000
RECONCILIATION CANADA - A NEW WAY FORWARD SOCIETYC$500,000
WOOD BUFFALO WELLNESS SOCIETYC$475,000
THE RESILIENCE INSTITUTEC$400,000
CANADIAN URBAN INSTITUTEC$400,000
CANADIAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATIONC$318,922
CANADIAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATIONC$305,292
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RESILIENCE FUNDC$300,000
EVERGREENC$300,000
COMMUNITY SECTOR COUNCIL OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR INC.C$300,000
CANADIAN ROOTS EXCHANGEC$300,000
QUEST - QUALITY URBAN ENERGY SYSTEMS OF TOMORROW/QUEST - SYSC$300,000
ARCTIC INSPIRATION PRIZE CHARITABLE TRUSTC$300,000
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$68M
Ontario
C$50M
British Columbia
C$8.5M
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$4.0M
Saskatchewan
C$2.2M
Quebec
C$1.6M
Manitoba
C$767k
Nova Scotia
C$401k
Northwest Territories
C$253k

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$128M · 167 repeat orgsC$9.2M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

167 repeat relationships — 78 still active in FY2024, 89 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

167
199

Total granted

C$128M
C$7.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+25%

Still filing today

93%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$2.0M 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

  • CO
    CANADIAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · C$8.4M · revenue +26%
  • RC
    RECONCILIATION CANADA - A NEW WAY FORWARD SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$4.2M · revenue +77% · 60% of their budget
  • TN
    The Natural Step (Canada) Inc.
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$4.0M · revenue +312% · 56% of their budget

Funded once

  • CS
    Calgary Stampede Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · C$1.1M · revenue -1%
  • VC
    Various charitable organizations - SEF pandemic support
    one grant, 2023 · C$832k
  • FF
    Foundation for Environmental Stewardshipgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · C$650k · revenue +87% · 38% of their budget

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
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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2
Vancouver Foundation

Vancouver Foundation leverages the generosity of donors towards projects initiatives and organizations working to create meaningful and lasting impact on our communities. We continued delivering a number of grant programs and initiatives…

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3
Canada West Foundation

The canada west foundation is an independent non-partisan public policy think tank that focuses on the policies that shape the west and by extension canada. through our evidence-based research and commentary we provide practical solutions…

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4
Leap Pecaut Centre for Social Impact

LEAP Pecaut Centre for Social Impact initiates and leads multi-sector collaborations to tackle some of society’s biggest problems in education employment and health. Over five years taking their needs and stages of development into…

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5
Mental Health Research Canada/Recherche En Sante Mentale Canada

Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) is a national charitable organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Canadians by advancing mental health knowledge. Our vision is to create a Canada with better mental health for all…

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6
Columbia Foundation

Columbia foundation gifts qualified donees who carry out programs that invest in human and social capital for all canadians: 1. programs undertaken in education training and research and democracy 2. conducting innovative social research…

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7
Canadian Career Development Foundation/Fondation Canadienne Pour L'avancement De La Carrire

Ccdf works to strengthen the field of career development through evidence-based research competency-based training of career practitioners/educators the development of innovative new approaches to service delivery and the promotion of…

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8
Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation

We run funding competitions that provide: 1. Grants to new university faculty members to start their health research programs; 2. Grants for advanced research training in health areas;; 3. Support for Researchers to exchange ideas and work…

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9
Calgary Learns Association

The Alberta Government funds the Provincial Community Adult Learning Program (CALP). It is the role of individual CALPs across the province to ensure the delivery of part-time non-formal literacy and foundational learning opportunities to…

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10
Fondation Brain Canada / Brain Canada Foundation

Brain canada is a national non-profit organization that enables and supports excellent innovative paradigm-changine brain research in canada. it plays a unique and invaluable role as the national convener of the brain research community.…

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11
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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12
All One Sky Foundation

All One Sky Foundation takes innovative action on climate change through education and research programs. It focusses on vulnerable populations at the crossroads of climate environment and energy. Key areas of focus are resilience to…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwestern Alberta Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Brightshores Health System Wiarton Auxiliary. 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

361 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. 361 of the 388 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.

