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Calgary, AB · Private foundation

The Burns Memorial Fund for Children

THE BURNS MEMORIAL FUND FOR CHILDREN act 1970 allows the trustees of THE BURNS MEMORIAL FUND FOR CHILDREN in their sole discretion to: direct and expend any portion or such portions of the fund as they consider advisable for the benefit of any persons under 21 years of age and resident in the city of calgary whom the trustees consider…

C$285k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$15k
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$10k4 grants · C$25k
  • C$10k–50k18 grants · C$260k
C$15,000
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CALGARY JOHN HOWARD SOCIETYC$15,000
YOUTH CENTRAL SOCIETYC$15,000
TWO WHEEL VIEW - CALGARY LTDC$15,000
TRELLIS SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY IMPACTC$15,000
WOMEN IN NEED SOCIETY OF CALGARYC$15,000
THE WOMEN'S CENTRE OF CALGARYC$15,000
MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONC$15,000
THE IMMIGRANT EDUCATION SOCIETY (TIES)C$15,000
KINDRED CONNECTIONS SOCIETYC$15,000
CANLEARN SOCIETY FOR PERSONS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTYC$15,000
HELPING FAMILIES HANDLE CANCER FOUNDATIONC$15,000
DISCOVERY HOUSE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SOCIETYC$15,000
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC SOCIETYC$15,000
THE BRENDA STRAFFORD FOUNDATION LTDC$15,000
HULL SERVICESC$14,980
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$1.4M · 26 repeat orgsC$433k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships — 14 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
28

Total granted

C$1.4M
C$328k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+51%

Still filing today

92%
96%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$105k 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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CALGARY
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$245k · revenue +73%
  • CF
    CENTRE FOR SEXUALITY
    4× · 2017–2021 · C$190k · revenue +75%
  • MY
    MCMAN YOUTH,FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICE
    3× · 2017–2019 · C$180k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • LB
    Lord Beaverbrook High School
    one grant, 2017 · C$24k · revenue +16%
  • VF
    VIVO FOR HEAL THEIR GENERATIONS SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · C$20k · revenue +51%
  • SH
    SAFE HAVEN FOUNDATION OF CANADAgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · C$20k · revenue +139%

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 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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2
Calgary Society for Healthy Child Development
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3
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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4
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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5
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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6
Evenstart for Children Foundation of Calgary

The foundation provides a centre based program for disadvantaged and at risk preschool aged children and their families as well as sponsorship program for children at risk who are referred by the community partners.

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7
Even Start for Children Society of Calgary

Early intervention working with high risk preschool children.. working with high risk children and their families

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8
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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9
G R I T (Getting Ready for Inclusion Today) Calgary Society

G.r.i.t. works with children 2.8 to 6 years of age with multicomplex special needs that provides individualized early intervention programming to meet the needs of the child and family. the goal is for every child to have the opportunity…

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10
Calgary Youth Justice Society

Calgary Youth Justice Committees (CYJC): A restorative justice alternative for youth facing minor offenses. Volunteer-led committees work with young offenders and their families to design meaningful community-based consequences emphasizing…

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11
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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12
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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Calgary Young Women's Christian Association and the most unlike its peers is The Esther Honens International Piano Competition Foundation. 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

60 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. 60 of the 62 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/60
Grantees still filing
41/60
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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CALGARY — C$244,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCENTRE FOR SEXUALITY — C$190,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetMCMAN YOUTH,FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICE — C$180,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCALGARY JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY — C$163,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetDISCOVERY HOUSE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SOCIETY — C$55,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKINDRED CONNECTIONS SOCIETY — C$50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS & SISTERS OF CALGARY — C$41,790 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — C$40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTWO WHEEL VIEW CALGARY LTD — C$35,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE BRENDA STRAFFORD FOUNDATION LTD — C$35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMINOR COMMUNITY GRANTS — C$32,575 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA — C$30,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHELPING FAMILIES HANDLE CANCER FOUNDATION — C$30,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetUMOJA COMMUNITY MOSAIC — C$30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCANLEARN SOCIETY FOR PERSONS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTY — C$25,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetINN FROM THE COLD SOCIETY — C$24,302 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLord Beaverbrook High School — C$24,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATHWAYS COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION — C$23,825 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSCIENTISTS IN SCHOOL — C$23,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCARYA SOCIETY OF CALGARY — C$21,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCUPS — C$20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVIVO FOR HEAL THEIR GENERATIONS SOCIETY — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCLOSER TO HOME — C$20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE HAVEN FOUNDATION OF CANADA — C$20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCALGARY MEALS ON WHEELS — C$20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION — C$20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYCC-YOUTH CENTRES OF CALGARY — C$20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetI CAN FOR KIDS FOUNDATION — C$20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPACEKIDS SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS — C$16,570 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE IMMIGRANT EDUCATION SOCIETY (TIES) — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH CENTRAL SOCIETY — C$15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCALGARY PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTRE OF CALGARY — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED SOCIETY OF CALGARY — C$15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRENDA STRAFFORD SOCIETY — C$15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHULL SERVICES — C$14,980 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHILD DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY — C$14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — C$12,405 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALGARY POLICE FOUNDATION — C$11,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEASTER SEALS ALBERTA — C$10,630 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIMMIGRANT SERVICES CALGARY — C$10,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN SOCIETY FOR ABORIGINAL YOUTH — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE CALGARY BETWEEN FRIENDS CLUB-FOR DISABLED YOUTH — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD McDONALD HOUSE — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCalgary Counselling Centre — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCALGARY BRIDGE FOUNDATION FOR YOUTHS — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY LEISURE CENTRE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST CALGARY — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFURTHER EDUCATION SOCIETY OF ALBERTA — C$10,000 over 1y, 1.9% 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.

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 Shaw Charity …Calgary Flames Founda…Kids Up Front Foundat…The Calgary FoundationCalgary Inter-Faith F…Children's Hospital A…Cenovus Employee Foun…Hunter Family Foundat…United Way of Calgary…Rotary Club of Calgar…Harry and Martha Cohe…Atco Electric Epic
Calgary Shaw Charity Classic FoundationAB36× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation · Calgary Flames Foundation · Kids Up Front Foundation (Calgary) · The Calgary Foundation · Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank Society · Children's Hospital Aid Society · Cenovus Employee Foundation · Hunter Family Foundation · United Way of Calgary and Area · Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park - Community Service Fund · Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation · Atco Electric Epic

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 62 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 organizations relieving poverty.

Source object 129252847:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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