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Calgary, AB · Private foundation

The Arthur J E Child Foundation

The purpose of the foundation is: 'to carry on anywhere or to provide assistance to other persons who carry on anywhere the relief of poverty the advancement of education the advancement of medical research the delivery of health care services the perservation of historic sites and buildings the support of law enforcement agencies…

C$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
Regions reached
C$12M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k3 grants · C$20k
  • C$10k–50k9 grants · C$260k
  • C$50k–250k7 grants · C$725k
  • C$250k+3 grants · C$13M
C$35,000
Median grant
3
Regions reached
C$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATIONC$12,497,466
JUNO BEACH CENTRE ASSOCIATIONC$375,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY - CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIPSC$275,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY - RHEUMATOLOGY OUTCOMES RESEARCHC$200,000
THE SAMARITAN'S PURSE CANADAC$175,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY - CENTRE FOR MILITARY & STRATEGICC$100,000
CANADA WEST FOUNDATIONC$100,000
THE GREAT COMMISSION FOUNDATIONC$50,000
RENFREW EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOUNDATIONC$50,000
NATIONAL MUSIC CENTREC$50,000
THE CARDUS INSTITUTEC$35,000
TEEN CHALLENGE CANADA INC.C$35,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D CANADAC$35,000
THE HISTORIC 1000 ISLANDS VILLAGE FOUNDATIONC$30,000
TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITYC$25,000
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$41M · 61 repeat orgsC$430k to everyone else

61 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2024, 43 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
19

Total granted

C$41M
C$375k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+56%

Still filing today

97%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$55k 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 CANCER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · C$25M · revenue +96%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY - CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$2.7M · revenue +27%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$2.0M · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • RC
    RESOLVE Campaign
    one grant, 2017 · C$100k · revenue +12%
  • BC
    Bethany Care Foundation
    one grant, 2018 · C$50k · revenue -42%
  • NC
    Nature Conservancy of Canadagraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$25k · revenue +144%

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
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
The Calgary Foundation

The Calgary Foundation carried out its charitable purpose through the ongoing administration of its granting programs. While the Foundation provides grants to support charitable activity across the entire sector it has a particular focus…

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3
Hypertension Canada

Advancing the health of Canadians by enabling the detection prevention and control of high blood pressure and its complications. Hypertension Canada delivers against its mission/vision by striving for excellence in three core service…

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4
Calgary Eye Foundation

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

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5
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development

The Pembina Institute promotes public education and information that increases understanding about environmental and global energy issues. We provide research analysis and recommendations to inform policies and practices related to energy…

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6
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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7
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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8
Ovarian Cancer Canada/Cancer De L'ovaire Canada

Research: Investing in pan-Canadian and patient-centered research across the full continuum of ovarian cancer from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Our research investments are enabling discoveries by establishing and…

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9
Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation

Funding for grants is provided to the Stollery Children's Hospital the University of Alberta the Women and Children's Health Research Institute the Mental Health Foundation and Alberta Health Services for research and education equipment…

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10
Grand Challenges Canada Foundation
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11
Prostate Cancer Canada

Prostate Cancer Canada has continued to responsibly invest the generous donations of Canadians to develop the most promising studies and minds Canada has to offer in the field of prostate cancer research. We have continued to ensure the…

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12
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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Calgary Seniors Resource Society and the most unlike its peers is Camp Carmangay. 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

81 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. 81 of the 82 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
79/81
Grantees still filing
64/81
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$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION — C$24,997,466 over 2y, 23% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY - CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS — C$2,680,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE INTERNATIONAL RELIEF — C$2,010,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD VISION CANADA — C$1,625,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTrinity Western University — C$1,200,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetJUNO BEACH CENTRE ASSOCIATION — C$750,000 over 2y, 42% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY — C$690,000 over 8y, 67% of budgetCANADA WEST FOUNDATION — C$645,000 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetGREAT COMMISSION FOUNDATION — C$420,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAlberta Children's Hospital Foundation — C$410,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMANNING FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION — C$400,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER CENTRE — C$375,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetNATIONAL MUSIC CENTRE — C$355,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Cardus Institute — C$315,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS SOCIIETY OF CALGARY AND AREA — C$275,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetCANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH — C$225,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJDRF CANADA — C$215,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPICE CALGARY SOCIETY — C$175,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTEACH FOR CANADA — C$160,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetTHE HISTORIC 1000 ISLANDS VILLAGE FOUNDATION — C$160,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetTEEN CHALLENGE CANADA INC. — C$157,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCUPS CALGARY SOCIETY — C$150,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCALGARY WOMEN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER — C$150,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetInn from the Cold — C$150,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetDIABETES CANADA — C$145,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAssociate for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured — C$115,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetCALGARY COUNSELLING CENTRE — C$110,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CALGARY — C$100,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCALGARY HEALTH TRUST — C$100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRESOLVE Campaign — C$100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWELLSPRING CALGARY — C$90,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCalgary Seniors' Resource Society — C$87,094 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetSouthern Alberta Institute of Technology — C$85,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE OF CANADA — C$75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCANADIAN GLOBAL AFFAIRS INSTITUTE — C$75,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetThreads of Life — C$65,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetPRAIRIE HOSPICE SOCIETY INC — C$60,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetBritish Columbia Guide Dog Services — C$60,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FRASER INSTITUTE — C$60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE AIR — C$58,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFIGHTING BLINDNESS CANADA — C$55,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA — C$53,250 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetFOCUS ON FAMILY CANADA — C$52,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBethany Care Foundation — C$50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetErnest C Manning Awards Foundation — C$50,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetRENFREW EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOUNDATION — C$50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Southern Alberta — C$50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MUSTARD SEED STREET MINISTRY — C$45,000 over 3y, 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 ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY - CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE INTERNATIONAL RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Trinity Western University ↗
  • Who funds JUNO BEACH CENTRE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY ↗
  • Who funds CANADA WEST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREAT COMMISSION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MANNING FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds PROSTATE CANCER CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MUSIC CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds The Cardus Institute ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS SOCIIETY OF CALGARY AND AREA ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds JDRF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE CALGARY SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds TEACH FOR CANADA ↗
  • Who funds THE HISTORIC 1000 ISLANDS VILLAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TEEN CHALLENGE CANADA INC. ↗
  • Who funds CUPS CALGARY SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY WOMEN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds Inn from the Cold ↗
  • Who funds DIABETES CANADA ↗
  • Who funds Associate for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY COUNSELLING CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CALGARY ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY HEALTH TRUST ↗
  • Who funds RESOLVE Campaign ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING CALGARY ↗
  • Who funds Calgary Seniors' Resource Society ↗
  • Who funds Southern Alberta Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE OF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN GLOBAL AFFAIRS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Threads of Life ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRIE HOSPICE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds British Columbia Guide Dog Services ↗
  • Who funds THE FRASER INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds HOPE AIR ↗

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.

Viewpoint FoundationCarthy FoundationCalgary Flames Founda…Hunter Family Foundat…Nickle Family Foundat…Cenovus Employee Foun…The Calgary FoundationUnited Way of Calgary…Place2Give FoundationThe Jules FoundationThe Shawana FoundationRotary Club of Calgar…
Viewpoint FoundationAB23.6× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Viewpoint Foundation · Carthy Foundation · Calgary Flames Foundation · Hunter Family Foundation · Nickle Family Foundation · Cenovus Employee Foundation · The Calgary Foundation · United Way of Calgary and Area · Place2Give Foundation · The Jules Foundation · The Shawana Foundation · Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park - Community Service Fund

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 82 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 119213510:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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