25
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
81
Early backer (in before they grew)
349/361
Grantees still filing
248/361
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$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE BANFF CENTRE — C$10,441,830 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetCANADIAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION — C$8,408,383 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetRECONCILIATION CANADA - A NEW WAY FORWARD SOCIETY — C$4,223,069 over 8y, 60% of budgetThe Natural Step (Canada) Inc. — C$4,004,658 over 8y, 56% of budgetINDSPIRE — C$3,981,750 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetFUSESOCIAL WOOD BUFFALO SOCIETY — C$3,500,516 over 6y, 67% of budgetWood Buffalo Community Foundation — C$2,862,500 over 7y, 100% of budgetActua — C$2,750,447 over 6y, 7.9% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF FORT MCMURRAY — C$2,570,881 over 6y, 15% of budgetEVERGREEN — C$2,376,500 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetMount Royal University Foundation — C$2,245,803 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetThe Royal Conservatory of Music — C$2,200,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetWomen Building Futures Society — C$2,085,000 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetThe Governors Of The University Of Calgary — C$2,059,137 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Association Of Volunteer Centres Of Alberta — C$2,011,575 over 8y, 17% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO — C$1,813,925 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWOLF WILLOW INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS LEARNING — C$1,736,670 over 2y, 70% of budgetCapacity Canada — C$1,725,250 over 7y, 34% of budgetMEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND — C$1,715,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT — C$1,697,500 over 7y, 63% of budgetThe Pollution Probe Foundation — C$1,640,500 over 8y, 16% of budgetAshoka Canada — C$1,628,016 over 5y, 56% of budgetTAMARACK INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT — C$1,604,250 over 7y, 9.1% of budgetCalgary Public Library Foundation — C$1,601,500 over 4y, 15% of budgetUnited Way of Calgary And Area — C$1,564,925 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CALGARY FOUNDATION — C$1,389,485 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetALBERTA ECOTRUST FOUNDATION — C$1,251,750 over 7y, 15% of budgetCOMMUNITY SECTOR COUNCIL OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR INC. — C$1,226,750 over 5y, 32% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN — C$1,207,244 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAKEWAY CHARITABLE SOCIETY — C$1,200,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCENTRE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION INSTITUTE — C$1,199,750 over 6y, 28% of budgetStudent Energy — C$1,179,534 over 6y, 34% of budgetAlberta Council for Environmental Education — C$1,130,150 over 7y, 30% of budgetMARS DISCOVERY DISTRICT — C$1,103,150 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCalgary Stampede Foundation — C$1,100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CANADA — C$1,065,250 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetKEYANO COLLEGE — C$1,053,350 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCLEAN ECONOMY FUND — C$1,015,500 over 6y, 20% of budgetIMAGINE CANADA — C$1,009,010 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetVivo for Healthier Generations — C$1,000,000 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetUNITED WAY GREATER TORONTO — C$967,852 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJANE/FINCH COMMUNITY AND FAMILY CENTRE — C$949,858 over 4y, 12% of budgetNorthern Lights Regional Health Foundation — C$942,150 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetThe University of Alberta — C$920,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetRIGHT TO PLAY — C$903,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetOTTAWA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$898,262 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetRichard Ivey School of Business (Ivey Energy Policy and Mana — C$805,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBEAKERHEAD CREATIVE SOCIETY — C$800,000 over 4y, 24% 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 THE BANFF CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RECONCILIATION CANADA - A NEW WAY FORWARD SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds The Natural Step (Canada) Inc. ↗
  • Who funds INDSPIRE ↗
  • Who funds FUSESOCIAL WOOD BUFFALO SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Wood Buffalo Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Actua ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF FORT MCMURRAY ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN ↗
  • Who funds Mount Royal University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Royal Conservatory of Music ↗
  • Who funds Women Building Futures Society ↗
  • Who funds The Governors Of The University Of Calgary ↗
  • Who funds The Association Of Volunteer Centres Of Alberta ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ↗
  • Who funds WOLF WILLOW INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds Capacity Canada ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds The Pollution Probe Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Ashoka Canada ↗
  • Who funds TAMARACK INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ↗
  • Who funds Calgary Public Library Foundation ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Calgary And Area ↗
  • Who funds THE CALGARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALBERTA ECOTRUST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SECTOR COUNCIL OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR INC. ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN ↗
  • Who funds MAKEWAY CHARITABLE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Student Energy ↗
  • Who funds Alberta Council for Environmental Education ↗
  • Who funds MARS DISCOVERY DISTRICT ↗
  • Who funds Calgary Stampede Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds KEYANO COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN ECONOMY FUND ↗
  • Who funds IMAGINE CANADA ↗

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.

Wood Buffalo Communit…United Way Fort McMur…Carthy FoundationThe J W McConnell Fam…The Trottier Family F…Abc Benefits Corporat…The Edmonton Communit…Atco Gas Employees' C…United Way of Canada …The Peter Gilgan Foun…Rotary District 5370 …The Kpmg Foundation/L…
Wood Buffalo Community FoundationAB24.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wood Buffalo Community Foundation · United Way Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo · Carthy Foundation · The J W McConnell Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille J W McConnell · The Trottier Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Trottier · Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation · The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act · Atco Gas Employees' Community Service Fund · United Way of Canada - Centraide Canada · The Peter Gilgan Foundation · Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation · The Kpmg Foundation/La Fondation Kpmg

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 388 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 890381882:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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